Displaying second and third level sections

[kharri1073]

I am trying to only display the child subsections when I am in specific top level sections.

Here is my example catalog and its sections...

top level section 1
--->subgroup1
------->section 1 subgroup1
------->section 2 subgroup1
------->section 3 subgroup1

top level section 2
--->subgroup2
------->section 1 subgroup2
------->section 2 subgroup2
------->section 3 subgroup2
--->subgroup3
------->section 1 subgroup3
------->section 2 subgroup3
------->section 3 subgroup3

top level section 3
--->subgroup4
------->section 1 subgroup4
------->section 2 subgroup4
------->section 3 subgroup4

When someone is in the first top level section or one of its child sections, I would like the navigation to only display...

subgroup1
--->section 1 subgroup1
--->section 2 subgroup1
--->section 3 subgroup1

When someone is in the second top level section or one of its child sections, i would like the navigation to display...

subgroup2
--->section 1 subgroup2
--->section 2 subgroup2
--->section 3 subgroup2
subgroup3
--->section 1 subgroup3
--->section 2 subgroup3
--->section 3 subgroup3

What is the best way to only display the second and third section levels of navigation when I am in each different top level section or one of its child sections?

Thanks.

[leehack]

Your best way is probably buying an addon if you need to ask to be honest. It takes a bit of html, css and actinic knowledge to do, whereas an addon does that for you very cheaply.

[kharri1073]

Any recommended addons?

To be honest, I know it is rather simple to implement directly from the design of the website. Perhaps I'll figure it out through posting some ideas a few times.

Here is the basis so far...

<actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22SectionLevel%22%20%2f%3e%20%3e%200" >
<actinic:variable name="SubSectionListTop" />
</actinic:block>

or something more legible...

block if (SectionLevel > 0)
     SubSectionListTop
/block

This allows you to only see the subsections from the respective top level sections, however if you go further down into the catalog, it will only show a section's subsections.

Gotta check advanced user guide again...

[malbro]

I am trying to only display the child subsections when I am in specific top level sections.



Thanks.

I did this for another site recently, use the php code that Gabe put on the site for navigation http://community.actinic.com/showthr...ight=gabes+nav you can use this and limit the display to do just what you need. No need to buy an addon

[jont]

Kevin - look at the ListIndex variable as this iterates for each instance in a list and can be easily incorporated into a Block if for simple counting functions

[malbro]

To display sections down from current section with Gabes Navigation use

<actinic:block php="true" selectable="false"> 
MakeNav(<actinic:variable name="SectionID" />,3,0,<actinic:variable name="SectionID" />); 
</actinic:block>

[kharri1073]

Great, thanks guys. Ill have a crack at the suggestions and ill see which works better for the navigation.