Low Seg2Cat

Compatibility

Low Seg2Cat v3 is compatible with EE3 and up. The EE1 and EE2 compatible versions are no longer under development, but are still available on Github.

Installation

• Download and unzip Low Seg2Cat
• Copy the low_seg2cat folder to your /system/user/addons directory
• In your Control Panel, go to the Add-on Manager and click the Install-link in the Low Seg2Cat row
• All set!

Upgrade

To upgrade Low Seg2Cat from a previous version, download and overwrite the files as per the installation instructions. The add-on will be upgraded automatically.

Settings

Settings for Low Seg2Cat

Setting	Description
Search all sites	When set to Yes, all categories across all MSM sites will be matched. This will ignore any Category Groups selected.
Category Groups	Limit the search for matching categories by selected groups. When no groups are selected, all groups will be searched.
URI Pattern	Enter a regex pattern or leave blank. If you enter a pattern, the variables will only be registered if the current URI matches it.
Set all segments	If set to Yes, Low Seg2Cat will always set variables for all (9) segments, regardless of their presence.
Ignore pagination	If set to Yes, Low Seg2Cat will ignore the presence of a pagination segment at the end of a URI.
Parse file paths	If set to Yes, Low Seg2Cat will parse `{filedir_x}` variables inside the Category Image field.

Template variables

• {segment_n_category_id}
• {segment_n_category_name}
• {segment_n_category_description}
• {segment_n_category_image}
• {segment_n_category_parent_id}
• {segment_n_category_group_id}
• {last_segment_category_id}
• {last_segment_category_name}
• {last_segment_category_description}
• {last_segment_category_image}
• {last_segment_category_parent_id}
• {last_segment_category_group_id}
• {segment_category_ids}
• {segment_category_ids_piped}

…where n is the segment number. {segment_category_ids} will return an inclusive stack of all found category ids, for example: 4&12. {segment_category_ids_piped} will return an exclusive list: 4|12.

Caveats

If there are multiple categories with the same url_title, but in different groups, this extension will only return one of those. So best make sure your category url_titles are unique, or you select the relevant Category Groups in the settings so they are.