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Live Category Filter

Live Category Filter

ProMotion Live Category source allows the ProMotion element to display a list of articles which exist on one or more selected categories.

Live Category Filter

1. Select the Live Category Filter source option. The following view will be presented:

ProMotion live Category filter configuration screenshot

2. Edit/ Configure:

Source                                 

Select Live Category Filter.

Include Restricted Results  

By default the ProMotion element will only present pages that the end user has permission to view. If required, check to allow restricted pages to appear in the Lister. Note: the user will be prompted to login when clicking on a restricted page.

Filter By                             

Select either System Categories or Page Categorisation, as required. Note that System Categories generates a list of pages based on one or more selected categories, as detailed below. Page Categories returns a list of pages which match the categories which have been applied to the page containing the Lister element. In effect, the Lister is auto-populated.

System Categorisation

1. Select a Path Filter to restrict the Lister to returning pages beneath a nominated parent page. This could be a specific landing page or the welcome page.

2. Click Add to add categories to the Must be in Any/All/None of fields as required in order to create a custom list of pages.

Page Categorisation

1. Select a Path Filter to restrict the Lister to returning pages beneath a nominated parent page. This could be a specific landing page or the welcome page.

2. Select a starting point in the category tree. Easysite will return pages which exist in categories below this starting point.

In the example below, if the System User selected the News Landing page and the Location parent category, the Lister would return pages which exist beneath the News page, but are in any categories below Location which the page containing the Lister have been added to.

Order By 

Select to display pages chronologically or alphabetically as required.

Direction                      

Select either Ascending or Descending as required.

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