Search and Replace - what category?

[VisHorizons]

When using Search and Replace in the admin, I often get results in category headers. But the results are labeled like this:

c12-header

c17-header

c1043-header

Those are not category codes that I use. How do I translate that into actual category codes?

Thanks for any help.

[PCINET - Andreas]

Not a 100% sure but I think the number is the category ID. Not really helpful if you want to find it but maybe Miva will update the free module and contain the code instead.

[Bruce - PhosphorMedia]

Yes they are cat ids.

[new_user2018]

Although a bit annoying that the category name isn't visible directly from Template Search and Replace, you can get the category name using the following snippet of code that you paste in your dev tools console on any admin.mvc page (like Template Search and Replace) - just make sure to enter the index you're trying to look up:

var categoryIndex = ; // this is the value (a number) that appears in template search and replace (e.g., if c112, set categoryIndex = 112)

CategoryIndex_Load_ID(categoryIndex, '', '', function(response) {
    var displayIndex = response.data.index;

    CategoryList_Load_Query( '', '', '', '', function(categoryList){
        console.log(categoryList.data.data[displayIndex].name);
    });
});

[VisHorizons]

Thanks for the reply. Would you be able to elaborate? I'm not familiar with the dev tools console.

In Chrome, I go to my website (any particular page?), I open up the console and throw in this code:

var categoryIndex = 1628;

CategoryIndex_Load_ID(categoryIndex, '', '', function(response) {
    var displayIndex = response.data.index;

    CategoryList_Load_Query( '', '', '', '', function(categoryList){
        console.log(categoryList.data.data[displayIndex].name);
    });
});

After hitting Enter, I get this message:

VM705:3 Uncaught ReferenceError: CategoryIndex_Load_ID is not defined
    at <anonymous>:3:1

[Bruce - PhosphorMedia]

This may be easier:

In the PLST page (if its not used, otherwise create a copy of it), in the Product List template, put in:

<mvt:do file="g.Module_Library_DB" name="l.success" value="Category_Load_ID(g.thisCatID, category var)" /> <p><mvt:eval expr="l.settings:category:code;"/></p> Then call the page /mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PLST&thisCatID=1628 This would give you the cat code of the category.

[new_user2018]

Thanks for the reply. Would you be able to elaborate? I'm not familiar with the dev tools console.

In Chrome, I go to my website (any particular page?), I open up the console and throw in this code:

var categoryIndex = 1628;

CategoryIndex_Load_ID(categoryIndex, '', '', function(response) {
var displayIndex = response.data.index;

CategoryList_Load_Query( '', '', '', '', function(categoryList){
console.log(categoryList.data.data[displayIndex].name);
});
});

After hitting Enter, I get this message:

VM705:3 Uncaught ReferenceError: CategoryIndex_Load_ID is not defined
at <anonymous>:3:1

I should have mentioned that sorry - you'll need to be on any admin.mvc page. Everything else looks good!

[VisHorizons]

This may be easier:

In the PLST page (if its not used, otherwise create a copy of it), in the Product List template, put in:

<mvt:do file="g.Module_Library_DB" name="l.success" value="Category_Load_ID(g.thisCatID, category var)" /> <p><mvt:eval expr="l.settings:category:code;"/></p> Then call the page /mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PLST&thisCatID=1628 This would give you the cat code of the category.

Thanks for the reply. I do use PLST. (Levels uses it from the Featured Products on the home page.) So I made a copy. I'm not at all certain I did this correctly. Where do I paste this code? In the "Details" field or in the "Product List Layout" field? Either way, I get this error message: Error compiling template: Line 11: Expression compilation failed: Found additional argument ';' while looking for operator

I should have mentioned that sorry - you'll need to be on any admin.mvc page. Everything else looks good!

Thanks! That works. I even figured out how to modify your code to give me the category code instead of category name.