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CategoryBasename

Produces the dirified basename defined for the category in context.

Attributes

default

A value to use in the event that no category is in context.

separator

Valid values are dash “-” (default) and underscore “_”. Specifying an underscore will convert any dashes to underscores. Specifying a dash will convert any underscores to dashes.

Example

If the basename of the category “News & Press” is news_press then this tag will output the dashed version news-press:

<$mt:CategoryBasename separator="-"$>

For an overview of how to use category tags like mt:CategoryBasename, check out Managing Categories in Movable Type.

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2 Comments

Violet

Violet on July 1, 2010, 8:51 a.m. Reply

The link for “Managing Categories in Movable Type” in the last sentence needs to be updated to:

http://www.movabletype.org/documentation/administrator/managing-blogs/managing-categories.html

kace

kace on May 3, 2011, 10:09 a.m. Reply

link to “Managing Categories in Movable Type” is a 404.