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.