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<mt:ParentCategory>

A container tag that creates a context to the current category’s parent, if category is assigned a parent category.

Example ΒΆ

List all the categories and link to parent category if category in context has a parent category:

<ul>
<mt:Categories>
    <li>
    <a href="<mt:ArchiveLink>"><mt:CategoryLabel></a>
    <mt:ParentCategory>
        (Parent Category: <a href="<mt:ArchiveLink>"><mt:CategoryLabel></a>)
    </mt:ParentCategory>
    </li>
</mt:Categories>
</ul>

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This page was last updated on 2009-11-13, 18:37.

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Gercek Karakus Author Profile Page

November 13, 2009 6:26 PM | Reply

To display contextual ads for entries depending on the categories, you can use the code snippet below in the entry archive template. Do not forget to create a category custom field "Contextual Ad" .

set the primary category ad










set the parent category ad







output the contextual ads

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