appearance of category-list

[merderein]

hi there,

im trying to get the category list at the end of a single post to appear just like the tag list, i.e. with the same separators. so i copied it from the tag- to the category command, but somehow it doesn't work, instead of dots i see nothing.
that's the code:
<strong>Schlagwort<span class="flickr_pink">e</span>:</strong> <?php the_tags('&nbsp; ',' &middot; ') ?>
<p class="tagged"><strong>Kategorie<span class="flickr_pink">n</span>:</strong> <?php the_category('&nbsp; ',' &middot; ') ?>

anybody a idea, what went wrong?
thx,
matthias

[sofimi]

Can you show me where you put the code? Make sure it's before the end of the loop, i.e., before

<?php endwhile; ?>

Helpful links for the_tags() and the_category():

http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_tags
http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_category

Try using other separators like a comma and a pipe '|', etc., and let me know if it still isn't showing up.

hi there,

im trying to get the category list at the end of a single post to appear just like the tag list, i.e. with the same separators. so i copied it from the tag- to the category command, but somehow it doesn't work, instead of dots i see nothing.
that's the code:
<strong>Schlagwort<span class="flickr_pink">e</span>:</strong> <?php the_tags('&nbsp; ',' &middot; ') ?>
<p class="tagged"><strong>Kategorie<span class="flickr_pink">n</span>:</strong> <?php the_category('&nbsp; ',' &middot; ') ?>

anybody a idea, what went wrong?
thx,
matthias

[merderein]

Can you show me where you put the code?

i didn't change the place of the code, just replaced the argument of the category-tag.

Try using other separators like a comma and a pipe '|', etc., and let me know if it still isn't showing up.

i tried that again and found a way: if i write just "(' &middot; ')" instead of (your) "('&nbsp; ',' &middot; ')", it works just fine. but i still don't understand, why - to me "('&nbsp; ',' &middot; ')" seems like totally valuable code ..

[sofimi]

Did you see the formatting for the parameters of those template tags? The Codex pages explain it all, i.e.:

 <?php the_tags( $before, $separator, $after ); ?>

First '...' appears before the text, next is the separator text, and third '...' string appears after.

i didn't change the place of the code, just replaced the argument of the category-tag.


i tried that again and found a way: if i write just "(' &middot; ')" instead of (your) "('&nbsp; ',' &middot; ')", it works just fine. but i still don't understand, why - to me "('&nbsp; ',' &middot; ')" seems like totally valuable code ..

[merderein]

Did you see the formatting for the parameters of those template tags? The Codex pages explain it all, i.e.:

 <?php the_tags( $before, $separator, $after ); ?>

First '...' appears before the text, next is the separator text, and third '...' string appears after.

thx for your patience, now i got it ... for some reason i was pretty sure that the category-tag had the same syntax as the tags-tag - that threw me of.