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1. justinshattuck
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I'm currently using <?php wp_list_categories('orderby=name&show_count=1&hierarchical=0&title_li='); ?> to output my categories list into my sidebar. I'm wanting to modify the style slightly so that when the list of cats is outputted into each <li></li> the total number of posts within that category is outputted next to it. It seems that the count is outside of the <a></a> block element during output. I've been searching through the codex, support forums and even looked into hacking up the function that is outputting the code itself and I cannot find a resolution.

   Currently the output is as such:

   CategoryA
   (2)
   CategoryB
   (9)
   CategoryC
   (19)

   and I want it to appear as:
   CategoryA (2)
   CategoryB (9)
   CategoryC (19)

   so on and so forth, I checked into my style, tried everything I can think of .. any assistance is appreciated.

2. moshu
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   It seems that the count is outside of the block

   It should - and to change that you would need to modify core files.

   What you describe is a simple CSS issue but I couldn't check it on the site linked to your profile.

3. justinshattuck
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   moshu: Which core file(s) would I have to modify to place it within the block?

4. matte2k
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   moshu.. can u look at my site
   www.seriegrossisten.se/blogg/

   got the same problem.. tried and tried to edit the css but can't get it to work....

   please....

5. gspark
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   The question one has to ask is why is the count placed outside of the link, this is maddness ? One wonders if anyone notices these little things when developing wordpress, the most simplest things are often overlooked, can I get a fraken spoon with my bowl of soup * grin *

6. Root
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   OT. Is there a good reason why the total needs to be in a link?

7. gspark
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   doh! was thinking that myself :) even still, show count within the < li > never lines up anyway which is surpising

8. Root
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   It is inteesting. The number is just hanging there in space. It is uncontained text (no markup). One of my pet hates. Hacking is needed.

9. insteletr
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hey there, i got the same problem in my blog. Doea anyone knows how to solve it?

   Thx!

10. Sivar
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    For the count-in-the-link-issue, here's the solution.

    OT. Is there a good reason why the total needs to be in a link?
    Yes. If you use display:block for the links (i.e. to get a nice hover which styles the entire line), a seperate line for the post-count is very annoying. I was really surprised to see that wp_list_categories (resp. walker_category) doesn't include it in the link by default.

11. gspark
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    I found a workable solution in classes.php

    if ( isset($show_count) && $show_count )
    $link .= '<span>(' . intval($category->category_count) . ')</span>';

    this puts a < span > tag around the count then for CSS i used this

    position: relative;
    float: right;
    top: ;
    left: ;

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