Dani Llewellyn

@tonybearblog, your server might be missing the PHP module called mbstring. That is the normal cause of my plugin not completing a page render. If it is this issue it should be shown in you server’s error_log file.

Yes, this is possible, but you will need to edit some CSS, or the template, which is written in PHP and HTML, probably both.

The following might do the job but is untested. You will need to save this into a file in your theme’s directory called a-z-listing.php. It includes CSS, HTML and PHP changes which I hope do the job for you. If you want a different number of columns then change the 3 in the second line for the number you prefer:

<?php
$_a_z_listing_colcount = 3;
?>
<style>
	.letter-section ul {
		display: flex;
		flex-direction: row;
		flex-wrap: wrap;
		display: grid; // duplicate display because grid might be unsupported in a particular browser, in which case the flex will be used
		grid-template-columns: <?php for ($col = 0; $col < $_a_z_listing_colcount; $col++) { echo 'calc( 100% / ' . $_a_z_listing_colcount . ') '; } ?>;
		grid-auto-flow: row;
	}
	.letter-section li {
		box-sizing: border-box;
		float: left;
		width: calc( 100% / <?php echo esc_html( $a_z_listing_colcount ); ?> );
	}
</style>
<div id="letters">
	<div class="az-letters">
		<?php $a_z_query->the_letters(); ?><div class="clear empty"></div>
	</div>
</div>
<?php if ( $a_z_query->have_letters() ) : ?>
<div id="az-slider">
	<div id="inner-slider">
		<?php
		while ( $a_z_query->have_letters() ) :
			$a_z_query->the_letter();
		?>
			<?php if ( $a_z_query->have_items() ) : ?>
				<div class="letter-section" id="<?php $a_z_query->the_letter_id(); ?>">
					<h2>
						<span><?php $a_z_query->the_letter_title(); ?></span>
					</h2>
					<?php
					<div><ul>
					while ( $a_z_query->have_items() ) :
						$a_z_query->the_item();
					?>
						<li>
							<a href="<?php $a_z_query->the_permalink(); ?>"><?php $a_z_query->the_title(); ?></a>
						</li>
					<?php endwhile; ?>
					</ul></div>
					<div class="clear empty"></div>
				</div>
			<?php endif; ?>
		<?php endwhile; ?>
	</div>
</div>
<?php else : ?>
	<p><?php esc_html_e( 'There are no posts included in this index.', 'a-z-listing' ); ?></p>
<?php
endif;

• This reply was modified 8 years, 7 months ago by Dani Llewellyn. Reason: forgot to set flexbox
• This reply was modified 8 years, 7 months ago by Dani Llewellyn. Reason: add display:grid for really new browsers
• This reply was modified 8 years, 7 months ago by Dani Llewellyn. Reason: add automatic grid sizing

Are you displaying a list of terms from a taxonomy, or are you wanting to filter a list of posts by excluding any posts who have the term in question?

For the first, displaying a list of terms from a taxonomy, it is currently not possible to filter the list in any way (unless I’ve forgotten about it, which is entirely possible 🙂 ).

If you are displaying a list of posts and wish to exclude posts who have a specific term assigned, then this is possible via PHP, but not via the shortcode. For excluding via PHP you would recite the magic words:

the_a_z_listing( array(
    'post_type' => 'your_post_type',
    'tax_query' => array( array(
        'taxonomy' => 'your-taxonomy', # this is a taxonomy slug
        'field' => 'slug', # this says that we're using slugs in the 'terms' array below
        'terms' => array( 'your-terms' ), # these are term slugs and any number of them are allowed
        'operator' => 'NOT IN',
    ) ),
) );

it looks like PHP died part-way through creating the page to send to the browser. The web-server’s error_log should include an explanation in the form of an error message. My guess is that you’re missing the mbstring PHP module on your web server. (I really need to put that requirement in the readme!)

Aha, I think we’re talking cross-purposes here. It looks like you’re using a different plugin, not mine 🙂 Your page has an identification that you’re using AZIndex, whereas my plugin is A-Z-Listing. I think you probably want to talk with “English Mike” over at http://azindex.englishmike.net because I don’t have anything to do with that plugin so probably can’t help you very well with customising it, though I will help as much as I can.

It cannot be done now. I don’t think it will be easy to do in the future and do not see much need as you can pull the sub-categories into a new taxonomy and display that instead.

Hi,

It is not possible as the plugin exists right now. As an alternative I would suggest copying or moving the terms into a new taxonomy specifically for them. Then you’d display that taxonomy instead of category.

Awesome! 🙂 I’m really glad my plugin is working for you..