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chaley · 09-26-2011, 03:21 AM

Using {tags} in a template will get *all* the tags, not test for existence of a particular tag.

Starting a "more than you wanted to know" section....

The easiest thing to do is to create a custom text column (not tags-like) and enter the folder name in that. Then use {#column_name} in the template.

You can avoid the extra column by using a template program to check if a tag is there and return the folder name you wish to use. This is rather complicated. The construct would be something like

Code:

{tags:'first_non_empty(
    in_list($, ',', '^news$', 'news_folder', ''), 
    in_list($, ',', '^foo$', 'foo_folder', ''),
    in_list($, ',', '^bar$', 'bar_folder', ''))'}

You can simplify the above if you don't care about submatches, meaning you don't have tags of the form "my_news" or don't care if you get both "news" and "my_news" when checking for the tag "news".

09-26-2011, 03:21 AM	#3
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,476 Karma: 8025702 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	Using {tags} in a template will get all the tags, not test for existence of a particular tag. Starting a "more than you wanted to know" section.... The easiest thing to do is to create a custom text column (not tags-like) and enter the folder name in that. Then use {#column_name} in the template. You can avoid the extra column by using a template program to check if a tag is there and return the folder name you wish to use. This is rather complicated. The construct would be something like Code: {tags:'first_non_empty( in_list($, ',', '^news$', 'news_folder', ''), in_list($, ',', '^foo$', 'foo_folder', ''), in_list($, ',', '^bar$', 'bar_folder', ''))'} You can simplify the above if you don't care about submatches, meaning you don't have tags of the form "my_news" or don't care if you get both "news" and "my_news" when checking for the tag "news".