[bbrian017]

Can we make the default category when a member submits a story to be nothing.

This would make the member select a category and not always add the story to the first non related default category and in my case it's arts and crafts right now?

I would like it to default to nothing so the members gets prompted to select the appropriate category manually?

[not2serious]

This would be a good idea. Unfortunately, I do not have the ability to make the mod.

[bbrian017]

Can anyone suggest a way for this to be done?

[Geoserv]

I checked the code that controls this area, and from what I understand it takes the first category listed in the database.

I wasn't able to get it to display a blank no matter what I did.

Still trying though.

Geoserv.

[skins4webs]

9.9 Seems to already have this feature. In submit step 2 it says, please select a category and wont let you submit without doing so.

[Geoserv]

bbrian I got it working on my site which is version 9.8.2 with changing:

<label>{#PLIGG_Visual_Submit2_Category#}:</label>{#PLIGG_Visual_Submit2_CatInstruct#}<br/>
		<select name="category"><option value = "Select...">
			{section name=thecat loop=$submit_cat_array}
			   	  {if $submit_cat_array[thecat].spacercount lt $submit_lastspacer}{$submit_cat_array[thecat].spacerdiff|repeat_count:''}{/if}
				  {if $submit_cat_array[thecat].spacercount gt $submit_lastspacer}{/if}
				  {$submit_cat_array[thecat].spacercount|repeat_count:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'}
				  {$submit_cat_array[thecat].name} 
				  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;       
				  {assign var=submit_lastspacer value=$submit_cat_array[thecat].spacercount}
			  </option>
			{/section}
		</select>
		
		<br/><br/>

to:

<div><label for="category">{#PLIGG_Visual_Submit2_Category#}:</label><p>{#PLIGG_Visual_Submit2_CatInstruct#}</p>
		<select name="category">
			<option value = "">Select a category
			{section name=thecat loop=$submit_cat_array}
			   <option value = "{$submit_cat_array[thecat].auto_id}">
				  {if $submit_cat_array[thecat].spacercount lt $submit_lastspacer}{$submit_cat_array[thecat].spacerdiff|repeat_count:''}{/if}
				  {if $submit_cat_array[thecat].spacercount gt $submit_lastspacer}{/if}
				  {$submit_cat_array[thecat].spacercount|repeat_count:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'}
				  {$submit_cat_array[thecat].name} 
				  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;       
				  {assign var=submit_lastspacer value=$submit_cat_array[thecat].spacercount}
			  </option>
			{/section}
		</select>

</div>

I added some styling divs, so just ignore those.

If the submitter doesn't select a category, an error sends them bacvk to fix it. It defaults to "Select a category" but you can remove those words for a blank or change to whatever you want.

Geoserv.

[bbrian017]

Very cool what file are we editing here Geoserv?

Thanks so much for helping me with this!

[graphicsguru]

bbrian017 looks like its submit_step_2.tpl

[Geoserv]

Sorry, yes it is submit_step_2.tpl

Geoserv

[bbrian017]

Sweet ok I will try this tonight!