Simon--

There are three ways to get by,

1)Leverage the RedDot Categories/Keywords built-in feature. Multiple
Keywords can be assigned to a page instance. Though one at a time it is
still an easy implementation for you the developer and the editors.
2)Build each category of your category list as an option list. Use the
category value as the option list name and populate it as "yes" or "no".
Place them in a group and designate the first option list as parent and all
others as child elements.
3)Use simple html <select> and specify "multi" and when the button is
clicked, concatenate all the selected options and insert it into a standard
text field.

The 3rd option involves an RQL "write" which has to happen outside the page
instance. So they script has to live somewhere else and be called
asynchronously. When the write is done, you force a re-load of the page and
the selected value will be shown.

The trouble with the 3rd is that it is laborious for the developer. Every
time the page loads, you also need to parse the standard text field value,
parse them apart and populate them accordingly in the multi-select so that
the user knows what has been selected.

Henry Lu

On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 7:36 AM, Simon Lewis, UK <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> Hi all,
>
> I have a template where I need users to be able to say "This page
> falls into the following categories:" and then select any number of
> those categories.  I'm aware there's no built-in way of doing that,
> but have never had to find a workaround until now.
>
> I thought of creating a simple HTML/JavaScript popup with a set of
> checkboxes, and getting that to output a comma-separated value for
> putting in a placeholder.  That would be ideal, except it needs RQL or
> something to then write that value back to the page.
>
> Are there any bright ideas out there for getting me over this hurdle?
>
> Thanks very much!
>
> Simon Lewis.
> >
>

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