Categories Dressing

[swamyg1]

Sorry, it looks like changing to the line to 8|0|0 hides my custom case 7 that I wanted displayed as well.

I want only case 7 and case 8 to display the subcats at all times. All other categories should display subcats when the main category is clicked. I have this working perfectly the way I want it with case 7 using 7|0|0 in my defines, but can't figure out how to get case 7 and case 8 to display sub menus all the time at the same time.

I wish I could delete those previous posts, but it probably gives you a good idea:=) Would appreciate your help.

[gjh42]

You can't have two cases active at the same time; that's not how switches work. What you want to do is add your second category to case 7.

      case 7://full active tree, others per level; always cat 23 & 150
        if($cPath_top != $path_top and $path_top != '23' and $path_top != '150') $test_level = 1;
        break; 

[swamyg1]

Thank you Glenn, worked a treat!

[swamyg1]

Ok, so I have the following in my defines:

 define ('CAT_BOX_HEADING_150','1|0|||<h3>Shop by Collection</h3>|1');//new list - text heading - style 1 

However it's still displaying the 2nd "Shop by Collection" displayed below. This is because I had to create this category in the admin, but I wanted it to have it's own text heading. How do I hide the 2nd one? Can't figure it out.

Shop by Collection
Shop by Collection
Collection 1
Collection 2
Collection 3

[gjh42]

Creating a heading for a category doesn't affect the actual category link. What you seem to want is a display link with text that is styled differently from other top categories. You could do this by making it a separate category group so it would have an id to address in the stylesheet, like
#catGroup23 > li > a {your: style;}

If you don't actually have a real category there but are just using the category to get the heading, eliminate it completely and apply the heading define to whatever category will come just after the desired heading.

[accel89]

Hi,

I'm having abit of trouble trying figuring out this plug in.

I installed the categories dressing and ch_category. I activated ch_category from layout boxes controller and now all my categories and subcats and products are showing.

I am trying to hide my products and only show main and sub cats but can't figure out how to do this.

I tried this:

if (ereg("_.*_", $box_categories_array[$i]['path']) or zen_get_product_types_to_category($box_categories_array[$i]['path']) == 3 or ($box_categories_array[$i]['top'] != 'true' and SHOW_CATEGORIES_SUBCATEGORIES_ALWAYS != 1)) {
// skip if this is for the document box (==3)
} else {

but doesn't seem to do anything.

It would be great if anyone can help.

Thanks

[accel89]

I've also tried

//define('CAT_BOX_ACTIVE_LEVEL', '0|0|1');//show all top cats, to first subcat level

in categories_dressing_defines.php but still nothing.

[gjh42]

Something sounds fishy here. Categories Dressing can never show products in the sidebox, only categories and subcats. There is one expanded categories mod that does show products as well as cats; I don't know if it is even possible for both to be installed at the same time. I really need to see your site live to understand what is happening and advise further.

[swamyg1]

You can't have two cases active at the same time; that's not how switches work. What you want to do is add your second category to case 7.

      case 7://full active tree, others per level; always cat 23 & 150
        if($cPath_top != $path_top and $path_top != '23' and $path_top != '150') $test_level = 1;
        break; 

Hi Glenn, I've run into a snag. I'm now trying to get my cat 150 to display subcats of active cats only. For some reason it's still displaying all of the subcats at all times, active or not. Can you help me modify this code to get what I need?

I have 3 sections to my nav:
-Shop by Category (default which displays subcats of active cats, the way I want it)
-Shop by Collection (cat 150)
-Shop by texture (cat 84)

My categories_dressing_functions.php looks like this:

function cat_active_level_manage($path) {
  $skip_cat = 0;
  if (defined('CAT_BOX_ACTIVE_LEVEL')) {
    $test_level = 0;
    $cat_box_active_level = explode('|',constant('CAT_BOX_ACTIVE_LEVEL'));
    $cPath_top = (int)$_GET['cPath'];
    $path_top = (int)$path;
    $cat_depth = substr_count($path,'_');
    //tests for various kinds of skipping - more can be added
    switch ($cat_box_active_level[0]){
      case 0:
        $test_level = 1;
        break;
      case 1://active tree only
        if($cPath_top != $path_top) $skip_cat = 1;
        break;
      case 2://active only (all tops when no cat selected)
        if($cPath_top != $path_top and $cPath_top != 0) $skip_cat = 1;
        break;
      case 3://full active tree, others per level
        if($cPath_top != $path_top) $test_level = 1;
        break;
      case 4://like 3, active branches only
        if($cPath_top == $path_top){
          if ($cat_depth >= 2){//only test sub-subcats+
            $path_ids = explode('_',$path);
            $path_parent = $path_ids[count($path_ids)-2];
            if (!in_array($path_parent,explode('_',$_GET['cPath']))) $skip_cat = 1;//show only subcats w parent in $cPath
          }
        } else {//if not active test for level
          $test_level = 1;
        }
        break;
      case 5:// show active, no top, per levels
        if ($cat_depth == 0 or $cPath_top != $path_top) {
          $skip_cat = 1;
        }else{
          $test_level = 1;
        }
        break;          
	  case 7://full active tree, others per level; always cat 23 & 150
        if($cPath_top != $path_top and $path_top != '84' and $path_top != '150') $test_level = 1;
        break;              
	}//switch
    if ($test_level){
      switch ('true'){
        case ($cat_box_active_level[1] > $cat_depth):
          $skip_cat = 1;
          break;
        case ($cat_box_active_level[2] < $cat_depth):
          $skip_cat = 1;
          break;
      }//switch
    }//if
  }//defined
  return $skip_cat;
}

My categories_dressing_defines.php looks contains this:

define ('CAT_BOX_HEADING_84','1|0|||<h3>By Texture</h3>|1');//new list - text heading - style 1
define ('CAT_BOX_HEADING_150','1|0|||<h3>By Collection</h3>|1');//new list - text heading - style 1
define('CAT_BOX_ACTIVE_LEVEL', '7|0|0'); //show only active cats, to first subcat level

[gjh42]

Just remove the and $path_top != '150' from

if($cPath_top != $path_top and $path_top != '84' and $path_top != '150') $test_level = 1;

Oops sorry, distracted... you want to add some code from another case in there to handle cat150. Back in a few...