Hide category count -- on only ONE category

[reneep]

The store owner wants to hide the category count only for one category -- Gift Certificates. I know how to turn off the category count for ALL categories, but is there a way to do it for just one?

This is the site in question: www.countrygiftsandmore.com

Thanks!

[benn600]

This is possible with some PHP code. If you find the file that prints these categories, which should be categories.php under sideboxes, then you can put some PHP code in there that will not print if the category ID equals whatever gift certificates is.

If you don't know PHP, then it can be tricky. I may be able to help you a little later. I'm setting up a new store but am not currently near the server/etc.

I can try to get you a solution when I can. You still want a solution, right?

[reneep]

I am still looking for a solution -- I'd warned the store owner that it might not be something easily done without coding.

I don't have any experience with PHP, but I'm more than willing to learn what I can from you. Any tips or hints are more than welcome!

[Ajeh]

You would need to customize the class for building the categories:
/includes/classes/category_tree.php

and customize the code to not add the count for that particular categories_id ... the code that adds the count is:

    if (SHOW_COUNTS == 'true') {
      $products_in_category = zen_count_products_in_category($counter);
      if ($products_in_category > 0) {
        $this->box_categories_array[$ii]['count'] = $products_in_category;
      } else {
        $this->box_categories_array[$ii]['count'] = 0;
      }
    } 

[Ajeh]

An example would be, if the Gift Certificates are in categories_id 21 then you could use:

    if (SHOW_COUNTS == 'true' && $counter != 21) {
      $products_in_category = zen_count_products_in_category($counter);
      if ($products_in_category > 0) {
        $this->box_categories_array[$ii]['count'] = $products_in_category;
      } else {
        $this->box_categories_array[$ii]['count'] = 0;
      }
    } 

[reneep]

I'll try that -- thanks!!

[dontknowwhatimdoing]

Can I disable my category count on my homepage only?

[Ajeh]

You can evaluate if you are on the Home page with the variable:
$this_is_home_page

if ($this_is_home_page) {
// do this I am the home page
} else {
// do something else I am not the home page
} 

[dontknowwhatimdoing]

Perfect, I love using these kinds of commands on wordpress. If statements/ conditional statements to call or not call functions on specific pages.

I tried to edit my category tree--but I did it wrong. The page of course did not load...

Now, I undid my changes & the page still does not load--

File Caching is not activated -- I checked for this.

The admin panel continues to work fine...

Is there something I can reset/ clear to get this functional again?

I'll probably have to do it a few times in a row until I get the code alteration correct.

[dontknowwhatimdoing]

hey--this is quite strange, but I restarted apache on the server & it's fine now (quite odd...)

so I'll continue playing with this until I get it right :)