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I have several categories that have zero active products. Is there some setting in Zen Cart that will automatically hide any categories that have 0 active products or will this require custom code?
I saw a setting that says Categories with 0 Products Status, but this doesn't have any effect.
I would disable to the categories manually, but this keeps changing depending on the items in stock, so this is very difficult.
Thanks for any info on this.
In think that what this mod does
http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...roducts_id=286
Categories with 0 Products Status just hides the product count for that category so you don't have categories in three with (0)
According to the description for that mod, it seems to hide them when the customer chooses to hide them via a selection on a side box.
I'll download that and see how the code works, maybe I can reuse code to make it work the way I want it.
I'm in the same boat...the link above to solve this issue is for v1.3. I have version 1.5.1.
I've been trying for weeks to figure out how to hide all subcategories where category counts are 0 of ### active. I have searched in the developers tool kit and looked in the database for anything related to category counts but have came up empty.
I know you can click on the green/red buttons to change the categories. I'm looking for a way to automate it. I have over 7000 products in my store and it's very time consuming to manually go through each category/subcategory to find all of the categories that are 0 of ### active and deactivate them. I don't want to leave them on because that will not give the shopper a very good experience when they click on a category and nothing is there.
I have posted this issue here http://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.p...s-are-inactive but it's not a very active feed.
Where are category counts calculated and stored so that they will display on the admin/categories pages? That is the key I need to finish building my sql statement for taking care of this issue.
If anyone can help, I'd appreciate it.
Did you try Configuration->Layout Settings->Categories with 0 Products Status ... and set it to 0 (off)?
You could customize the code, using your templates and overrides, for the file:
/includes/templates/templates_default/sideboxes/tpl_categories.php
and add the code in RED:
See if that accomplishes what you are attempting ...Code:if (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) or $box_categories_array[$i]['count'] == 0) {
// skip if this is for the document box (==3)
// skip if this category has no active products
} else {
I did try that but it has no effect.
Did you try Configuration->Layout Settings->Categories with 0 Products Status ... and set it to 0 (off)?Quote:
Originally Posted by mikeel100
That made all of my categories disappear...here is the code that I modified with your suggestion.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ajeh
if (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) or $box_categories_array[$i]['count'] == 0) {
// skip if this is for the document box (==3)
// skip if this category has no active products MIKE
} else {
$content .= '<a class="' . $new_style . '" href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, $box_categories_array[$i]['path']) . '">';
if (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) or $box_categories_array[$i]['count'] == 0) {
// skip if this is for the document box (==3)
// skip if this category has no active products MIKE
WHAT DO I NEED TO COMMENT OUT BELOW TO MAKE IT SKIP } else {
$content .= '<a class="' . $new_style . '" href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, $box_categories_array[$i]['path']) . '">';
It was already set to zero...besides, that is for category counts..."Show Category Count for 0 Products?"Quote:
Originally Posted by lat9
Thanks though.