Only certain categories go on the main page?

[diane22]

Ok, I get how to make all the categories show on the main page, and I get how to make none of them show... But how do I make only SOME show in the mainpage (while all remain in the sidebox)?

[kobra]

What is the link to your site to see what you have?

[diane22]

www.fetchingdogcollars.com/wholesale

I want the 4 collar categories (3/4, 1, 1.5, and 2-inch) to remain on the main page AND the sidebox, but the leashes to only be in the sidebox.

[gjh42]

You can suppress display of a certain category in that page by editing
/includes/modules/your_template/category_row.php. Find this section:

    // strip out 0_ from top level cats
    $cPath_new = str_replace('=0_', '=', $cPath_new);

    //    $categories->fields['products_name'] = zen_get_products_name($categories->fields['products_id']);

    $list_box_contents[$row][$col] = array('params' => 'class="categoryListBoxContents"' . ' ' . 'style="width:' . $col_width . '%;"',
                                           'text' => '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, $cPath_new) . '">' . zen_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $categories->fields['categories_image'], $categories->fields['categories_name'], SUBCATEGORY_IMAGE_WIDTH, SUBCATEGORY_IMAGE_HEIGHT) . '<br />' . $categories->fields['categories_name'] . '</a>');

    $col ++;
    if ($col > (MAX_DISPLAY_CATEGORIES_PER_ROW -1)) {
      $col = 0;
      $row ++;
    }
    $categories->MoveNext();
  }
}
?> 

and add a test for category 7:

    // strip out 0_ from top level cats
    $cPath_new = str_replace('=0_', '=', $cPath_new);

    //    $categories->fields['products_name'] = zen_get_products_name($categories->fields['products_id']);
    if ((int)$cPath_new !=7) { //display all but cat 7
    $list_box_contents[$row][$col] = array('params' => 'class="categoryListBoxContents"' . ' ' . 'style="width:' . $col_width . '%;"',
                                           'text' => '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, $cPath_new) . '">' . zen_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $categories->fields['categories_image'], $categories->fields['categories_name'], SUBCATEGORY_IMAGE_WIDTH, SUBCATEGORY_IMAGE_HEIGHT) . '<br />' . $categories->fields['categories_name'] . '</a>');

    $col ++;
    } //display all but cat 7
    if ($col > (MAX_DISPLAY_CATEGORIES_PER_ROW -1)) {
      $col = 0;
      $row ++;
    }
    $categories->MoveNext();
  }
}
?> 

[diane22]

Ok, I must be missing something. I put the new code in and nothing happened....

[gjh42]

Add a debug line to make sure the test is accurate:

echo 'top cat id: ' . (int)$cPath_new; //debug
if ((int)$cPath_new !=7) { //display all but cat 7

Nevermind, the $cPath_new variable is going to be something like
cPath=7
which will never evaluate to just 7.
Change the line to

if ((int)str_replace('cPath=', '', $cPath_new) != 7) { //display all but cat 7