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    Default Category nesting help

    I've set up categories and subcategories with products but I can see that the nesting is somehow messed up.
    I have category "Fabric" and under it subcategory "Designer", but when I select "Designer" the path at the top shows "Home :: Designer" instead of "Home :: Fabric :: Designer".
    What did I do wrong?

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    Default Re: Category nesting help

    As always, a link to your site will help us help you.

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    Default Re: Category nesting help

    My site is currently password protected because it's not live and I don't want people trying to order stuff (Unless there's another way to do this I don't know about).

    But...
    When I look at my top category (Fabric)'s URL, the cPath is 65 and when I look at "Designer", which should be under fabric the cPath is 68, and I think it should be 65_68 since Designer is a sub category of Fabric.

    In Admin under Categories/Products Designer show as a subcategory of fabric.

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    Default Re: Category nesting help

    If my test site is any guide, you're right - the id should be 65_68.

    You don't have both subcategories and products in that category?

    Have you tried deleting and recreating the subcategory?

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    Default Re: Category nesting help

    No, I don't think you can have both subcategories and products in a category.

    I created a brand new subcategory called "test" under the main "Fabric" category and it was given it's own cPath too. In it's url it is cPath=80 and shoud be cPath=65_80 I think.

    I'm thinking there's a parameter I've set incorrectly somewhere, but I've tried everything.

    This is happening in all of my categories.

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    Default Re: Category nesting help

    I just noticed a very strange thing. If I click on a product displayed on my home page (or "new products" page or "all products" page), its url has the correct path.
    If I follow the category menu to a product though, the path is wrong.

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    Default Re: Category nesting help

    Quote Originally Posted by twiddletails View Post
    My site is currently password protected because it's not live and I don't want people trying to order stuff (Unless there's another way to do this I don't know about).
    Admin > Configuration > My Store : Store Status = 1

    That allows people to see but not Order anything.

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    Default Re: Category nesting help

    I think I found the culprit. It wasn't the way I set up the Categories, it's the Category_list_box.php file I'm using. I want all the subcategories to show all the time and installed a mod for this that obviously doesn't work.
    Does anyone have a link to one that does?

 

 

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