Product listing on main page?

[xfourninetwox]

Hey folks, i want to really cut down my site to the bare minimum, and when I saw bare minimum I mean it.

Here is whay I have now: http://justaaudial.net/releases.html

I'd love to have http://justaaudial.net/store look exactly the same as the link above. I haven't yet begun really, so I realize I am pretty far but the one thing that deferred me from doing so was that I didn't notice anthing that would allow me to just show my one category on the main page. Any ideas?

[usernamenone]

Yes, turn off your new products of the month and then go to:
includes>templates>yourtemplate>templates>tpl_index_default.php add code just below

<?php if (SHOW_CUSTOMER_GREETING == 1) { ?>
<h2 class="greeting"><?php echo zen_customer_greeting(); ?></h2>
<?php } ?>

For your image and product like this

<table style="width: 100%;"><tbody><tr>
<td rowspan="1" style="text-align: center; width: 100%;">
<?=zen_image(DIR_WS_TEMPLATE.'images/center_product.jpg','','','','')?></td></tr>
</tbody></table>

your image would be in your template images folder add text and a link to your product like this link
<a href="index.php?main_page=index&cPath=48">Top 40 CD</a>

[jarsa]

I' am not quite sure if this is what you wanted, but there is "Main Page-Opens with Category" in Admin->Configuration->Layout settings.

[xfourninetwox]

I' am not quite sure if this is what you wanted, but there is "Main Page-Opens with Category" in Admin->Configuration->Layout settings.

I tried this as well, I have one category set up and the category ID is 1, so I wrote in 1... didn't work. I tired putting 0 for "top level"... didn't work. Any ideas?

[jarsa]

Same place -> Categories-Always Show on Main Page. Do you have that turned on?

[xfourninetwox]

Same place -> Categories-Always Show on Main Page. Do you have that turned on?

that did it! thanks

[xfourninetwox]

Yes, turn off your new products of the month and then go to:
includes>templates>yourtemplate>templates>tpl_index_default.php add code just below

<?php if (SHOW_CUSTOMER_GREETING == 1) { ?>
<h2 class="greeting"><?php echo zen_customer_greeting(); ?></h2>
<?php } ?>

For your image and product like this

<table style="width: 100%;"><tbody><tr>
<td rowspan="1" style="text-align: center; width: 100%;">
<?=zen_image(DIR_WS_TEMPLATE.'images/center_product.jpg','','','','')?></td></tr>
</tbody></table>

your image would be in your template images folder add text and a link to your product like this link
<a href="index.php?main_page=index&cPath=48">Top 40 CD</a>

i tried this but couldn't quite get it to work... i pasted the "table style" under the "show customer greeting" but it didn't seem to work? could you clear up where exactly to paste it