Re: problem with subcategories and listing
For your first question...
admin > configuration > product listing > Include Product Listing Top Categories Image ... set to false
For the next problem - you probably have some sort of error in includes/templates/sophyblue/templates/tpl_index_product_list.php - or includes/templates/template_default/templates/tpl_index_product_list.php if you don't have an override copy.
Check for php errors after this line of code:
Code:
<div id="categoryImgListing" class="categoryImg"><?php echo zen_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $categories_image, '', CATEGORY_ICON_IMAGE_WIDTH, CATEGORY_ICON_IMAGE_HEIGHT); ?></div>
The php is broken somewhere after that - the html source code of the page stops there - if you hadn't noticed, your footer isn't displaying on your product listing pages either.
Try the debug tool referred to here
Neville
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