Is there a way to show the sub cats that are in the left menu on the main page?

[CoolCarPartsOnline]

Category listed box is different than Category center box by numinix. You can download all numinix mods from their website www.numinix.com I helped the development of that mod and it works just fine.

[Sushigal]

Do I need to dowload them before the one I downloaded works then? Can someone please look at my reply before this one on page 1 and tell if what I've done was correct and try and help me to get it working?

Thanks

[Dchrastil]

Hi Sushigal,

No you dont need Numinux to install this add-on. Its just an alternative.

As for your problem. I looked at the file structure of the add on and found a mistake:

/includes/templates/sideboxes/YOUR_TEMPLATE/tpl_category_list_box.php

should really be:

/includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/sideboxes/tpl_category_list_box.php

Try fixing that and let us know if it helps.

- Danny

[Sushigal]

Ah, I did originally try and put it in there however, the template I'm using is classic and there was no folder called sidebox in

/includes/templates/classic

so do I need to put a folder called sidebox in here?

Thanks

[Sushigal]

Ok, I went ahead and did that anyway and the mod now appears in my admin, I've made sure it's on and I look on my site, it does what I wanted it to apart from it also displays the products underneath the cateogories which I really don't want. I only want main cats and their sub cats, not products aswell as then it looks like the products are categories as they are listed like categories, this will not do!

[Sushigal]

http://www.thegreatgiftshop.co.uk/zencart/ heres my site so you can see what I mean.

I did also find this mod: 'Expanded Category List' in the free add ons section of this site but this too displays the products underneath the categories, which is stated by the author. They also mention:

'P.S.: I will be uploading another sidebox which includes only categories and subcategories in expanded form (no products) for user convenience'

But I can't see this sidebox anywhere?

[Dchrastil]

I'm glad you got it working Sushigal :)

Looks like both add-ons are going to display products. It will need some customization to remove the product links.

I haven't installed this module on my own site, but by looking at the code you can try commenting out the following line and see if it removes the products from the sidebox:

/includes/classes/category_listing.php LINE 81

// $this->build_products($category_id, $category_link,$level); 

- Danny

[Sushigal]

Thanks Dchrastil,

I'll give that a go and see if it works. If not I know someone who will be able to figure it out for me eventually. It would just be nice to not have to wait and do it myself! I think I need to learn a bit more first though!

I'll post what was done on here if I figure it out in the mean time.

Thanks!

Sushigal

[Sushigal]

You star! That works! Thanks so much

[CoolCarPartsOnline]

I have told you how to do it the right way using Numinix, you can see it in action on any of my sites in the signature. The mod you are using is old and hasn't been updated in years.
I guess whatever works for you.