sub categories only on main page

[Phil020782]

Hi,
I wonder if anyone can help me, I am using zen 1.3.8a

The link to my site is www.personalised-certificates.com so you can see what I'm talking about.

At the moment I have 1 category which contains sub categories (baby names). If you click on Baby names in the left side menu you can see that the sub categories are listed below baby names. On the main page the subcategories are also listed but under the main page content. I would like to have just the sub categories listed on the main page (not the main page content) when a category with sub categories is clicked.

I hope that makes sense and I hope someone can help me with this issue.

Thanks

[Phil020782]

Ok after stumbling across an old topic in the forum I've found what is causing the problem, its the FAQ manager. If I delete the file includes->open-operations->faq_application_top.php
the sub categories work fine but the faq module stops working.

I've had a quick look at the code of that page and it does mention get main page but I don't know enough about php to solve the issue.

Does anyone know how to stop the page from calling the main page up and still keep the faq module working?

Here is the code from that page:

<?php
//
// +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
// |zen-cart Open Source E-commerce                                       |
// +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
// | Copyright (c) 2003 The zen-cart developers                           |
// |                                                                      |
// | http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php                                    |
// |                                                                      |
// | Portions Copyright (c) 2003 osCommerce                               |
// +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
// | This source file is subject to version 2.0 of the GPL license,       |
// | that is bundled with this package in the file LICENSE, and is        |
// | available through the world-wide-web at the following url:           |
// | http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt.                             |
// | If you did not receive a copy of the zen-cart license and are unable |
// | to obtain it through the world-wide-web, please send a note to       |
// | [email protected] so we can mail you a copy immediately.          |
// +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
// $Id: faq_manager.php 001 2005-03-27 [email protected]
//
if (isset($_GET['faqs_id'])) $_GET['faqs_id'] = ereg_replace('[^0-9a-f:]', '', $_GET['faqs_id']);
if (isset($_GET['fcPath'])) $_GET['fcPath'] = ereg_replace('[^0-9_]', '', $_GET['fcPath']);
while (list($key, $value) = each($_GET)) {
$_GET[$key] = ereg_replace('[<>]', '', $value);
}
// validate faqs_id for search engines and bookmarks, etc.
  if (isset($_GET['faqs_id']) and $_SESSION['check_valid'] != 'false') {
    $check_valid = zen_faqs_id_valid($_GET['faqs_id']);
    if (!$check_valid) {
      $_GET['main_page'] = zen_get_info_faq_page($_GET['faqs_id']);
      // do not recheck redirect
      $_SESSION['check_valid'] = 'false';
      zen_redirect(zen_href_link($_GET['main_page'], 'faqs_id=' . $_GET['faqs_id']));
    }
  } else {
    $_SESSION['check_valid'] = 'true';
  }
// calculate faq_category path
  if (isset($_GET['fcPath'])) {
    $fcPath = $_GET['fcPath'];
  } elseif (isset($_GET['faqs_id']) && !zen_check_url_get_terms()) {
    $fcPath = zen_get_faq_path($_GET['faqs_id']);
  } else {
    if (SHOW_FAQ_CATEGORIES_ALWAYS == '1' && !zen_check_url_get_terms()) {
      $show_welcome = 'true';
      $fcPath = (defined('FAQ_CATEGORIES_START_MAIN') ? FAQ_CATEGORIES_START_MAIN : '');
    } else {
      $show_welcome = 'false';
      $fcPath = '';
    }
  }
  if (zen_not_null($fcPath)) {
    $fcPath_array = zen_parse_faq_category_path($fcPath);
    $fcPath = implode('_', $fcPath_array);
    $current_faq_category_id = $fcPath_array[(sizeof($fcPath_array)-1)];
  } else {
    $current_faq_category_id = 0;
    $fcPath_array = array();
  }
// add faq_category names
  if (isset($fcPath_array)) {
    for ($i=0, $n=sizeof($fcPath_array); $i<$n; $i++) {
      $faq_categories_query = "select faq_categories_name
                           from " . TABLE_FAQ_CATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION . "
                           where faq_categories_id = '" . (int)$fcPath_array[$i] . "'
                           and language_id = '" . (int)$_SESSION['languages_id'] . "'";

      $faq_categories = $db->Execute($faq_categories_query);

      if ($faq_categories->RecordCount() > 0) {
        $breadcrumb->add($faq_categories->fields['faq_categories_name'], zen_href_link(FILENAME_FAQS, 'fcPath=' . implode('_', array_slice($fcPath_array, 0, ($i+1)))));
      } else {
        break;
      }
    }
  }
  require(DIR_WS_CLASSES . 'faq_category_tree.php');
?>

Thanks

[Phil020782]

Problem solved.

For anyone else who has this problem here is what I did:

open file includes->open-operations->faq_application_top.php
around line 46 find:

$show_welcome = 'true';

and replace with:

$show_faq_welcome = 'true';

Then in the same file around line 49 find:

$show_welcome = 'false';

and replace with:

$show_faq_welcome = 'false';

Next open file includes->templates->YOUR_CUSTOM_TEMPLATE->templates->tpl_index_faq_categories.php
around line 25 find:

if ($show_welcome == 'true') {

and replace with:

if ($show_faq_welcome == 'true') {

Upload both files and all should work fine.

[gjh42]

Excellent bugfix posting - thanks for sharing so coherently. Have you also added this info to the relevant thread where the problem was being discussed?

[Phil020782]

Hi gjh42,
No I haven't added it to the other topic, but that's a good idea. I'll try and find the topic again and add the fix to it.