Making two different sideboxes with categories

[Mersey Internet]

I could do with some advice about a shop I am creating. I want the customer to be able to see a menu something like this...

FABRIC SHOP
--Search by Manufacturer
--Search by Theme
--Search by Colour
--Clearance Fabrics

SEWING SHOP
--Accessories
--Cutters
--Threads
--Miscellaneous

How do I go about creating something like this. I'm comfortable with editing PHP/templates/mysql if required.
At the moment my template has a basic Sidebox with categories like this
CATEGORIES
--A
--B
--C

which is like the SEWING SHOP part of what I want. But if I make "Clearance Fabrics" a category it would appear under SEWING SHOP which isn't what I want.

Should I be using Product Types? I'm just confused. A bit of guidance on the best way to proceed would be great.

My site is here h t t p://t e s t 1.t h e q u i l t e r s w a g o n.co.uk/

It was a new install of 1.3.8a with a customised template.

Mike

[stevesh]

Might be some help here:

http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...roducts_id=609

[Mersey Internet]

Looks good. Thanks a lot.