Category->Sub-Category Counts

[jfreeman]

I've been looking for a solution here but can't seem to find it amoung the faq's here - perhaps I missedit.

I would like the following to happen (which I was working in my original install but went away at some point):

From Main Menu - Categories Box

Category [count] <-This happening correctly

Click on Category - displays sub-categories

When do this I see the all of the sub-categories but do not see counts per sub-categories - I would like this turn on so my customers can click on sub-categories with products in them.

Any help would be most appreciated.

[kobra]

That would be the normal default behaviour....

What are your install details?? ver etc?

Settings in config > layout settings around this function

[jfreeman]

Thanks for replying, I'm at the latest relase of Zen Cart 1.3.9e

[jfreeman]

Thank you for replying,

I am at the latest Zen Cart 1.3.9e and I had to paste here as the attachment was too large. Below are the layout configurations and if you need any other config info - just let me know.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Title Value Action
Column Width - Left Boxes 150px
Column Width - Right Boxes 150px
Bread Crumbs Navigation Separator &nbsp;::&nbsp;
Define Breadcrumb Status 1
Bestsellers - Number Padding &nbsp;
Bestsellers - Truncate Product Names 35
Bestsellers - Truncate Product Names followed by ... true
Categories Box - Show Specials Link true
Categories Box - Show Products New Link true
Shopping Cart Box Status 1
Categories Box - Show Featured Products Link true
Categories Box - Show Products All Link true
Column Left Status - Global 1
Column Right Status - Global 1
Column Width - Left 150px
Column Width - Right 150px
Categories Separator between links Status 0
Categories Separator between the Category Name and Count -&gt;
Categories Separator between the Category Name and Sub Categories |_&nbsp;
Categories Count Prefix &nbsp;(
Categories Count Suffix )
Categories SubCategories Indent &nbsp;&nbsp;
Categories with 0 Products Status 0
Split Categories Box True
Shopping Cart - Show Totals 1
Customer Greeting - Show on Index Page 1
Categories - Always Show on Main Page 0
Main Page - Opens with Category 0
Categories - Always Open to Show SubCategories 1
Banner Display Groups - Header Position 1
Banner Display Groups - Header Position 2
Banner Display Groups - Header Position 3
Banner Display Groups - Footer Position 1
Banner Display Groups - Footer Position 2
Banner Display Groups - Footer Position 3 Wide-Banners
Banner Display Groups - Side Box banner_box SideBox-Banners
Banner Display Groups - Side Box banner_box2 SideBox-Banners
Banner Display Group - Side Box banner_box_all BannersAll
Footer - Show IP Address status 1
Product Discount Quantities - Add how many blank discounts? 5
Product Discount Quantities - Display how many per row? 5
Categories/Products Display Sort Order 3
Option Names and Values Global Add, Copy and Delete Features Status 1
Categories-Tabs Menu ON/OFF 0
Site Map - include My Account Links? Yes
Skip 1-prod Categories True
Use split-login page False
CSS Buttons No

[kobra]

Need a link to your install to see if this might be a template issue

Post one with ONE space to break the link and prevent it being googled as in

http: //www.zen-cart.com/

[jfreeman]

Thanks for helping here is the link:

http:// www. vintagesheetmusiconline .com/ zennew13/ index.php?main_page=

[kobra]

What I see is exactly as it should be - those with products show

(1)

What are you referring to???

[jfreeman]

I agree in the Categories Box it would show counts and sub categories with counts in it . What I'm driving at is when you click on Sheet Music - I believe at one time it displayed all the sub-categories to the right and their counts (except zero items in a sub-category) - then when you click on the sub-category with a count next to it (in this case 1800's) and then when I clicked on it displays the sub-sub-category (E. T. Paull) with a count next to it and when I clicked on it I saw the items for me to choose and purchase.

Again, this is what I thought I saw as I was somewhat rapidly setting things up as I did like three fresh installs after playing around with configurations.

Thanks - Jeff

[Ajeh]

Could it possibly be because you have 1 item in that Category and have the Skip Product Listing with 1 item turned on in the Configuration ... Layout Settings ...

Skip 1-prod Categories
Skip single-product categories
If this option is set to True, then if the customer clicks on a link to a category which only contains a single item, then Zen Cart will take them directly to that product-page, rather than present them with another link to click in order to see the product.
Default: True

[jfreeman]

I tried changing that optioin and it still does not turnon the sub-categories count to the right of the Category Box. Please follow this link to see what I mean. Again, Category Box shows counts and sub-categories correct. But if you click on Sheet Music - the categories display to the right (which I want) but they do not display sounds of the sub-categories to the right of the Categories Box. Please piece back the url below in order to see my ecommerce cart.

http:// www. vintagesheetmusiconline .com/ zennew13/i ndex.php?main_page=index&cPath=1

Thanks for any help.