Advanced Search Question

[traytray]

In Advanced Search>Limit To Category>All Categories it brings up a list of all the manufacturers followed by a list of categories. How can I change this to eliminate the manufacturers names? I already have them under All Manufacturers. Don't need them twice.

[DrByte]

So, you're asking how to randomly remove certain category names from the list?

[traytray]

Sometimes my links don't work, but let's try it.

http://designerperfumesnob.authsafe....eywords%20here

I'm saying that what should be a drop down box limited to categories is showing manufacturers and categories way down on the bottom because I have a lot of manufacturers. I want to delete the manufacturers from this list as they don't belong there.

[DrByte]

Am I correct in understanding that what YOU are calling "manufacturers" in this context are REALLY "subcategories"?
And that what you're REALLY asking is for a way to limit the dropdown to only show "top-level" categories, and never any subcategories?

[traytray]

Am I correct in understanding that what YOU are calling "manufacturers" in this context are REALLY "subcategories"?
And that what you're REALLY asking is for a way to limit the dropdown to only show "top-level" categories, and never any subcategories?

Can you see my site? If you can and you look at the drop down for Designers you will see all the manufacturers names listed. Those are the same names you will see in the All Categories drop down even WITHOUT sub-categories enabled. My first category is Women's Perfume. Wouldn't the sub-category be a product and not a manufacturer?

[DrByte]

look at the drop down for Designers you will see all the manufacturers names listed.

Right.

Those are the same names you will see in the All Categories drop down

Kinda, ya.

even WITHOUT sub-categories enabled.

If you're referring to the "checkbox" below the Categories dropdown, you're completely misunderstanding that checkbox. That checkbox only asks the visitor whether the search that happens WHEN THEY CLICK SUBMIT should include subcategories in the search or not. It has nothing to do with the stuff shown on that same screen BEFORE clicking the Submit/search button.

My first category is Women's Perfume. Wouldn't the sub-category be a product and not a manufacturer?

No. The sub-category is exactly that: a sub-category. If it coincidentally happens to have the same name as one of your designers/manufacturers, that's simply a byproduct of how you have named your subcategories.

I think you're getting yourself (or at least *me* and your customers anyway) confused because of the way you've named your subcategories.

Eventually I think you'll finally confirm that what you want listed in that pulldown is just the top-level categories ... the same as the top-level categories that are displayed in the Categories sidebox on the left navigation of your site, right?

[traytray]

OK, I understand the sub-category checkbox now. Yes, I do want top-level categories only. Is it possible?

[DrByte]

You'll have to delete code from core files:

Well, sort of. Add the // as shown here, to disable the core code that builds the child subcategory entries. And pray that it doesn't break anything elsewhere in your site.

/includes/functions/functions_categories.php
around line 142:

      if ($categories->fields['categories_id'] != $parent_id) {
      //  $categories_array = zen_get_categories($categories_array, $categories->fields['categories_id'], $indent . '  ', '1');
      }

[traytray]

You've scared me sufficiently. I guess I'll leave it as is. Thanks for working with me.