Main Page Message... *Poof*

[Leovenous]

This seems way basic but it has me stumped. Grrr....

At some point my welcome message (as defined in define_main_page.php) decided to stop showing up. I'm sure its something I did in messing with things... is a heavily customized zen cart, but I'm afraid I'm more of a designer than a programmer.

The site is http://oregonmercantile.com

I'm hoping is really simple, and not due to deleting a line of code (which could well be the case). Any ideas?

[Ajeh]

Both products are in the Top Level Category ... categories_id = 0

You should put them in their own category

Then, you can set the Always Show Category to ON and set to this Category ... and you would see the welcome and the category ...

[Leovenous]

Okay, that would explain about when it dissapeared. I made the assumtion there was no need for a category since there would be so few products, but okay I can do a category.

BUT

Under products/categories the wiki says there is a "new category" button. I see no such thing! So I'm kinda stuck. Do I need to delete the two testing products I have in there now?

[Ajeh]

You don't see it because you added a Product and no Categories ...

Categories hold Products or Categories but never both ...

The buttons appear and disappear based on if there is a Product or Category in the Category ...

You have Products in Category 0 which is the top level ... so you never see the New Category ...

It also sounds like you may not have v1.3.0.2 running ...

I thought I put in a nice Stop! Don't do that! warning in the Top Level Category so you would not get into this situation ...

What version of Zen Cart are you running?

[Leovenous]

I just installed it a few days ago, so it is ver. 1.3.0.2, php 4.4.1, mySQL 4.1.19.

Yeah there are big red letters.

Can I just jet a category into the database manually or something?

[Ajeh]

Okay ... here is the trick to fixing this ...

Using phpMyAdmin ...

Go to the products_to_categories table and change the categories_id from 0 to 1 on these products ...

Next, when you go back to the Admin ... Catalog ... Categories/Products ... the products should vanish and both buttons show ...

Create you Category ...

This should be categories_id 1 but check for sure ...

Then make the products_to_categories categories_id match that categories_id ... as in if not 1 change it to match whatever you just made ...

Now go back to the Admin ... Catalog ... Categories/Products ... and you should see the Products appear in the new Category ...

Next, if you don't want to use the Categories ... in the Configuration ... Layout Settings ... there is the:

Categories - Always Show on Main Page
Always Show Categories on Main Page
0= off
1= on
Default category can be set to Top Level or a Specific Top Level

Turn that on ... and the setting below to what categories_id to use ...

See if that is what you are trying to accomplish ...