Exclude certain categories from new products module?

[fonzie]

I'm using version 1.3.9d, and this didn't work for me at all, in fact it even disabled showing all the new products,

[monkeytown]

There is an add on called Hide Categories. That might work for you. We use it to disable categories that we provide direct links to for certain customers.

[alabasta79]

Thanks a lot.. although i'm using 1.3.9h and the coding changed a little bit.. but this thread really help me to exclude some category from new product... this is what i am searching for a long time..

thank you very much...

[s_mack]

There is an add on called Hide Categories. That might work for you. We use it to disable categories that we provide direct links to for certain customers.

I know this is an old thread, I just thought this was funny. I was trying to hide a category from something and thought to myself "why re-invent the wheels... let's see what others have come up with" and I saw your link to HideCategories. I thought, "hey, that's clever"... lol... then I realized I wrote HideCategories. *sigh*

[mc12345678]

I know this is an old thread, I just thought this was funny. I was trying to hide a category from something and thought to myself "why re-invent the wheels... let's see what others have come up with" and I saw your link to HideCategories. I thought, "hey, that's clever"... lol... then I realized I wrote HideCategories. *sigh*

Circle of life. :)

[jmsnyder23]

I can't get this to work on the new_products.php file in 1.54. I've added the line:

AND p.master_categories_id != 86

twice where necessary and the products in that category still show up on my main page in the new products listing. HELP!

Thanks :)

[jmsnyder23]

Could it maybe be because the category is hidden? This wasn't an issue in 1.39.

Any thoughts at all? I can't find an answer in the forum after hours of searching and nothing I try works.

[mc12345678]

I can't get this to work on the new_products.php file in 1.54. I've added the line:

AND p.master_categories_id != 86

twice where necessary and the products in that category still show up on my main page in the new products listing. HELP!

Thanks :)

You say above that using master_categories_id. This won't hide products that are linked to that category... If you want none of the product that appear in the category to be displayed then the query of product though needs to include a reference to the products_to_categories table and then to omit the products that are assigned to that category... (At the moment not doing the leg work to support this path if I'm barking up the wrong tree.)

The next thing is which new product(s) area are you wanting to affect because I thought I recently had to modify at least two files to address all new_products. There is also/possibly code in an applicable header_php.php file or simlar inthe includes/modules/pages directory...

[jmsnyder23]

Thanks! I figured it out. Apparently the template I'm using had a different new_products.php file that was overriding the default one. I didn't realize that. When I found it, I added the line there twice and it excluded the right category like I wanted!

[mc12345678]

Thanks! I figured it out. Apparently the template I'm using had a different new_products.php file that was overriding the default one. I didn't realize that. When I found it, I added the line there twice and it excluded the right category like I wanted!

Welcome to the template override system. That is/has been the way to manage changes to the store's operation for the most part. It also makes upgrading a bit easier to leave the base files unchanged and only edit the override files.

Glad you were able to resolve the issue and letting others know that it was resolved.