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    Default Subcategory Question

    I've decided to setup my store with subcategories now that it's getting bigger...

    I have a category called Holidays, then of course, all my subcategories are the actual holidays, Christmas, Halloween, etc...

    My question is, when the customer clicks on holidays, I want the subcategories to all show up in the center with all the products listed below, but what happens is if they click on holidays, it doesn't bring up anything, and they have to actually click on a specific holiday to bring anything up. Is there a way to make it so if they click on holidays it will show everyrthing, and then if they want to find a specific product for a holiday, they can then click on that holiday?

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    Default Re: Subcategory Question

    Look for yellow1912's thread about "all categories and products on main" or similar wording.

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    Default Re: Subcategory Question

    I think if I add the product to both the subcategory and the main category it will do that.

    However, now I notice that once I add a product to the main category, if I want to add another subcategory, I can't. Is there anyway around this?

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    Default Re: Subcategory Question

    Categories can hold either subcategories or products, not both. There are ways around this, but having both can cause various display and pricing problems, and you should not do it.

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    Default Re: Subcategory Question

    So far so good, I will keep an eye out and let you know if we do have problems with pricing. I have the product added under the main category, so if the customer clicks to browse that way they can, or they can browse to the specific product by subcategory. Pricing is ok and so has the checkout process. What kind of problems should I keep a look out for?

    Is there a way to make all the subcategories list when in the center instead of just on the side so when they click holidays, it will show all the holidays in the middle area instead of just listed as subcategories on the left column?

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    Default Re: Subcategory Question

    That's one of the issues with having products and categories in a category. If you're going to go into the code, better to use the mod that lets you show things without risk of problems.

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    Default Re: Subcategory Question

    What kind of pricing problems does it cause.

    Also, what is the mod your talking about. I really want to be able to have it done this way without having any problems.

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    Default Re: Subcategory Question

    I haven't done that combination, so don't have first-hand experience with the problems.
    Yellow1912's mod can be found here, along with other related discussion.

 

 

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