categories wont show on main page

**samanthar** · 5 Feb 2010, 06:26 AM

the categories wont appear on the main index page, i have it ticked in layout settings to appear. i am using Theme 12541 but i changed the theme to the default theme and it still wont show. i have built 3 carts using zen so far and no problems... the only big differance with this one is that its on a windows server? please help.. this is so frustrating
thanks in advance

**gjh42** · 5 Feb 2010, 08:19 AM

There are two settings needed for the categories to show on the homepage. What is your setting for "Main Page - Opens With Category" ?

**samanthar** · 5 Feb 2010, 12:14 PM

that is set at 0 because i want the top level categories to show only?

**gjh42** · 5 Feb 2010, 05:28 PM

Yes, 0 should show all of the top cats on the home page. Do you want something else? Post a link to see your site.

**samanthar** · 8 Feb 2010, 10:16 PM

thanks, i know it should show all the categories but its not.. thats my problem

check website here

**gjh42** · 8 Feb 2010, 10:41 PM

I don't see a cause for this, but it is definitely not showing a category list where it could:

HTML Code:

<!-- BOF: Display grid of available sub-categories, if any -->
<!-- EOF: Display grid of available sub-categories -->

You don't have any subcategories, so it is not possible to test whether they show on interior pages. Can you create a couple of subcats in one of the top cats for a test?

It is possible that your Template Monster template has disabled the category list display, though it is not the same hack we have seen a bunch of recently (search the forum for hsyong for more info and that fix - yours may be similar).