How to get subcategory links to show up below category heading?

[tinstew]

When I click on a category on the left side menu, the subcategories show up under it, but I also want the subcategory links to be displayed in the middle of the screen, right below the category header, so that you dont just have a blank screen staring back at you.

Here is an example of what I want:

http://www.thecataloguestop.com/inde...index&cPath=55

My website with the issue:

www<dot>homeandgiftavenue<dot>com

Thanks in advance!

[aunrea]

In the admin go to Configuration -> Layout Settings and change "Categories - Always Open to Show SubCategories" to on. Then use the stylesheet to make it look the way you want.

[gjh42]

That affects the categories sidebox.

For the center column, the setting is Comfiguration > Product Listing > Show SubCategories on Main Page while navigating.

[stevesh]

I think what you'ere looking for is the bottom option in Admin - Configuration - Product Listing


(Two minutes late - again.)

[tinstew]

I actually have both options "on" and it still isnt showing.

Any other suggestions guys??

[gjh42]

hsyong strikes again!
Your template designer has permanently removed the ability to show subcategories here:

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

Search the forum on the red text to find the thread with the fix.

And write to the template supplier and complain about this disabling of a standard function. They could have gotten the same effect by including a SQL patch to make an admin setting for Configuration > Product Listing > Show SubCategories on Main Page while navigating, and left you ultimate control over it.

[tinstew]

IT WORKS!!!

I added the following:

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

if (PRODUCT_LIST_CATEGORY_ROW_STATUS == 0) {

// do nothing

} else {

// display subcategories

/**

* require the code to display the sub-categories-grid, if any exist

*/

require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_modules_category_row.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/tpl_modules_category_row.php');

}

?>
<!-- EOF: Display grid of available sub-categories -->


Your right, this could have easily been accomplished by writing a sql patch....I dont even know why it was disabled! I think that the subcategories showing in the category header looks fab!

Thanks again to the zen crew for always coming up with prompt answers

[lausianne]

I've got the same problem, that the subcategories don't show when I select one of the main categories. Everything is set in Product Listing, the lines in "tpl_index_categories.php" are there, too.

But "tpl_index_categories.php" is never called within a category, only in the main page (where, accordingly, the main categories are displayed)!

Any idea?

Thank you!

Cheers, Ralf.

[gjh42]

For starters, let's see your site so we can tell if it is one of the known issues.

What do you have for admin > Configuration > Product Listing >
Show SubCategories on Main Page while navigating

[lausianne]

Hi Glenn,

thanks for dropping in.

And you helped me solve it, thank you!
While writing down the details here, I got more ideas, did more testing and found the problem.

All the settings were right. I had at some point read (in the Sarkar book) that there cannot be subcategories and products in one category. This is not entirely true, because that's what I had. And I saw no reason (still don't see one) why not. Now I found that normally it is not possible to enter both products AND categories within a category from the backend.
BUT I did not enter the stuff manually, my client uploaded it from his ERP system. And his ERP had no problem doing the impossible ...

Now I moved the products elsewhere, so only subcategories remain. Voilà.

Thanks again!

Cheers,
Ralf.