Question about linking Categories with other categories

[aperfecthost]

I know how to copy products from one category to another. However, my customer wants a few sub-categories of one main category to show as another sub-category of another category. It is a florist and many of their categories/sub-categories cross-over.

Here is the specifics.
cPath=67 (Live Plants, with 3 subcategories) should be able to be linked as a sub-category of cPath=5 (Funerals/Sympathy, with 3 sub + HOPEFULLY cpath=67 and cPath=73 as mentioned below)

ALSO

cPath=73 (Gifts, with 5 subcategories) should also be linked as a sub-category of cPath=5

How can I make that happen?

The website I am working on is: http://paisleyposey.com
I am using a plug-in for the categories. (CSS Flyout Menu) Therefore, the regular tpl_categories.php is not the file I need to modify.
I believe it is either the MYTEMPLATE/sideboxes/tpl_categories.css.php file OR the includes/sideboxes/MYTEMPLATE/categories_css.php
which I am showing below.

Even if you're not POSITIVE on how to do this, please suggest something!


<?php
//
// +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
// |zen-cart Open Source E-commerce |
// +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
// | Copyright (c) 2003 The zen-cart developers |
// | |
// | http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php |
// | |
// | Portions Copyright (c) 2003 osCommerce |
// +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
// | This source file is subject to version 2.0 of the GPL license, |
// | that is bundled with this package in the file LICENSE, and is |
// | available through the world-wide-web at the following url: |
// | http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt. |
// | If you did not receive a copy of the zen-cart license and are unable |
// | to obtain it through the world-wide-web, please send a note to |
// | [email protected] so we can mail you a copy immediately. |
// +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
// $Id: tpl_categories_css.php 2004/06/23 00:00:00 DrByteZen Exp $
//
$content = "";

$content .= '<div id="nav-cat">';
$content .= $menulist; // see the modules/sideboxes/YOURTEMPLATE/categories_css.php for this

if (SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_SPECIALS == 'true' or SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_PRODUCTS_ALL == 'true'){
$content .= ''; // insert a blank line/box in the menu
if (SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_SPECIALS == 'true') {
$content .= '<ul class="level1"><li><a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_SPECIALS) . '">' . CATEGORIES_BOX_HEADING_SPECIALS . '</a></li></ul>';
}
if (SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_PRODUCTS_NEW == 'true') {
$content .= '<ul class="level1"><li><a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCTS_NEW) . '">' . CATEGORIES_BOX_HEADING_WHATS_NEW . '</a></li></ul>';
}
if (SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_FEATURED_PRODUCTS == 'true') {
$show_this = $db->Execute("select products_id from " . TABLE_FEATURED . " where status= 1 limit 1");
if ($show_this->RecordCount() > 0) {
$content .= '<ul class="level1"><li><a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_FEATURED_PRODUCTS) . '">' . CATEGORIES_BOX_HEADING_FEATURED_PRODUCTS . '</a></li></ul>';
}
}
if (SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_PRODUCTS_ALL == 'true') {
$content .= '<ul class="level1"><li><a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCTS_ALL) . '">' . CATEGORIES_BOX_HEADING_PRODUCTS_ALL . '</a></li></ul>';
}
}
$content .= '</div>';
// May want to add ............onfocus="this.blur()"...... to each A HREF to get rid of the dotted-box around links when they're clicked.
// just parse the $content string and insert it into each A HREF tag

?>



<?php
//
// +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
// |zen-cart Open Source E-commerce |
// +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
// | Copyright (c) 2003 The zen-cart developers |
// | |
// | http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php |
// | |
// | Portions Copyright (c) 2003 osCommerce |
// +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
// | This source file is subject to version 2.0 of the GPL license, |
// | that is bundled with this package in the file LICENSE, and is |
// | available through the world-wide-web at the following url: |
// | http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt. |
// | If you did not receive a copy of the zen-cart license and are unable |
// | to obtain it through the world-wide-web, please send a note to |
// | [email protected] so we can mail you a copy immediately. |
// +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
// $Id: categories_css.php 2004/06/23 00:00:00 DrByteZen Exp $
//

// load the UL-generator class and produce the menu list dynamically from there
require_once (DIR_WS_CLASSES . 'categories_ul_generator.php');
$zen_CategoriesUL = new zen_categories_ul_generator;
$menulist = $zen_CategoriesUL->buildTree(true);



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

$title = BOX_HEADING_CATEGORIES;
$left_corner = false;
$right_corner = false;
$right_arrow = false;
$title_link = false;

require($template->get_template_dir($column_box_default, DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'common') . '/' . $column_box_default);

?>

[lat9]

For each product to be linked to another category, use your admin's Catalog->Categories/Products and click the "Copy to" button associated with that product. When the "Copy to" submenu is shown, click the "Multiple Categories Link Manager" button and follow the instructions from there.

[gjh42]

And to address your literal question, there is no way without significant alteration of the Zen Cart categories structure to link subcategories with multiple top categories. You need to do it by copy/linking the subcat's products into a new subcat in the second top category. The new subcat can have the same name as the original subcat.

[afo]

I was just going to post something similar to Glenn's suggestion. You'll have to create subcategories with the same name under the other top level categories and link the products from one subcategory to the other.

[aperfecthost]

That's what I was "afraid" of. Oh well... thank you for the replies!