How do I make the CSS category menu display only top-level categories?

[Parafanaylya]

http://joburgonline.com

Hi Anne

Can't find an answer on the forum to my issue below, and have scoured/toggled the admin options.

I have many sub-categories. These drop off the bottom of one's desktop when navigating deeper and deeper into the options. I manage to scroll down, but site visitors don't, or can't. have also reduced sub categories significantly.

Is it possible to switch the sub-categories menu off, so that only the top categories are in the main page menu? Clicking on a top category will then take you to a page displaying the sub-category options (this already works, but not all think that way, get frustrated and go back to google).

Looking forward to your reply

[picaflor-azul]

http://joburgonline.com

Hi Anne

Can't find an answer on the forum to my issue below, and have scoured/toggled the admin options.

I have many sub-categories. These drop off the bottom of one's desktop when navigating deeper and deeper into the options. I manage to scroll down, but site visitors don't, or can't. have also reduced sub categories significantly.

Is it possible to switch the sub-categories menu off, so that only the top categories are in the main page menu? Clicking on a top category will then take you to a page displaying the sub-category options (this already works, but not all think that way, get frustrated and go back to google).

Looking forward to your reply

Yes, you will need to modify the code in the includes/classes/categories_ul_generator.php file.

Thanks,

Anne

[Parafanaylya]

Yes, you will need to modify the code in the includes/classes/categories_ul_generator.php file.

Thanks,

Anne

How should it be changed? i.e. what do I remove/modify?

[DrByte]

1. I might suggest that if your customers are having difficulty navigating your category structure that you come up with another way to display your categories so your customers can find them more intuitively. ie: if the current menu system isn't suitable for your customers, use another one that is.

2. To force the categories_ul_generator to process only 1 level instead of 6, change the $max_level from 6 to 1 in categories_ul_generator.php:

class zen_categories_ul_generator {
  var $root_category_id = 0,
      $max_level = 6,

[Parafanaylya]

1. I might suggest that if your customers are having difficulty navigating your category structure that you come up with another way to display your categories so your customers can find them more intuitively. ie: if the current menu system isn't suitable for your customers, use another one that is.

2. To force the categories_ul_generator to process only 1 level instead of 6, change the $max_level from 6 to 1 in categories_ul_generator.php:

class zen_categories_ul_generator {
  var $root_category_id = 0,
      $max_level = 6,

Thanks DrByte

I changed mine from

class zen_categories_ul_generator {
    var $root_category_id = 0,
    $max_level = 0,

to

class zen_categories_ul_generator {
    var $root_category_id = 0,
    $max_level = 1,

And it's working!