Categories do no show on main page when the setting in Layout Settings > Categories - Always Show on Main Page is set to "1". This worked in Zen Cart 1.5.7. I have tried with my custom template and the base Zen Cart template and neither one shows the categories on the main page.
I am no PHP coder but it appears to be an issue with includes > modules > pages > index > header_php.php. When I replaced the 1.5.7b version of this file with the one from 1.5.7 (just to see what would happen), the categories do show on the main page (though the dots separating the rows and columns don't appear).
Not sure if this is a bug or I am being dumb about how to make this work.
Test Site:
https://www.moonrivercardstore.com/test_OPCO/
Zen Cart 1.5.7b
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11 Dec 2020, 03:31 PM #1
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v1.5.7b Not Showing Categories on Main Page
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11 Dec 2020, 04:02 PM #2
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Re: v1.5.7b Not Showing Categories on Main Page
And here's a link to the current working site:
https://www.baldwinbrassornamentstore.com
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11 Dec 2020, 05:23 PM #3
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Re: v1.5.7b Not Showing Categories on Main Page
They are working on my desktop Chrome.
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11 Dec 2020, 08:09 PM #4
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Re: v1.5.7b Not Showing Categories on Main Page
The original 1.5.7 site (www.BaldwinBrassOrnamentStore.com) is showing the categories on the main page on all browsers.
The test site with 1.5.7b installed (www.MoonRiverCardStore.com/test_OPCO/) is not showing the categories on the main page in any browser.
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11 Dec 2020, 09:37 PM #5
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Re: v1.5.7b Not Showing Categories on Main Page
Oh! I thought you were referring to the left bar of categories. I don't know how to fix it, but I did F12 both pages and there is quite a difference between the two pages after the:
<body id="indexHomeBody"> ==$0
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11 Dec 2020, 11:56 PM #6
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Re: v1.5.7b Not Showing Categories on Main Page
Admin->Configuration->Product Listing->Show SubCategories on Main Page while navigating
Compare that setting between your stores..
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14 Dec 2020, 02:06 PM #7
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Re: v1.5.7b Not Showing Categories on Main Page
Admin > Configuration > Product Listing > Show SubCategories on Main Page while navigating is set to "1" on both stores.
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14 Dec 2020, 07:17 PM #8
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Re: v1.5.7b Not Showing Categories on Main Page
The whole centerBoxWrapperContent appears to be missing in the newer site. Is it possible one template was cloned before the settings were updated?
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14 Dec 2020, 08:14 PM #9
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Re: v1.5.7b Not Showing Categories on Main Page
I did a fresh install of 1.5.7b and a fresh install of the template I am using (lite_grey). I have not messed with the default template. When I switch back and forth between Lite Grey and Classic Contemporary Green, the categories don't show up on the main page. That would indicate to me that something is missing from the core files I installed? Sorry to be a bit dumb about all this.
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25 Jan 2021, 09:23 PM #10
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Re: v1.5.7b Not Showing Categories on Main Page
Was there a fix for this?
I'm having the same issue on new localhost install of ZC 157b using a copy of live store db (db was updated to 157b). No top level categories are displayed on main page. If I set a cat ID under Main Page - Opens with Category to one of the other cat IDs, they will display on main page. If set to 0, they do not.
If I use the index page header_php.php from ZC 156, top level categories are displayed correctly on the main page.Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you want…
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