How can I remove Category names in the main window?

[kobra]

Original poster apparently solved his own problem, but was not community minded enough to share his solution.

So for anyone following this thread, here is a solution that you can use. I have tested it for just a couple of days so if you find a glitch please post it here.

This is only for version 1.3.x:

You should be using the override system and have a folder for your template files in the locations where you are altering files.

custom will be the folder for this example:

In your /includes/templates/custom/ folder create another folder named 'templates'

find the tpl_index_categories.php file located in the /includes/templates/template_default/templates/
folder and ftp it to your PC.

Use your editor, notepad or? and open the file and locate this code:

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

and delete all of this code from the BOF line to and including the EOF line.

Save it and FTP it to your custom folder: /includes/templates/custom/templates/

Now when you select a category, there will be no display of the sub-categories that reside under it. Use this only if you do not want them to display.

[Ajeh]

Or ... to save pain and sorrow later for a quick fix ...

Just comment out this line in your override file ...

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

This way you will know "what" you ripped out of the code in your override ...

[TGS]

To remove categories on the main page...

In the admin panel, go to Configuration>Layout Settings

Towards the lower middle, change "Categories - Always Show on Main Page"

[Ajeh]

I believe this was a bit more indepth in that the categories were not wanted to display at all on the main page when a Category was selected from the Cat box ...

I could be mistaken ... this is but my first cup of coffee ...

[TGS]

I may have misunderstood the issue at hand...

I am new to Zen and I found this post when I was trying to solve a problem I was having. I had the categories listing in the center area of the main entry page.

I'm just having my morning coffee :)

[qisahn]

seriously, i give this guy credit that no one answered his qn..

however, there is no need to be so rude here.

Categories-Tabs Menu ON/OFF

that this the settings u shld have changed. a bit of try and error wld have given u the answer actually.

[gjh42]

Sorry, the Categories-Tabs Menu was not what the OP was talking about. The fix was posted above by Kobra.

[ralphd]

This can be disabled in Admin>Product Listing>Show SubCategories on Main Page while navigating - set this to 0

[gjh42]

Good to have this update for the thread. I expect this option didn't exist a year and some ago or else Ajeh would have mentioned it... she writes the code, after all...

MMMM wait a minute - it's not the product listing the OP was talking about. Actually I don't understand the usefulness of what he wanted, but he wanted a category with subcats (and no immediate products) to not show the subcats when the top cat was selected. I guess he had a reason...

[beep]

Or ... to save pain and sorrow later for a quick fix ...

Just comment out this line in your override file ...

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

This way you will know "what" you ripped out of the code in your override ...

Hello,
Long ago this change was made to my site. I would like to know how to restore the ripped code so that subcategory names display once more and I can then just hide or unhide them at will or using css.
I have searched in developer tool for the code changes you posted but couldn't find them. What other code might have been removed from which files?

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