Quote Originally Posted by SpeedBird3654 View Post
hiya all

im using Westminster New on zencart v1.5.6a)

unfortunately still have the issues where sub cats don't work.. many have had this issue and its come to light that the Westminster New template does not run correctly with updated zencart releases..

has anyone managed to get a fix.. on another thread i created this is the answer i got

You are using a template that was not designed for zc156.. The template makes use of some older mods which can work, but you would need to check the template support page on what needs updating. Some things you can do now that may help you, turn off the side box cats, I use a sticky menu that locks it to the top of the screen, so I turned mine off. Use the responsive classic template until you can get yours updated. If you switch to the classic and all works, then you have template issues with the one you tried to install. Lest you can still do businesses while looking the other one over.
Dave

is there any fix to get the sub cats to show yet or any mods available..


thanks all
Just an opinion .... I run this template on 1.5.5f and 7.1 without any major issues (other than some plugins initially not liking the quirks of 1.5.5f / 7.1 but most have been modified now and nothing to do with the template in any case).
This may sound like a retrograde step but, if you have not already done so, why not try making a test site using 1.5.5 (f) whereby you can still get the benefits of at least PHP7.1 and many of the popular plugins that have been upgraded to 1.5.6 are backward compatible. My understanding is 1.5.6 (even a) still has teething issues in any case.
In my humble opinion I do not thing the author of the template is going to do a re-write to make it compatible to 1.5.6 - better to use the built in responsive template and modify to your needs, again my understanding is that it will be modified to work with every upgrade of ZC so you would not likely encounter this type of situation again in the future.

p.s. I think that the sub categories was an issue with this template prior to 1.5.6