Categories Dressing

[gjh42]

Unless you don't want the top categories to be clickable, you would just style them to look like the headings you want. You would first need to install the chcategories option so that the subcats would all show.
To style only the top categories, add a new rule just below the #chcategories ul a {/*top categories*/ rule, like

#chcategoriesContent>ul>li>a {/*top categories only*/
    whatever styling: you want;
    }

In any case, you will need to make a define for each top category id, setting it to start a new category group.

define ('CAT_BOX_HEADING_1','1|0||');//new list - no headings 

How do you want the sub-subcategories to behave? All visible always, or sub-subcats only visible when their parent is active? The first will require a define for CAT_ACTIVE_LEVEL, the second requires no action.

[gjh42]

Oops, forgot...

The first will require a define for CAT_ACTIVE_LEVEL, the second requires no action.

It's the other way around:
The first requires no action, the second will require a define for CAT_ACTIVE_LEVEL... as I originally typed, then thought I was mistaken... but I was wrong;)

[jmsnyder23]

Is it possible to hide one top category and show all others?

[jmsnyder23]

Well, I answered my own question. Here's my workaround in case anyone else wants to know. I'm selling e-books on my site and wanted to hide the "series" categories. This is what I did:

1) Created a top category called SERIES. Turn it OFF (red button beside it in the Admin instead of green).

2) Move all my series categories into the top category SERIES. Make sure the categories are turned ON (green button instead of red).

3) Create an EZ-Page with all my series links in it. Link to the new subcategories directly (with a cPath=CATEGORY_ID link instead of the cPath=TOPCAT_CATID).

I hope this makes sense!

[Debbie2014]

Unless you don't want the top categories to be clickable, you would just style them to look like the headings you want. You would first need to install the chcategories option so that the subcats would all show.
To style only the top categories, add a new rule just below the #chcategories ul a {/*top categories*/ rule, like

#chcategoriesContent>ul>li>a {/*top categories only*/
    whatever styling: you want;
    }

In any case, you will need to make a define for each top category id, setting it to start a new category group.

define ('CAT_BOX_HEADING_1','1|0||');//new list - no headings 

How do you want the sub-subcategories to behave? All visible always, or sub-subcats only visible when their parent is active? The first will require a define for CAT_ACTIVE_LEVEL, the second requires no action.

I would like them to behave like the second as then it keeps the sidebar neat.

Sorry for taking so long to reply I had forgotten about asking and was doing other things

Debbie