How to show a specific category on main page

[loquela]

I would like to show the sub-categories of a specific Top Level category on the Main Page. How can I do this?


There seems to be a clue here:

Configuration > Layout Settings > Categories - Always Show on Main Page:

Default category can be set to Top Level or a Specific Top Level

How do I set the default category to a Specific top level?

[Ajeh]

Be sure to set that Category in the next question:

Main Page - Opens with Category
0= Top Level Categories
Or enter the Category ID#
Note: Sub Categories can also be used Example: 3_10

[loquela]

Many thanks Ajeh,

But this now seems to dissable the ability to show Featured Products and/or New Products in the Main Page centre column.

I would like to have two boxes in the centre column the first showing the Featured Products and the second showing the sub cats as described above. Is this possible?

[gjh42]

Admin > Configuration > Index Listing has settings for a variety of situations, like
Show Featured Products on Main Page - Category with SubCategories.


I'm not sure if you can get the Featured centerbox above the subcat display... I recall seeing code to handle this type of function, but not sure in which file.

[loquela]

Thanks Glenn,

If I set 'Main Page - Opens with Category' to 0, top level categories show and Features Products appear fine. But if I set 'Main Page - Opens with Category' to display a sub category, the Featured Products do not display. Is there a way around this?

[gjh42]

Look at the Index Listing settings mentioned above.

[loquela]

Thanks Glenn,
Index Listing > Show Featured Prroducts on Main Page is set to display. As mentioned above Featured Products do display fine when Layout Settings > Main Page Opens With Category = 0, but when I set this to a sub category the Featured Products no longer appear.

[loquela]

I currently have the following settings:

• Index Listing > Show New Product on Main Page (2)
• Index Listing > Show Featured Products on Main Page (3)
• Index Listing > Show New Product on Main Page - Categories with Sub Categories (2)
• Index Listing > Show Featured Product on Main Page - Categories with Sub Categories (3)

If I now do this:

Layout Settings > Main Page Opens With Category (0)

Index page centre column displays fine:

• Top level categories
• New Products
• Featured Products

But if I do this:

Layout Settings > Main Page Opens With Category (17)

All that is displayed are the category 17 contents, no New Products and no Featured Products.

I checked the tpl_index_categories.php that is called when you set a new default category in Layout Settings > Main Page Opens With Category, and the code for displaying Featured Products and New Products appears to be in tact:

 
<?php require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_modules_featured_products.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/tpl_modules_featured_products.php'); ?>
<?php } ?>
<?php if ($show_display_category->fields['configuration_key'] == 'SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_CATEGORY_SPECIALS_PRODUCTS') { ?>

<?php require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_modules_whats_new.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/tpl_modules_whats_new.php'); ?>
<?php } ?>
<?php if ($show_display_category->fields['configuration_key'] == 'SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_CATEGORY_UPCOMING') { ?>

Can anybody explain why Featured Products and New Products are not displaying in tpl.index_categories.php??

[gjh42]

tpl.index_categories.php is not involved in the problem you describe.

Configuration > Index Listing > Show Featured Products - below Product Listing

applies to the product listing page.

[loquela]

tpl.index_categories.php is not involved in the problem you describe.

Yes it is.

Layout Settings > Main Page Opens With Category (0) uses tpl.index_default

But if you change the default category:

Layout Settings > Main Page Opens With Category (number of sub cat) calls tpl.index_categories instead

And for some reason, this page is refusing to display Featured Products and New Products centre boxes.

Configuration > Index Listing > Show Featured Products - below Product Listing applies to the product listing page.

This is very true, but I am not interested in configuring the product listing page, I am trying to configure the index page centre column to show a specific category plus the Featured Products center box.