Product listing on main page?

[xfourninetwox]

Hey folks, i want to really cut down my site to the bare minimum, and when I saw bare minimum I mean it.

Here is whay I have now: http://justaaudial.net/releases.html

I'd love to have http://justaaudial.net/store look exactly the same as the link above. I haven't yet begun really, so I realize I am pretty far but the one thing that deferred me from doing so was that I didn't notice anthing that would allow me to just show my one category on the main page. Any ideas?

[usernamenone]

Yes, turn off your new products of the month and then go to:
includes>templates>yourtemplate>templates>tpl_index_default.php add code just below

<?php if (SHOW_CUSTOMER_GREETING == 1) { ?>
<h2 class="greeting"><?php echo zen_customer_greeting(); ?></h2>
<?php } ?>

For your image and product like this

<table style="width: 100%;"><tbody><tr>
<td rowspan="1" style="text-align: center; width: 100%;">
<?=zen_image(DIR_WS_TEMPLATE.'images/center_product.jpg','','','','')?></td></tr>
</tbody></table>

your image would be in your template images folder add text and a link to your product like this link
<a href="index.php?main_page=index&cPath=48">Top 40 CD</a>

[jarsa]

I' am not quite sure if this is what you wanted, but there is "Main Page-Opens with Category" in Admin->Configuration->Layout settings.

[xfourninetwox]

Yes, turn off your new products of the month and then go to:
includes>templates>yourtemplate>templates>tpl_index_default.php add code just below

<?php if (SHOW_CUSTOMER_GREETING == 1) { ?>
<h2 class="greeting"><?php echo zen_customer_greeting(); ?></h2>
<?php } ?>

For your image and product like this

<table style="width: 100%;"><tbody><tr>
<td rowspan="1" style="text-align: center; width: 100%;">
<?=zen_image(DIR_WS_TEMPLATE.'images/center_product.jpg','','','','')?></td></tr>
</tbody></table>

your image would be in your template images folder add text and a link to your product like this link
<a href="index.php?main_page=index&cPath=48">Top 40 CD</a>

i tried this but couldn't quite get it to work... i pasted the "table style" under the "show customer greeting" but it didn't seem to work? could you clear up where exactly to paste it

[xfourninetwox]

I' am not quite sure if this is what you wanted, but there is "Main Page-Opens with Category" in Admin->Configuration->Layout settings.

I tried this as well, I have one category set up and the category ID is 1, so I wrote in 1... didn't work. I tired putting 0 for "top level"... didn't work. Any ideas?

[jarsa]

Same place -> Categories-Always Show on Main Page. Do you have that turned on?

[xfourninetwox]

Same place -> Categories-Always Show on Main Page. Do you have that turned on?

that did it! thanks

[xfourninetwox]

OK so I have the first steps happening

now can someone tell me what to edit to replace the short version of the description in the product all listing to the full product description from the product listing?

justaaudial.net/store

justaaudial.net/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=3

[DrByte]

now can someone tell me what to edit to replace the short version of the description in the product all listing to the full product description from the product listing?

Admin->Configuration->Product Listing->Display Product Description

Display Product Description
Do you want to display the Product Description?

0= OFF
150= Suggested Length, or enter the maximum number of characters to display

[xfourninetwox]

Admin->Configuration->Product Listing->Display Product Description

why does this method not allow for my paragraph formatting? i have a number of line breaks in there that don't seem to be showing