How do i get a category pulldown menu????

[kobra]

this is no good for what i want to do, as i do not want all the categories across the top, just some of them

Hi, can anyone tell me what bit of coding is needed to add to a file to extract all the subcategories from a particular category.

I guess you either changed your mind or mis-posted initially....
At any rate, most use parts of default code and as such get them all and is dynamic so that when added to it captures those also.

There are others that combine what you later state you want but all cats in the free software addons that do not spring board on native cat-tabs display

[paddy_uk2007]

I guess you either changed your mind or mis-posted initially....
At any rate, most use parts of default code and as such get them all and is dynamic so that when added to it captures those also.

There are others that combine what you later state you want but all cats in the free software addons that do not spring board on native cat-tabs display

Think you must have understood what am after..... I want all the subcategories from some of my main categories to show, but i do not want all my main categories across the top of my site.

so lets say i have 10 main categories but i only want 5 of them main categories across the top and when scrolled over the sub categories for that category display as a drop down.

I already no how to do the drop down, i just don't no what coding to use to display the subcategories for that category.

there must be a way of putting some PHP code in there using the main category number that then displays the subcategories for that category, i just dont no how to do this.

hope yous are understanding what it is am asking......

[DrByte]

There are two addons that already do similarly:
http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...products_id=75
http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...roducts_id=479

Instead of just saying they won't help because they show all categories, if you study them you'll see the categories_ul_generator class, which shows you exactly how to pull the child categories from each desired top-level category.

[paddy_uk2007]

There are two addons that already do similarly:
http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...products_id=75
http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...roducts_id=479

Instead of just saying they won't help because they show all categories, if you study them you'll see the categories_ul_generator class, which shows you exactly how to pull the child categories from each desired top-level category.

you say "if you study them you'll see the categories_ul_generator class, which shows you exactly how to pull the child categories from each desired top-level category"

but i have looked at them and can not find what it is i need to add the pull the child categories that is why i opened this thread to see if anyone new what part it is. as i have looked and tried things but nothing worked.

looks like it will have to be hard coded

[DrByte]

but i have looked at them and can not find what it is i need to add the pull the child categories

it builds a list of all categories and subcategories, starting with the children of "0" which is the very top level category in ZC v1.x.x.
For 4 specific categories that would mean you would just call it 4 times, each time feeding it the category number you want it to return results for.

[paddy_uk2007]

it builds a list of all categories and subcategories, starting with the children of "0" which is the very top level category in ZC v1.x.x.
For 4 specific categories that would mean you would just call it 4 times, each time feeding it the category number you want it to return results for.

Thanks i will look into it now and see if i can figure it out, I will post back how i get on ;)

[paddy_uk2007]

Hi all am still stuck on this one, ive manage to extract all the subcategories for every category but i need to know how to just extract the sub cats for a set category. this is the code i have that extracts all the shop sub cats.

<?php
if (CATEGORIES_TABS_STATUS == '0') 
{
	echo '<ul>';

	$categories_tab_query = "SELECT c.categories_id, cd.categories_name FROM ".TABLE_CATEGORIES." c, ".TABLE_CATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION . " cd WHERE c.categories_id=cd.categories_id AND c.parent_id= '0' AND cd.language_id='" . (int)$_SESSION['languages_id'] . "' AND c.categories_status='1' ORDER BY c.sort_order, cd.categories_name;";
	$categories_tab = $db->Execute($categories_tab_query);

	while (!$categories_tab->EOF) 
	{
		$subcategories_tab_query="SELECT c.categories_id, cd.categories_name FROM ".TABLE_CATEGORIES." c, ".TABLE_CATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION . " cd WHERE c.categories_id=cd.categories_id AND c.parent_id= '".(int)$categories_tab->fields['categories_id']."' AND cd.language_id='" . (int)$_SESSION['languages_id'] . "' AND c.categories_status='1' ORDER BY c.sort_order, cd.categories_name;";
		$subcategories_tab=$db->Execute($subcategories_tab_query);
		if($subcategories_tab->RecordCount()>0)
		{
			echo '<ul>';
			while (!$subcategories_tab->EOF) 
			{
				$cPath_new=zen_get_path($subcategories_tab->fields['categories_id']);
				$cPath_new=str_replace('=0_', '=', $cPath_new);
				echo '<li>'.'<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, $cPath_new) . '">'.$subcategories_tab->fields['categories_name'].'</a></li><br />';
				$subcategories_tab->MoveNext();
			}
			echo '</ul>';
		}
		echo '</li>';
		$categories_tab->MoveNext();
	}
	echo '</ul>';
}
?>

what part of that code would i change if i wanted to just extract the subcategories for one of my categories (category id 31)

It must be possible to change that code so it only shows the sub cats for my category with the id of 31.

Please can someone help
thanks

[kobra]

but i have looked at them and can not find what it is

But you only remarked on this one....

I want to have them in a drop down menu, and be4 anyone says try this mod

http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...oducts_id=1448

Post the ul code you can not figure out & where it came from

[jill8026]

This is very confusing....

so lets say i have 10 main categories but i only want 5 of them main categories across the top and when scrolled over the sub categories for that category display as a drop down.

If you only want 5 categories to be shown, then why create 10?

If this is how you want to do it - then why not just hard code it into the header - you will hVe to update it manually of course, but that is probably the fastest way to do it...?

It sounds like it would be very hard to do via the existing database format....

[paddy_uk2007]

This is very confusing....



If you only want 5 categories to be shown, then why create 10?

If this is how you want to do it - then why not just hard code it into the header - you will hVe to update it manually of course, but that is probably the fastest way to do it...?

It sounds like it would be very hard to do via the existing database format....

because the side box will also be on some pages that will display all the categories, I didnt want to hard code it as it means always updating it when i have new products/ new sub cats and is products sell out etc... but looks like this is the only option

well anyways doesn't look like this is possible, but thanks everyone for your input
;)