Menu shows one category's children on homepage

Something small I've been trying to figure out, but finding difficult because I'm new to ZenCart and its lingo (well versed in the web dev world though).

I have two categories: "Personal" and "Commercial", which have different category layouts under them. Since most of our customers are not corporations, I'd like the homepage to have "Personal" already open, with the subcategories showing. If the user clicks "Commercial", the "Personal" Section collapses, and "Commercial" opens.

Currently, it just shows "Personal" and "Commercial", and they open up if clicked. How do I get my eStore to start with "Personal" open?

Go to the Configuration ... Layout Settings ...

Set the Category you want to see for:

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

and turn on the setting for:

Categories - Always Show on Main Page
Always Show Categories on Main Page
0= off
1= on
Default category can be set to Top Level or a Specific Top Level

Thanks for responding so quickly! I checked the Layout Settings, and they were already set to the correct numbers. Is it possible a template override is ignoring this? I inherited this project from another web developer, so I can't be certain of what changes were made.

Most likely ... can you test by switching to the Classic Template and see what happens?

Great idea - switched to classic, and it still didn't expand.

What files affect the menu layout? I can check to see if an add-on overwrote the original.

Do you have an URL to you site that we can perhaps peek at? :unsure:

(This is the development site - there is a live version as well, but I am not making changes there)

I checked the Layout Settings, and they were already set to the correct numbers. What exactly were those settings? What is the category id for your Personal category?

Oh! Got it!

I'm so very sorry, I misread, and confused the two settings "Categories - Always Open to Show SubCategories" and "Always Show on Main Page".

Smacks forehead There's my moment of the day. Gonna have to grab some more coffee, it seems.

Thanks again!

You have the setting for:

Main Page - Opens with Category

set to 69?

And you have the setting for:

Categories - Always Open to Show SubCategories

set to 1?

Yes, those were the settings I needed. It's all good now, just had a moment of illiteracy haha.

Thanks very much for the extremely fast and thorough help!

You are most welcome ... thanks for the update that this is working now ...