Originally Posted by civictuner

I have the problem that some of my categories' title are the same as the hidden categorie??

anyone who has a solution for this?

thnx

Originally Posted by fablot

is the include/search.php code for version 4.0.16

Change:


to:



to see the products
it is corrected?

Originally Posted by MOC

Hi,
i installed this mod for version 3.5.14

How can the Hidden categories be excluded out of the Drop down menu (Category) in the advance search?

TIA
Saskia

Originally Posted by HWT

An extension of the page title "bug", the description also gets taken only from the 1st hidden category. Tried to work around by giving the first hidden category a general name, and use the description to differentiate the categories. Didn't work. Every category (hidden or not) displays the same title and description as the 1st hidden category. Anyone figured it out yet?

Originally Posted by Jon

3.5.8-3.5.9 but may work on others

In the older version of x-cart, disabled categories were still viewable so you could have hidden categories. This was good for hidden categories, not so good if you actually wanted to disable the category.

In the newer x-carts I've noticed they actually disable the category, but you can't have hidden categories.

This mod just allows you to create a hidden category using the admin section. The category won't show up in the navigation, and will still accessible by direct link.

Mod is pretty basic, was just difficult finding where the exclusion took place :)

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First lets get it to allow the hidden categories.
Open up /include/categories.php

FIND:
$categories_data = func_query("select $sql_tbl[categories].*, SUBSTRING_INDEX($sql_tbl[categories].category, '\/', -1) as category_name, SUBSTRING_INDEX($sql_tbl[categories].category, '\/', 1) as root_category_name from $sql_tbl[categories] ".($current_area=="C"?"where $sql_tbl[categories].avail='Y' $membership_condition ":"")." group by $sql_tbl[categories].categoryid order by ".($current_area=="C" ? "order_by" : "category"));

REPLACE WITH:
$categories_data = func_query("select $sql_tbl[categories].*, SUBSTRING_INDEX($sql_tbl[categories].category, '\/', -1) as category_name, SUBSTRING_INDEX($sql_tbl[categories].category, '\/', 1) as root_category_name from $sql_tbl[categories] ".($current_area=="C"?"where $sql_tbl[categories].avail='Y' OR $sql_tbl[categories].avail='H' $membership_condition ":"")." group by $sql_tbl[categories].categoryid order by ".($current_area=="C" ? "order_by" : "category"));

The key here is just adding the: OR $sql_tbl[categories].avail='H'

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Lets make hidden categories creatable from the admin
Open /skin1/admin/category_modify.tpl

FIND:
<select name=avail>
<option value='Y' {if ($current_category.avail eq 'Y')} selected {/if}>Enabled</option>
<option value='N' {if ($current_category.avail eq 'N')} selected {/if}>Disabled</option>
</select>

REPLACE WITH:
<select name=avail>
<option value='Y' {if ($current_category.avail eq 'Y')} selected {/if}>Enabled</option>
<option value='N' {if ($current_category.avail eq 'N')} selected {/if}>Disabled</option>
<option value='H' {if ($current_category.avail eq 'H')} selected {/if}>Hidden</option>
</select>

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Everything is working now, except they are still on the side navigation, so lets remove them.
Open /skin1/customer/categories.tpl

FIND BOTH INSTANCES OF:
<font class=CategoriesList>{$categories[cat_num].category_name}</font>


CHANGE TO:
{if $categories[cat_num].avail ne "H"}<font class=CategoriesList>{$categories[cat_num].category_name}</font>
{/if}

NOTE: There are two links in this file, the categories and the subcategories. The modification needs to be made to both.
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That should do it. Feel free to paypal a donation to jon@hitemup.com if you feel this mod has saved you cost of some development time :)