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2 Column Subcategory Display

Hi

Can someone tell me how to change the subcategories so they are listed in 2 columns without the product numbers??

Thanks
Amanda

Merry Christmas Everybody!

Little late but here is the code for this in 3.5.x:

Code:

{* divide subcategories into 2 columns www.cart-lab.com written for 3.5.x *}

{ include file="location.tpl" }

{if $active_modules.Bestsellers ne "" and $config.Modules.bestsellers_menu ne "Y"}








{include file="modules/Bestsellers/bestsellers.tpl"}

{/if}








{ include file="customer/main/navigation.tpl" }

{if ($navigation_page eq "")||($navigation_page eq "1")}{$current_category.description|regex_replace:"/[\n]/":"

"}



{/if}

{capture name=dialog}

{assign var="tmp" value="0"}

{section name=cat_num loop=$subcategories}

{if $subcategories[cat_num].category}{assign var="tmp" value="1"}{/if}

{/section}



{section name=cat_num loop=$subcategories start=1}



{math equation="x/2" x=$smarty.section.cat_num.max assign="counter" }



{if %cat_num.first%}

{if $tmp} [img]{if $current_category.icon_url}{$current_category.icon_url}{else}{$xcart_web_dir}/icon.php?categoryid={$cat}{/if}[/img] {/if}

<table border=0 width="100%" cellspacing=5><tr>

{/if}



<td width="50%"><font class="ItemsList">{ $subcategories[cat_num].category_name|escape }</font>

</td>



{if %cat_num.index% is div by 2}</tr><tr>{/if}

{*

<td align=right nowrap><font class=Text>

{if $config.Appearance.count_products eq "Y"}

{if $subcategories[cat_num].product_count}

{ $subcategories[cat_num].product_count } {$lng.lbl_products}

{elseif $subcategories[cat_num].subcategory_count}

{ $subcategories[cat_num].subcategory_count } {$lng.lbl_categories|lower}

{/if}

{/if}

</font></td>

</tr>

*}

{ if %cat_num.last% }

</tr></table>

{/if}

{/section}



{if $tmp and $products ne "" }

<br clear=_all><hr size=1 noshade>

{/if}

{include file="customer/main/products.tpl" products=$products}

{if $products eq "" and $tmp eq "0"}

{$lng.txt_no_products_in_cat}

{/if}

{/capture}

{include file="dialog.tpl" title=$current_category.category_name|regex_replace:"/.*\//":"" content=$smarty.capture.dialog extra="width=100%"}

{if $products eq ""}

{if $f_products ne ""}








{include file="customer/main/featured.tpl"}

{/if}

{/if}

{ include file="customer/main/navigation.tpl" }

This mod appears to drop the first subcat in the site. I've looked at the code for awhile can not figure it out.

It may be because of the start=1 in the section loop.

Code:

{section name=cat_num loop=$subcategories start=1}

When I set start=0 it doesn't display the table correctly.

Link: http://www.shopgspot.com/shop/home.php?cat=248
FYI this is an adult site.

Quote:

Originally Posted by B00MER

It may be because of the start=1 in the section loop.

Code:

{section name=cat_num loop=$subcategories start=1}

Code:

{* first coloumn *}

<TABLE width="100%"><TR><TD valign="top" width="50%">



{section name=cat_num loop=$subcategories start=0 step=2}

{math equation="x/2" x=$smarty.section.cat_num.max assign="counter"}

{if %cat_num.first%}

{if $tmp} [img]{if $current_category.icon_url}{$current_category.icon_url}{else}{$xcart_web_dir}/icon.php?categoryid={$cat}{/if}[/img] {/if}

<table border=0 width="100%" cellspacing=5><tr>

{/if}

<td width="50%">{ $subcategories[cat_num].category_name|escape }

</td>

</tr><tr>

{ if %cat_num.last% }

</tr></table>

{/if}

{/section}



{* 2nd coloumn *}

</TD><TD valign="top" width="50%">



{section name=cat_num loop=$subcategories start=1 step=2}

{math equation="x/2" x=$smarty.section.cat_num.max assign="counter"}

{if %cat_num.first%}

{if $tmp} [img]{if $current_category.icon_url}{$current_category.icon_url}{else}{$xcart_web_dir}/icon.php?categoryid={$cat}{/if}[/img] {/if}

<table border=0 width="100%" cellspacing=5><tr>

{/if}

<td width="50%">{ $subcategories[cat_num].category_name|escape }

</td>

</tr><tr>

{ if %cat_num.last% }

</tr></table>

{/if}

{/section}



</TD></TR></TABLE>

Updated, works properly now, I just used two section loops and set the stpes at 2 and 1 so I could create columns and get rid of the is div by 2 that wasn't doing what I needed.

hth. ;)

THANKS BOOMER!

I don't know what us newbies would do without you pros! :)

sorry i'm new to x-cart, on which page do i insert this code?

customer/main/subcategories.tpl :wink:

Hey Boomer - I tried it out - It does display the sub categories but when i click on one of them it just goes blank? Any ideas. 3.5.7... I restored the file and everything works fine? werid

Does anybody know if this will work in V4.0.13?

Thanks!

Amanda,

Try this thread for the 4.0.x branch:

http://forum.x-cart.com/viewtopic.php?t=5131

Also, please post your version number in your signature. Edit profile, enter version, enter password, save. Thanks! :)