X-Cart forums - sub category drop down

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sub category drop down

okay the basic thing i need to do is have a search by brand drop down box on my top seciton of my site. I already made a category called "search by brand" and its id=8. I need the drop box to show all the sub categories within it.

here's the code i got now, yes i know its referencing the main categories, but how do i make it reference the ones only in the subcategory of brand?

Code:

<form name="form_cat" method="get" action="home.php"> 

<select name="cat" onChange="document.form_cat.submit()"> 

<option value="0">Select...</option> 

{section name=cat_num loop=$categories} 

<option class=CategoriesList value="{$categories[cat_num].categoryid}">{$categories[cat_num].category_name|escape}</option> 

{/section} 

</select> 

</form>

this is on the main page not when somone clicks on a category so the form has to only draw from the cat=8.

here's a link to see http://www.henshinauto.com/shop/customer/home.php

so basically in the drop down i wanna see

search by brand
buddy club 2
kaminari
etc

this has to be dynamic and not static...if it were static then i'd be done by now.

A category drop down has been covered in this forum with code, try the search option.

Otherwise get the sort by brand mod from www.cart-lab.com, works great and safes you the puzzle.
I have it on my site, still in development but check it out.
http://www.e-pc.nl/xcart/customer/home.php

i know a drop down for categories has been covered..but making one for sub categories on the main page hasn't. i've searched all over

Can we get this moved to Template Editing please?

This forum is only for finished modifications, not mod requests.