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Originally Posted by balinor

Why not just hard-code the category menu to link right to the product detail page?

Padraic,

Don't forget that I'm still a newbie... I have mastered many parts of the code, but there are many concepts that I don't have a clue...

In this case, I purchased PhilJ's True Three Level Vertical Category Flyout Menu -- so I've added a layer of complexity (maybe not?)

If you were going to hard code a specific product.tpl (let's say I rename it product-majorproduct1.tpl) - where would you start? Would the code look like an if/else -- ?

SInce I have disabled /skin1/customer/categories.tpl, my code may need to be different, but not THAT different.

Let's say you were going to hard code a product detail page into a "stock" categories.tpl --

{* $Id: categories.tpl,v 1.23 2004/06/24 09:53:29 max Exp $ *}
<div id="categories">
{capture name=menu}
{if $active_modules.Fancy_Categories ne ""}
{include file="`$fancycategories_config.modules_path`/fancy_categories.tpl"}
{else}
{if $config.General.root_categories eq "Y"}
{section name=cat_num loop=$categories}
<FONT class="CategoriesList">&raquo; {$categories[cat_num].category}</FONT>
{/section}
{else} {section name=cat_num loop=$subcategories}
<FONT class="CategoriesList">&raquo; {$subcategories[cat_num].category}</FONT>
{/section}
{/if}
{/if}
{/capture}
{ include file="menu.tpl" dingbats="dingbats_categorie.gif" menu_title=$lng.lbl_categories menu_content=$smarty.capture.menu }
</div>

Where do we edit?

Surely someone has done this??? What do stores that only sell a few products do? Do they always require the customer to click on a category (thumbnail) page before getting to the product detail? Unfortunately, many xcart stores do this -- in my opinion, a speedbump for the customer.

Thanks for pointing me in a direction...