[Hunabku]

Thanks for responding... not exactly sure what you mean by calling categories from the Home page - cause if it means listing categories then that can be done from Home - never tried it from the Welcome.

My need specifically is to have another page "after" the home page that lists the root categories and text - sort of a master categories page that also shows up directly after the home page in the breadcrumbs (location.tpl).

Ya know what i mean?