I need to do the same thing (create external links from categories), but keep getting a failure.
mine looks like this though:
{*
$Id: categories.tpl,v 1.33 2008/11/06 16:53:53 max Exp $
vim: set ts=2 sw=2 sts=2 et:
*}
{capture name=menu}
{if $active_modules.Fancy_Categories}
{include file="modules/Fancy_Categories/categories.tpl"}
{assign var="additional_class" value="menu-fancy-categories-list"}
{else}
<ul>
{foreach from=$categories_menu_list item=c}
<li><a href="home.php?cat={$c.categoryid}" title="{$c.category|escape}">{$c.category}</a></li>
{/foreach}
</ul>
{assign var="additional_class" value="menu-categories-list"}
{/if}
{/capture}
{include file="customer/menu_dialog.tpl" title=$lng.lbl_categories content=$smarty.capture.menu}
where do I insert the above mentioned line? Thanks for any help - I'm pulling my hair out over this! Margaret