[gatordp]

I saw this thread in the 4.1x forums
http://forum.x-cart.com/showthread.php?t=23766&highlight=Exclude+Certain+C ategories+From+Category+List

But I tried it, and it did not on 4.2.2. Basically you assign a category you want to exclude with a high Category ID, like 500. Then you add an "if statement" to the categories.tpl file saying if category ID is > 500 then exclude.

Does anyone know how to do this?

Here is my categories.tpl

{*
$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 $active_modules.Fancy_Categories}
  {include file="modules/Fancy_Categories/categories.tpl"}
  {assign var="additional_class" value="menu-fancy-categories-list"}
{else}
  <ul class="nav_list">
    {foreach from=$categories_menu_list item=c}
      {if $c.avail ne "H"}
<li><a href="home.php?cat={$c.categoryid}" title="{$c.category|escape}">{$c.category}</a></li>
{/if}
    {/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}