[paul@dimoda.com.au]

Originally Posted by totaltec

Hi mekon. This is where we keep our code snippets! Agreed it would be nice if they were organized...

Well I mocked up some code for you. Try adding this to /common_files/customer/main/welcome.tpl

PHP Code:

{foreach from=$categories_menu_list item=category name=front_cats}

  <span class="subcategories" style="min-width: {$subcat_div_width}px; width: {$subcat_div_width}px; min-height: {$subcat_div_height}px;">
    {if $category.is_icon}
      <a href="home.php?cat={$category.categoryid}"><img src="{get_category_image_url category=$category}" alt="{$category.category|escape}" width="{$category.image_x}" height="{$category.image_y}" /></a>
    {else}
      <img src="{$ImagesDir}/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="{$subcat_img_height}" />
    {/if}
    <br />
    <a href="home.php?cat={$category.categoryid}">{$category.category|escape}</a><br />
    {if $config.Appearance.count_products eq "Y"}
      {if $category.product_count}
        {$lng.lbl_N_products|substitute:products:$category.product_count}
      {elseif $category.subcategory_count}
        {$lng.lbl_N_categories|substitute:count:$category.subcategory_count}
      {/if}
    {/if}
  </span>

{/foreach} 


This is a superstar piece of code and I also do not know why it is not standard in x-cart...

I was able to simple drop this code into a static page and voila - there is my category listing!