This is a clearer example of what I am trying to achieve using plain english.
Code:
For main menu:-
if root
show root categories
else
if location equals sub category level one or greater
show subcategory level one
end if
end if
For Submenu:-
if root
show nothing or show special file (which could be links to pages)
else if location equals subcategory level one
show nothing or show special file (which could be links to offers or new products or to pages)
else
show current location subcategories
end if
The special files are there otherwise the sub-menu at certain stages would be blank, so to fill this in you could have links to the special offers section or the lastest products or even to pages (X-Cart built in HTML created pages)
I get the feeling that the Fancy Category style menu's are sort of what Im looking for, which are offered by X-Cart, but I feel reluctant to pay for it especially when it seems quite simple and I am only doing this as an experiment for a future project.
Jez