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[pepperlady]

Solved by Victor D in post #5 (Works in 4.1.11 confirmed)

How would I get my categories to display sub categories when they've been clicked. For example

____________________________
All Products
Shop By Brand (clicked)
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Kick Butt
Catsup
Lizards and Gutts

Shop By Price
Shop By Category
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[Victor D]

Like this?
http://forum.x-cart.com/showthread.php?t=3242&highlight=subcategories

[balinor]

You mean in the side menu? Try one of these:

http://www.xcartmods.co.uk/navigation-x-cart-mods-c-3.html

[pepperlady]

Originally Posted by Victor D

Like this?
http://forum.x-cart.com/showthread.php?t=3242&highlight=subcategories

Yes that's what I want but does it work for 4.1.11? I saw the last post in that thread and someone said they can't get it to work for 4.1.7

I'll test it out but I have to figure out where to place the code. They don't seem to specify where to place the smarty code.

[Victor D]

Originally Posted by pepperlady

I'll test it out but I have to figure out where to place the code. They don't seem to specify where to place the smarty code.

Try change your skin1/customer/categories.tpl like this:

{* $Id: categories.tpl,v 1.1.2.34 2008/05/26 07:35:16 max Exp $ *}
{capture name=menu}
{if $active_modules.Fancy_Categories ne ""}
{include file="modules/Fancy_Categories/categories.tpl"}
{assign var="fc_cellpadding" value="0"}
{else}
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1">
{if $current_category.parentid ne 0}{assign var="curcat" value=$current_category.parentid}{/if}
{if $curcat eq 0 }{assign var="curcat" value=$current_category.categoryid}{/if}
{foreach from=$categories item=c}
<tr>
    <td  valign="top"><img src="{$ImagesDir}/category_bullet.gif" width="6" height="13" alt="" /></td>
    <td><a href="home.php?cat={$c.categoryid}" class="VertMenuItems"><font class="CategoriesList">{$c.category}</font></a></td>
</tr>
{if $altcategories and $c.categoryid eq $curcat}
<tr><td colspan="2"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
{foreach from=$altcategories item=v}
<tr>
    <td valign="top" style="padding-left:15px;"><img src="{$ImagesDir}/category_bullet.gif" width="10" height="13" alt="" /></td>
    <td><a href="home.php?cat={$v.categoryid}" class="VertMenuItems"><font class="CategoriesList"  style="font-size:10px;">{$v.category}</font></a></td>
</tr>
{/foreach}
</table>
{/if}
{/foreach}
</table>
{/if}
{/capture}
{ include file="menu.tpl" dingbats="dingbats_categorie.gif" menu_title=$lng.lbl_categories menu_content=$smarty.capture.menu cellpadding=$fc_cellpadding}

and add lines

PHP Code:

if ($current_category['parentid']>0){
 $_where = "parentid='$current_category[parentid]'";
} else {
 $_where = "parentid='$current_category[categoryid]'";
}
$altcategories = func_query("SELECT * FROM $sql_tbl[categories] WHERE $_where ORDER BY $sql_tbl[categories].order_by, category");
$smarty->assign("altcategories", $altcategories); 


in include/categories.php right before

PHP Code:

if (!empty($subcategories))
    $smarty->assign("subcategories", $subcategories);

$smarty->assign("cat", $cat); 


I have tested this on 4.1.11 and found no problem

[pepperlady]

Excellent! Thank you very much!

[komarik]

Thanks for the script... but now I want to have current Category/subcategory to be highlighted or active.

Please advice.
Thanks

[pepperlady]

Originally Posted by komarik

Thanks for the script... but now I want to have current Category/subcategory to be highlighted or active.

Please advice.
Thanks

That requires you to go to skin1.css and change the active:link code
It's a style sheet thing, it's simple. It'll highlight the current page you're on with whatever text decoration you want for example

a:active {
text-decoration: underline;
font-weight: bold;
}

Will look like this when active

Category 1
Category 2
-Sub
-sub2
Category 3

[komarik]

Hey Pepperlady,

Thanks for the reply, but it doesn't work. It does work for Active state on the links, but it doesn't highlight the current category. What I need is to show current category in different color.

Cat 1
Cat 2
- Sub Cat 1
- Sub Cat 2
- Sub Cat 3 (Current)
- Sub Cat 4
Cat3

Thanks,
Nikolay

[pepperlady]

So you mean it needs to look literally like this

cat1
cat2
-sub1
-sub2
-sub3
cat3

and red meaning it's the active sub link?
or do you want it highlighted as in a box appears around it when active?

Should still work with a: active

You'll have to find out the exact css class for the sub cat if it doesn't work. Then apply my method to it.