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[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}

[rogue]

Why not make your if

{if $c.categoryid lt 500}

[gb2world]

It will be easier to control using the position rather than the categoryid. You can set the position number in the category administration page. Your if/than inside the loop will be based on $c.order_by

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[gatordp]

Do you know what the piece of if code should look like?

I tried this: {if $c.order_by < 500}

And got a smarty error meesage

{*
$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"}
      {if $c.order_by < 500}
<li><a href="home.php?cat={$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}

[cflsystems]

Use smarty operators
> - gt
< - lt
>= - gte
<= - lte
= - eq
!= - ne

[rogue]

You left the old IF in the code - remove it.

{if $c.avail ne "H"}

[gatordp]

That worked - thanks!