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[creativemesh]

'm modifying an existing template to work in x-cart and am having a few challenges. One that has me puzzled but that I know should be easy is how to show items from a specific category on a page.

For example, I'd like to show 4 newest items from Category X on the home page all the time.

Can someone point me the in the right direction?

Thanks.

[carpeperdiem]

Originally Posted by creativemesh

For example, I'd like to show 4 newest items from Category X on the home page all the time.

Welcome to the family.
X-Cart calls these "featured products"

1. RTFM:
http://help.x-cart.com/index.php?title=X-Cart:Featured_Products

HTH

J

[creativemesh]

Thanks, but that's not what I'm already using that mod. This is more like a feed directly from a category.

[carpeperdiem]

If you want to put 4 items on the home page, featured products is one way...

If you want the LAST 4 latest and greatest from one category (and if a new product is added to the category, it bounces what was #4 to #5 and customers will not see the former #4 in the slot...) that sounds like a bit of trickery and custom code...

The merchant in me doesn't like an automated tool putting anything on the home page. I want total control over visual merchandising and control over the items and in which slot they are displayed.

But that's me...

I use the xTreme template, and we can put ANYTHING into the featured product slots. I'm not referring to the "featured products" in the "tab" -- but the 6 items above the tabs. Thes 6 items can be static pages, products, categories, or links to somewhere else... In my opinion, this is the control a merchandiser should have.

Good luck with this.

J