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[whsu716]

Bumppp

anyone have a fix for the multiple category issue?

Thanks!

[Abdul]

Cool mod, I just need it to show 2nd level category without having to click the main category.
so when you go to the home page it will show the main category and the subcategry below it automatically.

[Asiaplay]

Hi All,

Thanks everyone for the great mod - just what I wanted!!!
To save anyone with the X-Cart "Fashion" Mosaic a little time I have list the code I used below - should work on all X-Cart fashion mosaic skins.

Cheers and hope is useful!!!

{capture name=menu}
<TABLE border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center"{if $main eq "catalog" and $current_category.category eq ""} height="214"{/if}>
<TR>
<TD valign="top">
{if $active_modules.Fancy_Categories ne ""}
<TABLE border="0" width="150" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center"{if $main eq "catalog" and $current_category.category eq ""} height="214"{/if}>
<TR>
<TD valign="top">
{include file="`$fancycategories_config.modules_path`/fancy_categories.tpl"}
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
{else} 
{if $config.General.root_categories eq "Y"} 
{section name=cat_num loop=$categories} 
{if $cat eq $categories[cat_num].categoryid || $current_category.parentid eq $categories[cat_num].categoryid} 
[img]{$ImagesDir}/customer_images/vert_menuwelc_bullet.gif[/img]{$categories[cat_num].category}
 
{else} 
[img]{$ImagesDir}/customer_images/vert_menu_bullet.gif[/img]{$categories[cat_num].category}<HR size="1" noshade class="CateMenuHr"> 
{/if} 
{if $cat eq $categories[cat_num].categoryid || $current_category.parentid eq $categories[cat_num].categoryid} 
{section name=subcat loop=$allcategories} 
{if $allcategories[subcat].parentid eq $categories[cat_num].categoryid}[img]{$ImagesDir}/customer_images/vert_menu_bullet.gif[/img]{if $cat eq $allcategories[subcat].categoryid}{/if}{$allcategories[subcat].category}{if $cat eq $allcategories[subcat].categoryid}{/if}
 
{/if} 
{/section} 
<HR size="0" noshade class="CateMenuHr"> 
{/if} 
{/section} 
{else} 
{section name=cat_num loop=$subcategories} 
<FONT class="CategoriesList">[img]{$ImagesDir}/customer_images/vert_menu_bullet.gif[/img]{$subcategories[cat_num].category}</FONT>
 
{/section} 
{/if} 
{/if} 
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="bottom">
<TABLE border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="14" cellspacing="0" align="center">
<TR>
<TD>
{if $js_enabled}
{$lng.txt_javascript_disabled}
{else}
{$lng.txt_javascript_enabled}
{/if}
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
</TABLE>
</TD></TR>
</TABLE>
{/capture}
{ include file="menu.tpl" dingbats="dingbats_categorie.gif" menu_title=$lng.lbl_categories menu_content=$smarty.capture.menu style="Categories"}

[hyratech]

I did copy and pasted alphastara's code

it works fine..
except.. my categories are spaced a little too much making a very long list..
How can i modify that to make them closer to each other like the default setting?

Thanx for your help

[gfiebich]

Here is a version of the above mod which displays categories and subcategories (2 levels) in an "always open" state. In addition, categories which contain subcategories are not linked. For example:

Category 1 (no link)
> Subcategory A (link)
> Subcategory B (link)
Category 2 (link)
Category 3 (no link)
> Subcategory C (link)
> Subcategory D (link)

This was done in x-cart gold 4.0.16

{* $Id: categories.tpl,v 1.23 2004/06/24 09:53:29 max Exp $ *}
{capture name=menu}
{if $active_modules.Fancy_Categories ne ""}
{include file="`$fancycategories_config.modules_path`/fancy_categories.tpl"}
{else}

{if $config.General.root_categories eq "Y"}

{section name=cat_num loop=$categories}

{* Determine if this category has a subcategory *}
{section name=subcat loop=$allcategories}
{if $allcategories[subcat].parentid eq $categories[cat_num].categoryid}
{assign var="subs" value="yes"}
{/if}
{/section}

{if $subs ne 'yes'}

{* This category has no subcategories, so display the category name with a link *}
{if $cat eq $categories[cat_num].categoryid || $current_category.parentid eq $categories[cat_num].categoryid}

{$categories[cat_num].category}

{else}
{$categories[cat_num].category}



{/if}

{else}

{* This category has subcategories, so display the category name without a link *}
{if $cat eq $categories[cat_num].categoryid || $current_category.parentid eq $categories[cat_num].categoryid}

<font class="VertMenuItemsBig">{$categories[cat_num].category}</font>

{else}
<font class="VertMenuItemsBig">{$categories[cat_num].category}</font>



{/if}

{/if}

{* Display the subcategories *}
{section name=subcat loop=$allcategories}
{if $allcategories[subcat].parentid eq $categories[cat_num].categoryid}&rsaquo;{if $cat eq $allcategories[subcat].categoryid}{/if}{$allcategories[subcat].category}{if $cat eq $allcategories[subcat].categoryid}{/if}

{/if}
{/section}

{* reset the subcategory switch *}
{assign var="subs" value="no"}

{/section}
{else}
{section name=cat_num loop=$subcategories}
<FONT class="CategoriesList">{$subcategories[cat_num].category}</FONT>

{/section}

{/if}
{/if}
{/capture}
{ include file="menu.tpl" dingbats="dingbats_categorie.gif" menu_title=$lng.lbl_categories menu_content=$smarty.capture.menu }

Hope this is useful to someone.

-Glen

[electronics4less]

Any mods work for 4.0.9?

Functiong similarly to oscommerce. Category 1 selected, drops the subcategories. Another category 2 selected, Category 1 closes, and cat. 2 subcategories drop-down.

Thanks!

[davidsaldana]

Great mod. One question.

Does anyone know how to modify the code to do the following:

Default:

Main Cat 1
Main Cat 2
Main Cat 3
Main Cat 4

Main Catagory 2 Selected:

Main Cat 1
Main Cat 2
>Sub Cat A
>Sub Cat B
>Sub Cat C
Main Cat 3
Main Cat 4

Sub Cat B Selected (Sub Cat A & Sub Cat C Disappear):

Main Cat 1
Main Cat 2
>Sub Cat B
>>Sub Sub Cat 1
>>Sub Sub Cat 2
>>Sub Sub Cat 3
Main Cat 3
Main Cat 4

Hope this makes sense. I basically want whatever catagory or subcatagory that is selected to be the main focus of the catagory list. This way the customer is more focused and there is no confusion about where he/she is.

Thanks

[kostia]

everything works well, except the sort order. I belive this requires something in categories.php. Anyone please suggest. I've changed sort order in admin panel but it doesn't affect to the menu. I'm newbie.

running 4.0.17

[Alltribes]

Has anyone gotten alphastara's code to go more than 3 levels deep? 3 levels works fine for my current setup, but I want to throw all my Jewelry into one main category to clean my menu up a bit. That will give me 4 levels.

[proboscidian]

[quote="kostia"]everything works well, except the sort order. I belive this requires something in categories.php. Anyone please suggest. I've changed sort order in admin panel but it doesn't affect to the menu.

Did anyone figure this out? The categories are sorting by default, but the subcategories are sorting alphabetically. I'd like them both to sort by default.