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[martin242]

Hi all,
I would like to have some active categories listed somewhere aside from the main category menu. For example on a tab on the header only.
I tried to create a category and mark it as not available so it doesn't show on the category menu, but when I try to access that category I see a "Category not available". Any ideas?
Thank you very much in advance,

Martin

[balinor]

http://forum.x-cart.com/viewtopic.php?t=11326

[martin242]

That mod is not working on X-Cart 4.0.14
Anyone can help me?
I can post my categories.php if needed.
Thanks!

Martin

[balinor]

It works fine for me on 4.0.14...how is it not working for you? Are you getting errors or are the categories not hiding?

[martin242]

This is what I did:

In include/categories.php I changed this:

$search_condition = "AND avail='Y' AND (membership='".addslashes($user_account["membership"])."' OR membership='')";

To this:

$search_condition = "AND avail='Y' OR $sql_tbl[categories].avail='H' AND (membership='".addslashes($user_account["membership"])."' OR membership='')";

(as indicated in the thread you posted)

When I set a category "not available" from the admin panel, the category dissapears from the category menu (customer side), but when I try to access it by it's direct link it takes me to the home page of my site.
Am I missing something?
Thank you very much,

Martin

[balinor]

There are two steps outlined in the thread. Did you also make the second change to /skin1/admin/category_modify.tpl?

[martin242]

Thank you! Solved it.