Help with the catergories panel

[byt]

Hi,
I would like to setup the catergories bar with sub headings:

For example

Catergory <- not clickable but with a backdrop like the presta demoshop 'all new products' button
product <- clickable
product < - clickable
Catergory <-- not clickable but with backdrop like the presta demoshop 'all new products' button
product
product
product
Catergory

Im sure you get the idea, how can I do this? what files do I need to edit?

Thanks guys, hope someone will be kind enough to help!

[byt]

Anybody? this can't be unique? To give an idea heres a picture of what Im looking for

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/6274/examplecx.jpg

Really hope someone can help

Cheers!

[glenns]

Hey all, sorry to bump this up but I am wondering the same thing, and more importantly how do I change around the listing in the categories block? When I add a new category it lists everything alphabetically, how do I change the order of how they appear?

THANKS!!

[rocky]

You can change the order of categories by prefixing them with a number then a period. For example, "01.First Category", "02.Second Category", etc.

To display the first level of categories with headings instead of links, change lines 9-13 of modules/blockcategories/blockcategories.tpl from:

{if $smarty.foreach.blockCategTree.last}
           {include file=$branche_tpl_path node=$child last='true'}
{else}
           {include file=$branche_tpl_path node=$child}
{/if}

to:

{if $smarty.foreach.blockCategTree.last}
           {include file=$branche_tpl_path node=$child depth=1 last='true'}
{else}
           {include file=$branche_tpl_path node=$child depth=1}
{/if}

and in modules/blockcategories/category-tree-branch.tpl, change line 2 from:

{$node.name|escape:html:'UTF-8'}

to:

{if $depth > 1}{else}
{/if}{$node.name|escape:html:'UTF-8'}{if $depth > 1}{else}{/if}

and lines 6-10 from:

{if $smarty.foreach.categoryTreeBranch.last}
           {include file=$tpl_dir./category-tree-branch.tpl node=$child last='true'}
{else}
           {include file=$tpl_dir./category-tree-branch.tpl node=$child last='false'}
{/if}

to:

{if $smarty.foreach.categoryTreeBranch.last}
           {include file=$tpl_dir./category-tree-branch.tpl node=$child depth=$depth+1 last='true'}
{else}
           {include file=$tpl_dir./category-tree-branch.tpl node=$child depth=$depth+1 last='false'}
{/if}

This will make the first-level categories paragraphs instead of links. You can add code like the following to your global.css to style the headings:

div#categories_block_left ul.tree p { background-color: light-blue }

[junfu]

Hi Rocky,

this works great but how do I get the top link out of the breadcrumb?

thank you

[rocky]

Change the following code on lines 586-590 of classes/Tools.php from:

if ($category->id == 1)
   return ''.$path.'';

to:

if ($category->id == 1)
{
   $path = substr($path, strpos($path, '') + 41 + sizeof(Configuration::get('PS_NAVIGATION_PIPE')));
   return ''.$path.'';
}

and line 619 from:

return self::getPath($id_category, Category::hideCategoryPosition($category->name), true).''.$pipe.' '.htmlentities($end, ENT_NOQUOTES, 'UTF-8').'';

to:

return ($category->id_parent == 1 ? '' : self::getPath($id_category, Category::hideCategoryPosition($category->name), true).''.$pipe.' ').''.htmlentities($end, ENT_NOQUOTES, 'UTF-8').'';

[junfu]

Thanks Rocky

your the greatest

Joyce