MoonShadows

I may have confused you; if I did, my apologies. I uploaded the Product Catalog more than once. First time, I completed and activated (assigned categories) 2 products. When they didn't show in the Latest Products, I deleted all but those two so I would not have to manually type the info again if I had to manually input all the products. (I started alphabetically and didn't realize they had low ID numbers, but all 122 products had the same date.). I didn't realize it was an ID number hierarchy. I thought something was wrong with the Latest Products code. Next time I uploaded, I uploaded all but those two products, but the dye was already cast....so to speak.

Yes, I just figured that out after spending all this time on it. It's "latest date-highest ID" that makes it to Latest Products (if that option is "green checked"). I hope to be working on products again tonight. I will set the number of Latest Products higher than 8 and let you know what happens.

LOL...OK, thanks!

Yes, the manually added ones do have categories designated. In fact, I just checked my data base, and the two manually added products actually have a lower ID than the ones I added via the Product Import, so that would seem to contradict what Support told me. Only 1 imported one has been activated so far. (I've been doing other things.) Support activated it from their end. Now...after a little looking at my data base...... I see the one Support activated by assigning a category has the highest product ID at 723 of all the imported products. (The 2 manual ones have the lowest ID.). Support had said: Not sure if it's just the way Support stated it, Support's statement could be taken either way I guess. Let me ask this....if there is a product that I want to appear in Latest products and it has a lower id, can I just change the id number in the data base?

Tried that...didn't work. The two I added manually have ID #'s that are much higher than most of the products I imported. I understand what CC support is saying, but the logic of how "Latest products" is determined (according to their explanation that I posted) escapes me. Seems it should be by date added. With what they are telling me, new products added would need to have a lower value ID # to make it into the "Latest Products". Right? Could this be something new with 5.2.2?

I just heard back from CC Support. They are telling me that "Latest Products" is NOT based on date, but ID Number. At least I think that is what they are telling me. Here is their latest reply to my ticket. OH, and the ID they are talking about is not the Product ID or Product Code, it is the Product ID assigned in the data base.

What's strange is I have manually input 2 products and they have appeared on my homepage as "Latest products", but the minute I try to activate one of the products from the imported catalog, not only does that product not show on the homepage, but the 2 original products that I input manually "disappear" from my homepage. I have an ongoing CC Ticket going right now, but so far no luck. I am beginning to think I will have to input my 110+ products manually.

Thanks for the greeting. Yes, I did bring the products in from an external file.

I am having the same problem...no latest products on my homepage. I read through this entire thread and did everything step-step-by step, even the code modification suggested above, but no luck. While my current skin (Vector) does not have a heading on the homepage of "Latest Products" if I switch back to one of the skins that comes with CubeCart 5.2.2, the heading is there, but there are still no products showing. Any other ideas?