Force initial catalog view

[Rich]

I want any new viewer of the store to see the compressed (name & picture only) form of a product list, and only see the description of a product if they click on a product or change to the expanded view.

How do I set that up?

[bsmither]

There are four edits to make to have the initial view switched from list to grid:

In the template content.category.php, near line 60-61:
From:
         <dd><a href="#" class="grid_view"><svg class="icon"><use xlink:href="#icon-th-large"></use></svg></a></dd>
         <dd class="active"><a href="#" class="list_view"><svg class="icon"><use xlink:href="#icon-th-list"></use></svg></a></dd>

To:
         <dd class="active"><a href="#" class="grid_view"><svg class="icon"><use xlink:href="#icon-th-large"></use></svg></a></dd>
         <dd><a href="#" class="list_view"><svg class="icon"><use xlink:href="#icon-th-list"></use></svg></a></dd>

Near line 67:
From:
   <ul class="small-block-grid-1 product_list" data-equalizer>

To:
   <ul class="small-block-grid-1 medium-block-grid-3 product_list" data-equalizer>

Near line 71:
From:
            <div class="row product_list_view">

To:
            <div class="row product_list_view hide">     

Near line 131:
From:
            <div class="product_grid_view hide">

To:
            <div class="product_grid_view">

Have CubeCart clear its internal cache.

Also, there may be a cookie ('product_view') to tell CubeCart what view to use. You will need to delete that cookie so that CubeCart will use the initial classes.

[Rich]

Great! Many thanks!!!