Guest fuchsiashock Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 How do i show categories on front index page like on http://www.highpointswim.com/1/index.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vrakas Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 Why would you want this on your site? I beleive its better to show the latest products as they change more frequently. I must admit it looks nice PS: I didnt find anything to help you out, maybe later when i have more time to kill or when i want it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fuchsiashock Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 Because that is what I want. But if you must know, consider that the actual shop may not be the whole site but maybe the shop is in a subfolder/subsection of the site, then you dont want an index or 'welcome' page to the section, you just want to show categories straight away. So, how do you do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fuchsiashock Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 I guess thiss problem is why some people havent used subcategories but rather have named their categories as subs: eg Instead of Shop Clothing (cat) Tshirts (subcat) Trousers (subcat) They use Shop Clothing : Tshirts (cat) Clothing : Trousers (cat) Then just list the products on the front page of the category. Still have problem displaying where in the shop you are tho... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fuchsiashock Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 Bump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 3, 2005 Share Posted August 3, 2005 Hello It is unbelivable that to show latest products on frontpage is the default. It is a stepback from V2. It is far more logical to display the categories and then clicking on them display the produckts inside the category. If this can not be fixed - I have to stay at V2. Nils Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fuchsiashock Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 I thought this might be a v2 function as there are many sites out there that DO have their categories on the front page with images. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 Dude, having your categories "on the front page" is a layout thing. If you have no idea on how to do this, you really shouldn't be running a website or stick to CC2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
convict Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 everything is possible, but everything is NOT for free. Not just yet :on2long: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 Dude, having your categories "on the front page" is a layout thing. If you have no idea on how to do this, you really shouldn't be running a website or stick to CC2. Hello Thank you for your great help. Nils Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fuchsiashock Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 its hardly a layout thing it involves calling the database sql categories dynamically like the categories.tpl box does only that can only be called once where it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 So look at the categories template for the navigation and adapt it to the layout you want. Not that hard. You could probably also use that section in the index page from v2x store to adapt it to 3x. The categories table didn't change much from v2 to v3. Personally, having categories on the front page was always dumb to me and I used a hack to change it to latest products added on my v2x stores. Why do you want to repeat your categories when they are already in the links in the nav box anyway???? Plus having some products on your home page will allow search engines to pick up some of your products - a much better search result than categories. To each their own though and if you really want to do it, a little time reading thru the php code and working with the layouts will do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
convict Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 Mysty, you are right, but for some people (customers) main page of cart site with couple of images assigned to every category looks much more better. Question of style only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fuchsiashock Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 so while i've got you chatting, what about a working breadcrumb trail that would dynamically link back to the level above? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vrakas Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 Thats what i said in my first on the top post everything is possible, but everything is NOT for free. Not just yet I think you might get a solution to this if you require it by paying. The reason is that nobody from the persons that know how do this wants this option and therefore will not spend the time for free. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 OK this thread needs to die. How often do the categories change on your front page? Not very often I hope. So why don't you take out the code for the link and the featured products and just embed some pics and titles that link to your categories. This would take like 15 mins. This is not a "technical" problem. This question should be on the Skins & Templates board. Anyone with basic web experience could figure this out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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