Menu setup help needed.

Hi,

First, I recommend you to use version 1.4.4 of HikaShop (we released it 2 days ago) as this is made easier. You need to go in the menu manager and create one menu of type hikashop category listing per category. When you edit your menus, you will have a link on the right of the screen to go to the hikashop options of the menu. There, you will have to select the corresponding category.

Then, you can look at using one of the menus module display extension on the Joomla Extension Directory in order to display the menus in a similar way (ie. with the effects) or you can also use the standard joomla menu module (without effects) : extensions.joomla.org/extensions/structu...igation/menu-systems

Could you give us a like to your shop so that we can see the problem ?

We got your email but you didn't give your website URL in it.

I see that you have two types of menus: categories listing and products listing.
You need to go in the menu Display->Content menus and edit your menus of type category listing, and then make sure that you have a products listing module published in the option "associated module", otherwise, there will be nothing to display the listing of products.
Also, by just saving the menu options, it should display an error message if you didn't set a listing of products module in that option with a link to create it automatically is one click.
More info on that on that page:
www.hikashop.com/en/support/documentatio...splay-front-end.html

Hi,

You have two possibilities:

1. Create one hikashop menu in Joomla per category. That way, you can use the standard menu module of joomla or more advances javascript modules with effects to display your categories in a module on the left side of your website.

2. Create a new hikashop content module with the type of content being category and the type of layout being list. That module is generated by HikaShop based on your categories so it will be updated based on the changes you make in your categories. You can also have one level of subcategories in it with some effects (the CSS can be tweaked). The limitation of that solution is that you can only have one sub level and that you don't have all the effects selection that you have with option 1. But that's less trouble to you if you plan on changing categories around a lot.

Did you try the solutions in my previous post ?

Yes.

Hi,

It's true that HikaShop is not able to "auto generate" for use in a menu module a list from the product category structure.
It's actually not necessary, since HikaShop has its own categories listing module which does basically the same (and even more) as a menu module but specifically for HikaShop categories.
It's installed by default when you install HikaShop and is called "Categories on 2 levels" and you can find it under the Joomla modules manager.
In fact, if you go through the installation wizard at the end of the HikaShop installation and keep the "list of categories in a module" choice selected, the module of listing of categories will be displayed by default on your website frontend.

Hi,

The "Categories on 2 levels" module is actually just an instance of the HikaShop content module.
So click on the "new" button of the modules manager and select the HikaShop content module and configure it like the "Categories" module of our demo website and you'll get the same as the "categories on 2 levels" module instance that would have been setup on the wizard screen.
Here is a link to the HikaShop options of the Categories module of the demo website:
demo.hikashop.com/administrator/index.ph...odules&task=edit&cid []=93