Link To Categories

Hi,

The hikashop_contentLink function you're using to generate the link will either generate the link dynamically from the first parameter ( 'category&task=listing&cid='.$category->category_id.'&name='.$category->alias ) and the router system of Joomla, or it will use the canonical URL of the category.
It will use the canonical URL only if the option "use canonical URLs on listings" setting of the HikaShop configuration is activated.

When that option is not activated and it generates the link dynamically, it shouldn't generate URLs that result in 404 errors. However, when that option is activated and that the canonical URL in the category is not correct, it will result in a 404.
So I suppose that you have that "force canonical URLs on listing" setting activated, but that the canonical URL setting of some of your categories is not correct anymore and thus lead to a 404 error or not the page you want.
So check these and it should help.

Hi,

I think the best would be to create a menu item of the type "products listing" via your Joomla menu manager and then change the code you're using to add the Itemid parameter like that:

echo '<a href="'.hikashop_contentLink('category&task=listing&Itemid=XX&cid='.$category->category_id.'&name='.$category->alias,$category).'">'.($category->category_name).'</a> - ';

Hi,

Well, the hikashop_contentLink function cannot choose for you which menu item to use to generate the link.
If you want to have the same URL as usually used while generating the URL dynamically you need to write a big piece of code to handle that. For example, in the getLink function of the file components/com_hikashop/views/category/view.html.php we have more than 50 lines of code to select the menu item corresponding to the category for which we're generating the link dynamically. You would have to write some code similar to this (but different) to do what you want.
So yes, entering the URL that you want for each category in the "canonical URL" field of the category and setting the "force canonical URL on listings" option to "use canonical URL if specified" will indeed be a way simplier solution.

Hi,

you can use such code instead:

iif(hikashop_isAllowed($category->category_access)) {

$categoryClass = hikashop_get('class.category');
$categoryClass->addAlias($category);
echo '<a href="'.hikashop_contentLink('category&task=listing&cid='.$category->category_id.'&name='.$category->alias,$category).'">'.($category->category_name).'</a> - ';

}

Hi,

You need to keep the foreach around the code I gave, otherwise $category won't be defined and thus nothing will display.
So the code should be:

<?php foreach($this->categories as $category){
iif(hikashop_isAllowed($category->category_access)) {

$categoryClass = hikashop_get('class.category');
$categoryClass->addAlias($category);
echo '<a href="'.hikashop_contentLink('category&task=listing&cid='.$category->category_id.'&name='.$category->alias,$category).'">'.($category->category_name).'</a> - ';

} 
}
  ?>