Cat & subcat different layout possible?

Hi,

We are displaying categories on the homepage in one column (see second picture: top left).
I did this with a menu-item type: Categories listing.
Here are the options:

Hi,

That's currently not possible with hikashop's options, but I think that you'll be able to do that by creating a category custom field and adding some code customization.

Hi,

Since the parent categories are the only ones that have to be shown in one column, could I do the following to simulate what I'm trying to do?


On the home page I show an article with 3 blocks of text with picture as you can see in the previous post in the picture "Top Left".
And then just make all the categories with 4 columns?
I suppose this would only work if I make a menu for each category and subcategory?
So is there no way to make one default "category template" somehow and let in be inherited by every category?

I first thought I could do this in Configuration -> Display -> Modules main default options
And choose Category there but it doesn't work that way. Apparently you need to have a menu to be able to make a category.
Unless you guys have a way to make this work without really needing a menu?

Any advice is more than welcome.
Thanks

Hi,

Yes if the main page show an article with three blocks, you can create three category listing menus to display categories in 4 columns.
The subcategories will be displayed in 4 columns too.

You have to create as many menu as the number of block in your home page.

Hope this will help you.

Hi,

I'm trying some custom code after searching on the forum but can't seem to figure it out.

In Category / Listing I have access to $_GET["cid"], $_GET and $this->params->get('id')

How do we pass an itemid 526 so that's it's used when category 2 is selected and 514 for anything else?

I think I'm using the variable the wrong way.

With $_GET = 526 the variable is set but nothing happens.
And $this->params->set('id',526) doesn't seem to set the value.

Here is what I've tried to add in Category / Listing:

$menu_id = $this->params->get('id');
echo ("menu id: ".$menu_id."<br>");

if($_GET["cid"]==2)
{
  $_GET['Itemid'] = 526;
  $this->params->set('id',526);

}
else {
  $_GET['Itemid'] = 514;
  $this->params->set('id',514);
}

$html = $this->loadTemplate($layout_type);

$menu_id = $this->params->get('id');
echo ("menu id: ".$menu_id."<br>");

$_get = 526; will not work.
Thanks to try JRequest::setVar('Itemid','526'); instead.

Hi Xavier,

That seems to set the var itemid to 526 but still the "content menu" 514 is used instead of 526.
Do I need to execute some other code to make sure it's passed on before the layout is loaded?

In my example when I have breadcrumbs:
Home > Webshop > Birth > Glass

And I click on Webshop which has cid 2 I want to use the settings from content menu 526.
But setting the itemid to 526 before $html = $this->loadTemplate($layout_type);
doesn't do anything.

Also $this->params->get('id'); has still the value 514 after setting itemid to 526 but not sure if this has to do with anything.

Any idea how to make sure that when someone clicks on webshop the content menu 526 is loaded?
Is Category / Listing the correct place to do this? I thought as long as it was done before $html = $this->loadTemplate($layout_type); that it would work.

Thanks.

$itemid = JFactory::getApplication()->input->getInt('Itemid'); 
echo "itemid: ".$itemid."<br>";

$id = $this->params->get('id');
echo "id: ".$id."<br>";

$cid = JFactory::getApplication()->input->getInt('cid'); 
echo "cid: ".$cid."<br>";

if($cid==2)
{
  echo "CID == 2. set itemid to 526<br />";

  JRequest::setVar('Itemid','526');
  /* $this->params->id = 526;  this doesn't work */
}
else {echo "cid not 2. just use default content menu 514<br />";}

$itemid = JFactory::getApplication()->input->getInt('Itemid'); 
echo "<br>After IF -- itemid".$itemid."<br>";

$id = $this->params->get('id');
echo "id: ".$id."<br><br>";

echo print_r($this->params);

if(empty($layout_type) || $layout_type=='table') $layout_type = 'div';
$html = $this->loadTemplate($layout_type);

itemid: 514
id: 514
cid: 2
CID == 2. set itemid to 526

After IF -- itemid526
id: 514