Category Display Issues

[KSS_2006]

Hello,

I am new to this forum as well as Miva Merchant 5. I am having some troubles with my category display page (hopefully this is the right section to post, if not I apoligize.)

Currently I have more store displayed like this:
http://www.krushskatepark.com/images/miva_temp/kss_1.jpg
(This entire layout is created by utilizing the global header and footer, and then I used css integration to create the catagory tree, but I do not use Miva's category display, since this is my own. I just removed the category tree code line from the store front page, but the categories themselves exist in the database, they just don't display using miva, I just use the code to link to each category)

Now my problem is when you click the "Boards" category I cannot get the sub category images, or information to appear. I only get the main category name "Skateboards // Boards" and the the hr grey line (custom) underneath it. Basically all I did was remove the tabular data from the category page and nothing else. So theoretically it should work, but it does not.

Here is what I get after clicking the boards category:
http://www.krushskatepark.com/images/miva_temp/kss_2.jpg

What I need to happen is have the each of the sub category images display underneath, so that the user can pick a Company Brand, move on to the products for that Sub Category.

I have been messing with the code for 2 days now and no matter what I do nothing works. I would greatly appreciate any help that anyone can offer.

Please feel free to contact me either this forum, or email (webadmin@shocktechusa.com) or even call if you like (708.862.744)

Thanks, And Again I would really appreciate any help that can be offered!

Atom Groom
WebMaster

[jason - jmh web services]

Hello,

I am new to this forum as well as Miva Merchant 5. I am having some troubles with my category display page (hopefully this is the right section to post, if not I apoligize.)

Currently I have more store displayed like this:
http://www.krushskatepark.com/images/miva_temp/kss_1.jpg
(This entire layout is created by utilizing the global header and footer, and then I used css integration to create the catagory tree, but I do not use Miva's category display, since this is my own. I just removed the category tree code line from the store front page, but the categories themselves exist in the database, they just don't display using miva, I just use the code to link to each category)

Now my problem is when you click the "Boards" category I cannot get the sub category images, or information to appear. I only get the main category name "Skateboards // Boards" and the the hr grey line (custom) underneath it. Basically all I did was remove the tabular data from the category page and nothing else. So theoretically it should work, but it does not.

Here is what I get after clicking the boards category:
http://www.krushskatepark.com/images/miva_temp/kss_2.jpg

What I need to happen is have the each of the sub category images display underneath, so that the user can pick a Company Brand, move on to the products for that Sub Category.

I have been messing with the code for 2 days now and no matter what I do nothing works. I would greatly appreciate any help that anyone can offer.

Please feel free to contact me either this forum, or email (webadmin@shocktechusa.com) or even call if you like (708.862.744)

Thanks, And Again I would really appreciate any help that can be offered!

Atom Groom
WebMaster
Have you checked out any of the category display mods like sebenza's category template manager (http://www.mivacentral.com/jmh/index.mv?product=SS-TSUITE5)? Also included in template suite (http://www.mivacentral.com/jmh/index.mv?product=SS-TSUITE5). You can display your subcats and more.

[KSS_2006]

Hello-

Thanks for the reply, I really appreciate it. So are you saying that with the Miva 5 raw program it does not display SubCat Images at all?

[jason - jmh web services]

Hello-

Thanks for the reply, I really appreciate it. So are you saying that with the Miva 5 raw program it does not display SubCat Images at all?

Np. On the main display and not the category tree? Don't believe so.

[KSS_2006]

* Another side note is that in the Category Display page *I only removed the table data and nothing else* So in that sense the code should display all the sub categories and their images, related to that category.

It really does not make sense that it's not working, Im so confused!

Thanks Again!

[KSS_2006]

Ok, now I am starting to understand how this works...

So when you add a sub category, it never displays on the right side in my content area, but in the Catagory Tree..... Right?

So if thats right, then thats why it's not working. Can you tell me if what I am trying to do can even be accomplished with just the Raw Miva 5 install?

*Please keep in mind that when the user clicks "Boards" I want it to display about 50 different company image logos, (To the right of the category navigation) and then when the user clicks one of those it displays the boards for that company.*

[jason - jmh web services]

Ok, now I am starting to understand how this works...

So when you add a sub category, it never displays on the right side in my content area, but in the Catagory Tree..... Right?

So if thats right, then thats why it's not working. Can you tell me if what I am trying to do can even be accomplished with just the Raw Miva 5 install?

*Please keep in mind that when the user clicks "Boards" I want it to display about 50 different company image logos, (To the right of the category navigation) and then when the user clicks one of those it displays the boards for that company.*

Correct. Default miva has never displayed the subcategories other than the category tree. Don't believe you can do it in miva by default.

[KSS_2006]

Correct. Default miva has never displayed the subcategories other than the category tree. Don't believe you can do it in miva by default.

So this module you recommend, will it positively do what I am trying to accomplish?

Thanks Again,
AG

[jason - jmh web services]

So this module you recommend, will it positively do what I am trying to accomplish?

Thanks Again,
AG

Yes.

Array: sub_cats (Sub-Category Listing)
Example:
<table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<mvt:foreach iterator="subcat" array="sub_cats">
<td width="23%" align="left">
<strong><a href="/c/&mvt:subcat:code;">&
</td>
<mvt:if expr = "(pos1 MOD 4 ) EQ 0">
</tr><tr>
</mvt:if>
</mvt:foreach>
</tr>
</table>
Available array tokens:
&mvt:subcat:code; - Category Code
&mvt:subcat:name; - Category Name
&mvt:subcat:image; - Category Title Image
&mvt:subcat:pcount; - Category Product Count

[KSS_2006]

Jason,

Thanks so much, is this module easy to install, or do you have to know exactly what your doing (easy to mess up?)

Thanks Again,
AG

[jason - jmh web services]

Jason,

Thanks so much, is this module easy to install, or do you have to know exactly what your doing (easy to mess up?)

Thanks Again,
AG
pretty easy.