Category Navigation

[caren]

I would like to have a standard Navigation appear in the left sidebar on all pages, like it does on the home page with the ConLib [SimpleCategoryList}. However when you go to the category page, if there are no sub categories, it says "no sub categories here". Does anybody have an idea of how I could get that same nav to appear on all pages? And maybe on the categories that do have sub-cats, to show the sub cats expanded out.
It seems like the overall navigation choices are weak. I don't really like the look of the category tree.
thanks in advance
Caren

[mazhar]

Read following thread
viewtopic.php?f=44&t=9560

[caren]

That thread seems to be about how to show a catagory tree, but I want the Navigation buttons as seen on the home page to show all categories on all pages. I think it might be the ConLib called CategoryDropDownList.
But I am no programmer and I have no idea how to alter it to my needs.
Does anyone else fine the navigation options week in this program?
Thanks

[mazhar]

in this case you need to use SimpleCategoryList on other desired pages. For example make use of ConLIb:SimpleCategoryList on category page and you will see the navigation on all subsequent pages.

[Dean]

caren:

I think what you are saying is that you want the high level categories to display on the product pages instead of the sub category. If so, I too would like to have something similar that would show the high level categories as well as the sub categories... I don't think the SimpleCategoryList will do this. I hope I am wrong.

[caren]

You got it dean.
I have the SimpleCategoryList on all my pages but it only shows when there are sub categories. If there are only products displayed, there is a heading that says categories, and then, stupidly, it says "there are no categories here".
I want the high level cats on all pages.

crossing my fingers...

[Dean]

You got it dean.
I have the SimpleCategoryList on all my pages but it only shows when there are sub categories. If there are only products displayed, there is a heading that says categories, and then, stupidly, it says "there are no categories here".
I want the high level cats on all pages.

crossing my fingers...

I agree. That was my very first thought when i saw how the category list is displayed.

[jmestep]

When you call the conlib, do it like this:

[[ConLib:SimpleCategoryList CategoryId="0"]]

[caren]

Ah, so simple and so sweet! A thousand thanks, Judy.

[Dean]

Thank you jmestep
Ahhh.. great... I will give that a try. I would prefer it all the categories be displays all of the time.

[vhemlani]

I want the sub categories to appear on the left nav. I tried the CategoryId property, but it displays the same sub categories in children of category 2 as it does in children of category1.

I want Category 1 pages to have one uniform left nav on all its child pages, and I also want category 2 pages to have one uniform left nav on all its child pages. The left nav on category 1 pages are to be different from the left nav on category 2 pages.

If anyone has a solution for my situation please share.

My catalog look like this:

Category1
sub category
product
product
sub category
product
sub category

Category 2
sub category
product
product
sub category
product