Display Category Grid on Homepage

[illyrianmoon]

Hi, all. On version 7, I had no problem modifying one of the category grid ConLib files so that it would display the root-level categories on the homepage, rather than the featured products grid. When I try to do the same in AC Gold, the page blows up. Has anyone been able to do this successfully? Thanks in advance.

[ForumsAdmin]

When used on home page the category grid control fails to find the category id fails to take care of it at one place.
Thre is an easy fix. Just open ConLib\CategoryGridPage.ascx.cs and update the following code

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                    //REGISTER THE PAGEVISIT
                    AbleCommerce.Code.PageVisitHelper.RegisterPageVisit(_category.Id, CatalogNodeType.Category, _category.Name);

to

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                if(_category != null)
                {
                    //REGISTER THE PAGEVISIT
                    AbleCommerce.Code.PageVisitHelper.RegisterPageVisit(_category.Id, CatalogNodeType.Category, _category.Name);
                }

[ForumsAdmin]

This update will be part of R7.

[illyrianmoon]

Thank you so much! That code change worked perfectly. The little things can really trip you up sometimes.