Show all sub-categories for a specific parent category

[ayorofrance]

Great post - am looking to do something similar...

However I would like to hide the top level in the list (as this will appear as the widget header) and show all sub categories when the parent is selected - like in the 'normal' category widget...

I'm not quite sure how this category.list loop works, so I tried the following in the hope that the outer loop would pick up on the top category, and the second loop would run through the children:

[category.list id=no1]

<?php if ($category->id == 544335 || $category->parent == 544335) { ?>

[category.list id=no2 before='<ul>' after='</ul>']

  [category.if active='self']
    <li>
      <strong><a href="[category.link]" title="[category.name]">[category.name] ([category.count])</strong>
      [category.repeat id=no2]
    </li>
  [/category.if]
  
  [category.if active='child']
    <li>
      <a href="[category.link]" title="[category.name]">[category.name] ([category.count])</a>  
      [category.repeat id=no2]
    </li>
  [/category.if]
  
  [category.if active='parent']
    <li>
      <a href="[category.link]" title="[category.name]">[category.name] ([category.count])</a>  
    </li>
  [/category.if]
  
  [category.if active='no']
    <li>
      <a href="[category.link]" title="[category.name]">[category.name] ([category.count])</a>
    </li>
  [/category.if]
[/category.list]
<?php } ?>    
[/category.list]

However it didn't really work... so I have obviously not understood how the category lists work :-(

Is there an easy way to do this?

Thanks!

[Eric]

So you just want to show all sub-categories of a parent category but only when the parent category ID has been selected?

[ayorofrance]

Yes, basically just grab one top level category and show navigation for all sub-categories for this item...

To expand on the example above...

Sports
-> Football
    -> Jerseys
    -> Shorts
        -> Mens
        -> Womens
-> Baseball
Outdoors
-> Tents
-> Boats

I want to show one top level category in a widget:

Widget Title: Sports
-> Football
    -> Jerseys
    -> Shorts
        -> Mens
        -> Womens
-> Baseball

Is this possible?

Thanks!!

[Eric]

Question moved to its own thread.

[Eric]

This will require 2 views to be set up:

1. Create a new Widget view
2. Give the widget title the parent category name
3. Add a Text module to the view
4. Add the following text to the Text module:

   [DFR:onlysubcats?c=517926]

   where 517926 it the ID of the parent category.
5. Create a new Custom view
6. Give it the name "onlysubcats".
7. Add a Category list module to the view
8. Paste in the following code.

   [category.list before='<ul>' after='</ul>']
   <li>
     <a href="[category.link]" title="[category.name]">[category.name]</a>
     [category.repeat]
   </li>
   [/category.list]

9. In the Category list options, choose "Only child categories"
10. Update your stores settings
11. Add the new widget (the one with the Text module) to your sidebar.

That should do it.

Eric

[ayorofrance]

Brilliant! Works a treat...

Is the [category.if active='self'] supposed to work in this context too?

Thanks a bunch for your help!

[Eric]

Yes, that will work in there, too. You might need to replace the code with the category list Template 1 code.

[ayorofrance]

Works fine - apart from expanding child categories for the selected item...

At the moment I have the stock standard template 1 code, and still no luck...

My shop id is 30208...

Any other ideas as to what I might try?

Thanks!

[Eric]

I don't know... what are you trying to accomplish?

[ayorofrance]

Sorry, I am not being very clear :-)

From:

-> Football
    -> Jerseys
    -> Shorts
        -> Mens
        -> Womens
-> Baseball

Using Football as the top level category I see:

    -> Jerseys
    -> Shorts

Which is cool, however when I click on Shorts it does not expand to show Mens and Womens...

[Eric]

What's your store's ID and view name?

[ayorofrance]

Store ID 30208

View names "Category - Lunette de soleil" and "onlysubcats"

[Eric]

I updated your view. See if that works. If it does, I will tell you what I did.

[ayorofrance]

It expands all sub categories even if they are not selected...

[Eric]

Originally Posted by ayorofrance

It expands all sub categories even if they are not selected...

Oops, sorry, try again.

[ayorofrance]

same same...

[Eric]

I don't think we can get it to work as we are setting the "active" category here: [DFR:onlysubcats?c=517926]

That basically says, "When generating this category menu, treat category ID 517926 as the active category at all times".

[ayorofrance]

Okay, no problem...

I suspect there is no easy way to check upwards in the tree to see if a parent has a given id?

I tinkered with a condition of this nature:

[category.list before='<ul>' after='</ul>']
<?php $pos = strpos($category->name,"xxxx");
  if ($pos != false) { ?>
  ....

which actually works fine if you have a common part of the category name you can select on...

Anyways, not to worry...

Thanks for trying!