want a widget to display all subcategories of a specified parent category

[matzii]

Like this site: hotelli.se
at the left there is only swedish cities
and at the left only hotels from Vrlden

here is the testsite im working on hotellkedjor.se
(before i shall remake hotelli.se)

[Eric]

Hi,

Go here: The Factory > Your Store > VIEWS > WIDGETS > Categories > Category list module > Settings ()

Under Display mode choose "Only child categories".

Eric

[matzii]

But Then it Will display the aktive category

I would like it to alwasys display the same child under a specified parent!
Like a menu

[Eric]

Hi,

OK. Then you need to do this:

1. Go here: The Factory > Your Store > VIEWS > WIDGETS

2. Click the "Add a new view" link under the WIDGETS menu

3. Name the view whatever you want.

4. Add a text module to the view.

5. In the text module add the following code: [DFR:widget/Categories?c=123456]

6. Replace 123456 with the ID of the parent category.

7. Save

8. Click the [Update Settings Only] button on your site.

9. Go here: WordPress Admin Area > Appearance > Widgets and add a Generic Datafeedr widget to your sidebar and select your new view from the drop down menu.

Eric

Eric

[matzii]

Will this display the child under the parent 12345 category as i want?

Is it possible to make two widgets and use are the same time with different parent category in each?

[Eric]

Hi,

Yes and Yes.

Eric

[matzii]

i have done it but the both parent category are displayed in both widgetens

(i have the parentcategory in the title so i dont need it to bee displayed )

here:http://hotellkedjor.se/

[Eric]

Hi,

You still need to do this: /show...5826#post45826

Eric

[matzii]

Yes i thought so Also but there are not that option in the textmodule.

[Eric]

Originally Posted by matzii

Yes i thought so Also but there are not that option in the textmodule.

The Categories view doesn't have a Text module, it has a Category List module.

You need to make that change here:
The Factory > Your Store > VIEWS > WIDGETS > Categories > Category list module > Settings

Eric

[matzii]

But you told me to use a text module:
"4. Add a text module to the view."

Shouldent i change the settings for that module?

[Eric]

Hi,

The Text module refers to the "Categories" view. You have to do both of the instructions I mentioned. You need to do these 2 steps:

/show...5826#post45826
/show...5829#post45829


Eric

[matzii]

Great now it functions!!

I wonder if its a hard thing to display the child category in two columns?
are there any solution i can use?


i tried to change to the template 6 in The Factory > Your Store > VIEWS > WIDGETS > Categories > Category list module >

but it will not display in two columns

[Eric]

Hi,

Great, glad you got it working!

Yes, actually it's very difficult to split list items into multiple columns. I have posted a tutorial about doing that here.

However, it does require being very comfortable with PHP and CSS and HTML. Because of the complexity of doing this, we cannot provide support for this. It's very custom and requires a lot of work.

If you're not comfortable with PHP, CSS and HTML, I would suggest avoiding the tutorial.

Eric

[matzii]

thanks for the advice!
i tried your solution but it included both parent category and im not able to edit the code.
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I tried a solution at my own to make two columns in in the widget view for the parent category "Sverige":
one text module in the left column that show the category "Sverige a-k" and
one text module in the right column right that show the category "Sverige l-"

but they both show up in the left column. Isnt it possible to make two columns in a widget in this way?

Hotell i Sverige

-Askersund
-Gteborg

-Lund
-Stockholm


instead of this:
Hotell i Sverige

-Askersund -Lund
-Gteborg -Stockholm

[Eric]

Hi

But this will require you to add HTML and CSS to your view. Providing custom HTML and CSS code is outside the scope of support we're able to offer.

Eric

[matzii]

ok, i understand no problem. I shall try to find a theme that have three sidebars so i can use two of them to solve this problem

thanks for all help this weekend!

[Eric]

You're very welcome!