[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # Dynamic Joomla menus from HikaShop Prod. Cat. ## - **[evolution](/forum/user/8324-evolution "View evolution's Profile")** - [![evolution's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar8324.png)](/forum/user/8324-evolution "View evolution's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/8324-evolution) Less More - Posts: 35 - Thank you received: 0 - - 14 years 3 months ago [\#58732](#58732) by [evolution](/forum/user/8324-evolution "View evolution's Profile") *[Dynamic Joomla menus from HikaShop Prod. Cat.](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/58732-dynamic-joomla-menus-from-hikashop-prod-cat#58732 "Hi, I’m looking for a way to have my Joomla menu structure dynamically populated from my HikaShop product codes. Let’s say that these are my product categories: Cat1\Cat1A\Cat1A1 Cat1\Cat1A\Cat1A2 Cat1\Cat1B\Cat1B1 Cat1\Cat1B\Cat1B2 . . . . . . . Cat8\Cat8Z\Cat8Z8 Cat8\Cat8Z\Cat8Z9 On my Joomla main menu, I want to see: Home | Cat 1 | Cat 2 | etc | Cat 8 When I mouse-over “Cat 1”, I get a drop-down menu with “Cat1A, Cat1B” etc, etc. When I add “Cat 9”, I want my Joomla menu to automatically become populated with the new category and sub-categories. I know that I can create the menu structure manually in Joomla and then match those menus manually with appropriate Joomla Product/Category listing modules, but I see this as a very time-consuming option and I am looking for a more intelligent way to do this.")* was created by *[evolution](/forum/user/8324-evolution "View evolution's Profile")* Hi, I’m looking for a way to have my Joomla menu structure **dynamically** populated from my HikaShop product codes. Let’s say that these are my product categories: Cat1\Cat1A\Cat1A1 Cat1\Cat1A\Cat1A2 Cat1\Cat1B\Cat1B1 Cat1\Cat1B\Cat1B2 . . . . . . . Cat8\Cat8Z\Cat8Z8 Cat8\Cat8Z\Cat8Z9 On my Joomla main menu, I want to see: Home | Cat 1 | Cat 2 | etc | Cat 8 When I mouse-over “Cat 1”, I get a drop-down menu with “Cat1A, Cat1B” etc, etc. When I add “Cat 9”, I want my Joomla menu to automatically become populated with the new category and sub-categories. I know that I can create the menu structure manually in Joomla and then match those menus manually with appropriate Joomla Product/Category listing modules, but I see this as a very time-consuming option and I am looking for a more intelligent way to do this. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzU4NzMyLWR5bmFtaWMtam9vbWxhLW1lbnVzLWZyb20taGlrYXNob3AtcHJvZC1jYXQ/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png?1793428657)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86316 - Thank you received: 14276 - - 14 years 3 months ago [\#58796](#58796) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Dynamic Joomla menus from HikaShop Prod. Cat.](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/58732-dynamic-joomla-menus-from-hikashop-prod-cat#58796 "Hi, I’m looking for a way to have my Joomla menu structure dynamically populated from my HikaShop product codes. Let’s say that these are my product categories: Cat1\Cat1A\Cat1A1 Cat1\Cat1A\Cat1A2 Cat1\Cat1B\Cat1B1 Cat1\Cat1B\Cat1B2 . . . . . . . Cat8\Cat8Z\Cat8Z8 Cat8\Cat8Z\Cat8Z9 On my Joomla main menu, I want to see: Home | Cat 1 | Cat 2 | etc | Cat 8 When I mouse-over “Cat 1”, I get a drop-down menu with “Cat1A, Cat1B” etc, etc. When I add “Cat 9”, I want my Joomla menu to automatically become populated with the new category and sub-categories. I know that I can create the menu structure manually in Joomla and then match those menus manually with appropriate Joomla Product/Category listing modules, but I see this as a very time-consuming option and I am looking for a more intelligent way to do this.")* Hi, You can that with three solutions. The first one is to create a category listing module as explained here: [ www.hikashop.com/en/support/documentatio...ml#categories\_module](http://www.hikashop.com/en/support/documentation/67-hikashop-content-display-front-end.html#categories_module) You will find a example of result in the bottom left area of our demo website. It uses an accordion effect. There is an integration between maximenu and HikaShop for that: [ www.joomlack.fr/en/Joomla-extensions/Men...ximenu-hikashop.html](http://www.joomlack.fr/en/Joomla-extensions/Menu/patch-maximenu-hikashop.html) There is an accordion module for something similar to the first possibility here: [ extensions.joomla.org/extensions/extensi...hop-extensions/21225](http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/extension-specific/hikashop-extensions/21225) Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzU4NzMyLWR5bmFtaWMtam9vbWxhLW1lbnVzLWZyb20taGlrYXNob3AtcHJvZC1jYXQ/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[evolution](/forum/user/8324-evolution "View evolution's Profile")** - [![evolution's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar8324.png)](/forum/user/8324-evolution "View evolution's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/8324-evolution) Less More - Posts: 35 - Thank you received: 0 - - 14 years 3 months ago [\#58857](#58857) by [evolution](/forum/user/8324-evolution "View evolution's Profile") Replied by *[evolution](/forum/user/8324-evolution "View evolution's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Dynamic Joomla menus from HikaShop Prod. Cat.](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/58732-dynamic-joomla-menus-from-hikashop-prod-cat#58857 "Hi, I’m looking for a way to have my Joomla menu structure dynamically populated from my HikaShop product codes. Let’s say that these are my product categories: Cat1\Cat1A\Cat1A1 Cat1\Cat1A\Cat1A2 Cat1\Cat1B\Cat1B1 Cat1\Cat1B\Cat1B2 . . . . . . . Cat8\Cat8Z\Cat8Z8 Cat8\Cat8Z\Cat8Z9 On my Joomla main menu, I want to see: Home | Cat 1 | Cat 2 | etc | Cat 8 When I mouse-over “Cat 1”, I get a drop-down menu with “Cat1A, Cat1B” etc, etc. When I add “Cat 9”, I want my Joomla menu to automatically become populated with the new category and sub-categories. I know that I can create the menu structure manually in Joomla and then match those menus manually with appropriate Joomla Product/Category listing modules, but I see this as a very time-consuming option and I am looking for a more intelligent way to do this.")* Thanks Nicolas, I tried that, but on my system when I select "Display | Content Modules | New" I get a different screen (attached). [ ![HikaShop-ContentModule-New.png](/forum/attachment/4964) ](/forum/attachment/4964 "...Module-New.png") Your example looks more like my "Display | Content Menus | New". I have version HikaShop v1.5.8 with Joomla v2.5.6. Is there some configuration setting I may be missing? Regards. - [ ![HikaShop-ContentModule-New.png](/forum/attachment/4964) ](/forum/attachment/4964 "...Module-New.png") [ ](/forum/attachment/4964?download=1 "...Module-New.png") Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzU4NzMyLWR5bmFtaWMtam9vbWxhLW1lbnVzLWZyb20taGlrYXNob3AtcHJvZC1jYXQ/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png?1793428657)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86316 - Thank you received: 14276 - - 14 years 3 months ago [\#58863](#58863) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Dynamic Joomla menus from HikaShop Prod. Cat.](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/58732-dynamic-joomla-menus-from-hikashop-prod-cat#58863 "Hi, I’m looking for a way to have my Joomla menu structure dynamically populated from my HikaShop product codes. Let’s say that these are my product categories: Cat1\Cat1A\Cat1A1 Cat1\Cat1A\Cat1A2 Cat1\Cat1B\Cat1B1 Cat1\Cat1B\Cat1B2 . . . . . . . Cat8\Cat8Z\Cat8Z8 Cat8\Cat8Z\Cat8Z9 On my Joomla main menu, I want to see: Home | Cat 1 | Cat 2 | etc | Cat 8 When I mouse-over “Cat 1”, I get a drop-down menu with “Cat1A, Cat1B” etc, etc. When I add “Cat 9”, I want my Joomla menu to automatically become populated with the new category and sub-categories. I know that I can create the menu structure manually in Joomla and then match those menus manually with appropriate Joomla Product/Category listing modules, but I see this as a very time-consuming option and I am looking for a more intelligent way to do this.")* You need to configure your module in the same way as the module in our demo website. There is a link to it in the tutorial I gave you. For example, you need to select "category" in "type of content", "list" in "type of layout", and turn off the "synchronize with currently displayed item when possible". 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Cat.](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/58732-dynamic-joomla-menus-from-hikashop-prod-cat#58866 "Hi, I’m looking for a way to have my Joomla menu structure dynamically populated from my HikaShop product codes. Let’s say that these are my product categories: Cat1\Cat1A\Cat1A1 Cat1\Cat1A\Cat1A2 Cat1\Cat1B\Cat1B1 Cat1\Cat1B\Cat1B2 . . . . . . . Cat8\Cat8Z\Cat8Z8 Cat8\Cat8Z\Cat8Z9 On my Joomla main menu, I want to see: Home | Cat 1 | Cat 2 | etc | Cat 8 When I mouse-over “Cat 1”, I get a drop-down menu with “Cat1A, Cat1B” etc, etc. When I add “Cat 9”, I want my Joomla menu to automatically become populated with the new category and sub-categories. I know that I can create the menu structure manually in Joomla and then match those menus manually with appropriate Joomla Product/Category listing modules, but I see this as a very time-consuming option and I am looking for a more intelligent way to do this.")* Thanks Nicolas, I will give that a try, but I'm trying to get the menu at the top of the page to be generated dynamically, not the category module at the bottom left of your demo site. Regards. 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Cat.](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/58732-dynamic-joomla-menus-from-hikashop-prod-cat#58870 "Hi, I’m looking for a way to have my Joomla menu structure dynamically populated from my HikaShop product codes. Let’s say that these are my product categories: Cat1\Cat1A\Cat1A1 Cat1\Cat1A\Cat1A2 Cat1\Cat1B\Cat1B1 Cat1\Cat1B\Cat1B2 . . . . . . . Cat8\Cat8Z\Cat8Z8 Cat8\Cat8Z\Cat8Z9 On my Joomla main menu, I want to see: Home | Cat 1 | Cat 2 | etc | Cat 8 When I mouse-over “Cat 1”, I get a drop-down menu with “Cat1A, Cat1B” etc, etc. When I add “Cat 9”, I want my Joomla menu to automatically become populated with the new category and sub-categories. I know that I can create the menu structure manually in Joomla and then match those menus manually with appropriate Joomla Product/Category listing modules, but I see this as a very time-consuming option and I am looking for a more intelligent way to do this.")* Then you should try the maximenu CK solution I proposed. 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