[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # Simple URL to category listing ## - **[SteveEvans](/forum/user/9481-steveevans "View SteveEvans's Profile")** - [![SteveEvans's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/9481-steveevans "View SteveEvans's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/9481-steveevans) Less More - Posts: 31 - Thank you received: 3 - - 14 years 2 weeks ago [\#69855](#69855) by [SteveEvans](/forum/user/9481-steveevans "View SteveEvans's Profile") *[Simple URL to category listing](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/69855-simple-url-to-category-listing#69855 "Can anyone help me create a url to a HikaShop category listing (ie all the products in one category). I can do this via a menu fine, but in one page I need to proved a URL instead.. obviously something like: rather than Many thanks Steve")* was created by *[SteveEvans](/forum/user/9481-steveevans "View SteveEvans's Profile")* Can anyone help me create a url to a HikaShop category listing (ie all the products in one category). I can do this via a menu fine, but in one page I need to proved a URL instead.. obviously something like: Code: <a href="index.php?option=com_hikashop&view=category&layout=listing">Clothing</a> rather than Code: <a href="/myshop/productname">Clothing</a> Many thanks Steve Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzY5ODU1LXNpbXBsZS11cmwtdG8tY2F0ZWdvcnktbGlzdGluZz90bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[Mohamed Thelji](/forum/user/6861-mohamed-thelji "View Mohamed Thelji's Profile")** - [![Mohamed Thelji's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar6861.png)](/forum/user/6861-mohamed-thelji "View Mohamed Thelji's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/6861-mohamed-thelji) Less More - Posts: 12953 - Thank you received: 1778 - - - 14 years 2 weeks ago [\#69859](#69859) by [Mohamed Thelji](/forum/user/6861-mohamed-thelji "View Mohamed Thelji's Profile") Replied by *[Mohamed Thelji](/forum/user/6861-mohamed-thelji "View Mohamed Thelji's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Simple URL to category listing](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/69855-simple-url-to-category-listing#69859 "Can anyone help me create a url to a HikaShop category listing (ie all the products in one category). I can do this via a menu fine, but in one page I need to proved a URL instead.. obviously something like: rather than Many thanks Steve")* Hi Steve, You should maybe : - Go to "*Hikashop->System->Configuration->Main*" - Use "Simplified breadcrumbs" and "Activate smaller url" options Hope this will help you. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzY5ODU1LXNpbXBsZS11cmwtdG8tY2F0ZWdvcnktbGlzdGluZz90bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[SteveEvans](/forum/user/9481-steveevans "View SteveEvans's Profile")** - [![SteveEvans's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/9481-steveevans "View SteveEvans's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/9481-steveevans) Less More - Posts: 31 - Thank you received: 3 - - 14 years 2 weeks ago [\#69861](#69861) by [SteveEvans](/forum/user/9481-steveevans "View SteveEvans's Profile") Replied by *[SteveEvans](/forum/user/9481-steveevans "View SteveEvans's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Simple URL to category listing](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/69855-simple-url-to-category-listing#69861 "Can anyone help me create a url to a HikaShop category listing (ie all the products in one category). I can do this via a menu fine, but in one page I need to proved a URL instead.. obviously something like: rather than Many thanks Steve")* Hi Mohamed, Yes, these are enabled. I have no problem with the URL's which are SEF etc My question is actually probably simpler than you think. I want to add a URL in an article that will get me all the products in a category in HikaShop. I could of course just put Code: <a href="/shop/category-name">Category name</a> but if I change the category name or the menu item that links here then the link will no longer work. Instead I thought it might be possible to code into the article something like Code: <a href="index.php?option=com_hikashop&view=category&layout=listing&categoryID=32">Category name</a> which will always result in the link going to that category ID and getting all the products, (the same as my menu item does). Steve Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzY5ODU1LXNpbXBsZS11cmwtdG8tY2F0ZWdvcnktbGlzdGluZz90bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) 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 2 weeks ago [\#70031](#70031) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Simple URL to category listing](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/69855-simple-url-to-category-listing#70031 "Can anyone help me create a url to a HikaShop category listing (ie all the products in one category). I can do this via a menu fine, but in one page I need to proved a URL instead.. obviously something like: rather than Many thanks Steve")* yes you can use such links: <a href="index.php?option=com_hikashop&view=category&layout=listing&cid=32&Itemid=XXX">Category name</a> where 32 is your category id and XXX is the id of a category listing menu from which HikaShop will use the display options for the listing. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzY5ODU1LXNpbXBsZS11cmwtdG8tY2F0ZWdvcnktbGlzdGluZz90bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[SteveEvans](/forum/user/9481-steveevans "View SteveEvans's Profile")** - [![SteveEvans's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/9481-steveevans "View SteveEvans's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/9481-steveevans) Less More - Posts: 31 - Thank you received: 3 - - 14 years 2 weeks ago [\#70241](#70241) by [SteveEvans](/forum/user/9481-steveevans "View SteveEvans's Profile") Replied by *[SteveEvans](/forum/user/9481-steveevans "View SteveEvans's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Simple URL to category listing](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/69855-simple-url-to-category-listing#70241 "Can anyone help me create a url to a HikaShop category listing (ie all the products in one category). I can do this via a menu fine, but in one page I need to proved a URL instead.. obviously something like: rather than Many thanks Steve")* Thanks for the response. For anyone else tryining this, it kind of works - in that the link Nicolas suggests will get you to the correct listing, but I was hoping Joomla would also translate it into the menu item path. It doesn't - it gives you something like shop/clothing/category/cid-13 ie you have a menu called 'shop' which has a sub item called 'clothing' and the link that Jooomla creates from that menu item uses the menu item name ie yourswebsite.com/shop/clothing On another page on the site I wanted to create a link to yourswebsite.com/shop/clothing without hard-coding the /shop/clothing bit (in case the naming changes to say 'mens clothing' in a year or so) It isn't a big deal, and is probably my basic understanding of Joomla that is at fault. 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