[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # View by category issue ## - **[dashmalta](/forum/user/31679-dashmalta "View dashmalta's Profile")** - [![dashmalta's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar31679.jpg)](/forum/user/31679-dashmalta "View dashmalta's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/31679-dashmalta) Less More - Posts: 30 - Thank you received: 0 - - [](http://www.dashmalta.com) - 11 years 10 months ago [\#184507](#184507) by [dashmalta](/forum/user/31679-dashmalta "View dashmalta's Profile") *[View by category issue](/forum/26-product-category-display/873863-view-by-category-issue#184507 "-- HikaShop version -- : 2.3.5 -- Joomla version -- : 3.3.6 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Chrome, Firefox, IE Hi all, I am having a strange issue with displaying items per category. I created a Joomla menu and decided to link some Hikashop categories to this menu. Once a user clicks on category 1 (age 16 - 20 for example) the items in that category would be displayed. Now, Most of them are working however I have some categories which are not displaying any result (no items). There are items assigned to this category however....can someone help please?")* was created by *[dashmalta](/forum/user/31679-dashmalta "View dashmalta's Profile")* -- HikaShop version -- : 2.3.5 -- Joomla version -- : 3.3.6 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Chrome, Firefox, IE Hi all, I am having a strange issue with displaying items per category. I created a Joomla menu and decided to link some Hikashop categories to this menu. Once a user clicks on category 1 (age 16 - 20 for example) the items in that category would be displayed. Now, Most of them are working however I have some categories which are not displaying any result (no items). There are items assigned to this category however....can someone help please? Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzI2LXByb2R1Y3QtY2F0ZWdvcnktZGlzcGxheS84NzM4NjMtdmlldy1ieS1jYXRlZ29yeS1pc3N1ZT90bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) 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: 86358 - Thank you received: 14293 - - 11 years 10 months ago [\#184509](#184509) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[View by category issue](/forum/26-product-category-display/873863-view-by-category-issue#184509 "-- HikaShop version -- : 2.3.5 -- Joomla version -- : 3.3.6 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Chrome, Firefox, IE Hi all, I am having a strange issue with displaying items per category. I created a Joomla menu and decided to link some Hikashop categories to this menu. Once a user clicks on category 1 (age 16 - 20 for example) the items in that category would be displayed. Now, Most of them are working however I have some categories which are not displaying any result (no items). There are items assigned to this category however....can someone help please?")* Hi, It's probably because you have special characters in the category names, that you didn't configure any alias (without special characters), that you have the unicode slug option of the Joomla configuration activated, and that you have the "remove products and categories ids from URLs" option activated in the HikaShop configuration. Because of all that, HikaShop cannot know what category to display when you click on a category link and that the alias in the URL doesn't match with any category name exactly. Turn off the "remove products and categories ids from URLs" option in the HikaShop configuration and that should help. The following user(s) said Thank You: [dashmalta](/forum/user/31679-dashmalta "View dashmalta's Profile") Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzI2LXByb2R1Y3QtY2F0ZWdvcnktZGlzcGxheS84NzM4NjMtdmlldy1ieS1jYXRlZ29yeS1pc3N1ZT90bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. 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