Problem display the category listing on the page

-- HikaShop version -- : 2.3.5
-- Joomla version -- : 3.3.6
-- Browser(s) name and version -- : google chrome
-- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : I am having problems display the product category listing on the default page and the "add to cart" buttons look distorted. When I tried to add a new product, the page shows errors!

I have tried to follow the tutorials, but nothing seems to work...

Please help!

Regards,
Karen

Hi,

1. Category listing on default page:
It's due to the HikaShop settings of your menu item with ID 111, which is set to be a product listing, I guess. For making it a category listing instead, read and follow this documentation: www.hikashop.com/support/support/documen...html#categories_menu

2. Buttons:
The distorted appearance is coming from CSS of your template on line 81 of the file "joomla-core.css".
To override it, please follow the instructions in the documentation here for creating a HikaShop custom CSS file (which will survive updates, too), and add these lines to it:
3. Error on product creation:
Apparently it's caused by an Akeeba extension. However, someone of the official HikaShop support might be able to say more on it.

Hi,

3. Yes. If you didn't install the extension Akeeba Subscriptions and only installed and activated the integration plugin that we offer between HikaShop and Akeeba Subscriptions, it could lead to that issue.
Either install Akeeba Subscriptions or disable the integration plugin and you won't get that error.

I have followed the instruction to set up the category listing and disabled the Akeeba Subscriptions but nothing has happened. I just want the "online store" to look like this, demo.hikashop.com/index.php/en/hikashop/...ategory/13-men-shoes . With thumbnails for categories and when you select one category, it takes you to the next page with products within that category. Plus the shopping cart and all other modules on the sidebar. This ecommerce component does seem very easy to do just by default.

Please advice,
Karen

1. It seems you found the way to have your category listing on the shop's default page... at least that's what I see on-line at the time of this writing. So, I guess that's settled, and the rest of configuring listings (incl or excl submodules below) will surely be no problem for you, either.
EDIT: Otherwise post again, and best with screenshot(s) of the backend configuration.

3. You said,

... disabled the Akeeba Subscriptions ...

Are you sure you've disabled the HikaShop plugin for it as per Nicolas' advice?

on my "online store" page it shows the categories and the products but the products show twice on the same page. How do I fix that?

baselineproduce.com/index.php/shop-online

Also, I cannot make the categories to show on the module on the sidebar...

@chwebmedia:
I'm sorry, but regarding the first point I can only repeat what I said in my previous posts.

1. Follow the tutorial at www.hikashop.com/support/support/documen...html#categories_menu
Keep an eye particularly on anything regarding "Associated modules", as this is about the product listings below your category listing.
If trouble persists, please post a screenshot of the complete page in your HikaShop backend where the category listing is configured (content menu item ID 111).

4. Further below in the same documentation as linked to here above (that section titled "Categories with a module": www.hikashop.com/support/support/documen...ml#categories_module ) you find everything you need to create a Joomla module listing your categories in "List" layout, then to be published to your sidebar.
If trouble persists, please post a screenshot of such module configuration.

I have followed the instruction on setting up the category listing on the default page but the products are still showing on the same page as well. How do I only have the products to show when you select each category instead? I would like to have the category thumbnails on the content and category listing on the sidebar, but I still can't get it to work after followed the instructions.

baselineproduce.com/index.php/shop-online

Please see my attachment below.

Regards,
Karen

Hi,

I don't see the products on the same page as the categories so it seems that you solved that issue.
The only thing I noticed on your website is that your categories listing module on the right links to empty pages.
Solving that will be easy. Edit your categories listing module (id 213) via the menu Display>Content modules and set the "menu" option to your "shop online" menu item and that should make the category links of the module work.

Now that I get the categories to work, how do I place all the products like thumbnails 300 x 300 side by side like this example?

demo.hikashop.com/index.php/en/hikashop/...egory/14-women-shoes

Thanks,
Karen

You'd control this with the value entered for "Number of columns" in your menu or module settings for category or product listings. For example, if you wanted to have 3 categories or products per row, you'd have to enter "3" there, logically.

How well this works depends on your template and its CSS, together with you selecting "Use Bootstrap design" yes or no in the HikaShop "Display" configuration.

How can I make the category images bigger?

Generally, by uploading images of a size not smaller than what you want to see in the frontend, and again, by entering values as per your requirement in the configuration. For the latter, you must read the documentation for the vital hints there: www.hikashop.com/support/support/documen...fig.html#main_images

Note that you can set image size values individually for your listing menus/modules as well, these then being used instead of the values in the main configuration.

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You see that pretty much everything is well covered and explained in the documentation . Thankfully it's also well accessible via the "Help" button in the HikaShop backend.
Please check and read thoroughly - it will save you a lot of time and posts here.