Brand Listing

-- url of the page with the problem -- : www.lockharttactical.com/manufacturers
-- HikaShop version -- : LATEST BEST HIKASHOP (fully upgraded)
-- Joomla version -- : 3+
-- PHP version -- : x.x.x
-- Browser(s) name and version -- : Firefox fully updated
-- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : Error_message

Im trying to display all of my brands that HAVE products in them, in a LIST, so customers can click on the brands listing and simply pick the brand they want to see all the products from.
Its not working. I've read your documentation. I've had another guy that i hired to try to help me.. it just wont work. I dont know whats wrong.

Please help me out here.


Screen shots...
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in this option type of the MENU? imgur.com/LvijV8B

Because there is no option for brand here.

I am also trying to get my "Categories" listing done also.

www.lockharttactical.com/hikashop-menu-for-categories-listing/

This is the closest i got.

The issues im finding:
1) The products display under the categories module. I want products to ONLY appear once someone clicks on the categories.

2) Some of the categories that HAVE subcats, AND products in the subcats, aren't showing up.
If you look on the categories,

Parent cats:
Hunting equipment, has 2 sub cats
Knives | Tools, has a bunch of sub cats
Scopes | Lasers | Optics, has a bunch of subcats

etc etc... why are these sub cats not being displayed?


3) If you look at the top, where it says parent cat: Accessories,
right underneath it, there is a little white space, where sub cats WOULD be displayed if this parent cat had any.
But since it does not, is it possible to make that white space go away?

Thanks!