modules and category views

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9 years 4 months ago #239516

-- url of the page with the problem -- : 181.224.148.114/~carra2/index.php
-- HikaShop version -- : 2.6.3
-- Joomla version -- : 3.5
-- PHP version -- : 5.3.2
-- Browser(s) name and version -- : chrome

I am after some general advice regarding the category and homepage views

the homepage at the moment is a hikashop category view - but also has two modules showing products in other categories (below)

so as it stands clicking through from anything in the top hikashop category will show pages like this

181.224.148.114/~carra2/index.php/category/34-saddlebags

but those two hikashop modules are still showing - is there anyway of hiding these? As far as I can see this is all just based on one menu menu assignment so that doesn't appear possible?


One solution might be to use modules for all three sections on the homepage? But at the moment the two modules I have added don't then display products when you click through?

181.224.148.114/~carra2/index.php/ranges/category/51-originals

this should show products specified in category "originals" but it does't show any at the moment. - am I doing something wrong?

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9 years 4 months ago #239530

Hi,

Yes using three modules could be a solution.
You need to create one product listing module allowing to list all the products without restrictions, this can be a hidden menu.
Then set the "Menu" option of the modules to this created menu, that way it will be used to display the products.

Finally, assign the three modules only to the home page menu.

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9 years 4 months ago #239931

trying to work this out - but it does seem confusing!

for example I have created a module to display a category "Ranges" (Ranges is a category specified in the hikashop tab in the module - Main category)

this was done by specifying the menu ""hikahop defaulty category listing "




What confuses me is that the menu item "hikahop defaulty category listing" also has a hikashopcategory settings tab and that has simialr settings - in this case the category is set to "Bike Bags" - but that seems to be ignored?


can anyone clarify my confusion!

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9 years 4 months ago #239932

Hi,

A menu item adds a link to a menu area. That link goes to display in your case a categories listing, and products listing. So it has settings both to display categories and products.
If the current category doesn't have sub categories, then you only see products.
A module directly display its content in its position. And the "menu" option of the module is the "target" menu item which used when you click on a link of the module to display the products/categories of that element.
And yes, when you click on a category, be it in the menu item categories listing itself, or in a module pointing to that menu item, it overrides the category selected in the settings of the menu item.

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