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    Posted: 24-November-2005 at 12:33am
I've been using the expanding menu code located in the developers corner for sometime with good results. However,  I would like to "exclude" a catagory or two from being displayed. Has anyone had any luck modifying this code or would any of the developers be interested in doing this?
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Can you use the "Hide Category" feature?

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I did try that.

Unfortunately, if I use the hide catagory option, and I place a link to this specific catagory in another area, when you click on it you receive an error message that the catagory does not exist.

 

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Hi

The below code removed an item from the menu on my site. I’m using ProductCart v2.75g12a16. Without getting too deep into the matter, I would think that you might run into many other issues around your site. The menu item(s) would still appear on ‘generating a static site index’… the search results would still display items in the hidden categories.. etc etc. etc.

Find the file “inc_catsmenuA.asp” in the /pc/ folder

Go to line 109

I wanted to remove category 3 so I changed line 109 from this:

query="select idcategory,categorydesc from categories where idParentCategory=1 and idCategory>1 and iBTOhide=0 " & pcv_strTemp & " ORDER BY priority, categoryDesc ASC"

to this:

query="select idcategory,categorydesc from categories where idParentCategory=1 and idCategory<>3 and idCategory>1 and iBTOhide=0 " & pcv_strTemp & " ORDER BY priority, categoryDesc ASC"

to remove category 3 and 7 you could try:

query="select idcategory,categorydesc from categories where idParentCategory=1 and idCategory<>3 and idCategory<>7 and idCategory>1 and iBTOhide=0 " & pcv_strTemp & " ORDER BY priority, categoryDesc ASC"

you might also want to check the latest version of Product Cart. Maybe it addresses your issues? also, if any database techies can see a reason NOT to use the above code please speak up!

hope it helps

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I don't want the category hidden from customers in general, just from a particular menu I have on the site- this way I can create a couple of different expanding menus for different types of things.

I did a quick test on my local server and it appears to be exactly what I was looking for!

Thank you!!! I love these forums!!!!

 

 

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