Product categories not changing in side bar...

[Guest]

I just noticed this on my shop's home page:

 

http://obviate.us/catalog/index.php

 

In the "categories" box on the left, the categories listed are still the sample ones that were used in the demo verion of my osCommerce site. they are only appearing on the home page - on all my other pages, the categories show up correctly.

I though this was supposed to change automatically? How can I fix this?

[choosealogin]

Do you have the cache enabled? (admin page>>configuration>>cache)

 

Check and see. If it is turned on, try turning it off then clear your browser cache, cookies, etc...revisit your store and see if it's still doing that.

 

If so, and you want to use the caching, then read this thread...it explains how to set it up on a shared server.

 

http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/lofiversion/i...hp/t131040.html

 

Long thread, but worth reading.

[Guest]

Do you have the cache enabled? (admin page>>configuration>>cache)

 

Check and see. If it is turned on, try turning it off then clear your browser cache, cookies, etc...revisit your store and see if it's still doing that.

 

If so, and you want to use the caching, then read this thread...it explains how to set it up on a shared server.

 

http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/lofiversion/i...hp/t131040.html

 

Long thread, but worth reading.

 

 

turning off the cache worked :) thanks!

what are the benefits of using the caching?

[choosealogin]

Cool, glad it worked.

 

Caching can be good for speed/efficiency ...so when you have big database queries that run over and over again, but they don't change very often (like your categories), then the cache stores the query result (i.e. your list of categories) until it is changed, and just reads the cached data when it needs to...instead of working your db to death.

 

On a small store with few categories, it's not much of a concern.

 

On a store with thousands of products and hundreds of categories, it can be a lifesaver.