Removing child categories from main navigation?

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Here is a link to a osCommerce store I am working on. http://www.nextlevelracing.net

 

How do I remove the child categories from my main navigation on the left? I hate how it drops down and want to disable that. When you click on the main category I want the child categories to display on the right like it does, but I do not want it to drop down in the left column like it does.

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Anyone please?

[lindsayanng]

Seems that you have a glitch in your template first off.. ALL of your categories are opening when you click on just one..

 

Secondly see here

Remove subcategories from category box

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Seems that you have a glitch in your template first off.. ALL of your categories are opening when you click on just one..

 

Secondly see here

Remove subcategories from category box

 

No, if you click on the Air/Fuel category, then it opens the subcategories. I tested this in Firefox and IE. Could you please provide me a screen shot and let me know what browser this is happening in? Thank you for the link.

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Here is the code I am using for my categories.php file.

 

<?php
/*
 $Id: categories.php,v 1.25 2003/07/09 01:13:58 hpdl Exp $

 osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions
 http://www.oscommerce.com

 Copyright (c) 2003 osCommerce

 Released under the GNU General Public License
*/

 function tep_show_category($counter, $count) {
   global $tree, $categories_string, $cPath_array, $ii;

if ($count == 0 ) $kk=' class="bg_list"'; else $kk=' class="bg_list"'; 

$count++;

if(!$tree[$counter]['level']){ 
$categories_string .= $categories_string ? '' : ''; 
$categories_string .= '<li'.$kk.'><a href=';

if (SHOW_COUNTS == 'true') {
  $products_in_category = tep_count_products_in_category($counter);
  if ($products_in_category > 0) {
	$num_prod =  ' ('.$products_in_category.')';

  }
}

if ($tree[$counter]['parent'] == 0) {
$cPath_new = 'cPath=' . $counter;
} else {
$cPath_new = 'cPath=' . $tree[$counter]['path'];
}
$categories_string .= tep_href_link('index.php', $cPath_new) . '>';

// display categry name
$categories_string .= $tree[$counter]['name'];
$categories_string .= $num_prod.'</a></li>';

  }else{

 // SUBCATEGORY
if (SHOW_COUNTS == 'true') {
  $products_in_category = tep_count_products_in_category($counter);
  if ($products_in_category > 0) {
	$num_prod =  ' ('.$products_in_category.')';
  }
}	 
$count = 2;
$categories_string .= '';

for($i=0;$i<$tree[$counter]['le vel'];$i++)
 $categories_string .= '';

$categories_string .= '<li class="bg_list_sub"><a href=';   
if ($tree[$counter]['parent'] == 0) {
  $cPath_new = 'cPath=' . $counter;
} else {
  $cPath_new = 'cPath=' . $tree[$counter]['path'];
}
$categories_string .= tep_href_link('index.php', $cPath_new) . '>';
// display category name
$categories_string .= $tree[$counter]['name'];
$categories_string .= $num_prod.'</a></li>';
 }



if ($tree[$counter]['next_id'] != false && $ii < 30) {
  tep_show_category($tree[$counter]['next_id'], $count);
}  
 }
?>
<!-- categories //-->
	  <tr>
		<td>
<?php
 $info_box_contents = array();
 $info_box_contents[] = array('text' => BOX_HEADING_CATEGORIES);

 new infoBoxHeading($info_box_contents, true, false);

 $categories_string = '<ul>';
 $tree = array();

 $categories_query = tep_db_query("select c.categories_id, cd.categories_name, c.parent_id from " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " c, " . TABLE_CATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION . " cd where c.parent_id = '0' and c.categories_id = cd.categories_id and cd.language_id='" . (int)$languages_id ."' order by sort_order, cd.categories_name");
 while ($categories = tep_db_fetch_array($categories_query))  {
$tree[$categories['categories_id']] = array('name' => $categories['categories_name'],
											'parent' => $categories['parent_id'],
											'level' => 0,
											'path' => $categories['categories_id'],
											'next_id' => false);

if (isset($parent_id)) {
  $tree[$parent_id]['next_id'] = $categories['categories_id'];
}

$parent_id = $categories['categories_id'];

if (!isset($first_element)) {
  $first_element = $categories['categories_id'];
}
 }

 //------------------------
 if (tep_not_null($cPath)) {
$new_path = '';
reset($cPath_array);
while (list($key, $value) = each($cPath_array)) {
  unset($parent_id);
  unset($first_id);
  $categories_query = tep_db_query("select c.categories_id, cd.categories_name, c.parent_id from " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " c, " . TABLE_CATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION . " cd where c.parent_id = '" . (int)$value . "' and c.categories_id = cd.categories_id and cd.language_id='" . (int)$languages_id ."' order by sort_order, cd.categories_name");
  if (tep_db_num_rows($categories_query)) {
	$new_path .= $value;
	while ($row = tep_db_fetch_array($categories_query)) {
	  $tree[$row['categories_id']] = array('name' => $row['categories_name'],
										   'parent' => $row['parent_id'],
										   'level' => $key+1,
										   'path' => $new_path . '_' . $row['categories_id'],
										   'next_id' => false);

	  if (isset($parent_id)) {
		$tree[$parent_id]['next_id'] = $row['categories_id'];
	  }

	  $parent_id = $row['categories_id'];

	  if (!isset($first_id)) {
		$first_id = $row['categories_id'];
	  }

	  $last_id = $row['categories_id'];
	}
	$tree[$last_id]['next_id'] = $tree[$value]['next_id'];
	$tree[$value]['next_id'] = $first_id;
	$new_path .= '_';
  } else {
	break;
  }
}
 }
 $count = 0;
 tep_show_category($first_element, $count); 
 $categories_string .='</ul>';
 $info_box_contents = array();
 $info_box_contents[] = array('text' => $categories_string);

 new infoBox($info_box_contents);
?>
		</td>
	  </tr>
<!-- categories_eof //-->

[lindsayanng]

ohh isee.. you have an interesting category layout.. Have you considered having multiple BOXES instead?? it makes things look a lot more oganized with fewer clicks to get to the product

 

theres an error on this site, btuy ou can see what i'm talking about here

more category boxes

[EyeDentify]

Sorry for the delay in response. I have worked like 60+ hours this week at my day job alone. Not counting the hours in other projects I have done at home.

 

Anyways, I do see what you mean about the navigation, but that would make a long side navigation for this site. Esentially I just want to have the first categories link. Then the sub categories appear on the right in the main content area. It's an easy navigation and it's what a majority of people purchasing these types of products are use too since their are pretty in depth catagories in the automotive field. Thanks in advance to anyone that can help me on this.