The dumbest cPath question ever.

[recyclepile]

I'm working with a template in my OSCommerce site, and in this template there are links to cPath2, cPath7 and so forth.

 

I realize that cPath stands for Category Path;

I realize that cPath is a variable;

I realize that cPath2 corresponds to category id 2.

 

Now, the stupid question...

 

Where are the category id's listed? How do I set them? I see none in my admin panel; I have gone into each of the 8 categories I have set up and I see nowhere to set a value except for sort order.

 

I've also attempted to change the coding to cPath1, cPath3, etc. to see if I could send the link to the category I want. No go.

 

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

[pynchon]

I'm working with a template in my OSCommerce site, and in this template there are links to cPath2, cPath7 and so forth.

 

I realize that cPath stands for Category Path;

I realize that cPath is a variable;

I realize that cPath2 corresponds to category id 2.

 

Now, the stupid question...

 

Where are the category id's listed? How do I set them? I see none in my admin panel; I have gone into each of the 8 categories I have set up and I see nowhere to set a value except for sort order.

 

I've also attempted to change the coding to cPath1, cPath3, etc. to see if I could send the link to the category I want. No go.

 

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

 

 

I think the cPath ids are set in order of category creation ... the sort order will only affect the visual order and not the cPath number.

[recyclepile]

I think the cPath ids are set in order of category creation ... the sort order will only affect the visual order and not the cPath number.

 

 

I thought that too, but then it didn't respond to making it cPath1. So I'm stymied.

[Jack_mcs]

CPath1, 2 and so on don't exist in the standard code, as far as I know. If you are seeing those, then it is something specific to your shop. But for cPath itself, it is a variable that refers to the category ID. You may or may not see it in the url. If you go to admin->Catalog and click once on a category, you will see the category ID listed as cID.

 

Jack

[recyclepile]

CPath1, 2 and so on don't exist in the standard code, as far as I know. If you are seeing those, then it is something specific to your shop. But for cPath itself, it is a variable that refers to the category ID. You may or may not see it in the url. If you go to admin->Catalog and click once on a category, you will see the category ID listed as cID.

 

Jack

 

 

I know this will sound crazy, but I don't have that. I don't see cID anywhere.

[Jack_mcs]

Try posting the url of such a link here.

 

Jack