Defining $current_category_id

[ant_robbo]

Hi,

 

I'm relatively new to PHP but have been using OScommerec for a while. So, apologies if this is a confusing question.

 

Can I hardcode a definition for the variable $current_category_id on the index.php page?

 

I was hoping to create landing pages by copying and re-naming the index.php page to 'category_name.php' and then hard coding the variable $current_category_id at the very top of the page. My code looks like this:

 

<? php

 

require('includes/application_top.php');

 

$current_category_id = 51;

 

 

I'm not getting the results I was expecting. Do I need to define this somewhere else? Or is there somewhere to hardcode the cPath. Or is there a contribution out there that could help me. (Ultimate SEO URL's are not working on my setup)

 

 

Thanks for any guidance you can give me

 

Anthony