Block category front office not showing categories...

[palombokevin]

Hi Everybody!

I'm trying to resolve a problem about my block categories.

This is my website : www.toutou.be

You will see that there is a top menu ( Menu Haut Horizontal v1.3) with my pages and 2 sub categories called (Dog, Cat) and other sub-categories. So everything look fine.

But when I try to place category block on right column, It shows the title of the block but any sub categories. I don't know how to resolve this problem?

In BO the category block is set on 0 (infinite) and dynamic.

I already try this: Download a new prestashop and only import blockcategory in my prestashop version 1.4.2.5. But not even work ??!!

Please help me

[lwdmall]

I have the same problem and I don't know where to look. I have a subcategory under the home category but on the front office I have the category block but there are no categories in the block. Please help. I am using version 1.4.3
Thanks
Bruce

[palombokevin]

Please somebody help us!

[Todds]

I am also not able to display categories in Categories block.

 

Can someone throw some light on this issue?

 

Thanks

[rocky]

Check to make sure that your categories have translations for all languages and that they have the "Default" group ticked under "Groups access".

 

Also, if your footer is missing, it means a PHP error has occurred in the category block. Edit config/config.inc.php and temporarily change 'display_errors' from 'off' to 'on', then refresh the page to see the error.

[ScubaLessonsInc]

Edit header.tpl line 46 where I had corrected the line

var priceDisplayPrecision = {$

... to

var priceDisplayPrecision =' {$

 

When I removed the ' and saved and uploaded the categories appeared.

Even though it says there is a syntax error on that line.. with the ' removed the categories re-appear.

[Webfrog]

I had a similar issue and after bashing my head into a wall for something like 5 hours i noticed my customer had un-hooked the categories block from the header of page hook!!!! GRRRRRRRRRRR

 

After i transplanted he module back into the header of page hook WALLA! Working like a G6!

[benjamin utterback]

Hello stickiees, could you provide additional information? What version of PrestaShop are you using? Is the block transplanted to the header of pages?

[Tomás]

I have the same issue, I use the 1.4.9.0, block categories 2.0 module is on header of pages and left column hooks, I disabled, enabled, restarted, uninstalled, reinstalled and categories are empty, however other modules show the categories perfectly on front office.

I changed @ini_set('display_errors', 'on'); but I don't see any error on screen.

[enjoyabell]

hello,

i'm having the same issue... my category block is showing only the title (categories) and nothing else. Tryed uninstall/install/reset, hooks are ok as mentioned above. Footer is also showing the title. Anyone can help?

PS1.5.6

Edited December 19, 2013 by enjoyabell (see edit history)

[CartExpert.net]

Hi.

 

Please send the URL to your site.

 

Regards.

Robin.

The CartExpert Team

[enjoyabell]

Hi.

 

Please send the URL to your site.

 

Regards.

 

Robin.

 

The CartExpert Team

http://1001okazii.sits.ro

thanks

[CartExpert.net]

Try to clear your cache.

 

Regards.

Robin.

The CartExpert Team

[vekia]

have you changed something with category tree in your store? for example: remove root categories etc, ?

[enjoyabell]

Didn't help. Cleaned cache/smarty/ compile and cache. The categories list dissapeared after deleting some categories no longer needed. I noticed that FeaturedProducts module is also not listing products.

Thanks for your help

[CartExpert.net]

Did you remove the root category?

 

Regards.

Robin.

The CartExpert Team

[enjoyabell]

I don't know exactly the deleted categories but i think root is present... images attached

Thanks

[enjoyabell]

Backed up my db, imported db in a new prestashop installation, deleted all categories and products, created one new catgory, but nothing changed; categories still not listed in the block. Any ideas?

 

Later edit: changed root category friendly url "home" to something else and now i can see the categories... i still need to figure out why featured products on home page is not listing any products.

Edited December 20, 2013 by enjoyabell (see edit history)

[Vamiris]

Hello,

I have a similar problem.

In the .tpl file, there is a javascript code which hides the navigation, when javascript is activated. When i remove this piece of Javascript, it works.

Can someone explain me the reason for this? May i'm missing some information about this.

The piece of code:

 

 

<script type="text/javascript">
        // <![CDATA[
            // we hide the tree only if JavaScript is activated
            $('div#categories_block_left ul.dhtml').hide();
        // ]]>
        </script>

[vekia]

hello

 

this script has got feature to hide categories in left column.

i don't know for what purposes you used this code

but if you want to display categories - remove it definitely.

[graffito]

If you remove this piece of code, all subcategories will be unfolded.

 

Change this line in blockcategories.tpl:

$('div#categories_block_left ul.dhtml').hide();

to

$('div#categories_block_left ul.dhtml li ul').hide();

Worked great for me. 

[annajds]

Same problem here. No categories display in category block and in footer.

I try all that and nothing help. Any other idea why this happen and what can I do ?

[ameisina]

i have the same problems.

 

i updated manully some modules on the categories on " Front office features" after that when i try to access the front ofiice then it shows nothing. and no erro thrown out. What's the problem? How can i do will roll back the vesions of the module like before.

 

the version of the web is prestashop_1.5.6.2. here is my my web address www.dwmzone.com

[vekia]

its because new modules arent compatibile with ps 1.5

check this topic: http://www.prestashop.com/forums/topic/317453-solved-blank-indexphp-homepage-after-updating-all-modules/

[Nipa]

Same problem to me, after domain change not show my categories!

[fusillicode]

Sorry for revamping this old thread but I'm facing the same problem on the last version of PS (1.6.0.9) and I think that it may be related to the smarty cache.

 

It seems that it doesn't get properly deleted when issuing the clearing command from the backend.

 

Is there some workaround for this? Or better a solution?

 

Core team please help us...

Edited October 6, 2014 by fusillicode (see edit history)

[fusillicode]

Ok, as pretty often...my bad

 

The problem isn't actually the cache but the broken category tree.

 

To solve it just execute (by uploading a simple php page on your server) this code:

Category::regenerateEntireNtree();

I hope it can help the ones facing the same problem I faced.

 

P.S: I'm developing a little dummy module to wrap the desired functionality.

[mehere]

@fusillicode thanks for sharing. I guess I have the same issue but if I run your script I get

Fatal error: Class 'Category' not found in (filename) on line 2

 

What do you think?

[fusillicode]

mmm it seems you didn't include the proper file in which the Category class is defined.

 

Look I've just developed the dummy module I've cited in my previous post.

 

I've test it on the latest version of PS and it seems to work.

 

Here it is: https://github.com/fusillicode/category-tree-regenerator

 

You can try it

 

If there is some problem just ask

[mehere]

Thank you very much I will try but before...a question: will this simply regenerate catehories and their links or edit/delete my categories? This second thing would be very dangerous since I should redefine all categories and reassociate all products in each of them...

Cheers

[fusillicode]

Look the only thing that the module does is to call the over mentioned 

Category::regenerateEntireNtree();

method.

 

What the method does is (I'm citing the documentation of the method in the Category class):

 

"Re-calculate the values of all branches of the nested tree".

 

I've personally used the module and it doesn't seem to have broken anything.

 

However I don't take any the responsibility about possible breakage sry

[mehere]

Ok I understand, thanks.

By the way, did you find the cause breaking the category tree at your side?

Cheers

[fusillicode]

yep in my case I'm doing some import from an external system and it seems that the categories aren't actually imported (updated) correctly.

[mehere]

Thank you very much.

I didn't do anything like that so causes should be very different just like solutions, I think I will open a new thread.

Thanks for sharing your hints though!

Cheers

[fusillicode]

My pleasure

[vkmaxx]

I had the same problem... I could not install you module (I'm on S 1.4.x).

I added 

Category::regenerateEntireNtree();

To Category module but now I can;t see escritoires ONLY on main page, on every other categories are visble.

 

The shop:

http://www.prezentyhurt.pl/pl/

 

PS.

On my main page categories module starts with:

<ul class="tree dynamized" style="display: none;">

on every other page with:

<ul class="tree dynamized" style="display: block;">

Edited December 9, 2014 by vkmaxx (see edit history)

[kingfaya]

hey!

I've tried your module fusilicode but i can't even install it on presta BO

It does'nt show itselft in the list.

And my problem is still...^^

Anyone who know how to fix it?

My catégories shows in footer but not in left column. But they're hooked to left column... I don't understand what happen... I anyone could help me...^^

I would be grateful