adding categories to the header bar?

[hadlowj]

How does one go about adding categories to the header bar it only say Home at the moment, I did manage to get one extra one on there but now no more will add, I removed it and tried to add it again but if does not show?

 

Thanks

James

[clayton29657]

Hey hadlowj,

 

What version of prestashop are you using? Are you adding categories through your admin back office?

[hadlowj]

1.5 and yes through back office.

Edited September 16, 2012 by hadlowj (see edit history)

[clayton29657]

and you do not see the add a new sub-category page right under home tab?

[hadlowj]

I see in the back office, catalog > categories > New, add a new one, then if you mouse over Home on the front office its in the drop down but before i got it to show next to the Home.

[clayton29657]

hmmm thats an odd issue can you take a screen shot so I can see. I never had this issue before.

[hadlowj]

screen

[clayton29657]

hmmm now that is very weird. and you had the category before beside it? Make sure youre on the home page making the category and not the sub-page

 

When you are on home page and make the sub-category it should put it right beside it. I have no clue why its doing this I would recommend waiting till someone can help you more. Sorry I couldn't be of more help my friend.

 

Clayton

Edited September 16, 2012 by clayton29657 (see edit history)

[the.rampage.rado]

The horizontal top menu is a module and it's configured manually for each language.

 

You have to find the module and decide which categories/external links/etc to add there.

[hadlowj]

thats weird, because before I just installed a fresh prestshop, added the category and it showed next to it, then another and it showed, but the third did not nor the fourth, then deleted all the ones i had made and tried again bust this time none of them showed next to it. Any idea on what the module is called?

 

Thanks again

[the.rampage.rado]

Top horizontal menu .... maybe...

[Jumbojet]

I am experiencing the same difficulty. Please, any help out there?

[sshare]

BO > Modules > Modules > Top Horizontal Menu > Configure

 

There you can add almost anything from the rest of your shop to the horizontal menu bar as you please.

[everythingdog]

BO > Modules > Modules > Top Horizontal Menu > Configure

 

There you can add almost anything from the rest of your shop to the horizontal menu bar as you please.

 

this

[tkmops]

I've tried everything that this post says to do(and other posts also), but I can't get the 'Categories', 'Products', or 'About Us' drop-down menus to appear. This is how it's supposed to look....http://themes.withinpixels.com/autumn/. This is my site now.... http://www.popcultureheaven.com/. I've added 4 categories(see site map)...I need the 4 'Books' categories to appear under a 'Categories' drop-down menu on the home page. Thanks!

[Manik]

Hi tkmops,

 

override

modules/blocktopmenu/blocktopmenu.php

i.e. copy this file to

/themes/<your themefolder="">/modules/blocktopmenu/blocktopmenu.php</your>

then find the function getCategory()

at the end of this function, add a little code (red lines): at line number 647

if (count($children))

{

if ($category->level_depth <= 1) // 1 is level you still want to show

{

$this->_menu .= '<ul>';

 

foreach ($children as $child)

$this->getCategory((int)$child['id_category'], (int)$id_lang, (int)$child['id_shop']);

 

$this->_menu .= '</ul>';

}

}

$this->_menu .= '</li>';

 

 

This should do the trick.

 

Hope this helps,