Hide category in category block - PrestaShop™ 1.5.6.1

[lemonpromotions]

We are running a very happy PrestaShop™ 1.5.6.1 install here:

 

http://www.golfspin.co.uk

 

But I need to hide a category in the category block on the left so that it does not display in that block as we have another block underneath and seperate for that category.

 

When I click do not display in the category itself, this just turns the category off which is not what we need. Please tell me we do not have to start editing .tpl files just to hide a category ???

 

Also when I list categories in the admin section, I can only see 3 but there are many more ( I can find them and edit them if I use search)  - could this be a hangover from an update ?

Edited May 14, 2014 by lemonpromotions (see edit history)

[vekia]

what is the id of category you want to hide?

109? am i right?

[lemonpromotions]

Yes thats correct

[lemonpromotions]

Can you help me with this ?

[lemonpromotions]

I sorted it with the code from here:

 

http://www.prestashop.com/forums/topic/161295-hide-category-in-blockcategories/

 

Thanks for your time

[vekia]

sorry for long waiting time for my reply.

i usually read all topics here

 

so, open this file:

category-tree-branch.tpl (located in module directory, or if it exists: in theme module directory)

 

if there is a code like:
 

<li {if isset($last) && $last == 'true'}class="last"{/if}>
	<a 
	href="{$node.link|escape:'html':'UTF-8'}"{if isset($currentCategoryId) && $node.id == $currentCategoryId} class="selected"{/if} title="{$node.desc|strip_tags|trim|escape:'html':'UTF-8'}">
		{$node.name|escape:'html':'UTF-8'}
	</a>
	{if $node.children|@count > 0}
		<ul>
			{foreach from=$node.children item=child name=categoryTreeBranch}
				{if $smarty.foreach.categoryTreeBranch.last}
					{include file="$branche_tpl_path" node=$child last='true'}
				{else}
					{include file="$branche_tpl_path" node=$child last='false'}
				{/if}
			{/foreach}
		</ul>
	{/if}
</li>

change it to:

{if $node.id!=109}
<li {if isset($last) && $last == 'true'}class="last"{/if}>
	<a 
	href="{$node.link|escape:'html':'UTF-8'}"{if isset($currentCategoryId) && $node.id == $currentCategoryId} class="selected"{/if} title="{$node.desc|strip_tags|trim|escape:'html':'UTF-8'}">
		{$node.name|escape:'html':'UTF-8'}
	</a>
	{if $node.children|@count > 0}
		<ul>
			{foreach from=$node.children item=child name=categoryTreeBranch}
				{if $smarty.foreach.categoryTreeBranch.last}
					{include file="$branche_tpl_path" node=$child last='true'}
				{else}
					{include file="$branche_tpl_path" node=$child last='false'}
				{/if}
			{/foreach}
		</ul>
	{/if}
</li>
{/if}