Invisible Categories in top menu

[Christos Sar]

Hello guys

 

I have a problem and i can't find a solution..I own an e-shop and i want to make some categories from the top horizontical menu, invisible for a user group...Not just inaccessible, but invisible..Do you know if this is possible to happen?

 

Thanks in advance

[Christos Sar]

Can anyone help me please?

[rocky]

Unfortunately, it's not so easy, since the code is generated inside the PHP file instead of in the TPL file. You'll need to change line 597 of modules/blocktopmenu/blocktopmenu.php from:

        foreach ($categories as $key => $category) {

to:

        foreach ($categories as $key => $category) {
            if ($category['id_category'] == 7 || $category['id_category'] == 8) continue;

Change 7 and 8 to the categories you want hidden. Add more if necessary.

 

I haven't tested this code, but I expect it to work.

[Christos Sar]

Thank you very much for your help, i'll test it!!

[Christos Sar]

Unfortunately, it's not so easy, since the code is generated inside the PHP file instead of in the TPL file. You'll need to change line 597 of modules/blocktopmenu/blocktopmenu.php from:

        foreach ($categories as $key => $category) {

to:

        foreach ($categories as $key => $category) {
            if ($category['id_category'] == 7 || $category['id_category'] == 8) continue;

Change 7 and 8 to the categories you want hidden. Add more if necessary.

 

I haven't tested this code, but I expect it to work.

Rocky thank you for your advice, but I don't want to hide these categories from all the visitors or customers of the shop, but only from an exact group of customers that i have made..do I have to add something else?

[rocky]

In that case, you'll need to add additional code:

        $hide_categories = false;
        
        foreach ($this->context->customer->getGroups() as $group) {
            if ($group == 2) {
                $hide_categories = true;
                break;
            }
        }

        foreach ($categories as $key => $category) {
            if ($hide_categories && ($category['id_category'] == 7 || $category['id_category'] == 8)) continue;

Change 2 to the ID of the customer group you want to hide the categories from.

[Christos Sar]

In that case, you'll need to add additional code:

        $hide_categories = false;
        
        foreach ($this->context->customer->getGroups() as $group) {
            if ($group == 2) {
                $hide_categories = true;
                break;
            }
        }

        foreach ($categories as $key => $category) {
            if ($hide_categories && ($category['id_category'] == 7 || $category['id_category'] == 8)) continue;

Change 2 to the ID of the customer group you want to hide the categories from.

Rochy thank you very much for your help, i'll test it .