I tried implemented a code in my Navigation/left.phtml
The code is as follows
<!-- subcategory code -->
<?php
$category = Mage::getSingleton('catalog/layer')->getCurrentCategory();
if(!$category->getChildren()){
//$parentcat_id = $category->getParentCategory()->getId();
//$category = Mage::getSingleton('catalog/category')->load($parentcat_id);
$category = $category->getParentCategory();
}
$categories = $category->getCollection()
->addAttributeToSelect(array('name', 'thumbnail'))
->addAttributeToFilter('is_active', 1)
->addIdFilter($category->getChildren());
?>
<div class="block">
<div class="block-title">
<span><?php echo $category->getName() ?></span>
</div>
<div class="block-content clearfix">
<ul class="subcategories">
<?php foreach ($categories as $category): ?>
<li>
<a href="<?php echo $category->getUrl() ?>"><!--<img src="<?php echo Mage::getBaseUrl('media') . 'catalog' . DS . 'category' . DS . $category->getThumbnail() ?>" alt="<?php echo $this->htmlEscape($category->getName()) ?>" />-->
<span><?php echo $category->getName() ?>
<?php $collection = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->getCollection()->addCategoryFilter($category);
echo "(".count($collection).")"; ?></span>
</a>
</li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul></div>
</div>
<!-- subcategory code -->
<!-- List all categories and their second level subcategories -->
<div class="block block-list block-categories">
<div id="block-categories" class="block-title active">
<strong><span>Categories </span></strong>
</div>
<div id="leftnav" class="block-content" style="display:block">
<?php $helper = $this->helper('catalog/category') ?>
<?php $categories = $this->getStoreCategories() ?>
<?php if (count($categories) > 0): ?>
<ul id="leftnav-tree" class="level0">
<?php foreach($categories as $category): ?>
<li class="level0<?php if ($this->isCategoryActive($category)): ?> active<?php endif; ?>">
<?php //if ($this->isCategoryActive($category)): ?>
<?php $subcategories = $category->getChildren() ?>
<?php if (count($subcategories) > 0): ?>
<ul id="leftnav-tree-<?php echo $category->getId() ?>" class="level1">
<?php foreach($subcategories as $subcategory): ?>
<li class="level1<?php if ($this->isCategoryActive($subcategory)): ?> active<?php endif; ?>">
<a href="<?php echo $helper->getCategoryUrl($subcategory) ?>"><?php echo $this->escapeHtml(trim($subcategory->getName(), '- ')) ?></a>
<?php $secondLevelSubcategories = $subcategory->getChildren() ?>
<?php if (count($secondLevelSubcategories ) > 0): ?>
<ul id="leftnav-tree-<?php echo $subcategory->getId() ?>" class="level2">
<?php foreach($secondLevelSubcategories as $secondLevelSubcategory ): ?>
<li class="level2<?php if ($this->isCategoryActive($secondLevelSubcategory )): ?> active<?php endif; ?>">
<a href="<?php echo $helper->getCategoryUrl($secondLevelSubcategory ) ?>"><?php echo $this->escapeHtml(trim($secondLevelSubcategory ->getName(), '- ')) ?></a>
</li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>
<script type="text/javascript">decorateList('leftnav-tree-<?php echo $category->getId() ?>', 'recursive')</script>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>
<script type="text/javascript">decorateList('leftnav-tree-<?php echo $category->getId() ?>', 'recursive')</script>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php //endif; ?>
</li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>
<script type="text/javascript">decorateList('leftnav-tree', 'recursive')</script>
<?php endif; ?>
</div>
</div>
But when i set Include in Navigation Menu to No it also disappears from here.
Is there any way I can hide from top menu and show in my side menu?
I want to show all categories in left navigation using above code and only few categories in the top navigation.
I had also tired using custom category attribute but cannot create an attribute value with yes or no option.
the script to create that attribute
<?php
$installer = $this;
$installer->startSetup();
$installer->addAttribute('catalog_category', 'topnav', array(
'group' => 'General Information',
'type' => 'int',
'label' => 'Top navigation',
'input' => 'boolean',
'global' => Mage_Catalog_Model_Resource_Eav_Attribute::SCOPE_STORE,
'visible' => true,
'required' => false,
'user_defined' => false,
'default' => '',
'option' =>
array (
'values' =>
array (
0 => 'Please select',
1 => 'Yes',
2 => 'No',
),
),
'source' => 'eav/entity_attribute_source_boolean'
));
$installer->endSetup();
?>
And then calling
if (!$category->getTopnav()) {
continue;
}
In observer.php
Best Answer
You can achieve this with the help of
static blocks
.By fetching all the categories into static block and displaying them in left navigation. For getting categories into a static block follow the procedure described here.After completing that process call your static block with<reference name="left">
and later for hiding categories fromtop nav
gotoapp/design/frontend/your_theme/default/template/page/html
and opentopmenu.phtml
file and put this code in comments