Get categories on left sidebar

HI Mate,

You would need to modify the layout file of app\design\frontend\default\jm_lingerie\layout\cat alog.xml
1) to add the categories tree to the categories page on the left side you look for this block tag

HTML Code:

   <reference name="left">
            <block type="catalog/layer_view" name="catalog.leftnav" after="currency" template="catalog/layer/view.phtml"/>
			
            <block type="joomlart_jmproducts/list" after="catalog.leftnav"  name="left.jmproducts.list" template="joomlart/jmproducts/column.phtml">
                    <action method="setData"><name>title</name><value>Latest Products</value></action>
                    <action method="setData"><name>mode</name><value>latest</value></action> 
                    <action method="setData"><name>perrow</name><value>1</value></action> 
                    <action method="setData"><name>quanlity</name><value>2</value></action> 
            </block>
        </reference>

change it to

HTML Code:

  <reference name="left">
            <block type="catalog/layer_view" name="catalog.leftnav" after="currency" template="catalog/layer/view.phtml"/>

             <block type="catalog/navigation" name="catalog.leftnavigation" after="catalog.leftnav" template="catalog/navigation/left.phtml"/>
             
            <block type="joomlart_jmproducts/list" after="catalog.leftnavigation"  name="left.jmproducts.list" template="joomlart/jmproducts/column.phtml">
                    <action method="setData"><name>title</name><value>Latest Products</value></action>
                    <action method="setData"><name>mode</name><value>latest</value></action> 
                    <action method="setData"><name>perrow</name><value>1</value></action> 
                    <action method="setData"><name>quanlity</name><value>2</value></action> 
            </block>
        </reference>

To add it to the product detail page you would look for this tag

HTML Code:

 <reference name="left">
            <!--<block type="catalog/layer_view" name="catalog.leftnav" before="-" template="catalog/layer/view.phtml"/>-->
			
            <block type="joomlart_jmproducts/list" after="catalog.leftnav"  name="left.jmproducts.list" template="joomlart/jmproducts/column.phtml">
                    <action method="setData"><name>title</name><value>Latest Products</value></action>
                    <action method="setData"><name>mode</name><value>latest</value></action> 
                    <action method="setData"><name>perrow</name><value>1</value></action> 
                    <action method="setData"><name>quanlity</name><value>2</value></action> 
            </block>
        </reference>

here you add the categories tree block tag to it so change to

HTML Code:

  <reference name="left">
            <!--<block type="catalog/layer_view" name="catalog.leftnav" before="-" template="catalog/layer/view.phtml"/>-->
			<block type="catalog/navigation" name="catalog.leftnavigation" after="catalog.leftnav" template="catalog/navigation/left.phtml"/>
            <block type="joomlart_jmproducts/list" after="catalog.leftnav"  name="left.jmproducts.list" template="joomlart/jmproducts/column.phtml">
                    <action method="setData"><name>title</name><value>Latest Products</value></action>
                    <action method="setData"><name>mode</name><value>latest</value></action> 
                    <action method="setData"><name>perrow</name><value>1</value></action> 
                    <action method="setData"><name>quanlity</name><value>2</value></action> 
            </block>
        </reference>

I hope these changes help

Hi Sherlock, thank you for your reply,

well i changed the catalog.xml and it looks like this but as you can see it still looks like it was.. no change: http://www.pinkstrawberry.pt/bandeau-crystal.html

HTML Code:

<reference name="left">
            <block type="catalog/layer_view" name="catalog.leftnav" after="currency" template="catalog/layer/view.phtml"/>
			<block type="catalog/navigation" name="catalog.leftnavigation" after="catalog.leftnav" template="catalog/navigation/left.phtml"/>
            <block type="joomlart_jmproducts/list" after="catalog.leftnavigation"  name="left.jmproducts.list" template="joomlart/jmproducts/column.phtml">
                    <action method="setData"><name>title</name><value>Latest Products</value></action>
                    <action method="setData"><name>mode</name><value>latest</value></action> 
                    <action method="setData"><name>perrow</name><value>1</value></action> 
                    <action method="setData"><name>quanlity</name><value>2</value></action> 
            </block>
        </reference>

Product view:

HTML Code:

<reference name="left">
            <!--<block type="catalog/layer_view" name="catalog.leftnav" before="-" template="catalog/layer/view.phtml"/>-->
			<block type="catalog/navigation" name="catalog.leftnavigation" after="catalog.leftnav" template="catalog/navigation/left.phtml"/>
            <block type="joomlart_jmproducts/list" after="catalog.leftnav"  name="left.jmproducts.list" template="joomlart/jmproducts/column.phtml">
                    <action method="setData"><name>title</name><value>Latest Products</value></action>
                    <action method="setData"><name>mode</name><value>latest</value></action> 
                    <action method="setData"><name>perrow</name><value>1</value></action> 
                    <action method="setData"><name>quanlity</name><value>2</value></action> 
            </block>
        </reference>

okay luis, you can pm me your url, the admin account, the FTP info for taking a look on this issue.

okay luis, you can pm me your url, the admin account, the FTP info for taking a look on this issue.

Just sent you the logins

please check again the FTP Info, I see nothing when I connected with the account gave.

Please try again

Ok mate, you can check again to see the categories list on the left side now Feel free to let me know if still you need help on this.

It’s perfect!! Thank you!