How to get the main menu to work?

I’m trying to install the JM Enis theme on domain http://www.stunnin.nl, but I’m not sure how I’ve got to get the main menu to work.

I know I can code it manually, but I guess that’s not the best way to make it work. We’ve added categories and subcategory, assuming that these categories whould show up in the main menu and overwrite the menu which is visible now.

I just started figuring out Magento, so it may be something small. Does anyone of you know what I’ve done wrong?

Thanks in advance.

Jacco

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Profile photo of Khoa Nguyen 0.00 $tone January 27, 2012
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Hi Tom,

Thanks for your reply. I watched that video earlier today, but unfortunately it’s not what i’m looking for.

What i want is that the categories show up as level 0 in the menu, subcategories as level 1 & sub sub 2, etc.

In other words: When i add a new category and set "include into navigation menu" to "yes", i want this category to show up instantly in my main menu.

Is there anything (plugin, extension maybe) that does the above described ?

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Profile photo of tomc 0.00 $tone January 27, 2012
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I may be mistaken, but I’m wondering if you’re confusing "Categories" with "Menu/Navigation Items"

Can you not set up menu items to mirror your category listings -- and then associate links to the various category pages within the respective menu navigation items?

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Profile photo of Khoa Nguyen 0.00 $tone February 6, 2012
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That could work, but if that’s not exactly what I want. If I do it the way you describe, I’ve got to change the menu every single time I change the categories. What i want is, every time I change the categories, the navigation menu changes and uses the categories as menu items, subcategories as submenu items etc.

With a CMS like wordpress it’s possible to make a custom widget. You can add menu’s to your custom widget and add it to your website to show a menu. I was wondering if there is some sort of adjective function in magento.

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With a CMS like wordpress it’s possible to make a custom widget. You can add menu’s to your custom widget and add it to your website to show a menu. I was wondering if there is some sort of adjective function in magento.

There may be a custom widget/extension for this within the Magento Connect extension directory . . . worth a look.

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Profile photo of Khoa Nguyen 0.00 $tone February 7, 2012
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Thanks for your answer. I’ll take a look at it.

Is there a other way to get the menu to work, if I don’t use a custom extension ? If so, how ? Manual coding ?

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Profile photo of tomc 0.00 $tone February 7, 2012
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Is there a other way to get the menu to work, if I don’t use a custom extension ? If so, how ? Manual coding ?

I am of the belief that just about anything is possible -- though some efforts require more work than others.

I will check with one of our resident Magento-gurus and see if he can chime in with some suggestions.

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Profile photo of Khoa Nguyen 0.00 $tone February 23, 2012
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I finally got the menu working. The problem was that our categories were on the same level as default, which was why there were 5 root categories. Newbiemistake, but I’m happy that it’s working fine now.

But, I’ve got an other question: how can i get rid off the enis’s colors thing in the menu?

Thanks in advance

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Profile photo of tomc 0.00 $tone February 23, 2012
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But, I’ve got an other question: how can i get rid off the enis’s colors thing in the menu?

Thanks in advance

To remove the main navigation item "Colours" from your JMTC Theme . . . .

Open the following file . . .
app\design\frontend\default\jm_yourthemetemplate\page\ja_vars.php

Find this Code . . .

Code:

$_params->set('usertool_color', 4); //0: disable, 4: show colors tools

and replace it with . . .

Code:

$_params->set('usertool_color', 0); //0: disable, 4: show colors tools

**** IMPORTANT ****
CLEAR YOUR MAGENTO CACHE

. . . and there you go

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