User's Manual
VirtueMart User Manual
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ListOrder The Place of this category in a list with other categories.
Parent The parent category with which this category will be associated.
If the category is to be a top level category, leave the Parent drop
down list with the Default Top Level selected.If the category is to
be a sub category of an existing category, choose the appropriate
parent category from the Parent drop down list.
Show x products per row The number of products per row when displaying products of
this category.
Note
The Browse Page usually has to be adjusted when the
number of products per row has been changed. You can
use browse_2 for 2 products per row, browse_3 for 3
products per row and so on (maximum per default: 5).
Category Browse Page Example: browse_1
The template file for displaying the products of this category in
a list.
Category Flypage Syntax: shop.flypage
This is the template file for displaying the Product
Details of a product in this category. You can create
your own templates by modifiying existing templates
(in the directory /components/com_virtuemart/
themes/templates/product_details).
The file for preparing the display of the Flypage is /html/
shop.product_details.php. Some of the details that
you can't find in the Flypage template can be found there.
Note
You should leave this field empty when you're not sure
what to fill in.
5.6.1.2. Reordering or sorting Product Categories
You can reorder categories the way you want. There are different ways to achieve this.
• Use the blue arrows in the category list to move a category up or down
• Use the input fields in the rows of the category list to change the list order. If you have finished
changing the values, click on the "Save" icon in the column header.
• Use the "sort alphabetically" icon in the list header. You can sort all categories in your store
alphabetically using this functionality. Please note that this can't be undone. Once the categories are
reodered you would have to change back manually.
5.6.1.3. Removing Product Categories
Before deleting an existing product category, all sub categories associated to the product category
must be removed through either deletion or re-association. VirtueMart will not allow the deletion of
a product category while subcategories still exist for that product category.