VirtueMart Full Category List Menu Module
Version
1.1.1c (last update on Jan 31, 2012)
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License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
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Date Added
26 September 2009
The output is modeled on the Tree List output of the extended menu joomla module (like the "Flat List" output of the default Joomla menu module). The list could be styled, for example, like the Son of Suckerfish css dropdown menu or as a site map. It is comparable to the Phoca VirtueMart Category List Module, though this module is not limited to only the root categories.
Release notes for version 1.1.1c (2012-01-30):
• Very minor update: added category ID into CSS class for links so they can be individually styled if necessary
For version 1.1.1 (2010-05-25):
• Minor update: added parameter to select a category to display (w. subcategories, if applicable), and fixed a very small bug in the helper functions.
• A couple minor fixes (see changelog)
For version 1.1.0 (2010-04-27):
• SEF url support has been improved (uses very robust logic to determine the best Itemid to use for each link, which is what determines how your SEF urls will appear).
• The module has been refactored to use the standard J!1.5 MVC structure, and the html it outputs can now be overridden by a template output override.
• New features of this version include the option to control what levels the menu displays (i.e., top-level only, 2nd to 3rd level, etc), the order to display (either the order specified in the backend or alphabetical) and whether to show only published or all categories.
Changelog:
------ 1.1.1c Stable [2012-01-30] ------
- Added category ID into CSS class for links so they can be individually styled if necessary
------ 1.1.1 Stable [2010-05-25] ------
- Added parameter to select a category to display (w. subcategories, if applicable)
- Fixed very small bug in helper.php, vmFCLGetVMItemId() function
- Minor fix to now strips slashes to prevent \' from appearing in category names (v1.1.1b)
------ 1.1.0 Stable [2010-04-27] ------
- Added parameter to control the order categories are displayed with
- Added parameters to control what category levels are output (all categories, only top-level, 2nd through 4th level, etc)
- Added parameter to display only published categories or all categories
- Changed logic for finding a categories itemid to make it much more robust (for SEF urls)
- Changed module structure: refactored it to use J!1.5 MVC structure (allowing for template output overrides)
- Fixed bug that caused a PHP fatal error when no other VM module is published on the site
------ 1.0.1 Stable [2009-10-09] ------
- Changed the module to use UTF-8 encoding (for international language support)
Module is perfect, it creates a module like the default Joomla! menu module with the same controls.
The menu works fine just if you have 1 category.
if you have more categories, in the second level of virtuemart categories it shows just the menu of the first category..
tring to get support since 1 month but no answer..
if you have more categories, in the second level of virtuemart categories it shows just the menu of the first category..
tring to get support since 1 month but no answer..
I just wonder why VM doesn't provide a useful menu list right away. With this module I *finally* got a usable category menu.
Only thing missing is folding sub-categories. Can be fixed with a bit of css, but would be nice if it was right there, ideally as an option.
Thank you!
Only thing missing is folding sub-categories. Can be fixed with a bit of css, but would be nice if it was right there, ideally as an option.
Thank you!
Nice module, works easy, uses standard joomla html. So easy to style as well.
I see it is still in development, maybe you can implement the future to follow the path the customer is following. So when on the homepage only show the categories. Then when going to the categorypage with the subcategories, the module will show the subcategories from that particular category as well! Now you only have the option to show all or none of the subcategories.
But thanks for the nice module!
I see it is still in development, maybe you can implement the future to follow the path the customer is following. So when on the homepage only show the categories. Then when going to the categorypage with the subcategories, the module will show the subcategories from that particular category as well! Now you only have the option to show all or none of the subcategories.
But thanks for the nice module!
It is the easiest way I found to display all VM categories with template's menu style.
Install, choose title and style and enjoy :).
Install, choose title and style and enjoy :).
Owner's reply
Thanks for the feedback! Look for a new version to come out with a few helpful new parameters in the next week.