Is there a way to display a related categories in CTGY page?

[William Davis]

Is there a way to display a related categories in CTGY page?

[Kent Multer]

There's nothing built-in to the store specifically for this, like there is for related products. I would try getting creative with ReadyTheme Navigation Sets.

[Bruce - PhosphorMedia]

How are the categories "related", for example, if they all have the same parent, you could use

 <mvt:do name="l.result" file="g.Module_Library_DB" value="Category_Load_Code( g.Category_Code, l.settings:current_category )" />
 <mvt:do name="l.result" file="g.Module_Library_DB" value="CategoryList_Load_Parent( l.settings:current_category:id, l.settings:sub_categories )" />  

 <mvt:foreach iterator="subcat" array="sub_categories">
 <mvt:if expr="l.settings:subcat:code NE g.category_code">
 &mvt:subcat:name;<br/>
 </mvt:if>
 </mvt:foreach>

To show the name of all categories that have the same parent category as the current one.

[William Davis]

How are the categories "related", for example, if they all have the same parent, you could use

 <mvt:do name="l.result" file="g.Module_Library_DB" value="Category_Load_Code( g.Category_Code, l.settings:current_category )" />
<mvt:do name="l.result" file="g.Module_Library_DB" value="CategoryList_Load_Parent( l.settings:current_category:id, l.settings:sub_categories )" />

<mvt:foreach iterator="subcat" array="sub_categories">
<mvt:if expr="l.settings:subcat:code NE g.category_code">
&mvt:subcat:name;<br/>
</mvt:if>
</mvt:foreach>

To show the name of all categories that have the same parent category as the current one.

Sometime categories belong the same parent, but sometimes they are not.

[Bruce - PhosphorMedia]

If you have only an 'ad hoc' relationship of categories, you might as well just create a custom field, and put the 'related' categories in there, then call that field and load the data you need for them...or literally put that HTML of the required display in that field.

[William Davis]

If you have only an 'ad hoc' relationship of categories, you might as well just create a custom field, and put the 'related' categories in there, then call that field and load the data you need for them...or literally put that HTML of the required display in that field.

We sometimes have "ad hoc" relationships of categories. Because there can be more than one categories with "ad hoc" relationship, could one create a custom drop-down list with multiple category selections in admin?

[Bruce - PhosphorMedia]

There's no support for multi-select drop downs in the admin. you'd need to use a delineated text field like cat1,cat2,cat3 and use gettoken to look through those.

[SidFeyDesigns]

Bruce - PhosphorMedia

Is the code you provided for related sub cats more efficient than the toolkit code we are using?

        <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="childof|parentfound|g.Category_Code" />
        <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="vassign|Category_Code|l.all_settings:childof:code" /> 
        <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="subcat|ccount|g.Category_Code" />
        <mvt:if expr="ccount GT 0">
            <div class="column whole np category-tree mtp1-25 print-hide" style="margin-bottom: 2.5rem">
                <input id="related-cats" type="checkbox" name="menu">
                <label for="related-cats">Shop Related Categories</label>
                <nav class="submenu">
                    <div class="row bottom-shadow main-content-row o-layout u-grids-3 u-grids-4--xs u-grids-5--s u-grids-6--m sub-category-layout"  style="margin: 1rem 0 1.25rem 0">
                        <mvt:foreach iterator="sub_category" array="sub_categories">
                            <mvt:item name="toolkit" param="cattreeimage|subcatImage|l.all_settings:sub_category:code" />
                            <mvt:if expr="l.settings:category:code EQ l.settings:sub_category:code">
                                <div class="o-layout__item sub-category blue">
                                    <div class="bold u-r-here">You Are<br>On This<br>Page.<br>&#x25bc;</div>
                                    &mvt:sub_category:name;
                                </div>
                            <mvt:elseif expr="subcatImage">
                                <a href="https://&mvt:global:domain:name;/&mvt:sub_category:code;.html" title="&mvte:sub_category:name;" class="o-layout__item sub-category">
                                    <img class="lazyload" src="&mvte:global:theme_path;/images/img_transparent_category_thumb.png" data-src="&mvte:global:subcatImage;" alt="&mvte:sub_category:name;" title="&mvte:sub_category:name;" />
                                    <noscript><img src="&mvte:global:subcatImage;" alt="&mvte:sub_category:name;" title="&mvte:sub_category:name;" /></noscript>
                                    &mvt:sub_category:name;
                                </a>
                            <mvt:else>
                                <a href="https://&mvt:global:domain:name;/&mvt:sub_category:code;.html" class="o-layout__item sub-category">&mvt:sub_category:name;</a>
                            </mvt:if>
                        </mvt:foreach>
                    </div>
                </nav>
            </div>
        </mvt:if>

Thanks

[Bruce - PhosphorMedia]

Probably not of any significance...its just future proof.

[SidFeyDesigns]

I like future proof. One less item to assign to the page template as well. Thanks

[SidFeyDesigns]

Bruce - PhosphorMedia Nevermind. The code you provided does something slightly different.

I would need the "sibling" categories that share the same parent category.

Ex:
Parent cat
Sub cat 1, Sub cat 2, Sub cat 3, Sub cat 4 <---Siblings

The toolkit code shows each sibling category at the bottom of each sub cat page.

[Bruce - PhosphorMedia]

ok, maybe i'm having a dense day, but that's what the code should do.

If Parent Cat of Tortoiseshell is Asshole_Cats, then you should get:
Siamese, Persian, Burmese

[SidFeyDesigns]

Bruce - PhosphorMedia for me, that code is listing the sub cats of the current category

[Bruce - PhosphorMedia]

Hmmm...yea, think i was being dense, try this:

 
   <mvt:do name="l.result" file="g.Module_Library_DB" value="CategoryList_Load_Parent( l.settings:category:parent_id, l.settings:sub_categories )" />     <mvt:foreach iterator="subcat" array="sub_categories">  <mvt:if expr="l.settings:subcat:code NE g.category_code">  &mvt:subcat:name;<br/>  </mvt:if>  </mvt:foreach>

[SidFeyDesigns]

Bruce - PhosphorMedia there we go. Anyway to only show the categories that are active? Thanks