no "browse category" mini-window on ecommerce main page

[Chuck22]

Hi

I created a catalog, categories, and products. The association of them seems
fine to me in Catalog Manager. But when I choose my catalog on the ecommerce
main page, there is no "browse category" mini-window on the left column of
the main page. If I select "Demo Catalog", then a browse category
mini-window shows up. Any idea why?

Currently, there are 5 categories in my catalog:
1.browse root (type: Browse Root (One) )
2.all products (typ: Admin Allow (One) )
3.all products (typ: Purchase Allow (One) )
4. all products(type: View Allow (One) )
5. promotion category (type: Promotions (One))

You can see, I tried different category types for "all products" without any
help. However, the promotion category works fine because I can see the
products under this category show up on the main page. I want to at
least have the "all products" category show up in the "browse category"
mini-window. Seems to be a simple task.

[cjhowe]

I'm guessing your Browse Root category doesn't have
any children categories (rollup).

--- Chris Bai <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi
>
> I created a catalog, categories, and products. The
> association of them seems
> fine to me in Catalog Manager. But when I choose my
> catalog on the ecommerce
> main page, there is no "browse category" mini-window
> on the left column of
> the main page. If I select "Demo Catalog", then a
> browse category
> mini-window shows up. Any idea why?
>
> Currently, there are 5 categories in my catalog:
> 1.browse root (type: Browse Root (One) )
> 2.all products (typ: Admin Allow (One) )
> 3.all products (typ: Purchase Allow (One) )
> 4. all products(type: View Allow (One) )
> 5. promotion category (type: Promotions (One))
>
> You can see, I tried different category types for
> "all products" without any
> help. However, the promotion category works fine
> because I can see the
> products under this category show up on the main
> page. I want to at
> least have the "all products" category show up in
> the "browse category"
> mini-window. Seems to be a simple task.
>

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[Chuck22]

Hi Chris

You are exactly right. Adding "Primary Parent Category" did not rollup
automatically.
Thanks. it is working now.




On 6/29/06, Chris Howe <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> I'm guessing your Browse Root category doesn't have
> any children categories (rollup).
>
> --- Chris Bai <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > I created a catalog, categories, and products. The
> > association of them seems
> > fine to me in Catalog Manager. But when I choose my
> > catalog on the ecommerce
> > main page, there is no "browse category" mini-window
> > on the left column of
> > the main page. If I select "Demo Catalog", then a
> > browse category
> > mini-window shows up. Any idea why?
> >
> > Currently, there are 5 categories in my catalog:
> > 1.browse root (type: Browse Root (One) )
> > 2.all products (typ: Admin Allow (One) )
> > 3.all products (typ: Purchase Allow (One) )
> > 4. all products(type: View Allow (One) )
> > 5. promotion category (type: Promotions (One))
> >
> > You can see, I tried different category types for
> > "all products" without any
> > help. However, the promotion category works fine
> > because I can see the
> > products under this category show up on the main
> > page. I want to at
> > least have the "all products" category show up in
> > the "browse category"
> > mini-window. Seems to be a simple task.
> >
>
>

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