[TYPO3-commerce] Category shortcut to first subcategory

[Franz Koch]

Hi Ian,

> Maybe I bad formed the question...

your question was quite clear.

> I have a commerce category structure like this one:
> Main Category 1
>     Sub Category 1a
>     Sub Category 1b
> Main Category 2
>     Sub Category 2a
>     Sub Category 2b
>     Sub Category 2c
> Main Category 3
> Main Category 4
>     Sub Category 4a
>     Sub Category 4b
> 
> Then I have a main menu with the main categories:
> Main Category 1 - Main Category 2 - Main Category 3 - Main Category 4
> 
> E.g.: how can I make the "Main Category 2" link equal to "Sub Category 
> 2a" link?

I'm not aware of such a functionality and I don't think this is 
something you can tweak with some clever TS - so I guess you might have 
to implement it by your own.

You might want to have a look at 'lib/class.tx_commerce_navigation.php' 
which is responsible for building the fake menu-array. Implementing it 
should not be a to big problem. Add a new db-field to the categories 
table where you define the shortcut and check for it in the mentioned 
class. Adding all functionality of shortcuts known from pages might be a 
little bit more tricky - but should also be no problem to do.

Hope that helps.
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Greetings,
Franz