Category List layout

[bulgarion]

Hi Jan,
I'm trying to build a gallery tree, like this

Main Category 1 --> Sub Category 1 --> Sub-Sub-Category 1 --> Image
Main Category 2 --> Sub Category 2 --> Sub-Sub-Category 2 --> Image

I love how the "category list view" looks like, but that view shows me ALL the categories/subcategories - if I have to hide something, I have to manually put the Category ID to hide, which is pretty noisy
Is there any way to make a "fakeroot" of the "category list view"? I mean, when you add to a menu a "category list view", you shall choose the main category to display (as it happens to the simple "category view"). The gallery then displays only the content below that category (and I could be able to do nesting without many problems).
That would *really* save my life

[bulgarion]

...a little thing more, related to the question - there's no way to manage the subcategories display. It's a plain "show ALL the subcatogories" or "show NONE of them".
One of the best thing in Phoca Gallery is the ease of building categories and building gallery trees - being unable to manage the way they're displayed makes me feel like a linux user in front of a Macbook

[Jan]

Hi, see Parameters (parameters in parameters - component in menu link to gallery), you can (in categories view)

- display or hide subcategories
- hide selected categories or subcategories
- display or hide empty categories
- display categories in maps
- display categories ad detail categories (description, author, statistics, ...)
etc...

the same in category view:
you can display or hide the folders (categories), you can display or hide private or only 'for registered users' categories, you can hide the back button, etc...

Jan

[bulgarion]

Hi Jan, and thanks for your reply.

I already dug into paramters, and I couldn't be able to do what I'm trying to.
Dramatically cutting it down - I need to do some "Category List View" of single categories containing sub-categories. Each "Category List View" shall not see sub-categories from other.

Chairs -> Chair 1 (containing images)
Chairs -> Chair 2 (containing images)
Chairs -> Chair 3 (containing images)

Ladders -> Ladder 1 (containing images)
Ladders -> Ladder 2 (containing images)

Category List View for "Chairs" containig "Chair 1", "Chair 2" and "Chair 3".
Category List View for "Ladders" containig "Ladder 1", "Ladder 2".

Is there any way to do it?

*please* tell me so! Other joomla galleries are so spaghetti-coded

[Jan]

yes, just create menu link to specifed category:

to category Chairs
to category Ladders

then the category Chairs will works as "Categories view" and subcategories in this category will be work as "categories"... the same by Ladders...

Jan

[bulgarion]

I see the point - if you want a SINGLE category listing, you have to do the "category view" selecting the one you want to start from.
So, in the end, there's no way to get a "category list view" for a custom category which is not the root (at the moment)... am i right?

[caro84g]

nope... you can do it, though it takes some work (depends on how much subcategories you have).

Use the phocagallery plugin and create an article with links to the categories in the categories lay-out.

Otherwise you'd have to use the hide function...

[bulgarion]

nope... you can do it, though it takes some work (depends on how much subcategories you have).

Use the phocagallery plugin and create an article with links to the categories in the categories lay-out.

Otherwise you'd have to use the hide function...

That could work... hmmm... a bit tricky but could work!!
I'll try later, and let you know - thanks!