These steps below explain how to list sub-categories on a category page:

1. First of all you need to go to the admin section of the Magento ecommerce website.

2. Go to the admin menu and select CMS > Static Blocks

Magento Admin Menu3. Now on the page that loads, click on the ‘Add New Block’ button on the top right.

4. You now need to create a new block called ‘Sub Category Listing’ with the following content:

{{block type=”catalog/navigation” template=”catalog/navigation/subcategory_listing.phtml” }}

Add New Block1. Go back the admin menu once you have saved this.

2. Select Catalog > Manage Categories from the admin menu

3. Go to the ‘Display Settings Tab’ and select the category which has sub-categories to reflect the following:

>Display mode: Static Block only

>Only CMS Block: Sub Category Listing

>Is Anchor: No

4. Save this by clicking on the ‘Save Category’ on the top right section of the page.

5. Once that is done, create a new file by the name ‘subcategory_listing.phtml’ with the following content.

• Now use FTP to connect to your web server and then browser to where your Magento files are stored.

 

• Go to the directory app/design/frontend/default//template/catalog/navigation/ and upload this file created above. You can create the directories missing from the path above if required.

 

• While on the FTP connection is still alive you need to go to the directory app/code/core/Mage/Catalog/Block/Navigation.php and download the file navigation.php.

 

• While still on the FTP, navigate to the directory app/code/local/Mage/Catalog/Block and upload the copied navigation.php file to this directory.

 

• You the need to open the file navigation.php in your favourite editor and look for the following code:

 

public function getCurrentChildCategories()
{
$layer = Mage::getSingleton(‘catalog/layer’);
$category = $layer->getCurrentCategory();
/* @var $category Mage_Catalog_Model_Category */
$categories = $category->getChildrenCategories();
$productCollection = Mage::getResourceModel(‘catalog/product_collection’);
$layer->prepareProductCollection($productCollection);
$productCollection->addCountToCategories($categories);
return $categories;
}

Replace this code with the following:
public function getCurrentChildCategories()
{
$layer = Mage::getSingleton(‘catalog/layer’);
$category = $layer->getCurrentCategory();
/* @var $category Mage_Catalog_Model_Category */
$collection = Mage::getModel(‘catalog/category’)->getCollection();
/* @var $collection Mage_Catalog_Model_Resource_Eav_Mysql4_Category_Collection */
$collection->addAttributeToSelect(‘url_key’)
->addAttributeToSelect(‘name’)
->addAttributeToSelect(‘is_anchor’)
->addAttributeToSelect(‘image’)
->addAttributeToFilter(‘is_active’, 1)
->addIdFilter($category->getChildren())
->setOrder(‘position’, ‘ASC’)
->joinUrlRewrite()
->load();

$productCollection = Mage::getResourceModel(‘catalog/product_collection’);
$layer->prepareProductCollection($productCollection);
$productCollection->addCountToCategories($collection);
return $collection;
}

• Now upload this file to the web server using the same FTP connection.

 

• That is it, you are done; if you browse to the frontend of the site and open the category with the sub-categories added to it should show the sub-categories listed.

 

• If in case they are not present you may need to clear the Magento cache first and then attempt load the page.

 

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