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hi there,

is it possible to get the category view on a page i want? (e.g. homepage could show one) and if that works - is it possible to get more then one category shown on one page? (i don’t want to write a really new module doing all the things which category ->productlist rendering already does ... )

thx 4 help,
_pete®

In last release you will need to customize a bit.
In file app/code/core/Mage/Catalog/Block/Product/List.php replace method _getProductCollection() with:

Now you can put in your static page or static block this tag:

It will show product listing with pager for the category ID you have specified. To show products in root category use:

this works for one

i wanted 2 categories on a page this throws exception that the ‘product_list.toolbar’ already exists ... so i tried to check if i could workarround:

but if i do this only the first category i put in will be rendered:
i don’t use static page for this since i try some other things but i think static blocks also won’t work here.

shows 2 times the same category :/

thx for your reply,
_pete®

changing from singelton to model works for me ... ( took me hours to realize this simple thing ^^)

_pete®

__pete® - 23 November 2007 12:46 AM

changing from singelton to model works for me ... ( took me hours to realize this simple thing ^^)
_pete®

it works! Thank You!

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!  I’ve been trying to fix something completely different for the past 8 hours, and your single comment about switching from Singleton to Model *finally* fixed it!!!  I can’t believe I overlooked this one thing ... argh!!  But thank you for sharing!

Hi,
this post is old, but maybe helps someone.
When you switching from Singleton to Model you can’t use catalog navigation (shoping by...)

You must edit you cache setting on list
For example show more category on frontpage:

On \app\code\local\Mage\Catalog\Block\Product\List.php

protected function _construct()
{
if($this->getRequest()->getRequestUri() != “/"){ // cache all except homepage
$this->addData(array(
‘cache_lifetime’ => 900,
‘cache_tags’ => array(Mage_Catalog_Model_Product::CACHE_TAG),
‘cache_key’ => $this->getCacheKey()
));
}
}

public function getCacheTags()
{
return array(Mage_Catalog_Model_Product::CACHE_TAG);
}

public function getCacheKey()
{
$category = Mage::getModel(’catalog/category’)->load($this->getCategoryId());
return $this->getRequest()->getRequestUri();
}

D.

Hi in your technique below, it doesn’t work for me unless i add the template
here is the code with the template:

{{block type="catalog/product_list" category_id="506" template="catalog/category/view.phtml" }} (id 506 is a category with 5 sub categories.)

but then I get a call to member function getImageUrl() on a non object in <path to above template file>, if I change the template path to point to catalog/product/list.phtml” it then works fine, but it dosnt show categories any more but only products.

I am using Magento ver. 1.3.2.4

any help is appreciated.

Thanks.

Moshe - 22 November 2007 05:29 AM

In last release you will need to customize a bit.
In file app/code/core/Mage/Catalog/Block/Product/List.php replace method _getProductCollection() with:

protected function _getProductCollection()
    {
        if (is_null($this->_productCollection)) {
            $collection = Mage::getSingleton('catalog/layer');
            if ($this->getShowRootCategory()) {
                $this->setCategoryId(Mage::getStoreConfig('catalog/category/root_id'));
            }
            if ($this->getCategoryId()) {
                $category = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($this->getCategoryId());
                $collection->setCurrentCategory($category);
            }
            $this->_productCollection = $collection->getProductCollection();
        }
        return $this->_productCollection;
    }

Now you can put in your static page or static block this tag:

{{block type="catalog/product_list" category_id="12"}}

It will show product listing with pager for the category ID you have specified. To show products in root category use:

{{block type="catalog/product_list" show_root_category="true"}}

Hi I still cant get it to work! can anyone help me please?