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Hide 'subcategories'

Post by Gonzalop » Tue May 17, 2011 5:15 pm

Hello I am using Beez 20, I set in a menu item to show the category in a blog format in order to see the content of the category. The thing is that i have sub-categories in this category and appear the title : 'Sub-categories' I cannot find how to hide this, someone know?

Thank you very much

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Re: Hide 'subcategories'

Post by xurxinho » Wed May 18, 2011 7:31 am

i've got the same problem

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Re: Hide 'subcategories'

Post by AbdRahim » Sun Jul 17, 2011 5:46 am

me too. I Just want to see a list of categories and no subcategories until I click in the category. This way I can view a short list of subcategories in one category. Right now the page is filled with all of the categories and their subcategories.

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Re: Hide 'subcategories'

Post by cmsj » Sun Jul 17, 2011 10:01 am

You can set the number of levels that show:
Menu item > Category options > Subcategory levels (select desired outcome, i.e none)

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Re: Hide 'subcategories'

Post by xurxinho » Sun Jul 17, 2011 10:41 am

thanks

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Re: Hide 'subcategories'

Post by Dasmonstrum2 » Sat Aug 27, 2011 12:32 pm

Hi There,

Please how can I remove that Subcatogories Title in the Category List Menu?

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<h3>
			Sub-categorias		</h3>
Please check the screen shot.

Thank you
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Re: Hide 'subcategories'

Post by cmsj » Sun Aug 28, 2011 2:47 pm

Dasmonstrum2 wrote:Please how can I remove that Subcatogories Title in the Category List Menu?
Category manager> Options> Category> Subcategory Levels (set this to 0).

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Re: Hide 'subcategories'

Post by Dasmonstrum2 » Sun Aug 28, 2011 3:03 pm

cmsj wrote:
Dasmonstrum2 wrote:Please how can I remove that Subcatogories Title in the Category List Menu?
Category manager> Options> Category> Subcategory Levels (set this to 0).
Thanks. But that will also stop showing the subgategories.

I would like to remove just the Title: Subgategories.

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Re: Hide 'subcategories'

Post by technoboyuk » Fri Sep 16, 2011 5:43 pm

Have the same problem, want to get rid of subcategory title not the subcategory list.

In the options there is no setting to remove subcategory title, there is however a setting to remove category title. And also there is no way to input 0 as someone has suggested, you only have None, All, 1,2,3,4,5.

A little bit annoying, should be easy to solve, but it is not.

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Re: Hide 'subcategories'

Post by technoboyuk » Fri Sep 16, 2011 10:24 pm

Found a solution elsewhere, might help others until a better solution comes along.

How to hide Subcategory Title

Edit language/en-GB/en-GB.ini

find on line 195

JGLOBAL_SUBCATEGORIES=”Subcategories”

replace with

JGLOBAL_SUBCATEGORIES=””

Another way to achieve same result is to edit language\overrides\en-GB.override.ini

and add this line

JGLOBAL_SUBCATEGORIES=””


Worked for me

Cheers

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Re: Hide 'subcategories'

Post by fez » Sun Oct 30, 2011 7:50 am

iv followed the above instructions but the change isnt showing on my website :(

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Re: Hide 'subcategories'

Post by technoboyuk » Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:46 am

Assuming you have also changed options in article manager regarding subcategories then it might be you need to clear cache.

I did have problems with the last one (override) just use the Edit language/en-GB/en-GB.ini and it should work, that is all I did.

Ensure you don't remove the line completely, only remove the word Subcategories

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Re: Hide 'subcategories'

Post by keb1965 » Sat Dec 03, 2011 5:56 am

This is an easy fix, although it doesn't remove it from the source code, it does remove it from the display.

In your template css file, add this rule:

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div.cat-children h3 
{
	display:none;
}
The subcategory text will no longer display.

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Re: Hide 'subcategories'

Post by webgirl454 » Fri Dec 09, 2011 4:59 pm

keb1965 wrote:This is an easy fix, although it doesn't remove it from the source code, it does remove it from the display.
In your template css file, add this rule:

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div.cat-children h3 
{
	display:none;
}
The subcategory text will no longer display.
THANKS!! This was driving me nuts and this worked!!
:)

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Re: Hide 'subcategories'

Post by keb1965 » Fri Dec 09, 2011 5:43 pm

Sometimes we miss the simplest solutions. Glad I could help!

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Re: Hide 'subcategories'

Post by Monica Olsson » Mon Dec 12, 2011 12:11 pm

How to hide Subcategory Title
Edit language/en-GB/en-GB.ini
find on line 195
JGLOBAL_SUBCATEGORIES=”Subcategories”
replace with
JGLOBAL_SUBCATEGORIES=””
Another way to achieve same result is to edit language\overrides\en-GB.override.ini
and add this line
JGLOBAL_SUBCATEGORIES=””


***** Manual signatures are NOT allowed ********** Manual signatures are NOT allowed ********** Manual signatures are NOT allowed ********** Manual signatures are NOT allowed ********** Manual signatures are NOT allowed ********** Manual signatures are NOT allowed *****____

This worked very well for me. Thanks for the help!
Does anyone know how to hid the link list aswell?

/Monica

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Re: Hide 'subcategories'

Post by keb1965 » Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:10 pm

The only problem with that is that the attributes of the subcategory div remain on the screen to be seen. By using the CSS fix above, the entire div is rendered invisisble.

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Re: Hide 'subcategories'

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Re: Hide 'subcategories'

Post by LukeDouglas » Fri Mar 30, 2012 4:43 pm

The CSS code is the way to go to resolve this. If you hack any of the underlying Joomla code, it may be overwritten by future updates. I use the Gantry framework and have mycustomstyles.css file so even a template update will not break my changes.

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Re: Hide 'subcategories'

Post by kimwesterling » Fri Jul 27, 2012 10:45 am

technoboyuk wrote:Have the same problem, want to get rid of subcategory title not the subcategory list.

In the options there is no setting to remove subcategory title, there is however a setting to remove category title. And also there is no way to input 0 as someone has suggested, you only have None, All, 1,2,3,4,5.

A little bit annoying, should be easy to solve, but it is not.
Is the only way to hide 'subcategories' by making changes to code?

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Re: Hide 'subcategories'

Post by LukeDouglas » Fri Jul 27, 2012 3:34 pm

kimwesterling wrote:
technoboyuk wrote:Have the same problem, want to get rid of subcategory title not the subcategory list.

In the options there is no setting to remove subcategory title, there is however a setting to remove category title. And also there is no way to input 0 as someone has suggested, you only have None, All, 1,2,3,4,5.

A little bit annoying, should be easy to solve, but it is not.
Is the only way to hide 'subcategories' by making changes to code?
It is bad, very bad to hack code, period. Use CSS to simply 'hide' the container. You can do this in a mycustomstyle.css in the 'css' directory. If you are not familiar with this process, read this forum post as it rocks: http://www.rockettheme.com/forum/index. ... =viewtopic

You will need to determine the container class or ID by inspecting the webpage. I use Firebug with my Firefox. Once you find the class or ID, simply add it to your mycustomstyle.css.

Here's an example. Let's say your DIV container class name is 'subcat'. Then add this to your mycustomstyle.css sheet:

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.subcat > div {
height: 0px;
overflow:hidden;
}
If this doesn't work, then try this:

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.subcat > div {
height: 0px !important;
overflow:hidden !important;
}
Basically, we are setting the height of the container to 0px so that any content causes an overflow and then the overflow will be hidden, thus hiding the content.

When I create a new website with Joomla and Gantry, the first thing I do after installing my Gantry template is to add this custom style setup. I do it for all of my sites and it works just fine.

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Re: Hide 'subcategories'

Post by victord » Sat Aug 04, 2012 10:11 pm

On j25 Go to Menu Manager»Choose the category Blog Menu you want to change»On the right click on Category Options»on Subcategory Levels choose None

It worked for me.

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Re: Hide 'subcategories'

Post by A Guy » Tue Aug 14, 2012 12:33 am

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div.cat-children h3
{
   display:none;
}
Won't this fix also remove all h3 tag displays from showing? For instance I am pretty certain that some extensions use h3 tags to display certain text.

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Re: Hide 'subcategories'

Post by Per Yngve Berg » Tue Aug 14, 2012 6:26 pm

No, unless they have the h3 in a div with class cat-children.

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Re: Hide 'subcategories'

Post by jsgdmbnhl » Tue Aug 14, 2012 7:35 pm

Is there any particular spot that the code should be added (main layout, header, showcase, etc)? I am using the RocketTheme Afterburner template.

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[SOLVED] Re: Hide 'subcategories'

Post by jsgdmbnhl » Tue Aug 28, 2012 12:37 pm

I am able to hide menus and subcategories.

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Re: Hide 'subcategories'

Post by Archangel Michael » Fri Aug 31, 2012 4:43 am

The CSS solution is the best here. However I find it only marginally acceptable. Editing a CSS or Core files is not a real solution for THIS issue. The real solution is to have the option to not display "Subcategories" at all. It is a description that the site visitor probably cares little to nothing about and therefore it detracts from the page.

I've edited the CSS to hide it, however the real solution is to give the option from that menu.

Subcategories Description: Hide, Show, Global.

IN my case, we have a Category called "Newsletter" each Subcategory is Month/Year label. I don't want "Subcategory" appearing on the page, just a list of the newsletters available. Changing the setting to 0 shows none of the newsletters, and 1 simply is the "Subcategory" heading followed by the Newsletter Titles. YUCK.

I saw the fix submitted back in Feb to the code, and am wondering why it hasn't yet been reviewed/edited and added to the tree.

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Re: Hide 'subcategories'

Post by LukeDouglas » Fri Aug 31, 2012 5:19 am

Archangel Michael wrote:I saw the fix submitted back in Feb to the code, and am wondering why it hasn't yet been reviewed/edited and added to the tree.
I suspect these forums are not read very often by the development team. You should probably post a suggestion to https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgr ... ev-general

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Re: Hide 'subcategories'

Post by dgreenspan52 » Sun Jan 20, 2013 5:29 am

The CSS fix works for display, but does anyone know a way to remove the <h3>Subcategories</h3> from source code?

Thanks!
Daniel

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Re: Hide 'subcategories'

Post by Per Yngve Berg » Sun Jan 20, 2013 9:33 am

Archangel Michael wrote:IN my case, we have a Category called "Newsletter" each Subcategory is Month/Year label. I don't want "Subcategory" appearing on the page, just a list of the newsletters available. Changing the setting to 0 shows none of the newsletters, and 1 simply is the "Subcategory" heading followed by the Newsletter Titles. YUCK.
Why do you not use the archive for this?


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