Category Images

Add top level category images in a gallery style display.

Wireframe

Preparation Checklist

Before you start this tweak, it's a good idea to run through our preparation checklist below:

• Read through the Getting Started Guide to get a better sense of how the Control Panel, Database and Front End store interact.
• Learn our recommended Simple Workflow. This makes the implementation process as easy as possible.
• Create a new Staging Theme for this tweak. This allows you to preview any changes before they are visible to live customers.
• The code snippet in this tweak doc uses Bootstrap 4, you may need to alter this code depending on what version of Bootstrap your theme is using. You can find out what version your theme is using here.

Coding Instructions

Step 1: Open the homepage template

The homepage template can be found here /httpdocs/assets/themes/[THEME-NAME]/templates/cms/home.template.html.

Step 2: Add the code into the template

Paste the following code into the template where you would like the element to appear. This is most commonly placed below the banner:

<!-- Category Images -->
[%content_menu content_type:'category' sortby:'sortorder,name' show_empty:'1' limit:'6'%]
    [%param header%]
        <div class="row my-3">
            <div class="col-12 text-center">
                <h2>Our Categories</h2>
            </div>
    [%/param%]
    [%param *level_1%]
            <div class="col-6 col-lg-4 mb-3">
                <a href="[@URL@]">
                    <img class="img-fluid" src="[%asset_url type:'content' id:'[@content_id@]'%][%param default%][%cdn_asset html:'0' library:'images'%]default_product.gif[%/cdn_asset%][%/ param%][%/ asset_url%]" alt="[@headline@]" />
                </a>
                <a href="[@URL@]">
                    <h4 class="text-center pt-2">[@name@]</h4>
                </a>
            </div>
    [%/param%]
    [%param footer%]
        </div>
    [%/param%]
[%/content_menu%]

Final Result

Customising this Section

More information on how to customise this section can be found within the Content Menu Documentation.

Please Note: Ensure all categories have an image. See here for instructions on how to add an image to a product category.