How to Create a Category Navigation in Magento

By: Prem Tiwari | Last Updated: April 26, 2017 | In: Magento Tutorial

Hi, folks, this is a very quick tutorial, which let you know how to create a category navigation in Magento website. If you want to create a Magento categories based navigation, then keep your close attention in this tutorial.

Copy the below code snippet and paste it into catalog/navigation or paste it into catalog/navigation/left.phtml file if want to add navigation in the left menubar.

< ?php $helper = $this->helper('catalog/category') ?>

< ?php $categories = $this->getStoreCategories() ?>

< ?php if (count($categories) > 0): ?>

< ?php foreach($categories as $category): ?>

<li class="level0<?php if ($this->isCategoryActive($category)): ?> active< ?php endif; ?>">

<a href="<?php echo $helper->getCategoryUrl($category) ?>"><span>< ?php echo $this->escapeHtml($category->getName()) ?></span></a>

< ?php if ($this->isCategoryActive($category)): ?>

< ?php $subcategories = $category->getChildren() ?>

< ?php if (count($subcategories) > 0): ?>

<ul id="leftnav-tree-<?php echo $category->getId() ?>" class="level1">

< ?php foreach($subcategories as $subcategory): ?>

<li class="level1<?php if ($this->isCategoryActive($subcategory)): ?> active< ?php endif; ?>">

<a href="<?php echo $helper->getCategoryUrl($subcategory) ?>">< ?php echo $this->escapeHtml(trim($subcategory->getName(), '- ')) ?></a>

</li>

< ?php endforeach; ?>

</ul>

< ?php endif; ?>

</li>

< ?php endforeach; ?>

</ul>

< ?php endif; ?>

</div>

About: Prem Tiwari

Prem Tiwari is the founder of freewebmentor.com and is a professional developer who has vast experience in PHP and open source technologies. Apart from this, he is a blogger by hobby. View all posts by Prem Tiwari

How to Create a Category Navigation in Magento

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