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Active Category Highlight in Categories Menu - vQmod extension for Opencart

Active Category Highlight in Categories Menu - vQmod extension for Opencart

This modification makes your current (or selected, active) category menu item to stand out from others - so that it is easy to see for the customer where he is on your site.

Current version: 1.1

How it works

It will add class selected to the currenty active category

  • tag -- so you can make selected category menu items look different. If a sub-category is selected, it will also add class selected to the sub-category.

    Package contains also a CSS file that you can use to see how it works on the default theme and then customize if needed.

    Demo

    Available here: http://oc5.partneris.lv


    Installation

    No files will be overwritten, as this extension uses vQmod - so it is a pre-requisite to have vQmod installed. Tested with vqmod

    To install it on the default theme or Sellegance theme:

    1. Extract the zip file into a folder of your choice
    2. Upload the content of upload directory to your server root
    3. copy the stylesheet code from stylesheet_code/oc15_Active_Category_Highlight.css file (or oc15_Active_Category_Highlight_Sellegance.css and paste it at the end of your stylesheet. Customize as you like.

    If you are using other theme than default with customized header.tpl file, then you need to

    • edit oc15_improved_categories_menu.xml file
    • find text
      catalog/view/theme/default/template/common/header.tpl
    • replace with
      catalog/view/theme/your-template-name/template/common/header.tpl

    Support questions can be asked here in comments or PM me in the forum or use contact form at the http://www.partneris.lv site.

  • Specification
    Opencart versions supported v1.5.1 - 1.5.6

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    Unlimited Blocks, Tabs or Accordions with any HTML content can be assigned to any individual product or to certain groups of products, like entire categories, brands, products with specific options, attributes, price range, etc. You can indicate any criteria via the advanced product assignment mechanism and only those products matching your criteria will display the modules.

    Also, any module can be selectively activated per device (desktop/tablet/phone), customer login status and other criteria. Imagine the possibilities. 

    • Stock: In Stock
    • Model: mod-improved-cat-menu
    • SKU: mod-improved-cat-menu
    15.00€
    Ex Tax: 15.00€

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