If you’re displaying a specific categorical listing on a page or post via shortcode, you can simply type the name of the category above that shortcode.
can you send me example of short code plz..
Give the docs a read – http://docs.getshopped.org/documentation/shortcodes-categories/
There is more info there than I could possibly communicate here.
If you want to display the category NAME not the product listing… You would need to edit your template file: wpsc-category-list.php
By default the [showcategories] shortcode shows the category image grid ( regardless of your presentation settings ) . See the original code below:
<?php
/**
* wpsc-category-shortcode is the code trigered by using the [showcategories] shortcode
* @package wp-e-commerce
* @since 3.8
*/
?>
<div class="wpsc_categories wpsc_category_grid group">
<?php wpsc_start_category_query(array('category_group'=> get_option('wpsc_default_category'), 'show_thumbnails'=> 1)); ?>
<a href="<?php wpsc_print_category_url();?>" class="wpsc_category_grid_item <?php wpsc_print_category_classes_section(); ?>" title="<?php wpsc_print_category_name(); ?>">
<?php wpsc_print_category_image(get_option('category_image_width'),get_option('category_image_height')); ?>
</a>
<?php wpsc_print_subcategory("", ""); ?>
<?php wpsc_end_category_query(); ?>
</div><!--close wpsc_categories-->
<?php
?>
I updated the link class to wpsc_category_link and changed the wpsc_print_category_image to wpsc_print_category_name:
<?php
/**
* wpsc-category-shortcode is the code trigered by using the [showcategories] shortcode
* @package wp-e-commerce
* @since 3.8
*/
?>
<div class="wpsc_categories wpsc_category_grid group">
<?php wpsc_start_category_query(array('category_group'=> get_option('wpsc_default_category'), 'show_thumbnails'=> 1)); ?>
<a href="<?php wpsc_print_category_url();?>" class="wpsc_category_link <?php wpsc_print_category_classes_section(); ?>" title="<?php wpsc_print_category_name(); ?>">
<?php //Print Category Name
wpsc_print_category_name();
?>
</a>
<?php wpsc_print_subcategory("", ""); ?>
<?php wpsc_end_category_query(); ?>
</div><!--close wpsc_categories-->
<?php
?>
I also was able to print only the sub categories of a particular parent category in my taxonomy template files ( taxonomy-wpsc_product_category-CATEGORY SLUG.php ) by indicating the parent category ID. In this case my product category ID is 27.
<ul class="wpsc_categories">
<?php wpsc_start_category_query(array('parent_category_id'=> 27, 'show_thumbnails'=> 1)); ?>
<li><a href="<?php wpsc_print_category_url();?>" class="wpsc_category_link" title="<?php wpsc_print_category_name(); ?>">
<?php wpsc_print_category_name(); ?>
</a></li>
<?php wpsc_print_subcategory("", ""); ?>
<?php wpsc_end_category_query(); ?>
</ul>
How to I style the way the boxes appear, specifically how do I add more spacing if I do <?php wpsc_print_category_name(); ?> under the <?php wpsc_print_category_image(); ?>? Since it’s an array if I put <br> tag in it just adds multiple breaks.
