osCommerce coding help - display top-level products

[SFD]

I have an oscommerce website which is based on a duplicate of my main business site.

My main site has lots of products and 6 different categories. On my new site I only have 5 different products.

This means I can do away with the categories and go direct to the product from the homepage.

When I add a product to the top-level though it doesn't show on the frontend on the shop - it only lists categories.

I'm guessing because the initial shop wasn't designed in this way then the code has been deleted or commented out.

Can someone tell me which file controls the category/product list and also any links/help on getting it to display products?

Thanks

[retailworld]

As you running standard osCommerce? There's probably a few ways to do this - post or PM me the URL and any details and I'll have a quick look for you.

[computerservices]

Hi SFD

The code isn't there originally to show products on the home page other than the "What's New?" products as far as I remember... that said it should only be a 10 minute job to list them on there... or put the What's New block back on - as this should do the job...

PM me if you need a hand

Cheers

[edmondscommerce]

this is really easy..

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=site%3Aaddons.oscommerce.com+featured+pro ducts&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

you are bound to find a contrib that does exactly what you need.

If not, I could knock something up for you that does exactly what you want within an hour or so, its that easy

[SFD]

Thanks for the help everyone.

I have been thinking about it over the last few days and I think I am going to keep the categories. I can use them to show some installation instructions as well as help with SEO. I can always change it in the future if it is causing a problem.