OpenCart show category images on homepage?

Question

I\'m using the most up to date version of open cart.

What I\'m wanting to do is show the image from the store category page on every page page, as I\'m wanting to imple

Answer 1

OK, open up /catalog/controller/common/header.php

Find this code

            // Level 1
            $this->data['categories'][] = array(
                'name'     => $category['name'],
                'children' => $children_data,
                'column'   => $category['column'] ? $category['column'] : 1,
                'href'     => $this->url->link('product/category', 'path=' . $category['category_id'])
            );

change it to

            // Level 1
            $this->load->model('tool/image');
            $image = empty($category['image']) ? 'no_image.jpg' : $category['image'];
            $thumb = $this->model_tool_image->resize($image, 100, 100);

            $this->data['categories'][] = array(
                'name'     => $category['name'],
                'children' => $children_data,
                'column'   => $category['column'] ? $category['column'] : 1,
                'thumb'    => $thumb,
                'href'     => $this->url->link('product/category', 'path=' . $category['category_id'])
            );

Then in /catalog/view/theme/[your-theme-name]/template/common/header.tpl simply use $category['thumb'] wherever you need it

note that I've set the width and height to 100px in the above code, and you should change it as appropriate