Good question... I dunno what is the answer to your question. I'll do some investigation and get back to you if I bump into an answer. You should email the people at iPage as they probably know..

What do I need to change in category.php? How will I change the MySQL statment to reflect the changes that I want?.

Thanks,..

You change it in the admin area!! THere is a sort # order for each category you have. Just set it any way you like...

I haven't got time to think about how to do it dynamically, but what you could do is simply delete most of the php code and manually add the categories yourself, e.g.:.

<tr>.

 <td>.

<?php.

   $categories_string=.

'<b><a href="'tep_href_link('webdesign')'">Web Design</a></b><br>.

<b><a href="'tep_href_link('hosting')'">Hosting</a></b><br>.

<b><a href="'tep_href_link('seo')'">Search Engine Optimization</a></b>';.

   $info_box_contents = array('text' => $categories_string);.

   new infoBox($info_box_contents);.

?>.

 </td>.

</tr>..

Could you please give me a quick example, I tried using the sort# order in the admin area and I could only get it to sort alphabetically or just written by the first category created in the database..

Thanks,..

Or you could change it in the admin area like shayrgob said..

Sorry, I was thinking of a more general solution to customizing the Categories box...

1)Go to your categories in the admin area.

2)You have 3 options w/ what you want to do w/ that specific category. You can edit, delete, or move. You want to choose the first option(edit)..

3)At the bottom of it you will see the "sort order" option. THat is where you choose the # designated for that category..

Let me know if you any more help w/ that...

Hello..

Thanks ahead of time for any help that I receive on this issue..

I want to display the category list in a certain order (not alphabetical). For example, I have 3 categories:.

Hosting.

Search Engine Optimization.

Web Design.

I want it displayed.

Web Design.

Hosting.

Search Engine Optimization.

How do I change OSCommerce to reflect my desired changes? What file in particular do I need to modify?.

Thanks,..

If you just want to change the order of the items in the Categories box in the left column, the file you want is includes/boxes/category.php...