questions about "Categories" menu...

In the Categories menu, when you have sub-categories it displays in like:

Clothes->(5)

How do I get rid of the " ->(5) "

Also, is there a way to have each category displayed as an image, for example, instead of the type "clothes" I would have and image that says "Clothes" ?

Thank you, Ian

Like having it [IMAGE]Category
Also is there a way to remove the number?

[michael_s]

From the guide:

PRODUCT NUMBERS REMOVAL/COLUMN WIDTHS CHANGES:
Q. How do you remove the numbers showing how many products in each category?
A: Find /catalog/includes/application_top.php
about line 135 look for this code:
define('SHOW_COUNTS', 1); // show category count: false=disable; true=enable
change true to false

Your other question, about images, is not specifically covered in the current version of the guide, but you will need to edit the block (the files that create the block). It is a bit more involved, but should be fairly straightforward once you get started. I will give it a whirl when I get some time.

If anyone has already done this, please post your code changes. Thanks!

I figured out how to do the images...
in the categories.php (path= catalog/includes/boxes/categories.php)

look for this line

$categories_string .= $foo[$counter]['name'];

and replace it with

$categories_string .= '<img src="images/' . $foo[$counter]['name'] . '.gif" width="152"* height="24" border="0">';

Thank you, Ian

I figured out how to do the images...
in the categories.php (path= catalog/includes/boxes/categories.php)

look for this line

$categories_string .= $foo[$counter]['name'];

and replace it with

$categories_string .= '<img src="images/' . $foo[$counter]['name'] . '.gif" width="152"* height="24" border="0">';

Thank you, Ian