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Apologize if this is a duplicate question, I've tried almost every solution there is. I'm tasked with adding a menu in the RWD theme (1.9) that lists the products categories, that will also allow me to go to each category landing page.

I' am seriously stuck. This is the last thing I've tried.

So this is in template/catalog/category/category.phtml https://gist.github.com/anonymous/218a1198e8d9364ee611

And this is in layout/catalog.xml https://gist.github.com/anonymous/dee56616ad7862240595

The above didn't add anything, nothing appeared.

This is a fresh localhost install and my first time using Magento. I am really confused here.

What am I doing wrong?

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When I search on google "add categories in magento", it showed numerous results. All of those answers will help you to create categories in magento.

In general, you don't need to do anything in code wise. If you are new in magento, first you need to study, how can you use admin side of magento, what are the features that is providing by admin side. If you have done a basic familiarization with admin side of magento, you would not ask this question here :)

Any ways, you can create a category through Catalog > Manage Categories. There you have provision to add new category, edit an existing category etc. Follow this link for more details.

If you have a root catalog/categories exist for your current store, then menu will appear automatically in the frontend. In order to set up those things, you need to first create a store, then set it as your default store, then assign a root category for that store. These all steps you can do through admin side. You can do this operation via System > Manage Stores. For more info, you can use this link

If you need to do this through programmatically, you can refer this.

Another link to get a better idea

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  • Ah sorry, I haven't done much research. This task is for a possible job and I've been trying to just figure this part out. It's quite complicated. – user254799 Sep 05 '14 at 01:54
  • I've added a category, but no menu appears on the frontend. – user254799 Sep 05 '14 at 01:55
  • go with this info.. once you familiarized with admin side, you are good to shoot it out. – Rajeev K Tomy Sep 05 '14 at 01:56
  • see second part of my answer. – Rajeev K Tomy Sep 05 '14 at 01:56
  • Isn't using the default store okay, or do I need to create a store from the menu? – user254799 Sep 05 '14 at 02:00
  • Your system now uses default store right? Then you need to set root catalog for that store. you can do it through system > manage stores. Select the default store. There you can select the category and then save. that will show category in frontend – Rajeev K Tomy Sep 05 '14 at 02:03
  • Okay, so I set the root page to technology and the one product is tagged with, nice. So how can I get that in the navigation? for example, the fake product is called firetv, so how can I get the breadcrumbs to do /technology/firetv? – user254799 Sep 05 '14 at 02:36