6.5.1 

Turning off statistical tracking 

If you don't require page views statistics, you can turn the system off from 

the config settings. These stats can cause your database to grow in size and 

the more traffic your site gets, the faster the database will grow. 

6.6 

Add/Modify/Delete a Category 

Use the green `CAT' button next to `modify the page' in the top right of the 

category page to bring up the category details for editing. To add a new 

category, click the `CAT' button next to `add a new category'. 

6.6.1 

Show on site 

This checkbox determines whether this category should be live on the site or 

not. You can temporarily remove a category from display using this checkbox 

without having to delete it (and its products and versions). 

6.6.2 

Product display type 

CactuShop has several ways of displaying products within a category. There is 

the single column `detailed' format or the multi column `summary' format. 

From this dropdown menu, you can set this as follows: 

Default   products in this category will be formatted according to the 

defaultproddisplay

 config setting, which will specify one of the 

three options below for use across the entire site. 

Extended   products in this category will be formatted in the 

detailed single column format with versions displaying too. 

Normal   products in this category will be formatted in the detailed 

single column format but without versions displaying. 

Shortened Multi Column   products in this category will be 

formatted in multiple columns according to the 

shortenedformatcols

 and 

shortenedformatrows

 config settings. 

See 7.4.4.20, 7.4.4.19 and 7.4.4.9 for more information. 

6.6.3 

Sub cat display type 

CactuShop has two ways of displaying sub categories within a category. There 

is the single column format or the multi column `summary' format. From this 

dropdown menu, you can set this as follows: 

Default   sub categories within this category will be formatted 

according to the 

defaultprodtypedisplay

 config setting, which will 

specify one of the three options below for use across the entire site. 

Normal   sub categories within this category will be formatted in the 

detailed single column format with links and description. 

Shortened Multi Column   sub categories within in this category 

will be formatted in multiple columns according to the 

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