Main Menu, Sidebar menu,(front end) not showing

[iamtomc]

after installation the main navigation menu is not showing up and same for the sidebar menu in the category page. within the admin sector I do not see the payment method option as shown in images of the system. please kindly assist me as to how to fix it. Thank you. Regards

[anilsahindev]

@brandsafric Hello, please share to navigation menu ss and If you get a javascript error can you please send it as well? Thanks

[iamtomc]

Hello @anilsahindev and @jsdecena, please I don't get what you mean kindly enlighten me as to what to do I don't see any share buttons here...

Anyway in regards to the problems I was facing this is what I did; I modified 2 files (HomeController and index.blade.php). in mine HomeController (in App\Http\Controllers\Front), I modified the bottom of index method to the following:

        $categories = $this->categoryRepo->listCategories();

        return view('front.index', compact('cat1', 'cat2','categories'));

then in mine index page (resources/views/front/index.blade.php) and added the following:

    @foreach($categories as $category)
        @if($loop->first)
            <ul>
                @endif
                <li><a href="{{ route('front.category.slug', $category->slug) }}">{{$category->name}}</a></li>
                @if($loop->last)
            </ul>
        @endif
    @endforeach

This provides a basic list of categories with a link to the category pages However it seems I modified the wrong pages because the css does not take effect and i can only see the changes in the homepage.

Also I can't seem to make it work for the sidebar menus in the category pages. Kindly assist me please.

[jsdecena]

@brandsafric What does this return? $categories = $this->categoryRepo->listCategories(); Can you dd() it? Maybe you forgot to seed the data?

[iamtomc]

Hi @jsdecena I am trying to call the navigation for all the pages currently i am having it blank so I tried using $categories = $this->categoryRepo->listCategories(); however i manged to get it only on one page; the home page. can you kindly assist me? I am quite new to laravel. I can now see the pages already done in code that is category-nav.blade.php, category-sidebar-sub.blade.php and category-sub.blade.php, I am try to get the navigation to work but am finding difficulties. Thanks

[jsdecena]

Hi @jsdecena I am trying to call the navigation for all the pages currently i am having it blank so I tried using $categories = $this->categoryRepo->listCategories(); however i manged to get it only on one page; the home page. can you kindly assist me? I am quite new to laravel. I can now see the pages already done in code that is category-nav.blade.php, category-sidebar-sub.blade.php and category-sub.blade.php, I am try to get the navigation to work but am finding difficulties. Thanks

You can use the global template service provider for that. https://github.com/jsdecena/laracom/blob/master/project/app/Providers/GlobalTemplateServiceProvider.php#L67

You see this part?

        view()->composer(['layouts.front.category-nav'], function ($view) {
            $view->with('categories', $this->getCategories());
        });

you just need to import this layout: layouts.front.category-nav or create another layout file and put it in the global template provider.

[iamtomc]

Okay, I checked resources/views/layouts/front/header-cart.blade.php and it seems that layout.front.category-nav has already been imported. or am I suppose to import it in another page or file. please kindly indicate.

resources/views/layouts/front/header-cart.blade.php

<!-- Collect the nav links, forms, and other content for toggling -->
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="bs-example-navbar-collapse-1">
    @include('layouts.front.category-nav')
    <ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">
        @if(auth()->check())
            <li class="visible-xs"><a href="{{ route('accounts', ['tab' => 'profile']) }}"><i class="fa fa-home"></i> My Account</a></li>
            <li class="visible-xs"><a href="{{ route('logout') }}"><i class="fa fa-sign-out"></i> Logout</a></li>
        @else
            <li class="visible-xs"><a href="{{ route('login') }}"> <i class="fa fa-lock"></i> Login</a></li>
            <li class="visible-xs"><a href="{{ route('register') }}"> <i class="fa fa-sign-in"></i> Register</a></li>
        @endif
        <li id="cart" class="menubar-cart visible-xs">
            <a href="{{ route('cart.index') }}" title="View Cart" class="awemenu-icon menu-shopping-cart">
                <i class="fa fa-shopping-cart" aria-hidden="true"></i>
                <span class="cart-number">{{ $cartCount }}</span>
            </a>
        </li>
        <li>
            <!-- search form -->
            <form action="{{route('search.product')}}" method="GET" class="form-inline" style="margin: 15px 0 0;">
                <div class="input-group">
                    <input type="text" name="q" class="form-control" placeholder="Search..." value="{!! request()->input('q') !!}">
                    <span class="input-group-btn">
                        <button type="submit" id="search-btn" class="btn btn-flat"><i class="fa fa-search"></i> Search</button>
                    </span>
                </div>
            </form>
            <!-- /.search form -->
        </li>
    </ul>
</div><!-- /.navbar-collapse -->

Thanks

[jsdecena]

if that is in place, do you have the categories in your database?

[iamtomc]

please have a look at my hosted project here

here there is no navigation; http://kesselacosmetics.com/ and here there category sidebar is also not below the main menu http://kesselacosmetics.com/category/perfume

after the solution you provided i noticed the import of layouts.front.category-nav has been made in layouts.front.header-cart but nothing shows after i refresh the website

[iamtomc]

yes I see the categories in the database

[iamtomc]

@jsdecena Hello, so I noticed that all the code is intact however the main menu(category-nav) and the sidebars are still not working accordingly please assist

[jsdecena]

too old issue now. can't replicated