Mark KawabeHi Steven,
Thanks! With your help, I figured it out.
Alas, it doesn’t seem to do what I need it to do.
I set the recreation category to use the recreation homepage as the default template. Then I added a section into the recreation homepage to show the list of child categories under recreation. So far, so good. Looks like this: http://sworks.theniagaraguide.com/niagara-recreation-homepage/
Where the challenge is for me is that the list of categories really does need to go to a specific page instead of one fully governed by Connections, just because I’m offering different levels of visibility for paid and free listings on directory pages.
Two examples:
Martial Arts: http://sworks.theniagaraguide.com/niagara-martial-arts/
All listings come from Connections, but top (paid) listings use Gridder, lower (free) listings use the Tile Plus template (at the moment). The free listings at the bottom are displayed on a page with a right column which will show ads. when you click on a link from the top featured businesses (paid) their listings are shown on a page with and ad-free full-width layout.
Trail riding: http://sworks.theniagaraguide.com/niagara-recreation-homepage/cat/recreation/trail-riding/
All listings are “equal”, with respect to size and placement, so that doesn’t work for my purposes.
Unfortunately, for me, this isn’t a solution that works. Or if it is, I haven’t figured it out.
For my application, the “ideal” solution would be to have that category redirect function work in this particular context so that every category could be set to point to a specific page on the site. A significant advantage of a page like the martial arts one is that I can add more content for SEO and other purposes.
I realize it’s probably a heap of work to make that category redirect function work the way I would like it to, but if it’s not, I’d really appreciate it if you could slide that into your undoubtedly busy schedule.
Otherwise, I guess I’ll forge ahead. Thank you so much for your assistance!
Best Regards,
Mark