Thank you for your response.  the best way would be to view my site that I am building...loveisreal-believe.com/store you will see the categories that we are developing just under the slider banner.  If you mouse over the categories (go to the T-Shirts tab) the drop down menu shows the child categories that I have set up (5 categories drop down) ...click on a child category (Ladies T-Shirts) You will see the picture with an add to cart button - page code(........./store/index.php?rt=product/category&path=67_65)   Now click on the child category and you go to the product page (.............../store/index.php?rt=product/product&path=67_65&product_id=112)

This is what I would like to do....I would like to be able to forward the child category (........./store/index.php?rt=product/category&path=67_65) direct to the product page (.............../store/index.php?rt=product/product&path=67_65&product_id=112)   

You can see how this would streamline the website, because the customer could 1) see the options in the drop down menu at the top of the page....and 2)go direct to the product page - by clicking on the child category - where they have to make the choices for size, color, design choice and amount....Also they would only encounter the add to cart button once.......it is confusing to get the add to cart button in the child category where they cannot make the choices....and it does not actually add to cart by clicking that button...it only sends them on to the product page....

I hope this is clear enough...please let me know if there is more I can describe to make it more clear

Thank you again for all your expert help...it is very much appreciated.

David 

Yes it is true. there is no harm in some extra data...however it is quite cumbersome to wade through all the unneeded pictures to work with the ones I have uploaded.  Another thought that might be of some help...if you could create a file system within the storage files that you could access from the upload menu, then perhaps you could at least move all those sample pictures into a folder...better yet perhaps they could already be in a folder when the program is installed.
David

I have set up sub-categories under the main categories so that the drop down menu will show the other items.  However the intermediate page is not needed an takes the customer one more click to get to the product page...

I would like to be able to forward the sub-category to the product page directly...

Example.....main category is T-Shirts....sub-categories are Men's tees, Ladies Tees, Youth Tees, Toddler Tees,   etc.  So I made up a child category for each one under T-Shirts...then each child category has a product link to add to cart (this part I feel is confusing to a potential customer because it says add to cart...but it doesnt add to cart it just sends them to the product page where they can then add the item to cart......I have set up options that have to be chosen in order to go to cart...

Is there an easy way to do this?  I tried going through the webhosting cpanel and forwarding the one page to the other but it will not work this way...says it is an impossible direction that cannot be completed.


Thanks
David

Thank you,  This is very helpful...just a question to llegrand...does your bml button work if you are logged in as an account holder?  It is working on my site just fine in that way.
David

My Paypal is not working...I had installed the PayPal standart extension....then I found the PayPal express checkout extension so I installed that and I receive the following error message when checking out as a guest using the checkout button....(note: it does go through just fine if I either use the PayPal buttons or if I log in to an account and check out through there...)
 
Please Help...I am trying to get this website functioning as soon as possible...I am new at this design work...and following the instructions as best as I can...but I am not knowledgeable in all the code work...



2013-11-18 14:00:14 - App Warning:  AbanteCart core v.1.1.7 ADispatch: blocks/paypal_express_checkout_bml_button construct FAILED. Missing or incorrect controller route path. Possibly layout block is enabled for disabled or missing extension!  in ................/store/core/engine/dispatcher.php on line 76

I thought perhaps the problem was coming from the original paypal standart installation so I uninstalled that and got this message

2013-11-18 14:00:14 - App Warning:  AbanteCart core v.1.1.7 ADispatch: skipping unavailable controller … in .............../store/core/engine/dispatcher.php on line 237

This is the page I am taken to when i confirm the order after using the checkout button...
.........../store/index.php?rt=extension/paypal_express_checkout/error

Thank you,
David