Hi,
If you are choosing a category from the dropdown list, then you MUST select the category filter = YES. They work together, there is no such thing like, choosing a category from the list and leaving the filtering NO. It will just give confusion to module.
And category filtering works only for 1 category (not for its child categories).
So, my suggestion for you, let's say, you want to show some specific products and they are located in different categories.
Then do one of these:
1. METHOD)
- Mark those products that you want to show inside the slider "on featured"
In the slider module parameters,
Category Filtering: NO
Display Group: Featured
So the module will show all "featured" products from all categories.
2. Method:
- In Virtuemart, create a Category. Name it as "SALE" or "FEATURED" what ever you want to name it.
Then for the products you want to add to slideshow, add that new category for those products as "additional category" (you can define multiple categories for each product)
Then in the module parameter:
Category Filtering: YES
Choose the category that you just generated.
So it will show only the products from that category. It is up to you to pick any of these methods.
But our module is specifically designed to use for "On Featured" products.
In the near future, we are planing to revise(improve) our module and then choosing multiple categories through module parameters would be possible which will solve your problem as well. But for now, this is what it is.
Regards.
Forum Support.