Small Icons

Small icons are used in the categories menu for some of the layout schemes.

'Icons' layout scheme

The following options are set on the Flyout Categories module configuration page:

Small category icon width: select the width of 16, 32 or 64 pixels. This is the size of the icon image which will be stored in the database. It might be a good idea to set the 64 pixels width here to store a larger image. Then you can set the icon width of 32 or 16 pixels in the options for the specific layout scheme.

Small category icon resize quality: the category icon image will be resized preserving normal, good or best quality. Please pay attention to the resulting file size as the images with best quality tend to be larger.

If the Flyout Categories module is enabled when you modify a category, one more option appears below the category icon selection option: category small icon selection.

Category modification page

Select the 'Generate "Small Icon" from category "Icon"' option to automatically generate small icons from the regular icons you have already selected. Leave the check box empty to be able to use different images for small icons.

Small icons are generated automatically if GD library is installed on your server.

Small category icons also constitute a separate category in the 'Image files' section of the 'Maintenance' menu.

'Image files' section of the 'Maintenance' menu

If you store small category icons on the file system that helps keep the store database compact and improves the response time of your store.