Thread

<h3>Category 1</h3>
<p><ul><br />
     <li>Entry from Weblog 1</li><br />
     <li>Entry from Weblog 2</li><br />
</ul></p>

<h3>Category 2</h3>
<p><ul><br />
     <li>Entry from Weblog 1</li><br />
     <li>Entry from Weblog 2</li><br />
</ul></p>

<h3>Category 3</h3>
<p><ul><br />
     <li>Entry from Weblog 1</li><br />
     <li>Entry from Weblog 2</li><br />
</ul>

<table width="465px" cellpadding=5>
<tr>
<td colspan="2"><a href="http://{path=shop/shownew}"><strong>New Merchants</strong></a>{tab}http://s3.amazonaws.com/shopinus_files/ShopInDirectories/new1.gif</a>
View caring merchants who are new to our program
</td>
</tr>
{exp:weblog:categories weblog="shop" dynamic="off" style="linear" parent_only="yes" show="not 26"}
<?php
if ($i % 2 == 0) {
echo "<tr>";
}
?>
<td width="50%">
<div class="{switchplus} parent"><a href="http://{path=shop/showparent/category/{category_url_title}}"><strong>{category_name}</strong></a>

{category_description}


</div>
<div class="pad5">
{exp:query sql="select cat_id, cat_name, cat_url_title from exp_categories where group_id = 3 and parent_id = '{category_id}' order by cat_name asc limit 3"}
<a href="http://{gohome}/shop/showchild/category/{cat_url_title}">{cat_name}</a> 
{/exp:query}</div>
</td>

<?php
if ($i % 2 == 2) {
echo "</tr>";
}
$i++;
?>

{/exp:weblog:categories}

</table> 
{/exp:switchplus}