Magento: Create Category List with Images
The code to create a list of top-level categories along with their images:<?php $_categories = $this->getStoreCategories() ?>
<?php $count = 0 ?>
<ul id="square-category">
<?php foreach ($_categories as $_category): ?>
<?php $open = $this->isCategoryActive($_category); ?>
<?php
$cur_category=Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($_category->getId());
$layer = Mage::getSingleton('catalog/layer');
$layer->setCurrentCategory($cur_category);
$immagine = $this->getCurrentCategory()->getThumbnail()
?>
<?php $count = $count+1 ?>
<li class="Pos<?php echo $count ?>">
<a href="<?php echo $this->getCategoryUrl($_category) ?>" title="<?php echo $this->htmlEscape($_category->getName()) ?>">
<img src="/media/catalog/category/<?php echo "$immagine" ?>" alt="<?php echo $this->htmlEscape($_category->getName()) ?>" class="category-img" />
<span><?php echo $this->htmlEscape($_category->getName()) ?></span>
</a>
</li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>
