the tag {categories} in categories.php

[Jakarta]

hi everyone, i'm making new template and i'm making the categories appear in the  left menu but i have a problem.
except in the home page, the tag {categories} shows only the sub categories or nothing if there is no sub categories, i want it to show the main categories instead.
how can i do this?

[Rembrandt]

try this  http://www.4homepages.de/forum/index.php?topic=23516.msg128929#msg128929

mfg Andi

[Jakarta]

yes, that's what i was looking for thank you!


one more thing if you could help me please, in details.php how can i get image path?
example : the tag {next_image_file} is the next image direct url, i want the current image url

thanks in advance!

found it {media_src}