After a clever answer from the guys at the spanish forum, I'm about to customize the latest.php file, so that the items and category info show the way I want them to show.

 

Any experiences with that particular file?

 

I will make it like this:

 

 

First issue:

If create a subtemplate and customize latest.php in in, it won't work. I tried setting the custom template in the backend, to the main category and the subcats, and the customization didn't stick.

 

As soon as renamed my override to "default", the changes were viewable. So, no subtemplating when it comes to latest items.

 

Second issue:

I want to customize each category block, so I need some kind of identifier for the "latestItemsContainer" tag. Any ideas?

Solution: I added the category alias as a class. In my case, I wanted to customize the category tittle, so:

<h2 class="<?php echo $category->alias; ?>">

Issue 3:

For some reason, the latest items view does not have breadcrumbs.