CustomerCentrix

The problem is that the breadcrumb (the part in the header that reads "Top » Catalog » Polo Shirts » NK00011847XUM1" or similar) link to Top takes the user to what we usually think of as Home and also loses the user login. So, fix the logon issue and change the word Top to Home. My initial thought was that in our case, Top and Catalog are identical, so both should be combined into Home. Top is the default page and Catalog is the default for the store subdirectory. I think if we use the store subdirectory as Home, then the login (session) issue will be solved as well.

FYI, changing a local copy of a file will not affect the behavior of that file on the server :-P

After a bit of keyword searching for 'Top', 'Catalog', breadcrumb and a few changes that didn't work, I made these changes to accomplish the task:

/includes/application_top.php - line 477
remove or comment out this line of code:
$breadcrumb->add(HEADER_TITLE_TOP, HTTP_SERVER);

/includes/languages/english.php - line 56
change Catalog to Home like this:
define('HEADER_TITLE_CATALOG', 'Home');

Server restart not necessary for most coding changes like this. Backup prior to making changes as always if you are working directly on a live site.