Show categories on left and not on top navigation - magento

Question

I tried implemented a code in my Navigation/left.phtml
The code is as follows
<!-- subcategory code -->
<?php
$category = Mage::getSingleton('catalog/layer')->getCurrentCategory();
if(!$category->getChildren()){
//$parentcat_id = $category->getParentCategory()->getId();
//$category = Mage::getSingleton('catalog/category')->load($parentcat_id);
$category = $category->getParentCategory();
}
$categories = $category->getCollection()
->addAttributeToSelect(array('name', 'thumbnail'))
->addAttributeToFilter('is_active', 1)
->addIdFilter($category->getChildren());
?>
<div class="block">
<div class="block-title">
<span><?php echo $category->getName() ?></span>
</div>
<div class="block-content clearfix">
<ul class="subcategories">
<?php foreach ($categories as $category): ?>
<li>
<a href="<?php echo $category->getUrl() ?>"><!--<img src="<?php echo Mage::getBaseUrl('media') . 'catalog' . DS . 'category' . DS . $category->getThumbnail() ?>" alt="<?php echo $this->htmlEscape($category->getName()) ?>" />-->
<span><?php echo $category->getName() ?>
<?php $collection = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->getCollection()->addCategoryFilter($category);
echo "(".count($collection).")"; ?></span>
</a>
</li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul></div>
</div>
<!-- subcategory code -->
<!-- List all categories and their second level subcategories -->
<div class="block block-list block-categories">
<div id="block-categories" class="block-title active">
<strong><span>Categories </span></strong>
</div>
<div id="leftnav" class="block-content" style="display:block">
<?php $helper = $this->helper('catalog/category') ?>
<?php $categories = $this->getStoreCategories() ?>
<?php if (count($categories) > 0): ?>
<ul id="leftnav-tree" class="level0">
<?php foreach($categories as $category): ?>
<li class="level0<?php if ($this->isCategoryActive($category)): ?> active<?php endif; ?>">
<?php //if ($this->isCategoryActive($category)): ?>
<?php $subcategories = $category->getChildren() ?>
<?php if (count($subcategories) > 0): ?>
<ul id="leftnav-tree-<?php echo $category->getId() ?>" class="level1">
<?php foreach($subcategories as $subcategory): ?>
<li class="level1<?php if ($this->isCategoryActive($subcategory)): ?> active<?php endif; ?>">
<?php echo $this->escapeHtml(trim($subcategory->getName(), '- ')) ?>
<?php $secondLevelSubcategories = $subcategory->getChildren() ?>
<?php if (count($secondLevelSubcategories ) > 0): ?>
<ul id="leftnav-tree-<?php echo $subcategory->getId() ?>" class="level2">
<?php foreach($secondLevelSubcategories as $secondLevelSubcategory ): ?>
<li class="level2<?php if ($this->isCategoryActive($secondLevelSubcategory )): ?> active<?php endif; ?>">
<?php echo $this->escapeHtml(trim($secondLevelSubcategory ->getName(), '- ')) ?>
</li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>
<script type="text/javascript">decorateList('leftnav-tree-<?php echo $category->getId() ?>', 'recursive')</script>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>
<script type="text/javascript">decorateList('leftnav-tree-<?php echo $category->getId() ?>', 'recursive')</script>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php //endif; ?>
</li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>
<script type="text/javascript">decorateList('leftnav-tree', 'recursive')</script>
<?php endif; ?>
</div>
</div>
But when i set Include in Navigation Menu to No it also disappears from here.
Is there any way I can hide from top menu and show in my side menu?
Demo link is http://infigic.com/ds4u/

Answer 1

If you don't have local.xml file just create one in the layout folder of your theme and populate it with this content:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<layout>
<default>
<reference name="header">
<action method="unsetChild"><name>top.menu</name></action>
</reference>
<reference name="left">
<action method="insert"><child>top.menu</child></action>
</reference>
</default>
</layout>

Answer 2

Changing your collection request to this should work :
$categories = $category->getCollection()
->addAttributeToSelect(array('name', 'thumbnail'))
->addAttributeToFilter('is_active', 1)
->addAttributeToFilter('include_in_menu', 1) // there is the 'magic'
->addIdFilter($category->getChildren());
Although, I do not recommend you to do it like this.
Because:
You are breaking the MVC pattern of Magento when requesting a model from a view
You are doing over complicated things that you may probably achieve easier by doing a block which extends Mage_Catalog_Block_Navigation, where the category may already be filtered the right way, but not rendered as you would like.
Please have a look at base Magento template (well not only the one in /app/design/frontend/base, but the one coming with a fresh install of Magento) and you'll see that never ever are there going to be a direct call in a view to a model instance.
For Magento good practice, please refer to the perfect blog of Alan Storm (who also is a SO member) here and maybe more specifically to this chart showing how templates (view) should interact with blocks to render models.