Step 1: Goto your template editor from the Appearance tab. Click on the Home Page file. The editor will open for you. 

Step 2: Find           {{ @include_snippet("sidebar") }}

Change "sidebar" to "sidebarhome" and publish the page

Step 3: Goto the Snippets tab and click on Create New Snippet. Name your snippet sidebarhome

Step 4: Goto the sidebar snippet and copy all of the code. Then, goto the sidebarhome snippet and paste all the code. Publish the snippet.

Step 5: In the sidebarhome snippet find View all categories

Change it to Main Categories or whatever you'd like.

Step 6: Find

                {{ #if($category.subcategorycount > 0) }}
                <ul>
                  {{ #foreach ( $subcategory in $methods.getcategoriesbyparentid($category.id)) }}
                  <li><a href="{{ $subcategory.categorylink }}?pagesize=40">{{ $subcategory.name }}</a><span class="count">{{ $subcategory.productcount }}</span></li>
                  {{ #end }}
                </ul>
                {{ #end }}

and cut it out (cut rather than delete in case you mess up and need to paste it back right away.

Step 7: Publish the snippet.

Thanks,

Christi

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