Add Category Name to Product Listing above description

[maxidvd]

In Answer to my last question:

About the WIKI Docs

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http://www.zen-cart.com/wiki/index.p...pers_Standards

only its empty, I guess its a work in progress.

[maxidvd]

Well I was going to be a good samaratin and enter the details of this function to get the Wiki rolling but it wont let me register to edit its pages.

Call the current categories id from the products id:
<?php echo zen_get_products_category_id($product['id']);?>
Needs to be on a page or in a array that knows the products_id.

[maxidvd]

Call the current categories id from the products id:

<?php
echo zen_get_products_category_id($product['id']);
?>

Needs to be on a page or in a array that knows the products_id.

[Eljay]

I would like to show only the description and not the product name in the listing. I found a thread that talks about this but does not have any instructions on how to do it.
https://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?p=285189

I am not all that great in PHP, I would appreciate any help.

[maxidvd]

Hi Eljay

In folder: zencart\includes\modules

Create a new folder in there and name it exactly the same as your current template folder.

If your using the CLASSIC template it would be this:
zencart\includes\modules\CLASSIC without the capitals of course.

Now go back to the zencart\includes\modules folder and find the file: product_listing.php

And copy that file to you new folder:

zencart\includes\modules\CLASSIC\product_listing.php

Now that its copied into the new "Template Overide Folder" you need to edit the code with a text editing program like windows notepad.. or Winsyntax

and search for ir browse lines 95 to 102 you will find this code snippet

case 'PRODUCT_LIST_NAME':
blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah blah
}
break;

use the code below and copy over it, this will remove then product name but leave the description intack.

/*
        case 'PRODUCT_LIST_NAME':
        $lc_align = '';
        if (isset($_GET['manufacturers_id'])) {
          $lc_text = '<h3 class="itemTitle"><a href="' . zen_href_link(zen_get_info_page($listing->fields['products_id']), 'cPath=' . (($_GET['manufacturers_id'] > 0 and $_GET['filter_id']) > 0 ?  zen_get_generated_category_path_rev($_GET['filter_id']) : ($_GET['cPath'] > 0 ? zen_get_generated_category_path_rev($_GET['cPath']) : zen_get_generated_category_path_rev($listing->fields['master_categories_id']))) . '&products_id=' . $listing->fields['products_id']) . '">' . $listing->fields['products_name'] . '</a></h3><div class="listingDescription">' . zen_trunc_string(zen_clean_html(stripslashes(zen_get_products_description($listing->fields['products_id'], $_SESSION['languages_id']))), PRODUCT_LIST_DESCRIPTION) . '</div>' ;
        } else {
          $lc_text = '<h3 class="itemTitle"><a href="' . zen_href_link(zen_get_info_page($listing->fields['products_id']), 'cPath=' . (($_GET['manufacturers_id'] > 0 and $_GET['filter_id']) > 0 ?  zen_get_generated_category_path_rev($_GET['filter_id']) : ($_GET['cPath'] > 0 ? zen_get_generated_category_path_rev($_GET['cPath']) : zen_get_generated_category_path_rev($listing->fields['master_categories_id']))) . '&products_id=' . $listing->fields['products_id']) . '">' . $listing->fields['products_name'] . '</a></h3><div class="listingDescription">' . zen_trunc_string(zen_clean_html(stripslashes(zen_get_products_description($listing->fields['products_id'], $_SESSION['languages_id']))), PRODUCT_LIST_DESCRIPTION) . '</div>';
        }
        break;
*/

        case 'PRODUCT_LIST_NAME':
        $lc_align = '';
        if (isset($_GET['manufacturers_id'])) {
          $lc_text = '<div class="listingDescription">' . zen_trunc_string(zen_clean_html(stripslashes(zen_get_products_description($listing->fields['products_id'], $_SESSION['languages_id']))), PRODUCT_LIST_DESCRIPTION) . '</div>' ;
        } else {
          $lc_text = '<div class="listingDescription">' . zen_trunc_string(zen_clean_html(stripslashes(zen_get_products_description($listing->fields['products_id'], $_SESSION['languages_id']))), PRODUCT_LIST_DESCRIPTION) . '</div>';
        }
        break;

Sounds like a lot of work, but its better to do it right using the template override system then to just go in and hack a system
file that will make your site harder to update in the future.
Cheers Lee

[Eljay]

Hi Eljay

In folder: zencart\includes\modules

Create a new folder in there and name it exactly the same as your current template folder.

If your using the CLASSIC template it would be this:
zencart\includes\modules\CLASSIC without the capitals of course.
.....................

Lee, thanks for your help. I will give it a try and see how it comes out and let you know

[ev8321]

For the shopping_cart see if using for the products_id if:
$product['id']

works better for you to obtain the master_categories_id of the product ...

Hi Guys,

I know this is an extremely old post but I have been stuck on this all afternoon - hopefully someone can shed some more light on this issue. Not sure if you are still around Linda...

I am looking to display the category name of each item on the shopping cart page. I have followed suggestions found here and I know this is a peculiar issue. I have been able to display master_categories_id and one would assume that displaying a name instead of the id is possible on the shopping cart page.
I just cannot figure this one out.

Linda you have been a wonderful help in this post. Thank you very much if you do happen to fly by.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

P.s. I am currently running the latest version of Zen Cart.

Regards,
Evan

[Ajeh]

If you have the master_categories_id, you can use the function zen_get_categories_name to display the name ...

[ev8321]

If you have the master_categories_id, you can use the function zen_get_categories_name to display the name ...

Thanks for your swift reply.
My beginners knowledge of php is certainly not helping me out.

Could you please tell me if I am even on the right track with something like - currently not working

echo zen_get_categories_name($product['id'], 'master_categories_id');

This is what I am using to display the master_catergoried_id and it is working perfectly:

echo zen_products_lookup($product['id'], 'master_categories_id');

Currently working in file tpl_shopping_cart_default.php

THanks :)

[Ajeh]

You cut out the function in the second function ... try this:

echo zen_get_categories_name(zen_products_lookup($product['id'], 'master_categories_id'));