change text and class of categories header

[timdwyer42]

Hi I have looked through alot of files and tried using the developers toolkit but have not found it.


But how do I change the text that says "categories" on the categories sidebox header to something else. Also is it possible to change the class and id of that? I don't mean style the current class and id that;'s there I mean actually change the ones that are outputted to something else. For example it's currently

 <h3 class="leftBoxHeading" id="categoriesHeading">Categories</h3>

Thanks.

[haredo]

Tim
You might take time and read about the stylesheet.css in the Tutorials/FAQ tab on the top of this page

1. You will edit the stylesheet.css and look for this declaration
2. a.category-top
3. And to control the mouse over hover effect find this
4. a.category-top:hover
5. And the visited color effect find this
6. a.category-top:visited

[gjh42]

What purpose would you have to change the class and id of that sidebox? What would it gain you? If we know that, perhaps we can suggest a better route.

The sidebox title will be defined in a language file, so the Developers Toolkit is the best way to locate it quickly. Try the top left box to narrow the search.

[timdwyer42]

Well I'm changing part of a template, swapping out the catagories sidebox of that template for a different catagories sidebox. But I want to keep the class and id of the original sidebox for that part due to liking the original styling and background images.

THe original was

<h3 class="leftBoxHeading main-sidebox-header-right" id="categoriesHeading">Categories</h3>

[gjh42]

You can apply the properties from .main-sidebox-header-right {} to #categoriesHeading {} without having to touch any PHP code. Just copy the relevant properties - you will have to add the #categoriesHeading {} rule to your stylesheet.

[timdwyer42]

Thanks that seemed to work. One other thing. If I wanted to run a small php script in place of the catagories text from in the english.php file how would I do it?

THis is the php I want to run

<?php
if ($this_is_home_page) {
    echo "Catagories";
  } else {
    echo "<a href=index.php>Browse all Categories</a>";
  }
?>

I tried this but it didn't work

define('BOX_HEADING_CATEGORIES', '<?php
if ($this_is_home_page) {
    echo "Catagories";
  } else {
    echo "<a href=index.php>Browse all Categories</a>";
  }
?>');

[gjh42]

The define is already PHP, so you don't want new <?php tags in there.Rather than running several lines of code in the define, you can use a ternary operator to make the choice:

define('BOX_HEADING_CATEGORIES', ($this_is_home_page? 'Categories': '<a href="index.php">Browse all Categories</a>')); 

This processes what is between the ? and the : if the expression before the ? is true, or what follows the : if not.

[timdwyer42]

Thanks again. It's not causing any errors, but for some reason even when on the homepage it's showing "Browse All Categories".

[gjh42]

What version of Zen Cart is the site running? (look in Tools > Server/Version Info)

The $this_is_home_page variable was only introduced in v1.3.7 if I recall corectly, so it wouldn't work in earlier versions.

[timdwyer42]

Zen Cart 1.3.8a
Database Patch Level: 1.3.8

the $this_is_home_page does seem to work as when I add

<?php
if ($this_is_home_page) {
    echo "Catagories";
  } else {
    echo "<a href=index.php>Browse all Categories</a>";
  }
?>

into a reg sidebox it does show as it should.