moving "all products" to top

[leavellwd]

One of my clients would like the "all products" link in the categories box to be moved to the top of the list. I have looked at other posts and have seen how people have done this for "New Products",
I have tried to accomplish to move the "all products" the same way you move "new products" but it turns off all of my boxes when I do it this way.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to accomplish this?

Here is my code for tpl_categories.php

<?php
/**
 * Side Box Template
 *
 * @package templateSystem
 * @copyright Copyright 2003-2006 Zen Cart Development Team
 * @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce
 * @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0
 * @version $Id: tpl_categories.php 4162 2006-08-17 03:55:02Z ajeh $
 *
 * BetterCategoriesEzInfo v1.3.5 added  2006-09-19  gilby
 */

  $spacer = '';
  // uncomment next line to add 1 space between image & text
  // $spacer .= '&nbsp;';


  $content = "";
  
  $content .= '<div id="' . str_replace('_', '-', $box_id . 'Content') . '" class="sideBoxContent">' . "\n";
    for ($i=0;$i<sizeof($box_categories_array);$i++) {
    switch(true) {
// to make a specific category stand out define a new class in the stylesheet example: A.category-holiday
// uncomment the select below and set the cPath=3 to the cPath= your_categories_id
// many variations of this can be done
//      case ($box_categories_array[$i]['path'] == 'cPath=3'):
//        $new_style = 'category-holiday';
//        break;
      case ($box_categories_array[$i]['top'] == 'true'):
        $new_style = 'category-top';
        break;
      case ($box_categories_array[$i]['has_sub_cat']):
        $new_style = 'category-subs';
        break;
      default:
        $new_style = 'category-products';
      }
     if (zen_get_product_types_to_category($box_categories_array[$i]['path']) == 3 or ($box_categories_array[$i]['top'] != 'true' and SHOW_CATEGORIES_SUBCATEGORIES_ALWAYS != 1)) {
        // skip if this is for the document box (==3)
      } else {
       $content .= '<div class="betterCategories"><a class="' . $new_style . '" href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, $box_categories_array[$i]['path']) . '">';
	  if ($box_categories_array[$i]['current']) {
        if ($box_categories_array[$i]['has_sub_cat']) {
          $content .= '<span class="category-subs-parent">';
          $content .= cat_with_pointer($box_categories_array[$i]['name'], 'down', $spacer);
          $content .= '</span>';
        } else {
          $content .= '<span class="category-subs-selected">';
          $content .= cat_with_pointer($box_categories_array[$i]['name'], 'nosub', $spacer);
          $content .= '</span>';
        }
      } else {
        if ($box_categories_array[$i]['has_sub_cat']) { 
        $content .= cat_with_pointer($box_categories_array[$i]['name'], 'right', $spacer); }
        else { 
        $content .= cat_with_pointer($box_categories_array[$i]['name'], 'nosub', $spacer); }
      }

      if ($box_categories_array[$i]['has_sub_cat']) {
        $content .= CATEGORIES_SEPARATOR;
      }
      //$content .= '</a>';

      if (SHOW_COUNTS == 'true') {
        if ((CATEGORIES_COUNT_ZERO == '1' and $box_categories_array[$i]['count'] == 0) or $box_categories_array[$i]['count'] >= 1) {
          $content .= CATEGORIES_COUNT_PREFIX . $box_categories_array[$i]['count'] . CATEGORIES_COUNT_SUFFIX;
        }
      }

      $content .= '</a></div>';
    }
  }

  if (SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_SPECIALS == 'true' or SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_PRODUCTS_NEW == 'true' or SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_FEATURED_PRODUCTS == 'true' or SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_PRODUCTS_ALL == 'true') {
// display a separator between categories and links
    if (SHOW_CATEGORIES_SEPARATOR_LINK == '1') {
//      $content .= '<br />' . zen_draw_separator('pixel_silver.gif') . '<br />';
//      $content .= '<hr id="catBoxDivider" />' . "\n";
      $content .= '<br style="line-height: 0;" />' . '<hr id="catBoxDivider" />' . '<br style="line-height: 0;" />';
    }
    if (SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_SPECIALS == 'true') {
      $show_this = $db->Execute("select s.products_id from " . TABLE_SPECIALS . " s where s.status= 1 limit 1");
      if ($show_this->RecordCount() > 0) {
        $content .= '<div class="betterCategories"><a class="category-links" href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_SPECIALS) . '">';
        $content .= zen_image(DIR_WS_TEMPLATE_IMAGES . 'bc_cat_boxes.gif') . $spacer;
        $content .= CATEGORIES_BOX_HEADING_SPECIALS . '</a></div>';
      }
    }
    if (SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_PRODUCTS_NEW == 'true') {
      // display limits
//      $display_limit = zen_get_products_new_timelimit();
      $display_limit = zen_get_new_date_range();

      $show_this = $db->Execute("select p.products_id
                                 from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p
                                 where p.products_status = 1 " . $display_limit . " limit 1");
      if ($show_this->RecordCount() > 0) {
        $content .= '<div class="betterCategories"><a class="category-links" href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCTS_NEW) . '">';
        $content .= zen_image(DIR_WS_TEMPLATE_IMAGES . 'bc_cat_boxes.gif') . $spacer;
        $content .= CATEGORIES_BOX_HEADING_WHATS_NEW . '</a></div>';
      }
    }
    if (SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_FEATURED_PRODUCTS == 'true') {
      $show_this = $db->Execute("select products_id from " . TABLE_FEATURED . " where status= 1 limit 1");
      if ($show_this->RecordCount() > 0) {
        $content .= '<div class="betterCategories"><a class="category-links" href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_FEATURED_PRODUCTS) . '">';
        $content .= zen_image(DIR_WS_TEMPLATE_IMAGES . 'bc_cat_boxes.gif') . $spacer;
        $content .= CATEGORIES_BOX_HEADING_FEATURED_PRODUCTS . '</a></div>';
      }
    }
    if (SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_PRODUCTS_ALL == 'true') {
      $content .= '<div class="betterCategories"><a class="category-links" href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCTS_ALL) . '">';
        $content .= zen_image(DIR_WS_TEMPLATE_IMAGES . 'bc_cat_boxes.gif') . $spacer;
      $content .= CATEGORIES_BOX_HEADING_PRODUCTS_ALL . '</a></div>';
    }
  }
  
  //this is the function that inserts the 'pointer' (or 'disclosure triangle')
  //before the name of the category, in the 'Categories' sidebox.
  //$categoryName should be a string as contained in 
  //$box_categories_array[$i]['name'] above, which already includes
  //the category name with all the necessary subcategory indents up front,
  //as specified by the user in the Admin Panel.
  //$categoryType will be either 'down', 'right' or 'nosub', which 
  //specifies which picture appears next to the category name:
  function cat_with_pointer( $categoryName, $categoryType, $spacer) {
  
  	//picking the appropriate pointer image:
  	switch ($categoryType) {
  		case "down":
  			$pointer = zen_image(DIR_WS_TEMPLATE_IMAGES . 'bc_cat_pointer_down.gif');
  			break;
  		case "right":
  			$pointer = zen_image(DIR_WS_TEMPLATE_IMAGES . 'bc_cat_pointer_right.gif');
  			break;
  		default:
  			$pointer = zen_image(DIR_WS_TEMPLATE_IMAGES . 'bc_cat_no_sub.gif');
  	}
  	
    $pointer .= $spacer;
  	
  	switch (true) {
  		//if the user has left the 'subcategories indent' empty, or
  		//if this is a 'top-level' category (there are no subcategory indents),
  		//then, we just prepend the pointer image:
  		case (CATEGORIES_SUBCATEGORIES_INDENT == ''):
  		case (strpos($categoryName, CATEGORIES_SUBCATEGORIES_INDENT) !== 0):
  			$pointer .= $categoryName;
  			break;
  		default:
  			//removing the subcategory indents from the beginning of the name:
  			$indentLength = strlen(CATEGORIES_SUBCATEGORIES_INDENT);
  			$pos = 0;
  			for ($i = 0; $pos === 0; $i++) {
  				$categoryName = substr($categoryName, $indentLength);
  				$pos = strpos($categoryName, CATEGORIES_SUBCATEGORIES_INDENT);
  			}
  			//placing the pointer image:
  			$pointer .= $categoryName;
  			//adding back the subcategory indents to the beginning of the name:
  			for (;$i > 0; $i--) {
  				$pointer = CATEGORIES_SUBCATEGORIES_INDENT . $pointer;
  			}
  	}
  	
  	return $pointer;
  
  }
  $content .= '</div>';
?>

[Ajeh]

Take the code for building the All Products link and instead of adding it last, add it first to the $content ...

[leavellwd]

Thanks a ton, I figured I was in the right direction.

I had one to many "}" that was causing all the side boxes to go down.

Thanks agian

[Ajeh]

Thanks for the update and for posting the solution to the problem that you were having in moving the placement of the link ...