moving sidebar modules to header

[zvenson]

Hi! I am using 1.38a and was thinking about moving a sidebar module to the header - i'm using the manufacturer_info.php sidebar and want it to show up in the header section of my shop. Is there an easy solution for this?

I put something like this in my tpl_header.php

<?php require(DIR_WS_MODULES . 'sideboxes/manufacturer_info.php'); ?>

but that didn't work. It didn' t show anything but the header on my screen (sadly without the manufacturer_info box)

Would be nice i anyone has a tip for me!
cheers

[stevesh]

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=133077

[zvenson]

hi! Thank you for the answer - but i was looking to include only one module in the header and would prefer to do it by putting the right php code in the tpl_header.php and not using css. But if i fail to do it the php way i give this solution a shot.

[zvenson]

well here' s how it could be done:

edit .../your_template/common/tpl_header.php

and put the relevant code from your sidebar modules in it - in my case i had to look into:

/includes/modules/sideboxes/manufacturer_info.php
and:

/your_template/templates/tpl_manufacturers_about_default.php

this is the code i put into to tpl_header.php and of course some styling in the css files...

<div id="header_manu">
<?php
  $manufacturer_info_sidebox_query = "select m.manufacturers_id, m.manufacturers_name, m.manufacturers_image,

                                  mi.manufacturers_url, mi.manufacturers_about

                           from " . TABLE_MANUFACTURERS . " m

                           left join " . TABLE_MANUFACTURERS_INFO . " mi

                           on (m.manufacturers_id = mi.manufacturers_id

                           and mi.languages_id = '" . (int)$_SESSION['languages_id'] . "'), " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p

                           where p.products_id = '" . (int)$_GET['products_id'] . "'

                           and p.manufacturers_id = m.manufacturers_id";



    $manufacturer_info_sidebox = $db->Execute($manufacturer_info_sidebox_query);

  $content = "";



      if (zen_not_null($manufacturer_info_sidebox->fields['manufacturers_image']))

  $content .= '<div style="float:right">' . zen_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $manufacturer_info_sidebox->fields['manufacturers_image'], $manufacturer_info_sidebox->fields['manufacturers_name']) . '</div>';


      if (zen_not_null($manufacturer_info_sidebox->fields['manufacturers_url']))

/**

  $content .= '&nbsp;&nbsp;-&nbsp;<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, 'manufacturers_id=' . $manufacturer_info_sidebox->fields['manufacturers_id']) . '">' . BOX_MANUFACTURER_INFO_OTHER_PRODUCTS . '</a>';
**/
 $content = '';

      if (zen_not_null($manufacturer_info_sidebox->fields['manufacturers_about']))

  $content .= '<div><a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_MANUFACTURERS_ABOUT, 'manufacturers_about_id=' . $manufacturer_info_sidebox->fields['manufacturers_id']) . '">' . BOX_MANUFACTURER_INFO_ABOUT . $manufacturer_info_sidebox->fields['manufacturers_name'] . '</a></div>';

  $content .= '';
echo $content;

?>
</div>

[vandiermen]

you got the first part right;

I put something like this in my tpl_header.php

<?php require(DIR_WS_MODULES . 'sideboxes/manufacturer_info.php'); ?>

but then you also need to create this file for it to be able to be displayed;

create file:
includes/extra_configures/custom_config.php

<?php $column_box_default='tpl_box_default_left.php';?>

That should fix it it worked for me

 <?php require(DIR_WS_MODULES . 'sideboxes/theme156/categories_css.php'); ?>