Display Categories In Separate Boxes

[torvista]

The current version 1.2 has a problem.

It uses a variable $name which is unset after the routine..this unsets $name used in the contact us page to pre-populate the name field when a client is logged in.

I suggest this change from

    while (!$categories_ap->EOF)  {
        $id = $categories_ap->fields['categories_id'];
        $name = $categories_ap->fields['categories_name'];
          $add_content .= '<li><a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, '&cPath='.$id) . '">'.$name.'</a></li>' . "\n";
        $categories_ap->MoveNext();
    }
    $add_content .= '</ul>';
//debug echo $add_content; 
    unset($name); 

to

    while (!$categories_ap->EOF)  {
        $categories_id = $categories_ap->fields['categories_id'];
    $categories_name = $categories_ap->fields['categories_name'];
    $add_content .= '<li><a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, '&cPath='.$categories_id) . '"><span class="catSpan">'.$categories_name.'</span></a></li>' . "\n";
    $categories_ap->MoveNext();
    }
    $add_content .= '</ul>';

//echo $add_content;//debug to check query is ok 
    //unset($categories_name);//was $name but overwrote $name in contact_us 

[Fisherman]

Will this work with 1.5?

[gjh42]

It probably will. The files and systems involved are not ones that changed for v1.5.x.

[torvista]

I've just noticed that the array that gets used for this produces an incomplete cPath.
ie if your parent id is 2 and the category is 345, the link goes to 345 instead of 2_345 which will result in incomplete breadcrumbs.

This is how I fixed it:
in \includes\modules\sideboxes\YOUR_TEMPLATE\separate_category_sidebox.php

change

while (!$categories_ap->EOF)  {
        $id = $categories_ap->fields['categories_id'];
        $name = $categories_ap->fields['categories_name'];
        $add_content .= '<li><a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, '&cPath='.$id) . '">'.$name.'</a></li>' . "\n";
        $categories_ap->MoveNext();
    } 

to

    while (!$categories_ap->EOF)  {
        $categories_path = zen_get_path($categories_ap->fields['categories_id']);
        $categories_name = $categories_ap->fields['categories_name'];
        $add_content .= '<li><a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, '&'.$categories_path) . '"><span class="catSpan">'.$categories_name.'</span></a></li>' . "\n";
        $categories_ap->MoveNext();
    } 

Note I have also changed the variable names for clarity and added a css class to the link.

[torvista]

I need to eat the previous post, the "fix" worked at the time but not later, this appears to work consistently:

while (!$categories_ap->EOF)  {
        $categories_path = zen_get_generated_category_path_rev($categories_ap->fields['categories_id']);//debug echo '$categories_path='.$categories_path.'<br />';
        $categories_name = $categories_ap->fields['categories_name'];
        $add_content .= '<li><a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, '&cPath='.$categories_path) . '"><span class="catSpan">'.$categories_name.'</span></a></li>' . "\n";
        $categories_ap->MoveNext();
    } 

[jabe00]

Hello,

I'm building my site and I'm using this mod on my site, but the side-box looks very different to my other template side-box, can someone put me in the right direction to show the information like the other templates side-box.


Here is my site

http://compuservicesj.com/store/

Thanks
Jose

[gjh42]

Add to your stylesheet

.separatesideboxlist>li {margin-left: -3em; list-style: inside url(../images/bc_info.gif);line-height: 2.0em; border-bottom: 1px dashed #aabbcc;}