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[bhadz08]

hey guys,

been searching around the forum but unfortunately, i havnt found what i need.

all i need is to add a default text/content on my categories description. so when i add a new category the content is already there which i will just have to edit.

so anyone can tell me where the page to edit? and how?


any help is much appreciated..


thanks.

[Celtic]

bhadz08,

There isn't a way to do this with zencart admin, but you can do it if you want to edit one of the core files - namely includes/functions_lookups.php

First of all, make a copy of functions_lookups.php which is located in your /includes folder.

Edit the file and look for the zen_get_category_name() function, which is on about line 271.

Best thing to do is rename the existing function to zen_get_category_name_orig(), then paste in this new one....

/*
 * Find category name from ID, in indicated language
 */
  function zen_get_category_name($category_id, $fn_language_id) {
    global $db;
    $category_query = "select categories_name
                       from " . TABLE_CATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION . "
                       where categories_id = '" . $category_id . "'
                       and language_id = '" . $fn_language_id . "'";

    $category = $db->Execute($category_query);

    // modified code - adds default text to category descriptions...
    $defaultText = "Put the default text here that you want to appear in your category description.";
    $returnDescription = empty($category->fields['categories_name']) ? $defaultText : $category->fields['categories_name'];

    return $returnDescription;
  } 

I've added three lines of code in there which checks to see if the returned category description is blank. If it is, then it replaces it with the default text that you specify.

Be aware that this is a core file, so when you upgrade zencart it will get overwritten and you'll have to add the code in there again.

[bhadz08]

thanks a lot.. it works!