Disable Product Images in one TOP category to affect all subcategories

[sbbemn]

The below closed thread explains nicely how to disable images in a category.
http://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.p...t-one-category

In your css folder, add a file called c_x_x.css

In that file, I added only the following and chose not to remove the heading.

/**
 * CSS remove Images in product listing
*/

.listingProductImage {
     display: none;
} 

In order to keep the Heading, which is nice for a sortable list, I simply went into includes/languages/english/index.php and removed Product Images (between single quotes).

BUT - I am after disabling Product Images in one TOP category to affect all subcategories to avoid creating 50+ css files per bottom category.

I tried for example c_3.css and c_3_175.css but was forced to use c_3_175_845.css

Any way around this? Thanks!

[DrByte]

A quick dirty trick:

Create the following new file: /includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE_FOLDER/jscript/jscript_categories_children_css.php
containing:

<?php
/**
 *  custom category handling for a parent and all its children ... works for any c_XX_XX_children.css  where XX_XX is any parent category
 */
  $tmp_cats = explode('_', $cPath);
  $value = '';
  foreach($tmp_cats as $val) {
    $value .= $val;
    $perpagefile = $template->get_template_dir('.css', DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base, 'css') . '/c_' . $value . '_children.css';
    if (file_exists($perpagefile)) echo '<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="' . $perpagefile .'" />'."\n";
    $perpagefile = $template->get_template_dir('.css', DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base, 'css') . '/' . $_SESSION['language'] . '_c_' . $value . '_children.css';
    if (file_exists($perpagefile)) echo '<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="' . $perpagefile .'" />'."\n";
    $value .= '_';
  }

Then in your css folder put your new css file as "c_3_children.css" and it'll apply to all children below cPath=3
Similarly, if you want to only affect the children of cPath=3_175 then make the filename be c_3_175_children.css instead.


THIS CODE IS NOW INCLUDED IN v1.5.1

[sbbemn]

Dirty little trick worked like a charm - hand sanitizer anyone?!

[DrByte]

PS: You REALLY should be upgrading to a newer more secure version of Zen Cart. Yours has security holes.

[sbbemn]

PS: You REALLY should be upgrading to a newer more secure version of Zen Cart. Yours has security holes.

Oh don't I know it. We have taken a few directions to band-aid it, yet we have SOOO many customizations we're a little apprehensive on upgrading. I do know it is mandatory and have it on the plate for upcoming projects. We may outsource to someone who has done this many times. I wonder if it is easier than I'm making it out to be.