Pull ezPages header bar info to use in (non-zen) parts of site

[nigelt74]

I have some parts of a site that are not Zencart, but I want to display the ezypages header/menu bar on these pages as well, i did something like this ages ago, but never saved my work, so i know its doable but for the life of me I can't seem to get the functions to dance how i want them to,

Last time I used a cron job (updating daily) to create an "html include" of the zen ezpages bar which could then be included in the non zen sections of the site, Stupid thing is the zen code doesn't appear to have changed but you think I can remember what the heck I did to create the include.

Any help would be appreciated

[mc12345678]

I have some parts of a site that are not Zencart, but I want to display the ezypages header/menu bar on these pages as well, i did something like this ages ago, but never saved my work, so i know its doable but for the life of me I can't seem to get the functions to dance how i want them to,

Last time I used a cron job (updating daily) to create an "html include" of the zen ezpages bar which could then be included in the non zen sections of the site, Stupid thing is the zen code doesn't appear to have changed but you think I can remember what the heck I did to create the include.

Any help would be appreciated

I don't think I'm even close to giving you an answer, but I certainly would like to understand the question better. Ezpages is basically information contained in the database and there happens to be a few "tools" to translate that into a desired effect. I've seen a number of different "menu bars" that seem to use the ezpages information, so what is it that you are trying to "html include" that you can't pull from the database without something fancy? Or are you just trying to use various zencart functions so that ZC formats the data for you before you handle it with the non ZC page(s)? Please elaborate.

[nigelt74]

Yep I was going to try and use zencarts native functions to get it formatted etc before it goes to the non-zen pages.

Having said that, I have thrown that in the too hard basket and am just going to pull the info straight from the database and format it, with the script that creates the "html include" something like

select * from ezpages where status_header = 1 order by header_sort_order


if ($alt_url != '') { //The section spits out a result if a URL is set for the page
	if(substr($alt_url, 0, 4) == "http") {}
	elseif(substr($alt_url, 0, 3) == "www") {$alt_url = 'http://'.$alt_url;}
	else {$alt_url = '/'.$alt_url;}
	echo '<li><a href="'$alt_url'">'.$pages_title.'</a></li>';
	}
else { // this section generates the url for pages created in the ezpages bit, i don't use chapters so its simple here


	echo '<li><a href="/index.php?main_page=page&id='.$pages_id.'">'.$pages_title.'</a></li>';
	

}

Note that isn't real working code thats just me mapping out what i want to do

[mc12345678]

Yep I was going to try and use zencarts native functions to get it formatted etc before it goes to the non-zen pages.

Having said that, I have thrown that in the too hard basket and am just going to pull the info straight from the database and format it, with the script that creates the "html include" something like

select * from ezpages where status_header = 1 order by header_sort_order


if ($alt_url != '') { //The section spits out a result if a URL is set for the page
    if(substr($alt_url, 0, 4) == "http") {}
    elseif(substr($alt_url, 0, 3) == "www") {$alt_url = 'http://'.$alt_url;}
    else {$alt_url = '/'.$alt_url;}
    echo '<li><a href="'$alt_url'">'.$pages_title.'</a></li>';
    }
else { // this section generates the url for pages created in the ezpages bit, i don't use chapters so its simple here


    echo '<li><a href="/index.php?main_page=page&id='.$pages_id.'">'.$pages_title.'</a></li>';
    

}

Note that isn't real working code thats just me mapping out what i want to do

Well, just did a quick search in the files, there is at least one file that is dedicated to ezpages:

includes/functions/functions_ezpages.php

function zen_ez_pages_link

includes/modules/ezpages_bar_header.php

etc... Maybe one or more of those will help with your development?