Multiple product listings based on product type

[DannyVarley]

Hi Everyone,

So I use different product types to style the different product infos differently. I would also like to change the style slightly of the product listing, I asked about this a while ago and basically I think what I have to do is:

1. create a separate tpl_index_product_list.php with a new name
2. In /includes/modules/pages/index/main_template_vars.php check for which category (cPath) is set, and choose which tpl file to use based on that cPath.
3. Then use the new tpl_index_product_list_tabbed.php (or whatever name you call it) and probably also a new tpl_modules_product_listing_tabbed.php to affect the new layout you want to the page when that category is selected.

The problem I have is on number two, I have no idea how I would check for the category and then chose the tpl file base on it, Does anyone know how I would achieve this?

Daniel

[lat9]

You could use the zen_get_products_category_id function, which retrieves the product's "master category id".

$category_id = zen_get_products_category_id ($_GET['products_id']);

Depending on the number of "special processing" categories, you'd set up arrays that contain the master-category-id of the associated products, e.g.

$special_list1 = array (1, 2, 3, 4);
$special_list2 = array (5, 6, 7, 8);

and then check to see if the current product's category id falls into one of the "special" ranges:

if (in_array ($category_id, $special_list1)) {
  $tpl_page_body = 'tpl_special_list1_info.php';

} elseif (in_array ($category_id, $special_list2)) {
  $tpl_page_body = 'tpl_special_list2_info.php';

}