sidebox catagory link

[kuroi]

To pop the link into the bottom of the categories list, make a copy of the sidebox/tpl_categories.php file in your template sideboxes directory.

Then edit the new file to insert a new line before line 93 ($content .= '<div'>;) that says

$content .= '<a class="category-external" href="http://yourexternalURL">Your external URL description</a>' . "\n";

and then create a style for .category-external or add it to the definition you already have for .category-links if you want it to match the others at the bottom of the categories box.

[MB1]

now how would you hide a link so only logged in users could veiw

if (!$_SESSION['customer_id']) {
$content .= '<a class="category-internal" href="http://www.gorillagear.ca/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=38">Clearance Bin</a>' . "\n";

this doesn't seem to work any ideas

[kuroi]

@MB1

A couple of things leap to mind.

Firstly you're using a internal link that would be shown normally by the categories sidebox, so have you inhibited that for all customers? If so, how?

Secondly the code that you have posted is both back to front and incomplete. The "!" in front of the $_SESSION varable means only do what follows when the customer is *not* logged in, which seems to me the opposite of what you are trying to achieve. And the IF statement has an opening bracket but no closing bracket.

[MB1]

i was just playing with the hide side box code and seeing if i could apply it to a link in a side box but i really don't know what i'm doing i must of played with the code a few differant was with no results

[MB1]

ok i got it
in store/includes/functions/extra_functions/group_check.php which was created for me by swguy i added this piece of code which i'm sure could be cleaned up but it works

// for members: Deny not logged in.
    function verify_customer_group_members() {
       global $db;
       if ( !isset($_SESSION['customer_id']) || ($_SESSION['customer_id'] == '')) {
           return false;
       }
       return true;  // include all others
    }

then in store/includes/templates/zzz/sideboxes/tpl_categories.php i added the folowing just above $content .= '</div>';

if (verify_customer_group_members()) { 
$content .= '<a class="category-internal" href="http://www.gorillagear.ca/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=38">Clearance Bin</a>' . "\n"; 
 }

works fine now