List of products in category

[nateveronica]

Hi, I'm wondering if there was a way (function maybe?) that would allow me to provide a list of products in a specific category to include on the product information page.

I guess it would be sort of like the category lists already available, but one which could be included potentially anywhere in the site.

Thanks.

[nateveronica]

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[nateveronica]

Ok, so I've come up with a solution, that if you place this code within the [FONT=Courier New]tpl_product_info_display.php [/FONT]page it will display a list of products within the product category that the product being displayed is a member of.

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

$cat_prod_array = zen_get_categories_products_list($category_id, '', '');

$num_in_array = count($cat_prod_array);

for ($t=0; $t<$num_in_array; $t++) {
$tmp_prodid = $cat_prod_array[$t];
$tmp_prodname = zen_get_products_name($tmp_prodid);
echo '<br />';
echo '<a href="index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=' . $category_id . '&products_id=' . $tmp_prodid . '">' . $tmp_prodname . '</a>';
}
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Hope you enjoy!
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[gems14k]

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

I'm assuming $category_id would give me the (sub) category id of the product. What about the master category? What is the code to get the master category id?


Thanks,

[Ajeh]

Understand that the master_categories_id is used to determin what Category "owns" the Product when it comes to Pricing for things like SaleMaker ...

This is not always the "immediate" Category that you are in ...

This is not the Parent Category when the Product is in SubCategories ...

NOTE: If you never use Linked Products, then it doesn't matter if you use the master_categories_id or look up the Product categories_id in the products_to_categories table as it will always be the same ...

[vivaraquel]

Is there a way to place a thin horizontal line between products in the product list? I've looked all over admin section and seen nothing. Or a way to make the background on the product list alternate between white and grey? I'd prefer the horizontal line but which ever is posible would be good, if any.

Thanks. I may try playing around with a php file. No idea which one though.

[vivaraquel]

NVM I've done it. The gloss_black template has it so I copied the itty bit of code from that stylesheet to mine and well, it worked!!

For anyone who may want to do this, just add this:

/*Product Listing*/
.productListing-data {
border-top: 1px solid #000000;
padding: 0.50em 0em 0.50em 0em;
}

In between these 2:

.smallText, #siteinfoLegal, #siteinfoCredits, #siteinfoStatus, #siteinfoIP {
font-size: 0.9em;
padding: .25em;
}

/*Shopping Cart Display*/
#cartAdd {
float: right;
text-align: center;
margin: 1em;
border: 1px solid #000000;
padding: 1em;
}

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