Excluding a product or category from best selling list

[sweetikins]

YAYYYYYYYYYYYY ok all fixed thank you ever so much

[Ajeh]

You are most welcome ... thanks for the update that this worked for you ...

[Fireflyz]

Hi Ajeh,
I followed your directions below and I see no changes to the bestseller sidebox. I did use the override and the products are not free.

zen 1.3.8

Thank you for your help!

Let's say you didn't want products_id 199 and 26 to show in the Best sellers sidebox ...

You could customize the best_sellers.php sidebox module with something like:

    if (isset($current_category_id) && ($current_category_id > 0)) {
      $best_sellers_query = "select distinct p.products_id, pd.products_name, p.products_ordered
                             from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . " pd, "
                                    . TABLE_PRODUCTS_TO_CATEGORIES . " p2c, " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " c
                             where (p.products_status = '1'
                             and p.products_ordered > 0
                             and p.products_id = pd.products_id
                             and pd.language_id = '" . (int)$_SESSION['languages_id'] . "'
                             and p.products_id = p2c.products_id
                             and p2c.categories_id = c.categories_id
                             and '" . (int)$current_category_id . "' in (c.categories_id, c.parent_id))
and p.products_id not in (199, 26)" . "

                             order by p.products_ordered desc, pd.products_name
                             limit " . MAX_DISPLAY_BESTSELLERS;

      $best_sellers = $db->Execute($best_sellers_query);

    } else {
      $best_sellers_query = "select distinct p.products_id, pd.products_name, p.products_ordered
                             from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . " pd
                             where (p.products_status = '1'
                             and p.products_ordered > 0
                             and p.products_id = pd.products_id
                             and pd.language_id = '" . (int)$_SESSION['languages_id'] . "')
and p.products_id not in (199, 26)" . "

                             order by p.products_ordered desc, pd.products_name
                             limit " . MAX_DISPLAY_BESTSELLERS;

      $best_sellers = $db->Execute($best_sellers_query);
    }

[Ajeh]

Check the products_id for the Products that you want to exclude and make sure you have them where you see the 199, 26 ...

Check that your file actually is updated on the server with these changes in your:
/includes/modules/sideboxes/your_template_dir/best_sellers.php

[Ajeh]

NOTE: there are 2 places in the code for the products_id to be set ...

[Fireflyz]

Ajeh,
I have uploaded it to the correct folder and made the changes in two section. Below is the complete code. Could it because the categories are under a hidden category? The categories are setup like this:
Categories / Products - Top > Brand Names (HIDDEN) > Categories (52, 43)

Thanks a lot!

<?php
/**
 * best_sellers sidebox - displays selected number of (usu top ten) best selling products
 *
 * @package templateSystem
 * @copyright Copyright 2003-2005 Zen Cart Development Team
 * @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce
 * @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0
 * @version $Id: best_sellers.php 2718 2005-12-28 06:42:39Z drbyte $
 */

// test if box should display
  $show_best_sellers= false;

  if (isset($_GET['products_id'])) {
    if (isset($_SESSION['customer_id'])) {
      $check_query = "select count(*) as count
                      from " . TABLE_CUSTOMERS_INFO . "
                      where customers_info_id = '" . (int)$_SESSION['customer_id'] . "'
                      and global_product_notifications = '1'";

      $check = $db->Execute($check_query);

      if ($check->fields['count'] > 0) {
        $show_best_sellers= true;
      }
    }
  } else {
    $show_best_sellers= true;
  }

  if ($show_best_sellers == true) {
    if (isset($current_category_id) && ($current_category_id > 0)) {
      $best_sellers_query = "select distinct p.products_id, pd.products_name, p.products_ordered
                             from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . " pd, "
                                    . TABLE_PRODUCTS_TO_CATEGORIES . " p2c, " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " c
                             where (p.products_status = '1'
                             and p.products_ordered > 0
                             and p.products_id = pd.products_id
                             and pd.language_id = '" . (int)$_SESSION['languages_id'] . "'
                             and p.products_id = p2c.products_id
                             and p2c.categories_id = c.categories_id
                             and '" . (int)$current_category_id . "' in (c.categories_id, c.parent_id))
and p.products_id not in (52, 43)" . "

                             order by p.products_ordered desc, pd.products_name
                             limit " . MAX_DISPLAY_BESTSELLERS;

      $best_sellers = $db->Execute($best_sellers_query);

    } else {
      $best_sellers_query = "select distinct p.products_id, pd.products_name, p.products_ordered
                             from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . " pd
                             where (p.products_status = '1'
                             and p.products_ordered > 0
                             and p.products_id = pd.products_id
                             and pd.language_id = '" . (int)$_SESSION['languages_id'] . "')
and p.products_id not in (52, 43)" . "

                             order by p.products_ordered desc, pd.products_name
                             limit " . MAX_DISPLAY_BESTSELLERS;

      $best_sellers = $db->Execute($best_sellers_query);
    }

    if ($best_sellers->RecordCount() >= MIN_DISPLAY_BESTSELLERS) {
      $title =  BOX_HEADING_BESTSELLERS;
      $box_id =  'bestsellers';
      $rows = 0;
      while (!$best_sellers->EOF) {
        $rows++;
        $bestsellers_list[$rows]['id'] = $best_sellers->fields['products_id'];
        $bestsellers_list[$rows]['name']  = $best_sellers->fields['products_name'];
        $best_sellers->MoveNext();
      }

      $title_link = false;
      require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_best_sellers.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'sideboxes'). '/tpl_best_sellers.php');
      $title =  BOX_HEADING_BESTSELLERS;
      require($template->get_template_dir($column_box_default, DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'common') . '/' . $column_box_default);
    }
  }
?>

[Fireflyz]

Ajeh,
Never mind! The template file apparently wasn't uploaded completely. I re-uploaded the tpl_best_sellers.php to custom folder and is working like a charm!

Thank you so much!