Manually link to categories...

[Alex Clarke]

Is it possible to manually link to a category?

At the moment I'm using the following code:

<a href="index.php?main_page=index&cPath=7">

However, if the customer clicks on this link from a secure part of the site they are given the usual message warning them about non-secure items.

I know how to link to different pages using the zen_href_link function, but not how to link to a particular category! :S

[jammin320]

Do they need to stay in a secure mode? You could use the same line of code, but make the link absolute (http://mycart.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=7). That would remove them from the SSL portion and they would no longer get the security warning.

[tatiana77]

Thanks I learnt from this thread.

Tat

[jammin320]

Awesome!

That is what I love about this community, there is knowlage and help everywhere.

[Alex Clarke]

Do they need to stay in a secure mode? You could use the same line of code, but make the link absolute (http://mycart.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=7). That would remove them from the SSL portion and they would no longer get the security warning.

Hi Ben,

I agree with what you're saying, but isnt there a way of using the zen_href function. Something similar to the code below, but linking to a category...

<a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_ACCOUNT, '', 'SSL'); ?>">My Account</a>

Any ideas?

[jammin320]

I am not sure that there is, though I don't know for certain. . . we would need one of the ZenMasters to chime in for a definative answer. However, I would think that it would not work that way. The ZEN_HREF_LINK function pulls up a file. Since a category isn't a file that would include the defines in the top that the function uses, I would expect that this isn't the route to go. It may be worth taking a look into the code of the category sidebox to see what it uses to generate its links to categories. I'll do some digging myself aswell.