Categories Dressing

[keenskin]

This is one of the most useful zencart mods for me, thanks for the great mod.
I manage to get it working properly, except one thing.

I like to add "non-linked heading" just above special, (or Featured Products ...
All Products ...)

This is how i did, for example, I have special link acitvated in the categories menu and link to the special is " http://xxxxxx.com/index.php?main_page=specials"
so I cut and paste "special" into

"case 'special': //replace number with your desired cPath"

but the non-linked heading did not show up. I guess it should be numeric number instead of "special" text.

Can you tell me the way to fix this problem?

[gjh42]

The test for displaying headings is in a loop that goes through the categories, but does not go through the all/featured/new/specials links. Those are separately output after the categories.

The way to accomplish this will be to copy the heading code to the specials output area. I am away from my home computer now, but when I get back I will look at the files and post here with the necessary code.

[gjh42]

To get headings above links, add this (modified appropriately) to each desired link display block:

        $content .= '<span class="catBoxHeading1">' . (file_exists(DIR_WS_TEMPLATE_IMAGES . 'cathead-featured.gif') ? zen_image(DIR_WS_TEMPLATE_IMAGES . 'cathead-featured.gif') . '</span>':'Link Heading</span>' . $disp_block_head) . "\n";// categories dressing - uncomment this line for heading above link 

Or simply replace the entire last section of tpl_categories.php with this:

  if (SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_SPECIALS == 'true' or SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_PRODUCTS_NEW == 'true' or SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_FEATURED_PRODUCTS == 'true' or SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_PRODUCTS_ALL == 'true') {
// display a separator between categories and links
    if (SHOW_CATEGORIES_SEPARATOR_LINK == '1') {
      $content .= '<hr id="catBoxDivider" />' . "\n";
    }
    if (SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_SPECIALS == 'true') {
      $show_this = $db->Execute("select s.products_id from " . TABLE_SPECIALS . " s where s.status= 1 limit 1");
      if ($show_this->RecordCount() > 0) {
        //$content .= '<span class="catBoxHeading1">' . (file_exists(DIR_WS_TEMPLATE_IMAGES . 'cathead-specials.gif') ? zen_image(DIR_WS_TEMPLATE_IMAGES . 'cathead-specials.gif') . '</span>':'Link Heading</span>' . $disp_block_head) . "\n";// categories dressing - uncomment this line for heading above link 
        $content .= '<a class="category-links" href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_SPECIALS) . '">' . CATEGORIES_BOX_HEADING_SPECIALS . '</a>' . $disp_block . "\n";
      }
    }
    if (SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_PRODUCTS_NEW == 'true') {
      // display limits
//      $display_limit = zen_get_products_new_timelimit();
      $display_limit = zen_get_new_date_range();

      $show_this = $db->Execute("select p.products_id
                                 from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p
                                 where p.products_status = 1 " . $display_limit . " limit 1");
      if ($show_this->RecordCount() > 0) {
        //$content .= '<span class="catBoxHeading1">' . (file_exists(DIR_WS_TEMPLATE_IMAGES . 'cathead-new.gif') ? zen_image(DIR_WS_TEMPLATE_IMAGES . 'cathead-new.gif') . '</span>':'Link Heading</span>' . $disp_block_head) . "\n";// categories dressing - uncomment this line for heading above link 
        $content .= '<a class="category-links" href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCTS_NEW) . '">' . CATEGORIES_BOX_HEADING_WHATS_NEW . '</a>' . $disp_block . "\n";
      }
    }
    if (SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_FEATURED_PRODUCTS == 'true') {
      $show_this = $db->Execute("select products_id from " . TABLE_FEATURED . " where status= 1 limit 1");
      if ($show_this->RecordCount() > 0) {
        $content .= '<span class="catBoxHeading1">' . (file_exists(DIR_WS_TEMPLATE_IMAGES . 'cathead-featured.gif') ? zen_image(DIR_WS_TEMPLATE_IMAGES . 'cathead-featured.gif') . '</span>':'Link Heading</span>' . $disp_block_head) . "\n";// categories dressing - uncomment this line for heading above link 
        $content .= '<a class="category-links" href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_FEATURED_PRODUCTS) . '">' . CATEGORIES_BOX_HEADING_FEATURED_PRODUCTS . '</a>' . $disp_block . "\n";
      }
    }
    if (SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_PRODUCTS_ALL == 'true') {
      //$content .= '<span class="catBoxHeading1">' . (file_exists(DIR_WS_TEMPLATE_IMAGES . 'cathead-all.gif') ? zen_image(DIR_WS_TEMPLATE_IMAGES . 'cathead-all.gif') . '</span>':'Link Heading</span>' . $disp_block_head) . "\n";// categories dressing - uncomment this line for heading above link 
      $content .= '<a class="category-links" href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCTS_ALL) . '">' . CATEGORIES_BOX_HEADING_PRODUCTS_ALL . '</a>' . "\n";
    }
  }
  $content .= '</div>';
?> 

Replace "Link Heading" with your desired text.
If you want images instead of text for these headings, name them like cathead-featured.gif and save them in /your_template/images/.

This code will check to see if an appropriately-named file exists, and if so, display it; if not, display the heading text at the end of the statement.
To disable any heading, comment out its line as noted.

This and similar more robust and flexible code for category headings will be in the next release of Categories Dressing.

[gjh42]

Categories Dressing v2.0 is now available in Downloads.

As noted above, the non-linked heading function is extended to the all/featured/specials/new links.

All of the image replacement functions are now automated: the code looks for an image file named appropriately for the current category and uses it if found. If not found, it uses the text version - no lists needed there any more.

This necessitated changes in the naming conventions used for files and CSS styles, so if you want to upgrade, be advised that you will need to rename some things to keep them working.

[miweb]

How can I change the background colour of each sub-category? I have all categories diferent using the back picture, but as a sub-categories I want it with text and only what I know haw to set up colour for sub-categories in common, but i need it separetly. Please, help!

[gjh42]

You will need to follow the directions in the comments near the top of tpl_categories.php (where it says "A.category-holiday") to make a new tag for each subcat you want to be different from standard, using the full cPath in the case.

// to make a specific category stand out define a new class in the stylesheet example: A.category-holiday
// uncomment the select below and set the cPath=3 to the cPath= your_categories_id
// many variations of this can be done
//      case ($box_categories_array[$i]['path'] == 'cPath=3'):
//        $new_style = 'category-holiday';
//        break; 

For a subcat whose cPath is 3_42, make it

      case ($box_categories_array[$i]['path'] == 'cPath=3_42'):
        $new_style = 'category-sub-3_42';
        break; 

and then style

.category-sub-3_42-text { background-color: #aabbcc;}

or whatever you want.

[miweb]

But there is more then 1000 products on my database....is there anyhow posible to make it multiple...