moving sidebox elements to main page template

[ckalech]

I want to move languages and search so that they are not in the side column, but at the top of the tpl_main_page (not header).

I tried copying the code from sideboxes/tpl_search.php but it is ignored - what should I do?

[kuroi]

If you take a look at the language/currency links in header mod, this explains how to put content from those sideboxes in the header. The same approach will work for putting this content in the main area of the page. And a similar approach should also work for the search bar (though putting this in the main body of the page sounds a little odd).

[DrByte]

... you can also turn on the search bar in the header by enabling search_header in Admin->Tools->Layout Boxes Controller.
Granted, this assumes that your template contains the code that can be thus enabled. Some "purchased" templates are missing that component, in which case you'll have to do manual coding.

[ckalech]

Where are you referring to by

the language/currency links in header mod

Can you give me a full pathname? I saw no header module in /includes/modules/

The only aspect of the header with whih I am familiar are in /templates/[templatename]/common/tpl_header.php and I saw no references to language/currency links there

[[email protected]]

Hi,

I'm looking to move my currencies and shopping basket out of their sideboxes and into the Header, but I've searched and searched but can't find out how to do the 'includes' coding.

Please help...
Jamie

[ckalech]

Here's what I found out so far


link to english:
<a href="<? echo zen_href_link($_GET['main_page'], zen_get_all_get_params(array('language', 'currency')) . 'language=en&currency=USD', $request_type); ?>">english</a>

link to hebrew:
<a href="<? echo zen_href_link($_GET['main_page'], zen_get_all_get_params(array('language', 'currency')) . 'language=he&currency=ILS', $request_type); ?>">hebrew</a>

these links change both the language and currency, if you want to change one, just omit the part you don't want like "&currency=XXX" part

[kuroi]

I'm looking to move my currencies and shopping basket out of their sideboxes and into the Header, but I've searched and searched but can't find out how to do the 'includes' coding.

Here's a snippet of code that I have used recently on a site to place the shopping cart in the header

<ul id="cart">
<?php
  // replace by image
  echo '<li><a class="imgButton" href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_SHOPPING_CART, '', 'NONSSL') . '">' . HEADER_TITLE_CART_CONTENTS . '</a></li>' . "\n";
  $num_items = $_SESSION['cart']->count_contents();
  echo '<li>' . $num_items . ($num_items != 1 ? HEADER_CART_ITEMS : HEADER_CART_ITEM) . '</li>' . "\n";
     $header_cart = $currencies->format($_SESSION['cart']->show_total());  
    echo '<li>' . $header_cart . '</li>' . "\n";
  if ($num_items > 0) {
      echo '<li class="button"><a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_CHECKOUT_SHIPPING, '', 'SSL') . '">' . HEADER_TITLE_CHECKOUT . '</a></li>';
  }
?>
</ul>

You would need to style the items to have them appear as you wish. In the above example I used a background image for the shopping cart and styled the checkout link to look like a button.

To put language links in the header there is an add-in module available.