Categories_box_heading_featured_products

[tonkali]

Hello,

I've been trying to change the text to an image for:

Categories Box - Show Featured Products Link

english.php: define('CATEGORIES_BOX_HEADING_FEATURED_PRODUCTS', 'Featured Product...');

and can not figure out how to accomplish this. i am also using the category dressing mod. Any help would be appreciated.

thanks

[gjh42]

The code that checks for and substitutes a category image in Categories Dressing could be applied to the links as well, with some modification.

Probably the easiest way, though, would be to change the define.

define('CATEGORIES_BOX_HEADING_FEATURED_PRODUCTS', '<img ...etc.>');
The exact form has been posted here; look around for it. I'll see if I can remember the right keywords for it.

[tonkali]

thanks gjh42. tried putting the image link in the english.php file and it just showed the image name instead of the image. i did the same thing for the products header and it worked so scratching my head on this. i feel like a dog chasing it's tail and i know the answer is right in front of my face, eGad!

[gjh42]

The code is straightforward in displaying the value of that constant:

$content .= '<a class="category-links" href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_FEATURED_PRODUCTS) . '">' . CATEGORIES_BOX_HEADING_FEATURED_PRODUCTS . '</a>' . $disp_block . "\n"; 

so I'm not sure why it wouldn't work there if the same thing worked for you elsewhere.

[tonkali]

i'll show you by example, will put the image url in english.php and upload.

[gjh42]

OK, I see the filename... What exactly does your define statement look like?

If the categories box is just outputting the contents of the constant, then you're not defining it properly.

[tonkali]

for Featured:

  define('BOX_HEADING_FEATURED_PRODUCTS', 'Featured');
  define('CATEGORIES_BOX_HEADING_FEATURED_PRODUCTS', 'hdr_featprod.gif');
  define('TEXT_NO_FEATURED_PRODUCTS', '');

and for the one thats working, Products:

// categories box text in sideboxes/categories.php
  define('BOX_HEADING_CATEGORIES', 'products_hdr.gif');

[gjh42]

You are using some code that takes the value of BOX_HEADING_CATEGORIES and puts it into an <img> call. There is no such code in tpl_categories.php, so the same thing won't work for the links.

You need to put the entire <img src="whatever"> into the definition, inside single quotes.

[tonkali]

thanks so much for your help glenn.

"some code", hmmmmm?? If i remember correctly, I thought there was an option in the Admin to replace category text for image.

sorry, but I'm not understanding: "You need to put the entire <img src="whatever"> into the definition, inside single quotes." can you please clarify a bit further? Apologies and thanks so much.

[gjh42]

There are admin settings to show category images or not, but that is for the center column and does not replace text. To replace sidebox headings with images, you need a mod installed or coded (Image Titles does it, but your filename is not in the form that it uses.)

  define('CATEGORIES_BOX_HEADING_FEATURED_PRODUCTS', '<img src="includes/templates/custom_sun/images/hdr_featprod.gif" alt="" />'); 

may do it correctly.