Is this possible ? Two or more product listing layouts (one per category)?

[bunyip]

There are a number of places in the product_listing.php module for the column mod where the code tests for whether the layout should be in rows or columns.
Assuming you have the overall cart set to display columns, and the product category that you want to use rows for has a category_id of XXX, you could change each of the

if (PRODUCT_LISTING_LAYOUT_STYLE == 'rows')

tests to be

if (PRODUCT_LISTING_LAYOUT_STYLE == 'rows' OR (int)$current_category_id == XXX)

and each of the

if (PRODUCT_LISTING_LAYOUT_STYLE == 'columns')

tests to be

if (PRODUCT_LISTING_LAYOUT_STYLE == 'columns' AND (int)$current_category_id != XXX)

[risant]

Yeah, it's possibe and it's easy. Thanks for your help gih42 and bunyip.
For the really dummies like me, follow the advices given by bunyip precisely, it's all you have to do.
You have just to make these changes in two files, tpl_modules_product_listing (your template folder) and product_listing (module folder).
In tpl_modules_product_listing you will find

else {// (PRODUCT_LISTING_LAYOUT_STYLE == 'rows')

Since this is commented, don't care about them and leave this untouched.
And of course, you must have the mod -column_layout_grid_v_1_3_8- installded.

[yellow1912]

This is what I did, worked like a charm if you want to select the product listing module you want to use:

$listing_module_loaded = false;
 if(!$is_index_listing && $_GET['main_page'] == 'index' && !empty($cPath)){
     $category_array = explode('_', $cPath);
     $category_array = array_reverse($category_array);
     foreach ($category_array as $c){
         $listing_module_file = DIR_WS_MODULES . zen_get_module_directory("product_listing_c_$c.php");
         if(file_exists($listing_module_file)){
             include($listing_module_file);
             $listing_module_loaded = true;
             break;
         }
    }
 }
 if(!$listing_module_loaded)
     include(DIR_WS_MODULES . zen_get_module_directory(FILENAME_PRODUCT_LISTING)); 

[yakbuttertea]

It doesn't work for me I installed the contrib to have it in tabular/grid display, made the changes to products_listing.php and tpl_module_products_listing.php but :

1- now in the category that should be displayed by row, I have only on product showing up instead of 542.

2- My table header with the description of the fields disappeared...

You can check at practitioners.springwind.com

Please, help?

yellow1912: how and where do you implement your code?



Thanks a bunch

[yakbuttertea]

It doesn't work for me I installed the contrib to have it in tabular/grid display, made the changes to products_listing.php and tpl_module_products_listing.php but :

1- now in the category that should be displayed by row, I have only on product showing up instead of 542.

2- My table header with the description of the fields disappeared...

You can check at practitioners.springwind.com

Please, help?

yellow1912: how and where do you implement your code?



Thanks a bunch

Fixed the 1- point, I forgot to modify an if()

2- still not showing

and still interested in yellow1912 solution

Thanks

[yakbuttertea]

Fixed the 1- point, I forgot to modify an if()

2- still not showing

and still interested in yellow1912 solution

Thanks

Sorry for all this messages,
Fixed 2- as well
Thanks

[yakbuttertea]

@gjh42:
Thank you for your reply, I didn't see it before.

So this code goes in the products_listing.php file in the module directory.

Then you create a file named products_listing_c_'category_id'.php for each category.

Am I correct?

[idc1]

Hopefully I can revive this thread. Bunyip's solution seems straight forward and may be the quick fix, but I would prefer to implement the long term solution. Can anyone offer help regarding yellow1912 solution.

1) will this work for ZC 1.3.9h or is there a better solution
2) where does the code go
3) once I implement the code do I just add a layout column in my categories table and populate with "row", "grid", "xx", "xy", and so on or would the assignment need to be the actual .php file name for each layout.

[gjh42]

Yellow1912's code would work to select among a number of different product_listing files depending on the category. It requires making a new file with the layout code you want for each different case. It is the ultimate in flexibility, but overkill for switching between rows and columns in the Column Grid mod.

[Danielle]

This is what I did, worked like a charm if you want to select the product listing module you want to use:

$listing_module_loaded = false;
 if(!$is_index_listing && $_GET['main_page'] == 'index' && !empty($cPath)){
     $category_array = explode('_', $cPath);
     $category_array = array_reverse($category_array);
     foreach ($category_array as $c){
         $listing_module_file = DIR_WS_MODULES . zen_get_module_directory("product_listing_c_$c.php");
         if(file_exists($listing_module_file)){
             include($listing_module_file);
             $listing_module_loaded = true;
             break;
         }
    }
 }
 if(!$listing_module_loaded)
     include(DIR_WS_MODULES . zen_get_module_directory(FILENAME_PRODUCT_LISTING)); 

What file would you put this code in?

Thanks!