New Product Icon....

[modernm]

I have looked around for a while and I am surprised this has not come up before. We are looking for a way to flag a product as new and have a new icon or some other identifier on the item to show that it is new. This would be a manual setting, not like the New Products logic. Anyone seen something like this for zencart?


Cal

[Ajeh]

You could use whatever is your method to test for the product as being "New" and add an icon on the display price function as that is used everywhere that the price is displayed so you just have to customize one function ...

[modernm]

You could use whatever is your method to test for the product as being "New" and add an icon on the display price function as that is used everywhere that the price is displayed so you just have to customize one function ...

Excellent idea! Thanks :-)

[modernm]

Excellent idea! Thanks :-)

Is there a function that gives a quick true or false if a product is new or not? Based on the core ZenCart definition of new product.


Cal

[Ajeh]

What determines if your Products are New or not?

You said you were not using the logic for products_date_added but using your own manual logic ...

[modernm]

Found zen_get_new_date_range(), close enough!

[modernm]

Is there a function that gives a quick true or false if a product is new or not? Based on the core ZenCart definition of new product.


Cal

What determines if your Products are New or not?

You said you were not using the logic for products_date_added but using your own manual logic ...

Ya, I then realized that would be more maintenance than it is worth.


Cal

[Ajeh]

Thanks for the update that this will work for you after all ...

[modernm]

K, so this is by far clean but if someone needs a quick and dirty solution for this, I did the following.

modify "includes/modules/YOURTEMPLATE/product_listing.php"

Replace...

 if ($listing->fields['products_image'] == '' and PRODUCTS_IMAGE_NO_IMAGE_STATUS == 0) {
          $lc_text = '';
        } else
   if (isset($_GET['manufacturers_id'])) {
            $lc_text = '<a href="' . zen_href_link(zen_get_info_page($listing->fields['products_id']), 'cPath=' . (($_GET['manufacturers_id'] > 0 and $_GET['filter_id']) > 0 ?  zen_get_generated_category_path_rev($_GET['filter_id']) : ($_GET['cPath'] > 0 ? zen_get_generated_category_path_rev($_GET['cPath']) : zen_get_generated_category_path_rev($listing->fields['master_categories_id']))) . '&products_id=' . $listing->fields['products_id']) . '">' . zen_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $listing->fields['products_image'], $listing->fields['products_name'], IMAGE_PRODUCT_LISTING_WIDTH, IMAGE_PRODUCT_LISTING_HEIGHT, 'class="listingProductImage"') . '</a>';
			
          } 
		  
		  else {
		    
            $lc_text = '<a href="' . zen_href_link(zen_get_info_page($listing->fields['products_id']), 'cPath=' . (($_GET['manufacturers_id'] > 0 and $_GET['filter_id']) > 0 ?  zen_get_generated_category_path_rev($_GET['filter_id']) : ($_GET['cPath'] > 0 ? zen_get_generated_category_path_rev($_GET['cPath']) : zen_get_generated_category_path_rev($listing->fields['master_categories_id']))) . '&products_id=' . $listing->fields['products_id']) . '">' . zen_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $listing->fields['products_image'], $listing->fields['products_name'], IMAGE_PRODUCT_LISTING_WIDTH, IMAGE_PRODUCT_LISTING_HEIGHT, 'class="listingProductImage"') . '</a>';
          }

With...

if ($listing->fields['products_image'] == '' and PRODUCTS_IMAGE_NO_IMAGE_STATUS == 0) {
          $lc_text = '';
        } else


$display_limit = zen_get_new_date_range();

$new_label_products_query = $db->Execute("select products_id, products_date_added from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . "  p where products_id = '" . $listing->fields['products_id'] . "' $display_limit");


		 {
          if (isset($_GET['manufacturers_id']) && $new_label_products_query->fields['products_id'] == $listing->fields['products_id']) {
            $lc_text = '<a href="' . zen_href_link(zen_get_info_page($listing->fields['products_id']), 'cPath=' . (($_GET['manufacturers_id'] > 0 and $_GET['filter_id']) > 0 ?  zen_get_generated_category_path_rev($_GET['filter_id']) : ($_GET['cPath'] > 0 ? zen_get_generated_category_path_rev($_GET['cPath']) : zen_get_generated_category_path_rev($listing->fields['master_categories_id']))) . '&products_id=' . $listing->fields['products_id']) . '">' . zen_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $listing->fields['products_image'], $listing->fields['products_name'], IMAGE_PRODUCT_LISTING_WIDTH, IMAGE_PRODUCT_LISTING_HEIGHT, 'class="listingProductImage"') . '<br /><br /><span class="productNew" style="font-weight:bold;">NEW!</span></a>';
			
          } elseif ($new_label_products_query->fields['products_id'] == $listing->fields['products_id']) {
		    
            $lc_text = '<a href="' . zen_href_link(zen_get_info_page($listing->fields['products_id']), 'cPath=' . (($_GET['manufacturers_id'] > 0 and $_GET['filter_id']) > 0 ?  zen_get_generated_category_path_rev($_GET['filter_id']) : ($_GET['cPath'] > 0 ? zen_get_generated_category_path_rev($_GET['cPath']) : zen_get_generated_category_path_rev($listing->fields['master_categories_id']))) . '&products_id=' . $listing->fields['products_id']) . '">' . zen_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $listing->fields['products_image'], $listing->fields['products_name'], IMAGE_PRODUCT_LISTING_WIDTH, IMAGE_PRODUCT_LISTING_HEIGHT, 'class="listingProductImage"') . '<br /><br /><span class="productNew" style="font-weight:bold;">NEW!</span></a>';
          }
		  
		  else {
		    
            $lc_text = '<a href="' . zen_href_link(zen_get_info_page($listing->fields['products_id']), 'cPath=' . (($_GET['manufacturers_id'] > 0 and $_GET['filter_id']) > 0 ?  zen_get_generated_category_path_rev($_GET['filter_id']) : ($_GET['cPath'] > 0 ? zen_get_generated_category_path_rev($_GET['cPath']) : zen_get_generated_category_path_rev($listing->fields['master_categories_id']))) . '&products_id=' . $listing->fields['products_id']) . '">' . zen_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $listing->fields['products_image'], $listing->fields['products_name'], IMAGE_PRODUCT_LISTING_WIDTH, IMAGE_PRODUCT_LISTING_HEIGHT, 'class="listingProductImage"') . '</a>';
          }

[time111]

Hi,

I tried the above given code but entire product listing is going missing. I think it need some modification.

Im using 1.3.8a version.

~ Time