Disable Specials, Etc. in Header/Footer

**gezuvor** · 24 Apr 2011, 01:29 AM

Hi All,

Did a lot of searching and don't see where this has been referenced.

The Specials, New Products, etc. links in the categories sidebox are programmed only to show up when there is a special, etc. I have a Specials link in my header and footer and would like to have a similar level of control.

Does anyone know if how I might transfer that functionality? I tried to reuse the code from the sidebox, but it doesn't seem to work outside of there...

**Ajeh** · 24 Apr 2011, 01:57 AM

The code in the categories sidebox template is:

Code:

    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 .= '<a class="category-links" href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_SPECIALS) . '">' . CATEGORIES_BOX_HEADING_SPECIALS . '</a>' . '<br />' . "\n";
      }
    }

You could adapt all or part of that for where you want to use it ...

**gezuvor** · 25 Apr 2011, 05:57 PM

Thanks Linda. I tried that before I posted the question, but I'll look at it again to see if I missed something...

**gezuvor** · 25 Apr 2011, 08:37 PM

Okay, I got it to work by changing...

Code:

$content .= '<a class="category-links" href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_SPECIALS) . '">' . CATEGORIES_BOX_HEADING_SPECIALS . '</a>' . '<br />' . "\n";

...to...

Code:

echo '<a class="category-links" href="' .  zen_href_link(FILENAME_SPECIALS) . '">' .  CATEGORIES_BOX_HEADING_SPECIALS . '</a>' . '<br />' .  "\n";

If there is a more correct/elegant way to do it, I would appreciate the input. I tried to include $content = ""; before the IF statement, but it didn't work...