Designer Monthly Boxes

[qhome]

http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...roducts_id=438
New Contrib: Designer Monthly Boxes
zc 1.3.6 & zc 1.3.7 compatible

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What does this contrib do:
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Currently, the Monthly New Products, Monthly Featured Products, and Monthly Specials use a <div> tag based layout. This

is fine however it can be difficult to add subtle designs to their layout.

This contrib adds a few options
(these apply Monthly New Products, Monthly Featured Products, and Monthly Specials boxes only):

-- Add to cart OR more info (if options exist for that product) has been added to the boxes
-- <table> tag based products in the boxes.
-- Designer dotted divider line between each product
-- Ability to move the image around the text. Instead of default image over centered text, now you can have the image on the left, right, or top of the text. Currently this is settable inside the module files themselves:

modules/YOUR_TEMPLATE/featured_products.php
modules/YOUR_TEMPLATE/new_products.php
modules/YOUR_TEMPLATE/specials_index.php

If it is found useful I might add it to the Admin area, but its likely that the Zen-cart team might have other better plans for these boxes later so it might not be worth it.
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Give it a try if you're interested. Let me know if you have any problems.

[dvasdekis]

Sensational! It works straightaway.

A few issues on smaller monitors though, but I think it's worth it.

My site with the contribution implemented.

[misty]

A few issues on smaller monitors though

Works fine if you set text below and image above
in files residing in /modules/YOURTEMPLATE
i.e.

//--------------------------------------
$side_of_text = 0;
// 0 -> text below, image above
// 1 -> text on right, image on left
// 2 -> text on left, image on right
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Excellent contribution qhome, thank you

[samad64]

amazing - just what i was looking for! your mods rock dude :)

[dvasdekis]

Works fine if you set text below and image above
in files residing in /modules/YOURTEMPLATE
i.e.

//--------------------------------------
$side_of_text = 0;
// 0 -> text below, image above
// 1 -> text on right, image on left
// 2 -> text on left, image on right
//--------------------------------------

Doing this now puts the images to the left. Is there a way to have each small image centered in the square?

Thanks again qhome!

[qhome]

Doing this now puts the images to the left. Is there a way to have each small image centered in the square?

Thanks again qhome!

a value of 0 should put it centered so it looks like it used to. 1 would put images to the left, which is what i defaulted to.

[misty]

1 would put images to the left, which is what i defaulted to.

Agreed, but when tried this setting on fixed width template, center boxes
overlapped into right hand sideboxes, so disabling those right
hand boxes is only option for template to view correctly.

[qhome]

Agreed, but when tried this setting on fixed width template, center boxes
overlapped into right hand sideboxes, so disabling those right
hand boxes is only option for template to view correctly.

right. this is why i added the ability to change where the text is.. i just used 1 as the default is all.

UPDATE...

A few bugs I found so far:
- Forgot to add the "buy now" button for txtsides of 0 and 2. (Did most of my testing with 1)
- If a product is "Call for price" it still shows a Buy It Now button and actually bypasses the restrictions of not being able to add it. Which could technically be a potential security bug in Zen-cart. A user could clone a page, add an add to cart button, and manually enter the id of a Call for price item.

Other features I am looking at adding:
- enable/disable buy it now button/more info text.
- make the alignment of the <td> tags user settable (dunno if its really necessary tho)

[misty]

Forgot to add the "buy now" button for txtsides of 0 and 2. (Did most of my testing with 1)

Noticed this
As at
http://dezinacart.co.uk/
but assumed you had left out that button deliberately..
So have you updated zip file(link in your initial post above) to
rectify this/your other latest findings please?

[qhome]

No.. i will post a new one soon..

Also need to add a class for the table and td so you can style them.