Category Drop Down SELECT Menu Sidebox Mod.

[jettrue]

Hi!
i want to use the categories_select side box module but would like to know how to add the new products, all products, featured products and specials, ect links like on the standard catagories list?

also i want to be able to switch the subcatagories off?

can anyone help PLEASE?

I've got the fix for people who want NO SUB CATEGORIES showing in their drop down menu.

First, open up includes/functions/functions_categories.php

Save a backup, as this is a core override, and there is no override folder for function files.

Then add this new function:

function zen_get_categories_no_sub($categories_array = '', $parent_id = '0', $indent = '', $status_setting = '') {
    global $db;

    if (!is_array($categories_array)) $categories_array = array();

    // show based on status
    if ($status_setting != '') {
      $zc_status = " c.categories_status='" . (int)$status_setting . "' and ";
    } else {
      $zc_status = '';
    }

    $categories_query = "select c.categories_id, cd.categories_name, c.categories_status
                         from " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " c, " . TABLE_CATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION . " cd
                         where " . $zc_status . "
                         parent_id = '" . (int)$parent_id . "'
                         and c.categories_id = cd.categories_id
                         and cd.language_id = '" . (int)$_SESSION['languages_id'] . "'
                         order by sort_order, cd.categories_name";

    $categories = $db->Execute($categories_query);

    while (!$categories->EOF) {
      $categories_array[] = array('id' => $categories->fields['categories_id'],
                                  'text' => $indent . $categories->fields['categories_name']);
      
      $categories->MoveNext();
    }

    return $categories_array;
  }

////

You can add it wherever you want, I added it right after the code for function zen_get_categories.

Now open up includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/sideboxes/tpl_categories_select.php

and change:

zen_get_categories

to

zen_get_categories_no_sub

VOILA!

[Rookie gone MAD!]

i havnt had time to try this yet but if it works . . . . oh. . . i could kiss you

WOOOOOOooooooooooooo! GOD im happy NOW

[jettrue]

i havnt had time to try this yet but if it works . . . . oh. . . i could kiss you

WOOOOOOooooooooooooo! GOD im happy NOW

Just let me know how it works for you, it worked on my test site.

[Rookie gone MAD!]

Just let me know how it works for you, it worked on my test site.

THANKS
its worked amazingly

YOU'RE AWSOME!

THANKS AGAIN

[magneteye]

Does the above remove ALL subcategories? I actually just want to display parent, and subcategories, but not any of the sub categories child categories. Any thoughts?

[jettrue]

Does the above remove ALL subcategories? I actually just want to display parent, and subcategories, but not any of the sub categories child categories. Any thoughts?

Sorry, its either one or the other....

[lenny]

Hi!

I have tried searching for this, but i get no matches. So i'm sorry if this is a second request...

Do you have a sulotion for highlighting the selected parent category? So when i am at the home page, the home "button" stays selected and when i browse a category, the top level category stays selected in the menu?

THanks!

Grtz Lenny

[lenny]

Does the above remove ALL subcategories? I actually just want to display parent, and subcategories, but not any of the sub categories child categories. Any thoughts?

You could try this:

in tpl_drop_menu.php

comment out in this section:

 require_once (DIR_WS_CLASSES . 'categories_ul_generator.php');
 $zen_CategoriesUL = new zen_categories_ul_generator;
 $menulist = $zen_CategoriesUL->buildTree(true);
 $menulist = str_replace('"level4"','"level5"',$menulist);
 $menulist = str_replace('"level3"','"level4"',$menulist);
 $menulist = str_replace('"level2"','"level3"',$menulist);
 $menulist = str_replace('"level1"','"level2"',$menulist); 

these lines:

 require_once (DIR_WS_CLASSES . 'categories_ul_generator.php');
 $zen_CategoriesUL = new zen_categories_ul_generator;
 $menulist = $zen_CategoriesUL->buildTree(true);
 //$menulist = str_replace('"level4"','"level5"',$menulist);
 //$menulist = str_replace('"level3"','"level4"',$menulist);
 //$menulist = str_replace('"level2"','"level3"',$menulist);
 $menulist = str_replace('"level1"','"level2"',$menulist); 

If this is a subcategory to many, remove the //from the lowest of 3 lines.

Works for me.

just a note: this is without the new function. Just the original files.

[jettrue]

Hi!

I have tried searching for this, but i get no matches. So i'm sorry if this is a second request...

Do you have a sulotion for highlighting the selected parent category? So when i am at the home page, the home "button" stays selected and when i browse a category, the top level category stays selected in the menu?

THanks!

Grtz Lenny

No, sorry, I don't.

[swalka]

This mod is absoutely fab and really easy to install so firstly thankyou very much!

i have installed it fine and in internet exploder7 it looks great, however if i test it on my mac or my pc using firefox, the css formatting is completely ignored for the menu and it blows the layout all over the place

i saw a post where a user seemed to have a simliar problem - but there was no reply. apologies if this has already been asnwered -

www.ppekit.co.uk.

I'd be really grateful for your help on this, hoping to get the site live shortly and i'd like to iron out all the blips before i present to my client.

thanks

sarah