Shopping cart sidebox - help to customize?

[richter]

Hello all

I have the shopping cart always displaying in the sidebar because I like people to always know where it is.

I want to make a couple of changes to this sidebar item but I cant find the file! Im presuming its an include somewhere...

The changes I want to make are:

1) I want to change the box heading from 'Shopping Cart [more]' to 'View Shopping Cart'

2) I want to make it so that when there is an item in the cart a link will appear inside this side box under the subtotal that says 'Go to Checkout'. Would I be right to assume I can just copy and paste the relevant code that is in the header template which functions in this way?


Thanks a lot
R

[richter]

Heres a link: http://www.untitled-project.com/zen-cart-en/

[cheezylu]

It will be in this file...

YOUR_CATALOG > includes > languages > english.php

Copy that file and paste it into your template folder in that directory (you may have to create one...

YOUR_CATALOG > includes > languages > YOUR_TEMPLATE > english.php

For me, the "[more]" is on line 75 and the shopping cart is on line 109.

[richter]

Crystal clear answer, thank you very much :)

Ive removed the [more] and changed the title to 'View Shopping Cart' which is exactly what I wanted.

I still have one more little thing though...

You know when you add a product to cart, the header section shows a link that says 'checkout'. I really like this functionality and I want to put the 'checkout' link inside my shopping cart side box too.

In the header the code for this reads <a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_CHECKOUT_SHIPPING, '', 'SSL'); ?>"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_CHECKOUT; ?></a>

I guess I can use this same code somehow inside my shopping cart side box but I dont know how... any ideas?

Thanks,
R

btw, pink puppy looks fantastic!

[cheezylu]

You'll have to modify it slightly. I have it set up on my page right now. Here's what you do...

Edit the second to last line of...
YOUR_CATALOG > includes > templates > YOUR_TEMPLATE > sideboxes > tpl_shopping_cart.php

If you don't have this file, just create it by copy and pasting from the default template.

The old line was...
$content .= '</div>';

The new line should be...
$content .= '<a href=' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_CHECKOUT_SHIPPING, '', 'SSL') . '">' . HEADER_TITLE_CHECKOUT . '</a>' . '</div>';

[cheezylu]

Also, to remove that extra space after the total price I deleted this line...

$content .= '<br class="clearBoth" />';

[cheezylu]

OR... if you want it to the left of the total price, forget everything I said before and do this...

Before this line...
$content .= '<div class="cartBoxTotal">' . $currencies->format($_SESSION['cart']->show_total()) . '</div>';

Add this...
$content .= '<div style="float: left;"><a href=' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_CHECKOUT_SHIPPING, '', 'SSL') . '">' . HEADER_TITLE_CHECKOUT . '</a></div>';

Technically the "style" should be in your CSS document and it should be referenced by a "class" or "id", but this hack will do for now.

[richter]

Fantastic!
Thanks, that looks perfect. Ill try it tonight :)
R

[richter]

Yep, awesome.
I even got a little creative a set it to only appear if theres something in the shopping cart (to keep consistent with header, and otherwise it says session expired). Couldnt have done it without you.

The last lines are:

if ($_SESSION['cart']->count_contents() != 0) {
$content .= '<a href=' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_CHECKOUT_SHIPPING, '', 'SSL') . '">' . HEADER_TITLE_CHECKOUT . '</a>';
}
$content .= '</div>';


Last question, how to I change the HEADER_TITLE_CHECKOUT variable so it reads 'Pay at Checkout'. I couldnt find in the english.php or the shopping cart file...

[cheezylu]

YOUR_CATALOG > includes > languages > english > YOUR_TEMPLATE > header.php

If you don't have that file, create it by copy/pasting from the preceeding folder "english."

The tool that helps me a lot when I'm looking for what file things are in is in the Admin control panel menu under...

Tool > Developers Tool Kit

... there you can search for text and it will find it and show you what files it is in. It has been VERY helpful.