Manufactures "All" Page

[dw08gm]

Manufacturers_All Listing Responsive

The following applies only if you operate a responsive template with @media css settings.

1) In \includes\modules\pages\manufacturers_all\header_php.php,

if ($manu_row==MANUFACTURERS_ALL_COLUMNS) {
$manu_content .= '<br class="clearBoth" />';
$manu_row=0;
}

was remmed as follows

// if ($manu_row==MANUFACTURERS_ALL_COLUMNS) {
// $manu_content .= '<br class="clearBoth" />';
// $manu_row=0;
// }

This disables the "Manufacturers Per Row" switch in Admin > Configuration > Manufacturers Listing > Manufacturers Per Row, whereby the listing layout is now controlled by css.


2) The following will set the number of manufacturers per row at either 3, 2 or 1, depending on the screen width of the device. The @media (max-width: values) given below may differ from your settings.

In stylesheet_manufacturers_all.css

change

#ManuWrapper {
float: left;
padding: 10px;
text-align: center;
font-size: 14px;
width: 125px;
}

to

#ManuWrapper { /* cf responsive stylesheet(s) */
float:left;
padding:10px 0px;
text-align: center;
font-size: 14px;
width:33%;
}


3) In your responsive stylesheet(s, you may have more than one)

after @media (max-width:480px) {and before its closing) }

add

#ManuWrapper {width:100%;} /* cf stylesheet_manufacturers_all.css */


after @media (max-width:775px) { (and before its closing) }

add

#ManuWrapper {width:50%;} /* cf stylesheet_manufacturers_all.css */

4. If your sideboxes are hidden or disabled at the smaller screen widths, you will have to find a way of enabling the link to the MANUFACTURERS_ALL page

[dw08gm]

Manufacturers_All Listing Link Options

So you want to put "the link" to the Manufacturers All listing page within the Manufacturers sidebox, rather than within the Categories sidebox.

There are two definite ways of doing this, and possiby a third way, in order of simplicity:

1) In \includes\languages\YOUR_TEMPLATE\english.php,

change

define('BOX_HEADING_MANUFACTURERS', 'All Manufacturers');

to

define('BOX_HEADING_MANUFACTURERS', '<a href="index.php?main_page=manufacturers_all" title="Link to All Manufacturers">All Manufacturers</a>');

This method will turn the sidebox heading into the link.


2) In \includes\templates\YOUR_TEMPLATE\sideboxes\tpl_manufacturers_select.php

before OR after

$content .= zen_draw_pull_down_menu('manufacturers_id', $manufacturer_sidebox_array, (isset($_GET['manufacturers_id']) ? $_GET['manufacturers_id'] : ''), 'onchange="this.form.submit();" size="' . MAX_MANUFACTURERS_LIST . '" style="width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;"') . zen_hide_session_id();

add

// bof link to manufacturers_all page
if (SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_MANUFACTURERS_ALL == '1') {
$content .= '<div style="text-align:left;"><a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_MANUFACTURERS_ALL) . '">' . CATEGORIES_BOX_HEADING_MANUFACTURERS_ALL . '</a></div>' . "\n";
}
// eof link to manufacturers_all page

This method will put the link outside, either above or below the dropdown/scrolldown list.



WARNING: DO NOT ATTEMPT THE FOLLOWING UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING
3) A third POSSIBLE way to do this MAY BE to add the link to the dropdown/scrolldown in \includes\modules\sideboxes\manufacturers.php, except that I have not succeeded in doing this and do not recommend that novice programmers even try, whereby immediately before or after

while (!$manufacturer_sidebox->EOF) {

add SOMETHING LIKE

// bof link to manufacturers_all page
if (SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_MANUFACTURERS_ALL == '1') {
$manufacturer_sidebox_array[] = array('id' => '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_MANUFACTURERS_ALL) . '">', 'text' => CATEGORIES_BOX_HEADING_MANUFACTURERS_ALL);
}
// eof link to manufacturers_all page

HOWEVER, FOR REASONS UNKNOWN TO MYSELF, THIS THIRD METHOD DOES NOT WORK AS IS.

IF this third option could be made to work, I would prefer to use it.

[dw08gm]

1. Improved BreadCrumbs - Manufacturers_All Page

a. \includes\languages\english\manufacturers_all.php
change
define('NAVBAR_TITLE', 'Manufacturers');
to
//define('NAVBAR_TITLE', 'Manufacturers');
define('NAVBAR_TITLE_1', 'Home'); /* or whatever your index page is called */
define('NAVBAR_TITLE_2', 'Manufacturers'); /* or whatever your manufacturers_all page is called */


b. \includes\modules\pages\manufacturers_all\header_php.php
change
$breadcrumb->add(NAVBAR_TITLE);
to
//$breadcrumb->add(NAVBAR_TITLE);
$breadcrumb->add(NAVBAR_TITLE_1, zen_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT));
$breadcrumb->add(NAVBAR_TITLE_2);



2. Improved BreadCrumbs - Manufacturers_About Page (if used)

a. \includes\languages\english\manufacturers_about.php
change
define('NAVBAR_TITLE', 'Manufacturer > About ' . $manufacturers_about->fields['manufacturers_name']);
to
//define('NAVBAR_TITLE', 'Manufacturer > About ' . $manufacturers_about->fields['manufacturers_name']);
define('NAVBAR_TITLE_1', 'Home'); /* or whatever your index page is called */
define('NAVBAR_TITLE_2', 'Manufacturers'); /* or whatever your manufacturers_all page is called */
define('NAVBAR_TITLE_3', 'About ' . $manufacturers_about->fields['manufacturers_name']);


b. \includes\modules\pages\manufacturers_about\header_php.php
change
$breadcrumb->add(NAVBAR_TITLE);
to
//$breadcrumb->add(NAVBAR_TITLE);
$breadcrumb->add(NAVBAR_TITLE_1, zen_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT));
$breadcrumb->add(NAVBAR_TITLE_2, zen_href_link(FILENAME_MANUFACTURERS_ALL));
$breadcrumb->add(NAVBAR_TITLE_3);

Cheers

[dw08gm]

I have incorporated some of the above three posts and other improvements into a new version 1.2 of this mod suitable for zc150-154, details of which are provided in the readme.txt of the attached zip.

Looking for feedback on whether this works OK and whether version number should be 1d, 1.2 or 2.

ManufacturersAllListing_1.2.zip

Also, if someone knows how to incorporate the outdated Manufacturer About mod (which creates a manufacturers about page) into this mod, I may delay uploading this version to plugins until the two mods have been successfully merged.

manufacturer_about.zip

Thanks

[dw08gm]

Got the link to Manufacturer About working in Manufacturer All on zc154. Just need to check Manufacturer About for currentness.

[pricediscrimination]

Hi, I'd like to uninstall this mod but it doesn't include an uninstall SQL. Could someone please help with that?

[dw08gm]

Back up your database first.

I do not know what version you are running but you could try the following:

# MANUFACTURERS ALL LISTING v1.2 - uninstall_previous.sql file - to uninstall previous versions 1, 1b and 1c
DELETE FROM configuration_group WHERE configuration_group_title LIKE 'Manufacturers All Config' LIMIT 2;
DELETE FROM configuration WHERE configuration_description LIKE 'Manufacturers All Listing:%' LIMIT 7;
DELETE FROM admin_pages WHERE page_key='configManufacturersList';

[pricediscrimination]

Back up your database first.

I do not know what version you are running but you could try the following:

# MANUFACTURERS ALL LISTING v1.2 - uninstall_previous.sql file - to uninstall previous versions 1, 1b and 1c
DELETE FROM configuration_group WHERE configuration_group_title LIKE 'Manufacturers All Config' LIMIT 2;
DELETE FROM configuration WHERE configuration_description LIKE 'Manufacturers All Listing:%' LIMIT 7;
DELETE FROM admin_pages WHERE page_key='configManufacturersList';

Awesome! Thank you so much for taking the time to do that for me. That's why zencart is the best. People like you.

[Feznizzle]

Awesome mod, thanks!

Two questions...

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FIRST QUESTION
Is there a way to make the final page (/index.php?main_page=manufacturers_all) editable like a define_page? So that I could throw some html content in at the top?

Or, better yet, a way to call the content on an EZpage? That way I could get rid of the old school URL and replace it with a Ceon URI.
GO FROM THIS: /index.php?main_page=manufacturers_all
TO THIS: /manufacturer_showcase

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SECOND QUESTION
Any thoughts on how to code in Ceon URI's functionality instead of the build in URLs?
FROM THIS: /index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=38
TO THIS: /Acme_Anvil_Corp

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Thanks again! And, really, this mod is the bees knees!!!

[Feznizzle]

Ok, here is the answer to my second question... how to make the URLs pretty.

Find this:

href="' . DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'index.php?main_page=index&amp;manufacturers_id=' . $manufacturers->fields['manufacturers_id'] . '"

And replace with this:

href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, 'manufacturers_id=' . $manufacturers->fields['manufacturers_id']) . '"

Wham, bam, thank you ma'am.

Anybody see a problem with what I just did? See's legit from here.

I'll post the answer to the second part, if and when I find it.