Featured Listings on top - Categories Page

[Nimbuz]

Hi,

I'm trying to place featured listings above the default product listings on categories page, but no luck so far.

I tried placing the following code:

  <?php
    if ($show_display_category->fields['configuration_key'] == 'SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_LISTING_BELOW_FEATURED_PRODUCTS') { ?>
  <?php
/**
 * display the Featured Products Center Box
 */
?>
  <?php require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_modules_featured_products.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/tpl_modules_featured_products.php'); ?>
  <?php } ?>
  <?php
    if ($show_display_category->fields['configuration_key'] == 'SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_LISTING_BELOW_SPECIALS_PRODUCTS') { ?>

...to the top of tpl_index_product_list.php at line 16, just above <div class="centerColumn" id="indexProductList"> but it won't display featured products at all.

Any help appreciated. Thanks!

[DrByte]

Did you enable the Featured centerbox from with the admin settings?
Admin->Configuration->Index Listing

[Nimbuz]

I think Yes:

Show Featured Products on Main Page - Category with SubCategories 1
Show Featured Products on Main Page - Errors and Missing Products Page 3
Show Featured Products - below Product Listing 1

[Nimbuz]

Featured box does display fine, I just want it ABOVE the normal listings, not BELOW.


Thanks.

[Nimbuz]

Any other ideas?

I need to have featured products below pagination and above normal product listings.

Thanks

[Nimbuz]

*bump*

I'm sure its not too complicated getting featured on top before the normal listing starts, or is it?

I would really appreciate any help.

Thanks! :-)

[Nimbuz]

ahem, another *bump*!

Is it so difficult? :-(

[DrByte]

Rather than bumping repeatedly (poor form around here), why not add more information about the things you've tried on your own in order to attempt to get it to work?
That's far more constructive and preferred than just "*bump* is it so hard, please just tell me how to do it".


Nevertheless ... just move or copy this line to wherever you want the featured centerbox to appear in that template:

  <?php require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_modules_featured_products.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/tpl_modules_featured_products.php'); ?>

It will always appear even if there are no featured products this way, but unless you want to rewrite the whole template to honor the admin switches, that's the simplest way

[Nimbuz]

Apologies for bumping reapeatedly.

Ah, I was close. I was moving the above line along with a few more around it, thiking that it was a single piece of code:

/**
 * display the Featured Products Center Box
 */
?>
  <?php require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_modules_featured_products.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/tpl_modules_featured_products.php'); ?>
  <?php } ?>
  <?php
    if ($show_display_category->fields['configuration_key'] == 'SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_LISTING_BELOW_SPECIALS_PRODUCTS') { ?>
  <?php
/**

Your suggestion did the trick. Thanks heaps again, DrByte.

[Nimbuz]

Update: Although it did bring featured listings on top, but pagination goes below it. Like so:

<div id="featuredProducts" class="centerBoxWrapper">
</div>
<div id="productListing">
<div class="pagination pagination_top">....</div>
[Normal Listing starts..]

At first I thought it was a CSS issue and I'd manage it, but it doesn't seem so. I tried several combinations but I still can't bring pagination div out of the "productListing" div.

TIA