Categories Dressing

[gjh42]

A correction: :active applies while the mouse is being clicked, not just after, as this Sitepoint tutorial explains:

This pseudo-class matches any element that’s in the process of being activated. It would apply, for instance, for the duration of a mouse-click on a link, from the point at which the mouse button’s pressed down until the point at which it’s released again. The pseudo-class does not signify a link to the active, or current, page—that’s a common misconception among CSS beginners.

[nicktrini]

hehe yup. Ok I have one more minor issue....does this not work for categories that have sub categories?

Like for instance, on my local server, i created a 6th category called dudes222, with subcats tees, tanks, accesssories, shorts (assuming that in the near future i expand the brand and sub-categorize the stuff).

the catBg# and catBg#hover works fine, but not the a.cat-selected.catBg# (it works on all other categories, just not the one with subcategories).

Any solution to this?

[gjh42]

a.cat-selected applies to final categories. Categories with subcats get the .cat-parent class if they are in the selection path.
You would allow for this by adding another selector to the rule:

#categories li a.cat-selected.catBg2, #categories li a.cat-parent.catBg2

[nicktrini]

Awesome.

Thanks a bunch again.

[macbain]

Hi i have inherited three sites which i have found out are linked using zen cart multi site add on but one of the sites is different than the others is it possible to edit the category box other than in Zen Cart admin in categories/products ie is there a file in the ftp where you can edit the names of the categories so that it is individual to this site

the sites are : happiechappie.com
gaysexstores.co.uk
happieladies.com

please be aware these are adult sites

thanks
Marie

[gjh42]

That really depends on the setup of the Multisite mod, which I know nothing about. There should be some information in a support thread for it. There is nothing in admin for a standard ZC that specifically controls which categories show in the sidebox - all active categories are there. It would be possible to manually edit tpl_categories.php, but you would have to maintain that by hand every time a category changes - not a good solution.
Good luck - sorry I can't be more help.

[macbain]

Hi thank you for your reply not sure where to change it or what to change it to

this is the admin file in tpl_categories.php :



<?php
/**
* Side Box Template
*
* @package templateSystem
* @copyright Copyright 2003-2006 Zen Cart Development Team
* @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce
* @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0
* @version $Id: tpl_categories.php 4162 2006-08-17 03:55:02Z ajeh $
*
* BetterCategoriesEzInfo v1.3.5 added 2006-09-19 gilby
*/

$spacer = '';
// uncomment next line to add 1 space between image & text
// $spacer .= '&nbsp;';


$content = "";

$content .= '<div id="' . str_replace('_', '-', $box_id . 'Content') . '" class="sideBoxContent">' . "\n";
for ($i=0;$i<sizeof($box_categories_array);$i++) {
switch(true) {
// to make a specific category stand out define a new class in the stylesheet example: A.category-holiday
// uncomment the select below and set the cPath=3 to the cPath= your_categories_id
// many variations of this can be done
// case ($box_categories_array[$i]['path'] == 'cPath=3'):
// $new_style = 'category-holiday';
// break;
case ($box_categories_array[$i]['top'] == 'true'):
$new_style = 'category-top';
break;
case ($box_categories_array[$i]['has_sub_cat']):
$new_style = 'category-subs';
break;
default:
$new_style = 'category-products';
}
if (zen_get_product_types_to_category($box_categories_array[$i]['path']) == 3 or ($box_categories_array[$i]['top'] != 'true' and SHOW_CATEGORIES_SUBCATEGORIES_ALWAYS != 1)) {
// skip if this is for the document box (==3)
} else {
$content .= '<div class="betterCategories"><a class="' . $new_style . '" href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, $box_categories_array[$i]['path']) . '">';
if ($box_categories_array[$i]['current']) {
if ($box_categories_array[$i]['has_sub_cat']) {
$content .= '<span class="category-subs-parent">';
$content .= cat_with_pointer($box_categories_array[$i]['name'], 'down', $spacer);
$content .= '</span>';
} else {
$content .= '<span class="category-subs-selected">';
$content .= cat_with_pointer($box_categories_array[$i]['name'], 'nosub', $spacer);
$content .= '</span>';
}
} else {
if ($box_categories_array[$i]['has_sub_cat']) {
$content .= cat_with_pointer($box_categories_array[$i]['name'], 'right', $spacer); }
else {
$content .= cat_with_pointer($box_categories_array[$i]['name'], 'nosub', $spacer); }
}

if ($box_categories_array[$i]['has_sub_cat']) {
$content .= CATEGORIES_SEPARATOR;
}
//$content .= '</a>';

if (SHOW_COUNTS == 'true') {
if ((CATEGORIES_COUNT_ZERO == '1' and $box_categories_array[$i]['count'] == 0) or $box_categories_array[$i]['count'] >= 1) {
$content .= CATEGORIES_COUNT_PREFIX . $box_categories_array[$i]['count'] . CATEGORIES_COUNT_SUFFIX;
}
}

$content .= '</a></div>';
}
}

if (SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_SPECIALS == 'true' or SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_PRODUCTS_NEW == 'true' or SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_FEATURED_PRODUCTS == 'true' or SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_PRODUCTS_ALL == 'true') {
// display a separator between categories and links
if (SHOW_CATEGORIES_SEPARATOR_LINK == '1') {
// $content .= '<br />' . zen_draw_separator('pixel_silver.gif') . '<br />';
// $content .= '<hr id="catBoxDivider" />' . "\n";
$content .= '<br style="line-height: 0;" />' . '<hr id="catBoxDivider" />' . '<br style="line-height: 0;" />';
}
if (SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_SPECIALS == 'true') {
$show_this = $db->Execute("select s.products_id from " . TABLE_SPECIALS . " s where s.status= 1 limit 1");
if ($show_this->RecordCount() > 0) {
$content .= '<div class="betterCategories"><a class="category-links" href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_SPECIALS) . '">';

$content .= CATEGORIES_BOX_HEADING_SPECIALS . '</a></div>';
}
}
if (SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_PRODUCTS_NEW == 'true') {
// display limits
// $display_limit = zen_get_products_new_timelimit();
$display_limit = zen_get_new_date_range();

$show_this = $db->Execute("select p.products_id
from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p
where p.products_status = 1 " . $display_limit . " limit 1");
if ($show_this->RecordCount() > 0) {
$content .= '<div class="betterCategories"><a class="category-links" href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCTS_NEW) . '">';

$content .= CATEGORIES_BOX_HEADING_WHATS_NEW . '</a></div>';
}
}
if (SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_FEATURED_PRODUCTS == 'true') {
$show_this = $db->Execute("select products_id from " . TABLE_FEATURED . " where status= 1 limit 1");
if ($show_this->RecordCount() > 0) {
$content .= '<div class="betterCategories"><a class="category-links" href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_FEATURED_PRODUCTS) . '">';

$content .= CATEGORIES_BOX_HEADING_FEATURED_PRODUCTS . '</a></div>';
}
}
if (SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_PRODUCTS_ALL == 'true') {
$content .= '<div class="betterCategories"><a class="category-links" href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCTS_ALL) . '">';

$content .= CATEGORIES_BOX_HEADING_PRODUCTS_ALL . '</a></div>';
}
}

//this is the function that inserts the 'pointer' (or 'disclosure triangle')
//before the name of the category, in the 'Categories' sidebox.
//$categoryName should be a string as contained in
//$box_categories_array[$i]['name'] above, which already includes
//the category name with all the necessary subcategory indents up front,
//as specified by the user in the Admin Panel.
//$categoryType will be either 'down', 'right' or 'nosub', which
//specifies which picture appears next to the category name:
function cat_with_pointer( $categoryName, $categoryType, $spacer) {

//picking the appropriate pointer image:
switch ($categoryType) {
case "down":

break;
case "right":

break;
default:

}

$pointer .= $spacer;

switch (true) {
//if the user has left the 'subcategories indent' empty, or
//if this is a 'top-level' category (there are no subcategory indents),
//then, we just prepend the pointer image:
case (CATEGORIES_SUBCATEGORIES_INDENT == ''):
case (strpos($categoryName, CATEGORIES_SUBCATEGORIES_INDENT) !== 0):
$pointer .= $categoryName;
break;
default:
//removing the subcategory indents from the beginning of the name:
$indentLength = strlen(CATEGORIES_SUBCATEGORIES_INDENT);
$pos = 0;
for ($i = 0; $pos === 0; $i++) {
$categoryName = substr($categoryName, $indentLength);
$pos = strpos($categoryName, CATEGORIES_SUBCATEGORIES_INDENT);
}
//placing the pointer image:
$pointer .= $categoryName;
//adding back the subcategory indents to the beginning of the name:
for (;$i > 0; $i--) {
$pointer = CATEGORIES_SUBCATEGORIES_INDENT . $pointer;
}
}

return $pointer;

}
$content .= '</div>';
?>

I have spoke to someone else about splitting the multi sites as they are all controlled off of one zen cart admin but they all have different ftp files but they say that this is not possible so i am trying to find a way around the problem

thanks in advance

Marie

[KDuB]

are there basic instructions for this all i want to do is replace the link text in the side boxes for images??

[gjh42]

The basic instructions are in the readme.html packed with the mod files.
Look for the heading

To display images in place of selected category names:

[gjh42]

You have BetterCategoriesEzInfo v1.3.5, so what you are asking about is not only unrelated to Categories Dressing, it needs to be applied to another mod's version (by gilby) of tpl_categories.php. I'm afraid I really can't help, as I don't know how files are organized under the Multisite mod, nor how the sites are distinguished within it. Does each site have a template folder of its own?