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13 Oct 2008, 6:06 AM
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Adding content to side box

Hello
Iam trying to add a new side box to display the top categories as seperate side boxes. I started the testing on one Categorie on my site https://www.coolcarpartsonline.com Categorie "Performance Parts" ID 239. I was able to get hide the category from the categories sidebox. and Now trying to add content to the New Sidebox to display the Performance parts Categorie. The code I added in the performance_sidebox (I changed the name of the blank_sidebox)

PHP Code:```php

<?php /** * blank sidebox - allows a blank sidebox to be added to your site * * @package templateSystem * @copyright 2007 Kuroi Web Design * @copyright Portions Copyright 2003-2007 Zen Cart Development Team * @license [url]http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt[/url] GNU Public License V2.0 * @version $Id: blank_sidebox.php 2007-05-26 kuroi $ */ /************* stuff Sami added to use more performance box ******************/ $categories_query_ap = "select c.categories_id, cd.categories_name, c.parent_id, c.categories_image from categories c, categories_description cd where c.categories_id = cd.categories_id and c.categories_status = 1 and c.parent_id = 239 order by sort_order, cd.categories_name"; $categories_ap = $db->Execute($categories_query_ap, '', true, 150); $add_content =''; while (!$categories_ap->EOF) { $id = $categories_ap->fields['categories_id']; $name = $categories_ap->fields['categories_name']; $add_content .= '<li><a href="index.php?main_page=index&cPath='.$id.'" class="category-top">'.$name.'</a></li>' . "\n"; $categories_ap->MoveNext(); } unset($name); /**************** end of additions ********************/ // test if box should display $show_performance_sidebox = true; if ($show_performance_sidebox == true) { require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_performance_sidebox.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'sideboxes'). '/tpl_performance_sidebox.php'); $title = BOX_HEADING_PERFORMANCE_SIDEBOX; $title_link = false; require($template->get_template_dir($column_box_default, DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'common') . '/' . $column_box_default); } ?>
I edited the following files: 
category_tree
tpl_categories
tpl_main_page
Plus the files that came with the blank_sidebox Mod. 
The sidebox appears on the site Iam just trying to tweak the code to have the content of the Performance Parts Side Box.
13 Oct 2008, 10:38 PM
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Re: Adding content to side box

I figured it out If anyone needs the solution let me know PM me