How do I put a Shopping Cart link in my header?

I've added a "shopping cart icon" image to the far right of my header_bg.jpg. I need to make the area over the shopping cart icon a link to the shopping cart page. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

in your <a href> for it, set the href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_SHOPPING_CART); ?>"

DrByte:

in your <a href> for it, set the href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_SHOPPING_CART); ?>"

Hi Dr.Byte,
Thanks for the quick response.
3 Questions:
1.) Which file do I add the <a href>
2.) Is there a way to make just the right side of the header_bg.jpg image a "link hot spot" (just where I have the cart icon)
3.) Or... do I need to now have three images in my header (logo, header_bg, and a 3rd cart_icon.jpg)

Thanks for all the help.

1. It depends on what you've done to your template. Most of the time it's in your custom version of tpl_header.php. Indeed that's where the "Shopping Cart" link is located on a clean install using the default template once someone adds something to their cart.
2. That would require using an "image map" ... a rather more complicated method than using a specific clickable image.
3. That's more in line with how the default template works, yes.

Wow, this is tougher than I thought it would be.
I created an image called "cart_logo.jpg" and I haven't even been able to get it to show up in the header area.

I did manage to get the shopping cart icon up into the header area and it even links to the shopping cart...:clap:
It is not located where I hoped I could place it.
Right now, it is just right of my logo.jpg and I would like it just right of my header_bg.jpg

This is what I did to get the shopping cart icon up into the header:

Added defines to my header.php file:
define('HEADER_CART_TEXT', 'View My Shopping Cart');
define('HEADER_CART_WIDTH', '107px');
define('HEADER_CART_HEIGHT','106px');
define('HEADER_CART_IMAGE','cart_logo.jpg');

Added this line of code to my tpl_header.php file

(All edits were made to my custom files... didn't wreck my origianl ZenCart files)

I'm not sure if this was the correct way of adding a shopping cart icon image to my header but it did get one there.
Again, I'm not happy with its location and would like it moved over to the right side of the page, just after the header_bg.jpg

Any help is greatly appreciated.

You could use CSS to position the #cart_logo content where you want it.

I have just spent the best part of teaching myself how to do this and finally succeeded.
The images are stored in templates/CUSTOM FOLDER/images
I edited the tpl_header and placed the following code after the log in code:

<?php if ($_SESSION['cart']->count_contents() == 0) { ?>
  <li><?php echo zen_image(DIR_WS_TEMPLATES . $template_dir . '/images/cart_empty_icon.gif','cart empty'); ?> Your cart is empty </li>
<?php
  } else {
if ($_SESSION['cart']->count_contents() != 0) { ?>
  <li><?php echo zen_image(DIR_WS_TEMPLATES . $template_dir . '/images/cart_full_icon.gif','cart full'); ?><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_SHOPPING_CART, '', 'NONSSL'); ?>"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_CART_CONTENTS; ?> - <? echo $_SESSION['cart']->count_contents();?> item(s) - <? echo $currencies->format($_SESSION['cart']->show_total());?></a> | </li>
<li><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_CHECKOUT_SHIPPING, '', 'SSL'); ?>"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_CHECKOUT; ?></a></li>

gowzel,
It is recommended to NOT use the <? shorthand. Much safer to use the <?php to be specific. Many webservers don't allow use of short-tags such as <? alone.

Yep, that did it.
#cart_logo{
float:right
}

Thanks again.

Dr Byte, Thanks for your answer, but you've lost me !!! I thought my code was <?php I cannot see where I have put <?

And did you put my code in the scrollable box, but cannot see how to

Thanks

You used:```
...[B]<? e[/B]cho $_SESSION['cart']->count_contents();?> item(s) - [B]<? e[/B]cho $currencies->format($_SE...

Aha, so I did, well spotted, only checked it about 20 times and still didn't see it. Its so easy to make simple mistakes.

Thanks.