Help with some PHP editing a new template (Picaflor)

Perhaps this should be moved to the "BetterCategories" support thread so that anyone using that mod will also benefit from the answer..

Yes, definitely do that. The only support thread I can find is here:
http://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.php?35062-Better-Categories-Contrib-amp-ezpages

gjh42:

You have the BetterCategories version of tpl_categories.php, not the stock version as kobra was working from in his advice, so the organization may be different. We would need to see the whole links section of the file (before your modifications) to be sure of a safe way of moving links.

Hmm, I thought I was using the correct one, where is the stock version kept?

Here is the entire code:

<?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 .= ' ';


  $content = "";
  
   $content .= '<div id="' . str_replace('_', '-', $box_id . 'Content') . '" class="sideBoxContent">' . "\n";
    if (SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_PRODUCTS_ALL == 'true') {
      $content .= '<a class="category-links" href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCTS_ALL) . '">' . CATEGORIES_BOX_HEADING_PRODUCTS_ALL . '</a>' . "\n";
    }
	$content .= '' . "\n";
  for ($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 .= zen_image(DIR_WS_TEMPLATE_IMAGES . 'bc_cat_boxes.gif') . $spacer;
        $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 .= zen_image(DIR_WS_TEMPLATE_IMAGES . 'bc_cat_boxes.gif') . $spacer;
        $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 .= zen_image(DIR_WS_TEMPLATE_IMAGES . 'bc_cat_boxes.gif') . $spacer;
        $content .= CATEGORIES_BOX_HEADING_FEATURED_PRODUCTS . '</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":
  			$pointer = zen_image(DIR_WS_TEMPLATE_IMAGES . 'bc_cat_pointer_down.gif');
  			break;
  		case "right":
  			$pointer = zen_image(DIR_WS_TEMPLATE_IMAGES . 'bc_cat_pointer_right.gif');
  			break;
  		default:
  			$pointer = zen_image(DIR_WS_TEMPLATE_IMAGES . 'bc_cat_no_sub.gif');
  	}
  	
    $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>';
?>

And I'm trying to modify it (having "Featured Products" directly under "All Products" at the top) with the following in red, I thought I did it exactly the way Kobra had helped me do the "All Products"

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.

$content = "";
  
   $content .= '<div id="' . str_replace('_', '-', $box_id . 'Content') . '" class="sideBoxContent">' . "\n";
    if (SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_PRODUCTS_ALL == 'true') {
      $content .= '<a class="category-links" href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCTS_ALL) . '">' . CATEGORIES_BOX_HEADING_PRODUCTS_ALL . '</a>' . "\n";
    }
	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 .= zen_image(DIR_WS_TEMPLATE_IMAGES . 'bc_cat_boxes.gif') . $spacer;
        $content .= CATEGORIES_BOX_HEADING_FEATURED_PRODUCTS . '</a></div>';
      }
	$content .= '' . "\n";
  for ($i=0;$i<sizeof($box_categories_array);$i++) {
    switch(true) {

You didn't move the closing } for

if (SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_FEATURED_PRODUCTS == 'true') {
``` There should be two of them here:```php
        $content .= CATEGORIES_BOX_HEADING_FEATURED_PRODUCTS . '</a></div>';
      }
    }

gjh42:

You didn't move the closing } for

if (SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_FEATURED_PRODUCTS == 'true') {
There should be two of them here:php
$content .= CATEGORIES_BOX_HEADING_FEATURED_PRODUCTS . '</a></div>';
}
}

YES!  Thank you!  You've been so much help.