Linking Product Categories to Ez-pages

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to figure out how to link product categories (left column) directly to ez-pages instead of dynamically created. Has anyone been able to achieve this.

Thank you.

Why not re-name your EZ-Pages sidebox header "Categories" and turn the categories box off?

I actually need to do this as well. I can't just turn the categories box off because I also have products that do need dynamic pages. Is there a way to add a link to the category box and then tell it to go to an ez page? If so, how might I go about doing that?

Do you mean that you want to be able to have links to ezpages within the categories sidebox instead of a seperate sidebox?

Yes....that's exactly what I mean...

If it will work to have the ez-page links at the top or bottom of the list, you can disable the heading of one box with for example
#categoriesHeading {display: none;}
and set top & bottom margins and borders for those boxes to make them run together.

This mod will allow you to display ezpages links in your categories sidebox.

http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&cPath=40_52&products_id=955

HTH

Steve

Nice job! I haven't looked at it yet, but more flexibility is a good thing.

One comment: the description says
"This mod will replace your existing modules/sideboxes/categories.php, and templates/template_default/sideboxes/tpl_categories.php files. The original files will be renamed with .old"

Does this really mean that the original files are replaced in their original locations? The right way to do something like this (except in the few places where the override system does not operate) is to have the new versions in an override folder structure with a placeholder template name like /your_template/. This will require the user to edit the folder name before uploading, but is the correct method for adding custom functionality.

So you would have
/includes/modules/sideboxes/your_template/categories.php, and /includes/templates/your_template/sideboxes/tpl_categories.php

No need to save .old copies of the originals, and the mod files are safe from being overwritten in upgrades.

I've changed the mod to allow for the overrides system. It was done in a bit of a rush yesterday and i omitted to follow the file structures.

Steve