Expanded Category List - make it a page and not a sidebox

Is it possible to modify this sidebox so that the same results would display in the content area of a page instead of in a sidebox?

You can always study its template file and use that code anywhere you want.

I've been working on that and I'm not having much luck on my own. Switching it from a sidebox to a template page is probably easy for someone who knows how... however I don't fall into that category.

I thought I could just do some things like move the file from the sidebox directory to the templates directory and change some require functions, etc., etc.... nope!

You will actually need to copy most of the content of the sidebox template file, not the file itself.

Are you saying to copy the content of the sidebox template file and use that information to create a new page template file?

Yup, exactly.

I guess what seems to be getting me is what should go in the header file...
/includes/modules/pages/MY_PAGE_NAME/header_php.php.

Again, I tried copying the information from \includes\modules\sideboxes\YOUR_TEMPLATE\category_list_box.php and change a few settings, but it keeps kicking out warnings and fatal errors.

Send me the link to that exact page.

So now I sit on a blank page.

Here's my header file minus the comments and php tags:

require DIR_WS_CLASSES . 'category_list.php'; 
    $main_category_list = new category_list;
    $main_category_list->category_list();
    $row = 0;
    $box_categories_array = array();    
    $box_categories_array = $main_category_list->build_list();
    
    require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_category_listing.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/tpl_category_listing.php');    
        
    $title = BOX_HEADING_CATEGORY_LIST;
    $left_corner = false;
    $right_corner = false;
    $right_arrow = false;
    $title_link = false;
```And here's what's in my template file:
```php
$content = "";
    $content .= '<div id="' . str_replace('_', '-', $box_id . 'Content') . '" class="sideBoxContent">' . "\n";

  for ($i=0;$i<sizeof($box_categories_array);$i++) {
     
     //set selected style ($box_categories_array[$i]['current'] does not work)    
     $div_class='';
     if ($products_id){
         if (($products_id)&&($box_categories_array[$i]['products_id']==$products_id)){
             $div_class='category-subs-selected';
         }
     }else{
         if(($current_category_id!=0)&&($box_categories_array[$i]['category_id']==$current_category_id)){
             $div_class='category-subs-selected';
         }
     }              
    
    // set top style
    if ($box_categories_array[$i]['top'] == 'true'){    
        $a_class = 'category-top';
    }elseif($box_categories_array[$i]['has_sub_cat']){
        $a_class = 'category-subs';
    }else{
        $a_class='category-products';
    }
     // link to cat or prod
    if ($box_categories_array[$i]['is_product'] == true){
        $link = zen_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCT_INFO, $box_categories_array[$i]['path']);
    }else{
        $link = zen_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, $box_categories_array[$i]['path']);
    }    
    //indent
    if($box_categories_array[$i]['is_product'] == true){
        $indent = str_repeat(CATEGORIES_SUBCATEGORIES_INDENT,  $box_categories_array[$i]['level']+1); 
    }else{
        $indent = str_repeat(CATEGORIES_SUBCATEGORIES_INDENT,  $box_categories_array[$i]['level']); 
    }
    //cat sub seperator
    if (($box_categories_array[$i]['level'] == 0)&&($box_categories_array[$i]['is_product'] == false)){
        $separator = '';
    }else{
        $separator = CATEGORIES_SEPARATOR_SUBS;
    }
    // count
    $count='';
    if (SHOW_COUNTS == 'true') {
        if($box_categories_array[$i]['is_product'] != true){
            $count = CATEGORIES_SEPARATOR.CATEGORIES_COUNT_PREFIX . $box_categories_array[$i]['count'] . CATEGORIES_COUNT_SUFFIX ;
        }
    }
    //add content
    $content .= '<span class="'. $div_class .'">'. 
        $indent.$separator.'<a class="'. $a_class .'" href="'. $link .'">'. $box_categories_array[$i]['name'] .'</a>'. $count .
    '</span><br />';
    
  }


  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 .= '<hr id="catBoxDivider" />' . "\n";
    }
    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 .= '<a class="category-links" href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_SPECIALS) . '">' . CATEGORIES_BOX_HEADING_SPECIALS . '</a>' . '<br />';
      }
    }
    if (SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_PRODUCTS_NEW == 'true') {
      switch (true) {
        case (SHOW_NEW_PRODUCTS_LIMIT == '0'):
          $display_limit = '';
          break;
        case (SHOW_NEW_PRODUCTS_LIMIT == '1'):
          $display_limit = " and date_format(p.products_date_added, '%Y%m') >= date_format(now(), '%Y%m')";
          break;
        case (SHOW_NEW_PRODUCTS_LIMIT == '30'):
          $display_limit = ' and TO_DAYS(NOW()) - TO_DAYS(p.products_date_added) <= 30';
          break;
        case (SHOW_NEW_PRODUCTS_LIMIT == '60'):
          $display_limit = ' and TO_DAYS(NOW()) - TO_DAYS(p.products_date_added) <= 60';
          break;
        case (SHOW_NEW_PRODUCTS_LIMIT == '90'):
          $display_limit = ' and TO_DAYS(NOW()) - TO_DAYS(p.products_date_added) <= 90';
          break;
        case (SHOW_NEW_PRODUCTS_LIMIT == '120'):
          $display_limit = ' and TO_DAYS(NOW()) - TO_DAYS(p.products_date_added) <= 120';
          break;
      }

      $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 .= '<a class="category-links" href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCTS_NEW) . '">' . CATEGORIES_BOX_HEADING_WHATS_NEW . '</a>' . '<br />';
      }
    }
    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 .= '<a class="category-links" href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_FEATURED_PRODUCTS) . '">' . CATEGORIES_BOX_HEADING_FEATURED_PRODUCTS . '</a>' . '<br />';
      }
    }
    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>';
    }
  }
    $content .= '</div>';
```Should I have this template code in includes/languages/english/html_includes/MY_TEMPLATE/define_my_page.php?

Ok, I'm slowly making progress. I finally got things situated so that the page is just waiting for me to display content. I assume that the code shown above is what should be in the html_includes file, but that isn't displaying anything on the page. I can replace it all with "abcdefg" and those letters will show on the page so I know I'm on the right track. Is the code above what should be in the html_includes file?

You do realize that, you have to print out the $content variable, do you?

echo $content;

:frusty:

Not only am I the president of the PHP-Newby club, I'm also a client. Thanks for all the pointers. I've managed to get everything working and formatted to my liking.