Hi guys, my company manufactures jet engines for RC model aircraft, and the best way to promote them is with a video of a model flying with one of my jet engines. I've worked out how to embed a youtube video on the product page where the images are, however, I'd like to have a category which is dedicated just to videos, then a page for each different size of engine, using a similar style of image pop-up as what's on the product page, except I may have the thumbnails running vertically down the left hand side, I can probably work out how to do that. Basically, it would be the same as a product page but without the prices, add to cart buttons etc. I think it would be best to have it in the "categories" box rather than in information. I was thinking the easiest way may be to make a copy of the product_info.php file and call it something like video_page.php and then modify it to remove the stuff I don't want. Rather than start with a copy of say shipping.php (or another almost blank page) and then try to add the image handling stuff. I searched a bit and saw how to add a page to the information box, I assume it would be similar to add a page to the categories box, is there anything else I need to be aware of? I'd hate to mess up all my work so far! Thanks a lot!
Stu.
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Posted 10 February 2012, 04:42
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Posted 10 February 2012, 12:20
Thanks, Chris, I thought that may be the case. I got around it in a less than elegant way, basically making a category called "videos", adding products which were actually just video links, then putting this code into the product_info.php file in a few places where I didn't want certain info to appear, such as prices in this instance or "buy now" box:
<?php if ($categories['categories_name'] !== "Videos") echo $products_price; ?>
Basically, it's seeing if we're not looking at a category called "videos", and if so, it will proceed and display stuff.
I also added it to product_listing.php in spots where I didn't want prices or "buy now" to appear. Now I have a page inside the categories box which opens up to show the fancy box thingy, click on the large image and a youtube video pops up in the middle of the screen. Sure, it's a messy way of doing it, defining a separate page for a category would have been better as I would have had more individual control over that page without having to put conditional statements all over the place, but it works fine for me. If anyone has a better solution I'm all ears.
Stu.
Stu.
<?php if ($categories['categories_name'] !== "Videos") echo $products_price; ?>
Basically, it's seeing if we're not looking at a category called "videos", and if so, it will proceed and display stuff.
I also added it to product_listing.php in spots where I didn't want prices or "buy now" to appear. Now I have a page inside the categories box which opens up to show the fancy box thingy, click on the large image and a youtube video pops up in the middle of the screen. Sure, it's a messy way of doing it, defining a separate page for a category would have been better as I would have had more individual control over that page without having to put conditional statements all over the place, but it works fine for me. If anyone has a better solution I'm all ears.
Stu.
Stu.
