I have tried to add the simple ability to select a product to be a "featured product" that will show in a box above the new products box on the index page.What I have done appears to be working but I am very new to PHP and don't fully understand all the code that I modified.
- I basically modified all the code I found for product_status in admin/categories.php and added featured_status to add a radio button and insert the choice into the db.
-I modified includes/modules/new_products.php and created featured_products.php. I added to the PRODUCTS table in the db featured_status.
-I added the appropriate defines in the English files.
I don't really know if this makes sense to do it this way. One thing that I know is weird is that in the new featured_products.php there is still MAX_DISPLAY_NEW PRODUCTS. I looked in admin/configuration.php but can't figure out how to add an option to set a max value for this. I was hoping that someone could look at it and determine if what i have done here is ok. I also want to make sure I haven't created any unforeseen issues. Thanks
admin/categories.php
<tr>
<td class="main"><?php echo TEXT_PRODUCTS_STATUS; ?></td>
<td class="main"><?php echo tep_draw_separator('pixel_trans.gif', '24', '15') . ' ' . tep_draw_radio_field('products_status', '1', $in_status) . ' ' . TEXT_PRODUCT_AVAILABLE . ' ' . tep_draw_radio_field('products_status', '0', $out_status) . ' ' . TEXT_PRODUCT_NOT_AVAILABLE; ?></td>
</tr>
<!-- **********BOF Featured Products*********************-->
<tr>
<td class="main"><?php echo TEXT_FEATURED_STATUS; ?></td>
<td class="main"><?php echo tep_draw_separator('pixel_trans.gif', '24', '15') . ' ' . tep_draw_radio_field('featured_status', '1', $out_status) . ' ' . 'true' . ' ' . tep_draw_radio_field('featured_status', '0', $in_status) . ' ' . 'false'; ?></td>
</tr>
$product_query = tep_db_query("select p.products_subimage1, p.products_subimage2, p.products_subimage3, p.products_subimage4, p.products_subimage5, p.products_subimage6, p.products_id, pd.language_id, pd.products_name, pd.products_description, pd.products_head_title_tag, pd.products_head_desc_tag, pd.products_head_keywords_tag, pd.products_url, p.products_quantity, p.products_model, p.products_image, p.products_price, p.products_weight, p.products_date_added, p.products_last_modified, p.products_date_available, p.products_status, p.featured_status, p.manufacturers_id from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . " pd where p.products_id = pd.products_id and p.products_id = '" . (int)$HTTP_GET_VARS['pID'] . "'");
$products_count = 0;
if (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['search'])) {
$products_query = tep_db_query("select p.products_subimage1, p.products_subimage2, p.products_subimage3, p.products_subimage4, p.products_subimage5, p.products_subimage6, p.products_id, pd.products_name, p.products_quantity, p.products_image, p.products_price, p.products_date_added, p.products_last_modified, p.products_date_available, p.products_status, p.featured_status, p2c.categories_id from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . " pd, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_TO_CATEGORIES . " p2c where p.products_id = pd.products_id and pd.language_id = '" . (int)$languages_id . "' and p.products_id = p2c.products_id and pd.products_name like '%" . tep_db_input($search) . "%' order by pd.products_name");
} else {
$products_query = tep_db_query("select p.products_subimage1, p.products_subimage2, p.products_subimage3, p.products_subimage4, p.products_subimage5, p.products_subimage6, p.products_id, pd.products_name, p.products_quantity, p.products_image, p.products_price, p.products_date_added, p.products_last_modified, p.products_date_available, p.products_status from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . " pd, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_TO_CATEGORIES . " p2c where p.products_id = pd.products_id and pd.language_id = '" . (int)$languages_id . "' and p.products_id = p2c.products_id and p2c.categories_id = '" . (int)$current_category_id . "' order by pd.products_name");
}
admin/includes/modules/featured_products.php
<?php
$info_box_contents = array();
$info_box_contents[] = array('text' => sprintf(TABLE_HEADING_FEATURED_PRODUCTS, strftime('%B')));
new contentBoxHeading($info_box_contents);
if ( (!isset($featured_products_category_id)) || ($featured_products_category_id == '0') ) {
$featured_products_query = tep_db_query("select p.products_id, p.products_image, p.products_tax_class_id, pd.products_name, if(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, p.products_price) as products_price from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p left join " . TABLE_SPECIALS . " s on p.products_id = s.products_id, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . " pd where p.featured_status = '1' and p.products_id = pd.products_id and pd.language_id = '" . (int)$languages_id . "' order by p.products_date_added desc limit " . MAX_DISPLAY_NEW_PRODUCTS);
} else {
$featured_products_query = tep_db_query("select distinct p.products_id, p.products_image, p.products_tax_class_id, pd.products_name, if(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, p.products_price) as products_price from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p left join " . TABLE_SPECIALS . " s on p.products_id = s.products_id, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . " pd, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_TO_CATEGORIES . " p2c, " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " c where p.products_id = p2c.products_id and p2c.categories_id = c.categories_id and c.parent_id = '" . (int)$featured_products_category_id . "' and p.products_status = '1' and p.products_id = pd.products_id and pd.language_id = '" . (int)$languages_id . "' order by p.products_date_added desc limit " . MAX_DISPLAY_NEW_PRODUCTS);
}
$row = 0;
$col = 0;
$info_box_contents = array();
while ($featured_products = tep_db_fetch_array($featured_products_query)) {
$info_box_contents[$row][$col] = array('align' => 'center',
'params' => 'class="smallText" width="33%" valign="top"',
'text' => '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCT_INFO, 'products_id=' . $featured_products['products_id']) . '">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $featured_products['products_image'], $featured_products['products_name'], SMALL_IMAGE_WIDTH, SMALL_IMAGE_HEIGHT) . '</a><br><a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCT_INFO, 'products_id=' . $featured_products['products_id']) . '">' . $featured_products['products_name'] . '</a><br>' . $currencies->display_price($featured_products['products_price'], tep_get_tax_rate($featured_products['products_tax_class_id'])));
$col ++;
if ($col > 2) {
$col = 0;
$row ++;
}
}
new contentBox($info_box_contents);
echo ' '; ?>
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