Categories Box Bullet and Line (Support)

[241]

Steve,

 

I tried out the code above and the underline still extends to the left of the beginning of the text. I implemented the code you posted to eliminate the underline like this to accomodate different images for the top level and sub categories:

 

// display category name
? ?if ($foo[$counter]['parent'] == 0) {
? ?$categories_string .= tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'top_cat_pointer.gif', '') . ' ' . $foo[$counter]['name'];
}else {
? ?$categories_string .= tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'sub_cat_bullet.gif', '') . ' '. $foo[$counter]['name'];
}

 

Here is an example of what my categories box looks like:

 

 

Circled in red is where the underlining of the text starts before the first letter of the text link. Below is an example of my information box:

 

 

I would like the links to look like that if possible. I have played with moving code around with no luck yet. I will keep trying and check back to see if you have come up with a solution.

 

Thank You,

 

Mike

catalog/includes/boxes/categories.php

 

 

  
// display category name
 $categories_string .= tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'checkout_bullet.gif', '') . tep_draw_separator('pixel_trans.gif', '5', '1') . $foo[$counter]['name'];

 

or If you want the image to be part of the link

 

    $categories_string .= tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, $cPath_new);
   $categories_string .= '">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'checkout_bullet.gif', '') . tep_draw_separator('pixel_trans.gif', '5', '1');

[Guest]

Hi All,

 

I was wondering if there is a way to show all categories with this contribution?

 

thanks!

[241]

Hi All,

 

I was wondering if there is a way to show all categories with this contribution?

 

thanks!

If you mean in reference to your other post and the messed up code, yes it is possible and does not necesitate the use of this contribution as this contribution is a standard categories.php with a few code changes.

[Guest]

I love the way this contribution works, but seem to be having a slight problem.

 

When I click to go to my home page, it seems to be working fine. But, if I refresh the page, or click on of my categories, it reverts back to my old style.

 

Thanks to anyone who might be able to point me in the right direction.

 

Rachel

[Guest]

Hmm, just realized the OSC copyright date on the categories.php file (2002) is different from mine (2003). I had just copied it over my current one. No errors, just the problem I noted above.

 

Here's my regular categories.php file:

 

<?php
/*
 $Id: categories.php,v 1.25 2003/07/09 01:13:58 hpdl Exp $

 osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions
 http://www.oscommerce.com

 Copyright (c) 2003 osCommerce

 Released under the GNU General Public License
*/

 function tep_show_category($counter) {
   global $tree, $categories_string, $cPath_array;

   for ($i=0; $i<$tree[$counter]['level']; $i++) {
     $categories_string .= "  ";
   }

// BOF: Add Bullet Images v1.0

   if (tep_has_category_subcategories($counter)) {
    if ( ($id) && (in_array($counter, $id)) ) {
         $categories_string .= '<img src="images/cat_arrow_down.gif" align="absmiddle"> ';
       } else {
         $categories_string .= '<img src="images/cat_arrow_right.gif" align="absmiddle"> ';
       }
} else {
  $categories_string .= '<img src="images/cat_arrow_other.gif" align="absmiddle"> ';
}

// EOF: Add Bullet Images v1.0

   $categories_string .= '<a href="';

   if ($tree[$counter]['parent'] == 0) {
     $cPath_new = 'cPath=' . $counter;
   } else {
     $cPath_new = 'cPath=' . $tree[$counter]['path'];
   }

   $categories_string .= tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, $cPath_new) . '">';

   if (isset($cPath_array) && in_array($counter, $cPath_array)) {
     $categories_string .= '<b>';
   }

// display category name
   $categories_string .= $tree[$counter]['name'];

   if (isset($cPath_array) && in_array($counter, $cPath_array)) {
     $categories_string .= '</b>';
   }

   if (tep_has_category_subcategories($counter)) {
     $categories_string .= '';
   }

   $categories_string .= '</a>';

   if (SHOW_COUNTS == 'false') {
     $products_in_category = tep_count_products_in_category($counter);
     if ($products_in_category > 0) {
       $categories_string .= ' (' . $products_in_category . ')';
     }
   }

   $categories_string .= '<br>';

   if ($tree[$counter]['next_id'] != false) {
     tep_show_category($tree[$counter]['next_id']);
   }
 }
?>
<!-- categories //-->
         <tr>
           <td>
<?php
 $info_box_contents = array();
 $info_box_contents[] = array('text' => BOX_HEADING_CATEGORIES);

 new infoBoxHeading($info_box_contents, false, false);

 $categories_string = '';
 $tree = array();

 $categories_query = tep_db_query("select c.categories_id, cd.categories_name, c.parent_id from " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " c, " . TABLE_CATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION . " cd where c.parent_id = '0' and c.categories_id = cd.categories_id and cd.language_id='" . (int)$languages_id ."' order by sort_order, cd.categories_name");
 while ($categories = tep_db_fetch_array($categories_query))  {
   $tree[$categories['categories_id']] = array('name' => $categories['categories_name'],
                                               'parent' => $categories['parent_id'],
                                               'level' => 0,
                                               'path' => $categories['categories_id'],
                                               'next_id' => false);

   if (isset($parent_id)) {
     $tree[$parent_id]['next_id'] = $categories['categories_id'];
   }

   $parent_id = $categories['categories_id'];

   if (!isset($first_element)) {
     $first_element = $categories['categories_id'];
   }
 }

 //------------------------
 if (tep_not_null($cPath)) {
   $new_path = '';
   reset($cPath_array);
   while (list($key, $value) = each($cPath_array)) {
     unset($parent_id);
     unset($first_id);
     $categories_query = tep_db_query("select c.categories_id, cd.categories_name, c.parent_id from " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " c, " . TABLE_CATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION . " cd where c.parent_id = '" . (int)$value . "' and c.categories_id = cd.categories_id and cd.language_id='" . (int)$languages_id ."' order by sort_order, cd.categories_name");
     if (tep_db_num_rows($categories_query)) {
       $new_path .= $value;
       while ($row = tep_db_fetch_array($categories_query)) {
         $tree[$row['categories_id']] = array('name' => $row['categories_name'],
                                              'parent' => $row['parent_id'],
                                              'level' => $key+1,
                                              'path' => $new_path . '_' . $row['categories_id'],
                                              'next_id' => false);

         if (isset($parent_id)) {
           $tree[$parent_id]['next_id'] = $row['categories_id'];
         }

         $parent_id = $row['categories_id'];

         if (!isset($first_id)) {
           $first_id = $row['categories_id'];
         }

         $last_id = $row['categories_id'];
       }
       $tree[$last_id]['next_id'] = $tree[$value]['next_id'];
       $tree[$value]['next_id'] = $first_id;
       $new_path .= '_';
     } else {
       break;
     }
   }
 }
 tep_show_category($first_element); 

 $info_box_contents = array();
 $info_box_contents[] = array('text' => $categories_string);

 new infoBox($info_box_contents);
?>
           </td>
         </tr>
<!-- categories_eof //-->

 

Thanks again,

 

Rachel

[241]

I love the way this contribution works, but seem to be having a slight problem.

 

When I click to go to my home page, it seems to be working fine. But, if I refresh the page, or click on of my categories, it reverts back to my old style.

 

Thanks to anyone who might be able to point me in the right direction.

 

Rachel

post a link to the issue

[Guest]

Steve, I went ahead and uploaded the file again so you can see what's happening.

 

My Webpage

 

Thanks for any help you can give.

 

Rachel

[Guest]

Hmm, when I click the link I provided, I don't see the contribution at all. When I open my home page directly, though, it does show up. :blink: I assure you, your categories.php file HAS been uploaded to the site.

[241]

Hmm, when I click the link I provided, I don't see the contribution at all. When I open my home page directly, though, it does show up. :blink: I assure you, your categories.php file HAS been uploaded to the site.

When I click the link I see the original contribution and then if I clcik a category or do a refresh I get your other page.

 

do you use BTS or STS

[Guest]

No, I don't use any of those. Here's a list of the contributions I have added, just in case you need to know:

 

http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contri...ns,1341/page,13 Must agree to terms

 

http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,568 Add bullet images to category

 

http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,1598 Unsold carts report

 

http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,716 modified price per customer group

 

http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,1435 order editor

 

http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contri...ons,1462/page,2 FedEx quotes

 

Category editor

 

http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,598 Pick-up module

 

Fax/Phone 1.2  http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,1170

 

Ala-Amazon login  http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,2073

 

Order tracking  http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,1522

 

Customers Per Products http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,2095

 

Quick Product Adder http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,194

 

More Info Button:  http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,1889

 

Modified Invoice for Date and Order Number: http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=83608

 

Modified Checkout_Payment Page: http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=79750&st=0

 

Modified Invoice for Comments: http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/index.php?sho...=0entry154010

 

Modified Checkout_Shipping for 0 weight: http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=105056

 

Quick Price Updates

http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,122

 

Login Box w/My Account

http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,590/page,5

 

State Abbreviation Fix

http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contri...te+abbreviation

 

Price List (HTML)

http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contri...arch,price+list

 

 

Batch Order Center

http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,1235

 

 

Checkout for new customer modified

http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=31021&st=0

 

Steve, I appreciate that you're taking the time to look at this.

[241]

so your regular categories file is no longer on the server?

 

If using cache have you tried clearing the cache?

[Guest]

Nope, old category file is not on the server.

 

By cache, do you mean the one under httpdocs? I do see lots of categories_box-english.cache on my server. Is it okay to just right click and then delete all the files in the cache folder? I've never messed with that folder before, so I don't want to mess anything up.

[Guest]

Steve, it's doing something different now when I click on a specific category or hit refresh. It goes to just showing one bullet/line, and all the rest have disappeared. I haven't done anything to the site at all, just looked at the cache folder to see what was in there.

[241]

in your admin under configuration and cache what do you have.

 

is cache set true

 

in admin under tools and Cache Control do you have a file for categories box

[Guest]

Steve, cache is set to "true" in my admin-configuration section. Also gives the cache directory, which is /home/httpd/vhosts/my-site/httpdocs/cache/.

 

In the tools section, yes, there is one in there for categories box, with today's date next to it.

 

Rachel

[241]

first step is to set cache false then see if things work. If things then work reset the file categories box in tools cache control.

 

my guess is the issue is being drawn from the cache which has yet to be populated with the new images etc for the categories box

Edited September 13, 2004 by 241

[Guest]

Thank you, Steve! That fixed it the problem. Should I set my configuration-cache back to "true" or leave it at "false"?

 

Thanks again for all your help.

[241]

if you have reset the file in cache control for categories box then you can set cache back to true. It will take time to repopulate the cache file

[Guest]

Hi All,

 

I was wondering if there is a way to show all categories with this contribution?

 

thanks!

If you mean in reference to your other post and the messed up code, yes it is possible and does not necesitate the use of this contribution as this contribution is a standard categories.php with a few code changes.

Hi steve,

 

Thanks for taking the time out to reply... are you able to explain this in a little more detail?

 

I was really after something like your contribution but with all categories showing... i like the idea of the bullets on the side... it looks neat.

 

Can you explain what additions i need to make to your code to show all the categories...

 

Thanks Heaps!

[Dennisra]

Steve:

 

I like the contribution alot. One problem however. When I turn on the cache option (in admin) the category list does not show on the index.php page.

 

Did I miss configuring something?

[241]

Steve:

 

I like the contribution alot. One problem however. When I turn on the cache option (in admin) the category list does not show on the index.php page.

 

Did I miss configuring something?

I would doubt that this is due to the contribution.

 

Did you have cache On before the contribution.

 

This is most likely to do with your setup.

[Dennisra]

After additional testing I have determined you are correct. My cache problem has nothing to do with the add on. Cache doesn't work with or without the add on. Now to find out why!!

 

Thanks again.

 

Dennis

[Guest]

Not sure if this is correct place to post but is there any way to modify this to make the information infobox and also the news categories and latest news infoboxes from the newsdesk contribution look the same way as the categories [with line and bullets] as this would help make my site a bit more unified. I went to the newsdesk demo site but got a bed and breakfast site round the corner from my flat. :P

[241]

Not sure if this is correct place to post but is there any way to modify this  to make the information infobox and also the news categories and latest news infoboxes from the newsdesk contribution look the same way as the categories [with line and bullets] as this would help make my site a bit more unified. I went to the newsdesk demo site but got a bed and breakfast site round the corner from my flat. :P

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Which demo site would that be then as the demo link does not point to a bed and breakfast site and never has pointed to a bed and breakfast site.

 

Yes that is what I have done, however this is the support for Categories Bullet and line and not newsdesk.

[isabel]

Ok, finnaly I understand that this is the correct place for this question.

 

Can I combine this contribution, with "Graphical Infobox Headers"??

 

Graphical Infobox Headers allow to use graphical headers for all side info tables, and it's aviable here: http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contri...h,table+infobox

 

It's possible??

 

If not, how can I do?

 

Thank you.