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Re: Mod for subcategories in columns with descriptions and icons

I used the code exactly as above and now have two columns as seen here:

http://www.partypresence.co.uk/store/home.php?cat=248

How do I get the icons to show to the left of the headings (which part of the code do I edit?) and how can I get the columns to align left rather than centred like they are as I changed this part:

Code:

<td valign="top" align="center">

        <a class="alt" href="home.php?cat={ $subcategories[cat_num].categoryid }">

        {if $subcategories[cat_num].icon_url}<IMG height="100" border="0" alighn="middle" src="{if 



$subcategories[cat_num].icon_url}{$subcategories[cat_num].icon_url}{else}{$xcart_web_dir}/icon.php?catego



ryid={$cat}{/if}">{/if}

and changed "center" to "left" but nothing happened?

Thanks for your help .... and thanks Padraic (Balinor) for pointing me to this mod :)

Re: Mod for subcategories in columns with descriptions and icons

OK, all done and working now on version 4.0.19 as seen here:

http://www.partypresence.co.uk/store/home.php?cat=248

The subcategories code is:

Code:

{* $Id: subcategories.tpl,v 1.43.2.9 2006/06/27 08:22:01 svowl Exp $ *}

{if $active_modules.Bestsellers ne "" and $config.Modules.bestsellers_menu ne "Y"}

{include file="modules/Bestsellers/bestsellers.tpl"}

{/if}

{if $active_modules.Special_Offers and $category_offers}

<BR><BR>

{include file="modules/Special_Offers/customer/category_offers_short_list.tpl"}

{/if}

{if ($navigation_page eq "")||($navigation_page eq "1")}{$current_category.description}<BR><BR>{/if}

{capture name=dialog}

{assign var="tmp" value="0"}

{section name=cat_num loop=$subcategories}

{if $subcategories[cat_num].category}{assign var="tmp" value="1"}{/if}

{/section}

{if $subcategories}

<table cellspacing="5" width="100%" border="0">

<tr>

{foreach from=$subcategories item=subcat}

{if $tmp is div by 3}

</tr><tr><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr valign="top">

{/if}

{ if $tmp and $first_subcat ne "Y" }

{assign var="tmp" value=0}

{assign var="first_subcat" value="Y"}

{/if}

<td class="ColumnTitles" valign="top"><a title="{$subcat.description}" href="home.php?cat={ $subcat.categoryid }"><img src="{if $subcat.icon_url}{$subcat.icon_url}{else}{$xcart_web_dir}/default_image.gif{/if}" alt="" align="middle" <br><left> 

<font class="ItemsList">{ $subcat.category|escape }</font></a>

{if $config.Appearance.count_products eq "Y"}





{/if}

{assign var="tmp" value=$tmp+1}

{/foreach}

</table>

{/if}

{if $tmp and $products ne "" }

<BR clear="left">

<HR size="1" noshade>

{/if}

{if $products}

{if $sort_fields}

<DIV align="right">{include file="main/search_sort_by.tpl" sort_fields=$sort_fields 

selected=$search_prefilled.sort_field direction=$search_prefilled.sort_direction 

url="home.php?cat=`$cat`&"}</DIV>

{/if}

{if $total_pages gt 2}

<BR>

{ include file="customer/main/navigation.tpl" }

{/if}

<BR>

{include file="customer/main/products.tpl" products=$products}

{/if}

{if $products eq "" and $tmp eq "0"}

{$lng.txt_no_products_in_cat}

{/if}

{/capture}

{include file="dialog.tpl" title=$current_category.category content=$smarty.capture.dialog 

extra="width=100%"}

{if $products eq ""}

{if $f_products ne ""}

<P>

{include file="customer/main/featured.tpl"}

{/if}

{/if}

{ include file="customer/main/navigation.tpl" }

Hope that helps someone! Thanks so much for the emails Robbert .... couldnt have done it without you!!!!

Re: Mod for subcategories in columns with descriptions and icons

mrkenzie's mod worked wonders. However, I have an appearance issue on one subcat only http://www.poweredag.com/home.php?cat=3 where the second row subcat title is to the right of the image. It only happens with this subcat. Any help would be appreciated.

Re: Mod for subcategories in columns with descriptions and icons

Quote:

Originally Posted by Poweredag

Hi,
I havent tried the mod yet but just looking at your site - have you tried reducing the number of characters in the title to see if this makes a difference? Alternatively, have you tried making the image area slightly wider.

Just a thought.

Re: Mod for subcategories in columns with descriptions and icons

Thanks BizzyB,

It was a title character issue as you suggested, but I solved it with a hyphen.

Re: Mod for subcategories in columns with descriptions and icons

where do I find categories.php? to change the code

Re: Mod for subcategories in columns with descriptions and icons

ok I found categories.php I have X-Cart v 4.1.x and can not find that code in categories.php?does anyone have this mod working on my version b/c I can't get any of them to work so far

Re: Mod for subcategories in columns with descriptions and icons

Hey,

I'm using the same code as KarenTown but It just wont find my category images..

PHP Code:


		
			
{* $Id: subcategories.tpl,v 1.43.2.9 2006/06/27 08:22:01 svowl Exp $ *}
{if $active_modules.Bestsellers ne "" and $config.Modules.bestsellers_menu ne "Y"}
{include file="modules/Bestsellers/bestsellers.tpl"}
{/if}
{if $active_modules.Special_Offers and $category_offers}
<BR><BR>
{include file="modules/Special_Offers/customer/category_offers_short_list.tpl"}
{/if}
{if ($navigation_page eq "")||($navigation_page eq "1")}{$current_category.description}<BR><BR>{/if}
{capture name=dialog}
{assign var="tmp" value="0"}
{section name=cat_num loop=$subcategories}
{if $subcategories[cat_num].category}{assign var="tmp" value="1"}{/if}
{/section}
{if $subcategories}
<table cellspacing="5" width="100%" border="0">
<tr>
{foreach from=$subcategories item=subcat}
{if $tmp is div by 3}
</tr><tr><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr valign="top">
{/if}
{ if $tmp and $first_subcat ne "Y" }
{assign var="tmp" value=0}
{assign var="first_subcat" value="Y"}
{/if}
<td class="ColumnTitles" valign="top"><a title="{$subcat.description}" href="home.php?cat={ $subcat.categoryid }"><img src="{if $subcat.icon_url}{$subcat.icon_url}{else}{$xcart_web_dir}/default_image.gif{/if}" alt="" align="middle" <br><left> 
<font class="ItemsList">{ $subcat.category|escape }</font></a>
{if $config.Appearance.count_products eq "Y"}
 
{/if}
{assign var="tmp" value=$tmp+1}
{/foreach}
</table>
{/if}
{if $tmp and $products ne "" }
<BR clear="left">
<HR size="1" noshade>
{/if}
{if $products}
{if $sort_fields}
<DIV align="right">{include file="main/search_sort_by.tpl" sort_fields=$sort_fields 
selected=$search_prefilled.sort_field direction=$search_prefilled.sort_direction 
url="home.php?cat=`$cat`&"}</DIV>
{/if}
{if $total_pages gt 2}
<BR>
{ include file="customer/main/navigation.tpl" }
{/if}
<BR>
{include file="customer/main/products.tpl" products=$products}
{/if}
{if $products eq "" and $tmp eq "0"}
{$lng.txt_no_products_in_cat}
{/if}
{/capture}
{include file="dialog.tpl" title=$current_category.category content=$smarty.capture.dialog 
extra="width=100%"}
{if $products eq ""}
{if $f_products ne ""}
<P>
{include file="customer/main/featured.tpl"}
{/if}
{/if}
{ include file="customer/main/navigation.tpl" }

I am using this on version 4.1.6 but its strange is the image location different in this version?

thanks for looking

Re: Mod for subcategories in columns with descriptions and icons

Quote:

Originally Posted by obaluba2

Hey,

I'm using the same code as KarenTown but It just wont find my category images..

I am using this on version 4.1.6 but its strange is the image location different in this version?

I have v4.1.3 and used mrkenzie's mod on page 14. It worked like a charm for me. The images should be uploaded to the file system, and I called them from the admin section subcat menu. You can see it working here: http://www.poweredag.com/Commercial-p-1-c-3.html
Hope that answered your question.

Re: Mod for subcategories in columns with descriptions and icons

Looks like a great mod. Unfortunately I've forgot to keep updated with this tread.
ANybody knows which code I need to know for 4.0.17? 4.0.X version will do.
I don't need the DSEFU code as I am using DSEFU PRO, but images are stored in the file system.

Thanks for the help.