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Re: If Statement for any page?

I think what I am trying to ask is how do you call a specific categoryid from the MySQL database in the simplest way in x-cart?

EDIT... I was replying to my own post, but you responded before I submitted and my response looks a bit rude, sorry about that, not intended.

Re: If Statement for any page?

maybe this?

Code:

{if $cat eq "252"}



{php}

require_once("simplepie.inc");

$feed = new SimplePie();

 $feed->set_feed_url("http://www.promartsupplements.co.uk/...nes/?feed=rss2");

 

$feed->init();

// Limit the items to be shown

$i = 0;

foreach($feed->get_items() as $item) {

 if($i <= 2) {

  echo "<h3 style='font-size:14px;'><a style='color:#000; text-decoration:none; font-size:13px; font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif;' href='" . $item->get_permalink() . "'>" . $item->get_title() . "</a> </h3>";

  echo "<p style='font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif; font-size:11px;'>" . substr($item->get_description(),0,180) . "...<a style='text-decoration:none; font-size:11px; font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif;' href='" . $item->get_permalink(). "'>[Read Article]</a></p>";

  $i++;

 }

}

{/php}



{else}



{php}

require_once("simplepie.inc");

$feed = new SimplePie();

 $feed->set_feed_url("http://www.promartsupplements.co.uk/blog/?feed=rss2");

 

$feed->init();

// Limit the items to be shown

$i = 0;

foreach($feed->get_items() as $item) {

 if($i <= 2) {

  echo "<h3 style='font-size:14px;'><a style='color:#000; text-decoration:none; font-size:13px; font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif;' href='" . $item->get_permalink() . "'>" . $item->get_title() . "</a> </h3>";

  echo "<p style='font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif; font-size:11px;'>" . substr($item->get_description(),0,180) . "...<a style='text-decoration:none; font-size:11px; font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif;' href='" . $item->get_permalink(). "'>[Read Article]</a></p>";

  $i++;

 }

}

{/php}



{/if}

Re: If Statement for any page?

Thanks Ashley. I will implement that.

My aim is to increase unique and relevant content on my x-cart category pages, by pulling in the most recent 3 blog articles from my wordpress blog feed for the same category, i.e.

The most recent 3 article snippets from ".co.uk/blog/category/cat1/feed/" showing on ".co.uk/cat1"

I want to do this on 20ish category pages and 30ish manufacturer pages, without adding loads of additional code.

My last SEO company could not achieve this, so I am trying to do it myself. Do you think the method you suggested would be okay when applied to about 50 pages?

I use GZIP, so I suppose it shouldn't increase page load times much at all, even if it does add lots of code.

If you know a better method though, please let me know,

Thanks,

Re: If Statement for any page?

I would do it like this.

make a .tpl for each cat wit the cat id in the name

so

252_feed.tpl

the do it like this.

{include file="customer/feeds/`$cat`_feed.tpl"}

of course you need to make the customer/feed folder.

then in your 252_feed.tpl file put your php code

{php}
require_once("simplepie.inc");
$feed = new SimplePie();
$feed->set_feed_url("http://www.promartsupplements.co.uk/...nes/?feed=rss2");

$feed->init();
// Limit the items to be shown
$i = 0;
foreach($feed->get_items() as $item) {
if($i <= 2) {
echo "<h3 style='font-size:14px;'><a style='color:#000; text-decoration:none; font-size:13px; font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif;' href='" . $item->get_permalink() . "'>" . $item->get_title() . "</a> </h3>";
echo "<p style='font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif; font-size:11px;'>" . substr($item->get_description(),0,180) . "...<a style='text-decoration:none; font-size:11px; font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif;' href='" . $item->get_permalink(). "'>[Read Article]</a></p>";
$i++;
}
}
{/php}

Re: If Statement for any page?

If this is for category pages then $cat will work - $cat holds the current category id. But you should put your code in include/categories.php and assign the result to smarty. Then you can use that smarty variable in a template to show the links

Re: If Statement for any page?

would you please tell up the details on how to add the code? Where should we put simplepie.inc? many thanks.

Re: If Statement for any page?

You can copy the inc file in include directory. In include/categories.php just before "?>" put

Code:

require_once $xcart_dir."/include/simplepie.inc";

$feed = new SimplePie();

if($cat == 252)

 $feed->set_feed_url("http://www.promartsupplements.co.uk/...nes/?feed=rss2");

else

 $feed->set_feed_url("http://www.promartsupplements.co.uk/blog/?feed=rss2");

 

$feed->init();

// Limit the items to be shown

$i = 0;

$new_feed = array();

foreach($feed->get_items() as $item) {

 if($i <= 2) {

$new_feed[$i]["link"] = $item->get_permalink();

$new_feed[$i]["title"] = $item->get_title();

$new_feed[$i]["descr"] = substr($item->get_description(),0,180);

 

$i++;

 }

}

$smarty->assign("new_feed", $new_feed);

Then use $new_feed in the template you want it to show

Code:

 

{foreach from=$new_feed item=nf}

<a href="{$nf.link}">{$nf.title}</a>

<br />

{$nf.descr}

 

<p> ----------------------------------</p>

{/foreach}

Re: If Statement for any page?

i can not find categories.php under include category, i only find one under admin category. i am using x-cart 4.4.2 gold

Re: If Statement for any page?

There is no categories.php for 4.4.x, the replacement is common.php

Re: If Statement for any page?

Hi all,

I just wanted to say thanks for all the great information. It is slightly beyond my abilities at the moment, but I will come back to it as I learn, thanks again.