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Adpboss

Thank you for your help. I went and look at my html_catalog.php and here is the line from my php.

Code:

$php_scripts = array("search.php","giftcert.php","help.php", "cart.php", "product.php","register.php", "home.php", "pages.php", "pconf.php", "icon.php");

I went I look at the subcategories.tpl and I think the line of code below is the one that is producing the broken links and I do not know how to fix it.

Code:

[img]../icon.php?categoryid={$subcategories[cat_num].categoryid}[/img]

My Icons are in the File System and in that folder I have the .htaccess file with "Access from all"

THank you for the kuddos on the 404 page.

Thank you for all your help

Kind regards,
Ricky

http://www.ballroomdancingshoe.com/store/icon.php?categoryid=277

on php page

http://www.ballroomdancingshoe.com/icon.php?categoryid=277

on html page

see the problem?

How did you generate this catalog in the site root?

Quote:

Originally Posted by rjcbear

My Icons are in the File System and in that folder I have the .htaccess file with "Access from all"

Not sure if this is related but your .htaccess file should read:
Allow from All

Adpboss,

I see the difference now between them. I guess I will have to find a way to put an IF stament in the tpl so It will get executed only for the html_catalog.php to correct that little problem.

Quote:

How did you generate this catalog in the site root?

Yes the catalog is generated in the root of my syte.

Thank you Adpboos for all your help.

Quote:

Not sure if this is related but your .htaccess file should read:
Allow from All

Sorry my mistake the line in my .htacess is "Allow" not "Access"

Kind regards,
Ricky

category pagination

Since we have so many sub categories, is there a method to display only 10 on a page and then have a "next" and "previous" button?

I'm still stuck with this issue using this modification... Any Ideas?

Great Stuff by the way!!!

My Question is, How can I get it to display without all the images and just like this, http://www.gamehead.com.au/home.php?cat=260

Thanks

John

To eliminate the image, change the following code:

Code:

 

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

[img]{$xcart_web_dir}/icon.php?categoryid={$subcategories[cat_num].categoryid}[/img]</a>

Code:

[img]{$ImagesDir}/spacer.gif[/img]

This will keep a 100 pixel clear image within the <td> </td>and keep a consistant format.

I tried using the mod that grimsot posted on page 3 but I'm not having any luck. I have 4.0.6 installed on this site.

Here is my subcategories.tpl code:

Code:

{* $Id: subcategories.tpl,v 1.43.2.2 2004/10/07 07:08:51 max Exp $ *} 

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





 

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

{/if} 





 

{if ($navigation_page eq "")||($navigation_page eq "1")}{$current_category.description|regex_replace:"/[\n]/":"

"}



{/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} 





{* ==================== Sub categories mod start *} 



{section name=cat_num loop=$subcategories} 

{ if %cat_num.first% } 

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

{/if} 

{ if %cat_num.index% is div by 2} 

<tr> 

{/if} 

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

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

[img]{$xcart_web_dir}/icon.php?categoryid={$subcategories[cat_num].categoryid}[/img]</a>



 

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

<font size="3">{ $subcategories[cat_num].category|escape }</font></a>







 

{ $subcategories[cat_num].description|escape } 

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

{if $subcategories[cat_num].product_count}

 

({ $subcategories[cat_num].product_count } Products) 

{elseif $subcategories[cat_num].subcategory_count}

({ $subcategories[cat_num].subcategory_count } Subcategories) 

{/if} 

{/if} 

</td> 

{ if %cat_num.last% } 

</tr> 

</table> 

{/if} 

{/section} 



{* ==================== Sub categories mod end *} 





{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} 



 

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

{/if} 

<HR size="1" width="100%"> 

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

{/if} 

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

{$lng.txt_no_products_in_man} 

{/if} 

{/capture} 

{include file="dialog.tpl" title=$current_category.category content=$smarty.capture.dialog extra="width=100%"} 

{if $products eq ""} 

{if $f_products ne ""} 





 

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

{/if} 

{/if} 

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

Here is what it's outputting:

http://www.puttinggreensturf.com/home.php?cat=248

Does anyone know why it's not listing the description under the category name?

Is it possible to modify the subcategories.tpl file to include a "blurb" at the top of each category page (mostly for Search Engine Optimization purposes)? And then underneath that is the subcategories displayed as has been discussed in this post.

The trick is to be able to have a different "blurb" at the top of each page...

My fingers are crossed that someone knows how to do this!

Jennifer

P.S. If you're not familiar with what a "blurb" is, all I mean is a paragraph of text.

You could fill in the category description on the edit categories page, and it will show up as that 'blurb' :)