If Statement for any page?
 

I am using if statements to add category specific code to my site, using:

{if cat eq '1'}
code for category 1 page
{elseif cat eq '2'}
code for category 2 page
etc..

{/if}

I have 2 questions though:

1. How do you do the same for manufacturer, product and static pages?

2. I have roughly 15 categories and 25 manufacturers, so the code would be okay, i.e. not too long. But, my site has ~600 pages, so is there a more concise way of adding custom code to any and every URL?

Thanks,

Re: If Statement for any page?
 

Further details... the reason I ask is that I was going to add page specific special offers and additional information to my site in the sidebars. This would be an ongoing process, but I don't want to add 600 lines of if/elseif statements to my site.

Re: If Statement for any page?
 

One more issue, my if statements do not appear to work inside
{php}
code...
{if ...}
code
{elseif ...}
code
{/if}
{/php}

What am I doing wrong? I tried using the literal tags, but to no success.

Thanks again,

Re: If Statement for any page?
 

If every singl page will have its own different from the others offer you eithr have to do all the if/then lines or you can add extra field and use it for each product page to enter different value

Once you start with {php} in a template you have to use php syntax

{php}
code...
if (whatever) {
code
} elseif (whatever) {
code
} else {
code
}
{/php}

Re: If Statement for any page?
 

Thanks, but I am still having problems with understanding the code. I have:


I'm sure whatever I have done wrong is minor, but I can't fathom it.

Re: If Statement for any page?
 

All of the code worked fine until I added the if/else part. Originally, the blog feed integration was the same on every page and that is what I am trying to change.

Thanks,

Re: If Statement for any page?
 

Like I said - you can't use smarty syntax within php code and yet you are doing it (there is no "eq" in php)

Re: If Statement for any page?
 

it is not recommended to use {php}{/php} in smarty template files. if is used, do not abuse of it.

Re: If Statement for any page?
 

Thanks for your help. I am a novice with php and mysql, so most of it looks foreign to me at the moment. The code was written by a third party and I just wanted to tweak it.

I tried the above, which doesn't crash the site like when I did it myself, but the feed is the same on both pages. I'm wondering if I need to declare the $cat variable before calling it (please excuse my terminology).

p.s. categoryid no. 252 in my MySQL table is the all-in-one category, so I was hoping that page would show a different feed integration category.

Thanks,

Re: If Statement for any page?
 

Depends on the page you are calling this form $cat may not be defined at all

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?

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?
 

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


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

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.