X-Cart forums - Custom Layout for a Root Category Page

Hello Everyone,

I am looking to include a {if}{else} statement and create some custom layouts for various category descriptions.

I do this with some of my product pages already. I just cant get it to work with categories. Currently I am posting the statement in subcategories.tpl

Here is my customized subcategories.tpl - i have addes space on either side of my inserted statement that includes .tpl file within the {capture} statement.

Code:

{* $Id: subcategories.tpl,v 1.43.2.5 2004/12/01 15:15:49 mclap 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}

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

{/if}

{capture name=dialog}

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



{if $cat eq "268" }  

   {assign var="id" value=$cat}

          {assign var="file" value=main}

        {assign var="includeRoot" value=include/cat/}

         {assign var="path" value="$includeRoot$id$file.tpl"}

         {include file=$path }

        {else} 



{section name=cat_num loop=$subcategories}

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

{/section}

{if $subcategories}

{* Uncomment for Subcategories and Main Graphic {if $tmp}  [img]{if $current_category.icon_url}{$current_category.icon_url}{else}{$xcart_web_dir}/icon.php?categoryid={$cat}{/if}[/img] {/if}     *}

{foreach from=$subcategories item=subcat}

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

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

{if $subcat.product_count}{ $subcat.product_count } {$lng.lbl_products}

{elseif $subcat.subcategory_count}{ $subcat.subcategory_count } {$lng.lbl_categories|lower}

{/if}

{/if}

{/foreach}

{/if}

{if $tmp and $products ne "" }

<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}

 




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

 {/if}

 {if $products eq "" and $tmp eq "0"}

 {$lng.txt_no_products_in_cat}

 {/if}



{/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" }

Currently when I use this code, the original product description that was created in xcart/admin is displayed and then the custom included .tpl file is displayed beneath the original. Both are captured within the dialog box.

Any help is appreciated

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