[shan]

heres a simple one. works the same as featured products but just drops it in the side menu instead of in the center.

create a new file called menu_featured.tpl and store it in skin1 dir

{* $Id: menu_featured.tpl,v 1.8 2004/05/22 Shan Exp $ *}
{if $f_products ne ""}
{capture name=menu}
{section name=num loop=$f_products}


<table width="100%"  border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">
  <tr>
    <td align="center" valign="top">

{$f_products[num].product}

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

<a href=product.php?productid={$products[product].productid}&cat={$cat}&page={$navigation_page}>
{include file="product_thumbnail.tpl" productid=$f_products[num].productid image_x=75 product=$f_products[num].product tmbn_url=$f_products[num].tmbn_url}
</a>

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

<font class=ProductPrice>{$lng.lbl_our_price}: {include file="currency.tpl" value=$f_products[num].price}</font><font class=MarketPrice>{include file="customer/main/alter_currency_value.tpl" alter_currency_value=$f_products[num].price}</font>

   </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<hr>

{/section}

{/capture}
{ include file="menu.tpl" dingbats="dingbats_categorie.gif" menu_title="Featured Items" menu_content=$smarty.capture.menu }

{/if}

now open up skin1/customer/home.tpl and insert this where you want the menu item to appear

{include file="menu_featured.tpl"}

Once youve done that you can remove the old featured products from the center areas.

Open skin1/customer/main/welcome.tpl and remove

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

Then open skin1/customer/subcategories.tpl and remove or comment out

{if $f_products ne ""}



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

Works in 3.5.x but should work in other versions too