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[Hyperdelicious]

On the product list page... I would like products to appear with alternating background colors.. searched the forums but not finding a quick solution... the code is for products_list.tpl here is the snippet of code I'd like to edit:

<div class="products products-list">
{foreach from=$products item=product}

{assign var="url" value="product.php?productid=`$product.productid`& amp;cat=`$cat`&amp;page=`$navigation_page`"}
{if $featured eq 'Y'}
{assign var="url" value=$url|cat:"&amp;featured=Y"}
{/if}

<div class="item" style="background:#F9F0E9;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">

I'm thinking it should be as simple as creating an IF statement and adding some sort of array to determine odd even variable... sliding the IF variable=array show DIVx ELSE show DIVy... any ideas?

[PhilJ]

Use cycle instead...

<div class="{cycle values="style1,style2"}">...</div>

Then...

.style1 { background: #ccc; }
.style2 { background: #eee; }

Etc.

[Hyperdelicious]

Thanks, PhilJ... That's so much simpler than IF and ELSE statements... for future reference can you tell me how the cycle code works... or provide a link to resource... is that built into PHP, SMARTY, etc.?

[PhilJ]

http://smarty.net/manual/en/language.function.cycle.php

[Hyperdelicious]

awesome... thanks