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[hhiker]

We wanted to randomize the "featured products" on our home page. Being the featured products module does not do this, I figured out how to do this using the recommended products module. Here are the instructions on how to do this.

You can view it in action at www.highlandhiker.com/home.php

1. Create new label called lbl_recommends_home. Add text to it that says what you would like the customer to see as the box header when they view your home page.

2. Create a new file called recommends_home.tpl and put it in skin1/modules/Recommended_Products/

3. Add the following code to recommends_home.tpl to:
{* $Id: recommends_home.tpl,v 1.9 2006/09/25 14:51:45 hhiker Exp $ *}
{if $recommends}
{capture name=recommends}
{include file="customer/main/products.tpl" products=$recommends}
{/capture}
{include file="dialog.tpl" title=$lng.lbl_recommends_home content=$smarty.capture.recommends extra='width="100%"'}
{/if}

4. Upload recommends_home.tpl to skin1/modules/Recommended_Products/ directory

5. In customer/main/welcome.tpl
Add:
{if $active_modules.Recommended_Products ne ""}
{include file="modules/Recommended_Products/recommends_home.tpl" }
{/if}

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

6. Comment out:
{*{include file="customer/main/featured.tpl" f_products=$f_products}*}

*** If you want this to show all through your page, you can simply edit recommended.tpl file and forget the rest of the steps.

*** To set the number of products that randomizes, you will need to change that in your admin. Doing so will also change the number of products shown on the product listing.

To remove recommended products from your product page, simply comment out the following in product.tpl
{if $active_modules.Recommended_Products ne ""}
{include file="modules/Recommended_Products/recommends_home.tpl" }
{/if}

[sunset]

I have tried this a few times and cant get it to work. It looks fabulous and just what i need.
Not sure what i am doing wrong. I am getting no featured products on the home page now.

[hhiker]

I looked over the instructions & saw that they did not quite make sense & I left out numbering step 6. When I posted that, I copied my own notes exactly. Here is my welcome.tpl file to give you an idea of what you should be doing. Your's probably looks a little different. We don't have many files that we have not modified.

If you still have problems, let me know.

{* $Id: welcome.tpl,v 1.28.2.1 2006/07/12 04:51:17 svowl Exp $ *}
{if ($active_modules.Greet_Visitor ne "") and ($smarty.cookies.GreetingCookie ne "") and $logout_user eq ''}
{assign var="_name" value=$smarty.cookies.GreetingCookie|replace:"\'": "'"}
<h3>{$lng.lbl_welcome_back|substitute:"name":$_nam e} </h3>
{elseif $lng.lbl_site_title}
<h3>{$lng.lbl_welcome_to|substitute:"company":$lng .lbl_site_title}</h3>
{else}
<h3>{$lng.lbl_welcome_to|substitute:"company":$con fig.Company.company_name}</h3>
{/if}
{$lng.txt_welcome}
<br />
{if $active_modules.Bestsellers ne "" and $config.Bestsellers.bestsellers_menu ne "Y"}
{include file="modules/Bestsellers/bestsellers.tpl"}
{/if}
<br />
{if $active_modules.Recommended_Products ne ""}
{include file="modules/Recommended_Products/recommends_home.tpl" }
{/if}

[sunset]

Thanks for the update hhiker...still no luck. Thanks anyway though. I am probably still doing something wrong. Being new to html etc...there is every chance that i have.
Cheers.

[hhiker]

Double check to see that you have it turned on in your modules & also configured.

[Media Pit]

Hi there hhiker,

I am also interested in getting a randomised set of featured products on the front page, and I put in the changes you outlined, but am also getting no featured products at all on the front page now.

I have checked that the recommended products module is turned on, and also configured to show 10 products.

This is my entire welcome.tpl file and the changes as noted at the bottom.

{* $Id: welcome.tpl,v 1.28.2.1 2006/07/12 04:51:17 svowl Exp $ *}
{if ($active_modules.Greet_Visitor ne "") and ($smarty.cookies.GreetingCookie ne "") and $logout_user eq ''}
{assign var="_name" value=$smarty.cookies.GreetingCookie|replace:"\'": "'"}
<h3>{$lng.lbl_welcome_back|substitute:"name":$_nam e} </h3>
{elseif $lng.lbl_site_title}
<h3>{$lng.lbl_welcome_to|substitute:"company":$lng .lbl_site_title}</h3>
{else}
<h3>{$lng.lbl_welcome_to|substitute:"company":$con fig.Company.company_name}</h3>
{/if}
{$lng.txt_welcome}
<br />
{if $active_modules.Bestsellers ne "" and $config.Bestsellers.bestsellers_menu ne "Y"}
{include file="modules/Bestsellers/bestsellers.tpl"}
{/if}
<br />
{if $active_modules.Recommended_Products ne ""}
{include file="modules/Recommended_Products/recommends_home.tpl" }
{/if}
{*{include file="customer/main/featured.tpl" f_products=$f_products}*}

Thanks for any help,
Cheers,
Kiah.

[congiothoang]

Shouldn't it have recommends_home.php as well ???

[SystemSkins]

Ok.. I'm lost already on step #1.

1. Create new label called lbl_recommends_home. Add text to it that says what you would like the customer to see as the box header when they view your home page.

Create a new label? where? in what file? what ? isn't this what you have on your site named "Featured Products"

[SystemSkins]

I too am not getting anything on the main page.

My welcome.tpl

{* $Id: welcome.tpl,v 1.28.2.1 2006/07/12 04:51:17 svowl Exp $ *}
{if ($active_modules.Greet_Visitor ne "") and ($smarty.cookies.GreetingCookie ne "") and $logout_user eq ''}
{assign var="_name" value=$smarty.cookies.GreetingCookie|replace:"\'": "'"}
<h3>{$lng.lbl_welcome_back|substitute:"name":$_nam e} </h3>
{elseif $lng.lbl_site_title}
<h3>{$lng.lbl_welcome_to|substitute:"company":$lng .lbl_site_title}</h3>
{else}
<h3>{$lng.lbl_welcome_to|substitute:"company":$con fig.Company.company_name}</h3>
{/if}
{$lng.txt_welcome}
<br />
{if $active_modules.Bestsellers ne "" and $config.Bestsellers.bestsellers_menu ne "Y"}
{include file="modules/Bestsellers/bestsellers.tpl"}
{/if}
<br />
{if $active_modules.Recommended_Products ne ""}
{include file="modules/Recommended_Products/recommends_home.tpl" }
{/if}

my recommends_home.tpl

{* $Id: recommends_home.tpl,v 1.9 2006/09/25 14:51:45 hhiker Exp $ *}
{if $recommends}
{capture name=recommends}
{include file="customer/main/products.tpl" products=$recommends}
{/capture}
{include file="dialog.tpl" title=$lng.lbl_recommends_home content=$smarty.capture.recommends extra='width="100%"'}
{/if}

my recommends_home.tpl is in: /skin1/modules/Recommended_Products/
my welcome.tpl is in: skin1/customers/main/

My recommended products module is enabled in modules
Recommended products options:
Select recommended products randomly: YES
Number of products to be displayed in recommended products list: 6

What am I doing wrong? Does this work with my version?


http://www.systemskins.com/sscart/home.php

[geckoday]

Originally Posted by SystemSkins

Ok.. I'm lost already on step #1.



Create a new label? where? in what file? what ? isn't this what you have on your site named "Featured Products"

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