Broken Up Categories

[Cyber-Drugs]

Go here http://67.15.2.6/~dogbert/Online/index.php?cPath=21_35_34

 

you can see my categories are brocken up, I need to fix this. What I had in mind was maybe putting the abreviations on the categories list on the left and the full name on the right. Could someone tell me how to do this? Which files to edit, and such?

 

Thanks :)

 

Cyber-Drugs B)

[♥yesudo]

length of cat name is def the prob.

 

where on right ?

[Cyber-Drugs]

What do you mean by "where on right ?" ?? :huh:

 

Cyber-Drugs B)

[♥yesudo]

categories list on the left and the full name on the right.

you tell me...

[Cyber-Drugs]

Sorry about that.

 

I want the short names on the left in the category box, but on the right, which is where you see the product description, I dont want an abreviation, I want the proper full name in the title.

 

So only an abreviation in the categories bit, and no where else.

 

Thanks :)

 

Cyber-Drugs B)

[Cyber-Drugs]

No one got any ideas then? (didnt edit my last post as I dont have acces rights yet)

 

If someone has any ideas please let me know.

 

Thanks :)

 

Cyber-Drugs B)

[burt]

Couple of options:

 

1/ Don't bother having subcategories in the main categories box. I do this on a few sites and it works well.

 

or

 

2/ Look at the substr function of PHP. http://uk.php.net and apply to the sub category names. Search this forum for

 

substr

 

and eventually you'll find a post by me showing how to do something like this.

[Cyber-Drugs]

I don't mind going with option one, is there an option in the admin area to do this? Or how do I go about doing it?

 

Thanks :)

 

Cyber-Drugs B)

[burt]

I rolled my own, which wouldn't suit your needs as it looks like this:

 

 

There is (I'm certain) a few contributions that will do what you need. Have a search through the contributions section.

 

If you go with option 2, try this, unsure if it will work exactly as intended, but it'll give you a start:

 

/includes/boxes/categories.php

 

Find this:

 

$categories_string .= $tree[$counter]['name'];

 

Replace it with this:

 

if ($tree[$counter]['parent'] != 0) {
  $categories_string .= substr($tree[$counter]['name'], 0, 5);
}
else {
  $categories_string .= $tree[$counter]['name'];
}

[burt]

The number 5 in this line:

 

$categories_string .= substr($tree[$counter]['name'], 0, 5);

 

determines the length of your subcategory name. In this code, the length would be 5 characters. Amend to suit your needs.

[Cyber-Drugs]

I would really love to use that code Burt, but I am afraid I am using a category box contribution made by 241.

 

I will post the code for it, so maybe you could tell me what I need to change?

 

<?php
/*
 $Id: categories.php,v 1.23 2002/11/12 14:09:30 dgw_ Exp $

 osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions
 http://www.oscommerce.com

 Copyright (c) 2002 osCommerce

 Released under the GNU General Public License
*/

 function tep_show_category($counter) {
   global $foo, $categories_string, $id, $aa;

   for ($a=0; $a<$foo[$counter]['level']; $a++) {
     if ($a == $foo[$counter]['level']-1)
   {
 $categories_string .= "<font color='#ff0000'>   </font>";
     } else
  	 {
  	 $categories_string .= "<font color='#ff0000'>    </font>";
    	 }

 }    if ($foo[$counter]['level'] == 0)
{
if ($aa == 1)
{
$categories_string .= tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . '../templates/CyberLaneOnline/images/hr01.gif', '3', '137', '') . '<br>';
   }
else
{$aa=1;}

}



   $categories_string .= '<nobr><a nowrap href="';

   if ($foo[$counter]['parent'] == 0) {
     $cPath_new = 'cPath=' . $counter;
   } else {
     $cPath_new = 'cPath=' . $foo[$counter]['path'];
   }

   $categories_string .= tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, $cPath_new);
   $categories_string .= '">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'e02.gif', '') . ' ';;

   if ( ($id) && (in_array($counter, $id)) ) {
     $categories_string .= "<b><font color='#ff0000'>";
   }

// display category name
   $categories_string .= $foo[$counter]['name'];

   if ( ($id) && (in_array($counter, $id)) ) {
     $categories_string .= '</font></b>';
   }

  // if (tep_has_category_subcategories($counter)) {
  //   $categories_string .= '->';
  // }

   $categories_string .= '</nobr></a>';

  // if (SHOW_COUNTS == 'true') {
  //   $products_in_category = tep_count_products_in_category($counter);
  //   if ($products_in_category > 0) {
  //     $categories_string .= ' (' . $products_in_category . ')';
  //   }    }

   $categories_string .= '<br>';

   if ($foo[$counter]['next_id']) {
     tep_show_category($foo[$counter]['next_id']);
   }
 }
?>
<!-- categories //-->
         <tr>
           <td>
<?php
 $aa = 0;
echo $categories_string;

 $categories_string = '';

// add links to products with no category
 $product_query = tep_db_query("select p.products_id, pd.products_name from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_TO_CATEGORIES . " p2c, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . " pd where p.products_status = '1' and p.products_id = p2c.products_id and p2c.categories_id = 0 and p.products_id = pd.products_id and pd.language_id ='"  . (int)$languages_id . "' order by pd.products_name " );
 while ($no_category = tep_db_fetch_array($product_query))  {
       $no_cat_product_id = $no_category['products_id'];
       $no_cat_products_name = $no_category['products_name'];
$myref = "<a href=" . tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCT_INFO, 'products_id=' . $no_cat_product_id) . '>' . $no_cat_products_name . '</a><br><br>';
$categories_string .= $myref;
}
 // end links to products with no category

 $categories_query = tep_db_query("select c.categories_id, cd.categories_name, c.parent_id from " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " c, " . TABLE_CATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION . " cd where c.parent_id = '0' and c.categories_id = cd.categories_id and cd.language_id='" . $languages_id ."' order by sort_order, cd.categories_name");
 while ($categories = tep_db_fetch_array($categories_query))  {
   $foo[$categories['categories_id']] = array(
                                       'name' => $categories['categories_name'],
                                       'parent' => $categories['parent_id'],
                                       'level' => 0,
                                       'path' => $categories['categories_id'],
                                       'next_id' => false
                                      );

   if (isset($prev_id)) {
     $foo[$prev_id]['next_id'] = $categories['categories_id'];
   }

   $prev_id = $categories['categories_id'];

   if (!isset($first_element)) {
     $first_element = $categories['categories_id'];
   }
 }

 //------------------------
 if ($cPath) {
   $new_path = '';
   $id = split('_', $cPath);
   reset($id);
   while (list($key, $value) = each($id)) {
     unset($prev_id);
     unset($first_id);
     $categories_query = tep_db_query("select c.categories_id, cd.categories_name, c.parent_id from " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " c, " . TABLE_CATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION . " cd where c.parent_id = '" . $value . "' and c.categories_id = cd.categories_id and cd.language_id='" . $languages_id ."' order by sort_order, cd.categories_name");
     $category_check = tep_db_num_rows($categories_query);
     if ($category_check > 0) {
       $new_path .= $value;
       while ($row = tep_db_fetch_array($categories_query)) {
         $foo[$row['categories_id']] = array(
                                             'name' => $row['categories_name'],
                                             'parent' => $row['parent_id'],
                                             'level' => $key+1,
                                             'path' => $new_path . '_' . $row['categories_id'],
                                             'next_id' => false
                                            );

         if (isset($prev_id)) {
           $foo[$prev_id]['next_id'] = $row['categories_id'];
         }

         $prev_id = $row['categories_id'];

         if (!isset($first_id)) {
           $first_id = $row['categories_id'];
         }

         $last_id = $row['categories_id'];
       }
       $foo[$last_id]['next_id'] = $foo[$value]['next_id'];
       $foo[$value]['next_id'] = $first_id;
       $new_path .= '_';
     } else {
       break;
     }
   }
 }
 tep_show_category($first_element);

 $info_box_contents = array();
 $info_box_contents[] = array('align' => 'left',
                              'text'  => $categories_string
                             );

 new InfoBox($info_box_contents);

?>
</td>
</tr>
<!-- categories_eof //-->

 

Thanks :)

 

Cyber-Drugs B)

[burt]

This is the problem when people use non-standard Oscommerce :(

 

Speak with 241 who may be able to help you further.

[burt]

It *might* work if you change this:

 

$categories_string .= $foo[$counter]['name'];

 

to this:

 

if ($foo[$counter]['level'] != "0") {
?$categories_string .= substr($foo[$counter]['name'], 0, 5);
}
else {
?$categories_string .= $foo[$counter]['name'];
}

 

If not, 241 is your man.

[Cyber-Drugs]

Works a charm thanks, but was wondering if it was possible to change it slightly...

 

Instead of shorting the cagegory names to the first 5 letters, how about abreviating them by taking the first letter of each word and putting a "." between each letter

 

EXAMPLE:

 

Legend Of Blue Eyes => L.O.B.E. <- Over 12 Chars long

Magic Ruler => Magic Ruler <- Under 12 Chars long

 

 

Hard to do?

 

Thanks again :)

 

Cyber-Drugs B)

[burt]

Yes, anything is possible. What you are asking for is something that would take some thinking about (I think).

 

Expect to get your wallet out if you need it badly, unless someone kinder than me will do it for nothing...

[Cyber-Drugs]

It's just simple text manipulation, I think I will just go look it up myself thnx :P

 

Thanks for all the help thus far though :)

 

Cyber-Drugs B)

[burt]

It's just simple text manipulation, I think I will just go look it up myself thnx :P

Cool. When you get it working, will you post it back to the thread as it could be useful for others in the future.

 

Thanks :)

[Cyber-Drugs]

Sure, here is the code.

 

You need to add this function somewhere at the top of categories.php

 

  function truncate($string, $max = 12, $seperator = '.') {
  if (strlen($string) <= $max) return $string;

  $tmpA = explode(" ", $string);

  foreach ($tmpA as $key => $value) {
     $tmpA[$key] = substr($value, 0, 1);
  }

  $outstring = implode($seperator, $tmpA).$seperator;

  return $outstring;
}

 

and replace this:

 

$categories_string .= $foo[$counter]['name'];

 

with this:

 

$categories_string .= truncate($foo[$counter]['name']);

 

Cyber-Drugs B)