moving a infobox to the header

[billybrag]

on my site here i wan to move the authors (manufacturers) box to the top left, wher at the moment i have paypal info, how do i even go about doing this?

 

any ideas are appreciated!

:)

thanks

[billybrag]

i have tried doing this twice and each time it has cocked up, so i am getting a little desperate

[Mary B.]

Add this inside the <td></td> in your includes/header.php file that currently holds your Paypal info:

 

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
?<tr class="header">
? <td>
<?php include(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'manufacturers.php')?></td>
?</tr>
</table>

 

Change the box name to whatever you named the authors box. The cellpadding and cellspacing, etc. can be changed as well, to tweak the display.

[billybrag]

i tried adding that but it gave a parse error earlier in the code?

[billybrag]

actually it throws up an error in includes/boxes/manufacturers.php

 

( i havent renamed th info box btw)

[Mary B.]

I saw the error message, but am a bit confused. Nothing should have been changed in the manufacturers.php file.

[billybrag]

you can see the errors here

 

and that error occurs here in the code

 

line 20 =

 

$manufacturers_name = ((strlen($temp_var) > 28) ? substr($temp_var'], 0, 28) . '..' : $temp_var);

[Mary B.]

Here is one of my test sites, where I tested the code I posted for you:

 

http://qualicraft.com/mtest/

 

I don't see anything wrong with line 20 of your code, but then, I'm no PHP expert either.

 

On edit: It looks like you have one too many ) in your code, or one too few (.

[billybrag]

oh, bugger,

dont suppose you know why its throwing that error then do you?

 

my manufacturers.php is below

 

 

[/code]

<?php

/*

$Id: manufacturers.php,v 1.1.1.1 2003/09/18 19:04:50 wilt Exp $

 

osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions

http://www.oscommerce.com

 

Copyright © 2003 osCommerce

 

Released under the GNU General Public License

*/

 

$manufacturers_query = tep_db_query("select manufacturers_id, manufacturers_name from " . TABLE_MANUFACTURERS . " order by manufacturers_name");

if ($number_of_rows = tep_db_num_rows($manufacturers_query)) {

?>

<!-- manufacturers //-->

<?php

$temp_var = 'Adams, Douglas & Lloyd John';

 

$manufacturers_name = ((strlen($temp_var) > 28) ? substr($temp_var'], 0, 28) . '..' : $temp_var);

 

echo $manufacturers_name;

?>

 

<?php

$boxHeading = BOX_HEADING_MANUFACTURERS;

$corner_left = 'square';

$corner_right = 'square';

 

if ($number_of_rows <= MAX_DISPLAY_MANUFACTURERS_IN_A_LIST) {

// Display a list

$boxContent = '';

while ($manufacturers = tep_db_fetch_array($manufacturers_query)) {

$manufacturers_name = ((strlen($manufacturers['manufacturers_name']) > MAX_DISPLAY_MANUFACTURER_NAME_LEN) ? substr($manufacturers['manufacturers_name'], 0, MAX_DISPLAY_MANUFACTURER_NAME_LEN) . '..' : $manufacturers['manufacturers_name']);

if (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['manufacturers_id']) && ($HTTP_GET_VARS['manufacturers_id'] == $manufacturers['manufacturers_id'])) $manufacturers_name = '<b>' . $manufacturers_name .'</b>';

$boxContent .= '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, 'manufacturers_id=' . $manufacturers['manufacturers_id']) . '">' . $manufacturers_name . '</a><br>';

}

 

$boxContent = substr($boxContent, 0, -4);

 

} else {

// Display a drop-down

$manufacturers_array = array();

if (MAX_MANUFACTURERS_LIST < 2) {

$manufacturers_array[] = array('id' => '', 'text' => PULL_DOWN_DEFAULT);

}

 

while ($manufacturers = tep_db_fetch_array($manufacturers_query)) {

$manufacturers_name = ((strlen($manufacturers['manufacturers_name']) > MAX_DISPLAY_MANUFACTURER_NAME_LEN) ? substr($manufacturers['manufacturers_name'], 0, MAX_DISPLAY_MANUFACTURER_NAME_LEN) . '..' : $manufacturers['manufacturers_name']);

$manufacturers_array[] = array('id' => $manufacturers['manufacturers_id'],

'text' => $manufacturers_name);

}

 

$boxContent = tep_draw_form('manufacturers', tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, '', 'NONSSL', false), 'get');

$boxContent .= tep_draw_pull_down_menu('manufacturers_id', $manufacturers_array, (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['manufacturers_id']) ? $HTTP_GET_VARS['manufacturers_id'] : ''), 'onChange="this.form.submit();" size="' . MAX_MANUFACTURERS_LIST . '" style="width: 100%"');

$boxContent .= tep_hide_session_id();

$boxContent .= '</form>';

}

 

require(DIR_WS_TEMPLATES . TEMPLATENAME_BOX);

?>

 

<!-- manufacturers_eof //-->

<?php

}

?>

[/code]

[Mary B.]

Try this:

 

$manufacturers_name = ((strlen($temp_var) > 28) ? substr(($temp_var), 0, 28) . '..' : $temp_var);

 

I can't test it fully because I haven't made the same modifications that you have, but I'm not getting parse errors with this.

[billybrag]

no that throws a fatal error

[♥yesudo]

i think the prob is that u don't have a normal osc set-up - so i think u are calling the box from the wrong place.

[♥yesudo]

like this ?

 

http://www.sharpsbooks.co.uk

[billybrag]

yes, thankks

 

you clever sod you :)

[♥yesudo]

yes, thankks

 

you clever sod you :)

LOL.

 

some of the authors names are obscured(due to length - you can increase the length of the authors box in the header file. change the td width, around the box, to fit.