images instead of words

[sawfish62]

Would it be possible to have a box on the left with icons of various manufacturers, so that if you clicked on one all their products would appear on the page, instead of the dropdown list with manufacturers names that's there at the moment?

 

thanks again

[Wendy James]

I believe (although I could be wrong) that when you enter the manufacturers name you can use html so it shows images. I know this works for the categories.

 

So instead of typing in osCommerce you could put something like <img src="urltothepic/folder/oscommerce.jpg">

 

I haven't tried it so I could be way off, but I have tried it with the categories and it worked for me.

[sawfish62]

I believe (although I could be wrong) that when you enter the manufacturers name you can use html so it shows images. I know this works for the categories.

 

So instead of typing in osCommerce you could put something like <img src="urltothepic/folder/oscommerce.jpg">

 

I haven't tried it so I could be way off, but I have tried it with the categories and it worked for me.

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Could you tell me where to put this code? Is it through the admin panel or on a php page?

 

thank you

[♥Monika in Germany]

Could you tell me where to put this code? Is it through the admin panel or on a php page?

 

thank you

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Instead of filling the pulldown with values from the DB in the manufacturers box, I'd remove the pulldown, and fill a string with the links /cherck out what the link has to look like by saving the one right now) and images to shown, right next to each other or separated with breaks like you need it, and then call that string in the box

 

:-)

Monika

 

original code

// 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);
     }

     $info_box_contents = array();
     $info_box_contents[] = array('form' => tep_draw_form('manufacturers', tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, '', 'NONSSL', false), 'get'),
                                  'text' => 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%"') . tep_hide_session_id());
   }

   new infoBox($info_box_contents);
?>
           </td>
         </tr>
<!-- manufacturers_eof //-->
<?php
 }
?>

[sawfish62]

Instead of filling the pulldown with values from the DB in the manufacturers box, I'd remove the pulldown, and fill a string with the links /cherck out what the link has to look like by saving the one right now) and images to shown, right next to each other or separated with breaks like you need it, and then call that string in the box

 

:-)

Monika

 

original code

// 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);
     }

     $info_box_contents = array();
     $info_box_contents[] = array('form' => tep_draw_form('manufacturers', tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, '', 'NONSSL', false), 'get'),
                                  'text' => 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%"') . tep_hide_session_id());
   }

   new infoBox($info_box_contents);
?>
           </td>
         </tr>
<!-- manufacturers_eof //-->
<?php
 }
?>

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Thanks for the reply Monika but this is all a bit beyond me. I dont suppose you could simplify it a bit for a a novice? I dont even know which php page to edit, or indeed if I need too?

 

thanks

[♥Monika in Germany]

Thanks for the reply Monika but this is all a bit beyond me. I dont suppose you could simplify it a bit for a a novice? I dont even know which php page to edit, or indeed if I need too?

 

thanks

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I understand. I will try it out and if it works I'll post the code for you, ok?

 

:-

Monika

[♥Monika in Germany]

http://www.noahsark4kids.com/test/

 

go to catalog/includes/boxes/manufacturers.php, backup your file and then replace the text there with this code

 

<?php
/*
 $Id: manufacturers.php,v 1.19 2003/06/09 22:17:13 hpdl Exp $

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

 Copyright (c) 2003 osCommerce

 Released under the GNU General Public License
*/

 $manufacturers_query = tep_db_query("select distinct m.manufacturers_id, m.manufacturers_name, m.manufacturers_image from " . TABLE_MANUFACTURERS . " m, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p where m.manufacturers_id=p.manufacturers_id order by manufacturers_name");

 if ($number_of_rows = tep_db_num_rows($manufacturers_query)) {
?>
<!-- manufacturers //-->
         <tr>
           <td>
<?php
   $info_box_contents = array();
   $info_box_contents[] = array('text' => BOX_HEADING_MANUFACTURERS);

   new infoBoxHeading($info_box_contents, false, false);

// Display a list
     $manufacturers_list = '';
     while ($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>';
       $manufacturers_list .= '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, 'manufacturers_id=' . $manufacturers['manufacturers_id']) . '">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $manufacturers['manufacturers_image'], $manufacturers['manufacturers_name'], '100') . '</a><br><br>';
     }

     $manufacturers_list = substr($manufacturers_list, 0, -8);

     $info_box_contents = array();
     $info_box_contents[] = array('align' => 'center',
                    'text' => $manufacturers_list);

   new infoBox($info_box_contents);
?>
           </td>
         </tr>
<!-- manufacturers_eof //-->
<?php
 }
?>

 

HTH

Monika

[sawfish62]

http://www.noahsark4kids.com/test/

 

go to catalog/includes/boxes/manufacturers.php, backup your file and then replace the text there with this code

 

<?php
/*
 $Id: manufacturers.php,v 1.19 2003/06/09 22:17:13 hpdl Exp $

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

 Copyright (c) 2003 osCommerce

 Released under the GNU General Public License
*/

 $manufacturers_query = tep_db_query("select distinct m.manufacturers_id, m.manufacturers_name, m.manufacturers_image from " . TABLE_MANUFACTURERS . " m, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p where m.manufacturers_id=p.manufacturers_id order by manufacturers_name");

 if ($number_of_rows = tep_db_num_rows($manufacturers_query)) {
?>
<!-- manufacturers //-->
         <tr>
           <td>
<?php
   $info_box_contents = array();
   $info_box_contents[] = array('text' => BOX_HEADING_MANUFACTURERS);

   new infoBoxHeading($info_box_contents, false, false);

// Display a list
     $manufacturers_list = '';
     while ($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>';
       $manufacturers_list .= '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, 'manufacturers_id=' . $manufacturers['manufacturers_id']) . '">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $manufacturers['manufacturers_image'], $manufacturers['manufacturers_name'], '100') . '</a><br><br>';
     }

     $manufacturers_list = substr($manufacturers_list, 0, -8);

     $info_box_contents = array();
     $info_box_contents[] = array('align' => 'center',
                    'text' => $manufacturers_list);

   new infoBox($info_box_contents);
?>
           </td>
         </tr>
<!-- manufacturers_eof //-->
<?php
 }
?>

 

HTH

Monika

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Works perfectly thank you. I'm going to try to decipher the code now so I can understand it.

[♥Monika in Germany]

Works perfectly thank you. I'm going to try to decipher the code now so I can understand it.

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lol ... most of the code was already on the page, I just changed it a bit. Be sure to have your pics the correct size so they won't stretch (I set it at 100 here, you can change that). What I did I patsed them all onto transparent images, width 100px.

 

:-)

Monika

[sawfish62]

lol ... most of the code was already on the page, I just changed it a bit. Be sure to have your pics the correct size so they won't stretch (I set it at 100 here, you can change that). What I did I patsed them all onto transparent images, width 100px.

 

:-)

Monika

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Funny you should say that, I was about to ask about it. Is there a way of making all the images show the actual size they are, instead of them all being 100 pixels? Or do I have to set each an individual size?

[♥Monika in Germany]

Funny you should say that, I was about to ask about it. Is there a way of making all the images show the actual size they are, instead of them all being 100 pixels? Or do I have to set each an individual size?

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if you omit the number 100, and just leave the '', it will show the size uploaded. Be sure to have them sized correctly then though!

 

:-)

Monika

[Wendy James]

Could you tell me where to put this code? Is it through the admin panel or on a php page?

 

thank you

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In the admin area where you create new categories or enter the manufacturers.