New Products Box as List

[muckster]

Hi there OSC community,

 

I searched for an answer to this question, but I can't quite figure it out on my own:

 

I'm looking for a way to alter or replace the "New Products" box that appears on the front page in such a way that it will show a list of 8-10 items (without images) instead of the three images I get now. Also, I'd rather show high selling items or specials instead of new products.

 

Do I have to replace the new products box with a different box, or is there a way to customize the new products box?

 

Thank you for your help.

[oscommerceking]

Hi there OSC community,

 

I searched for an answer to this question, but I can't quite figure it out on my own:

 

I'm looking for a way to alter or replace the "New Products" box that appears on the front page in such a way that it will show a list of 8-10 items (without images) instead of the three images I get now. Also, I'd rather show high selling items or specials instead of new products.

 

Do I have to replace the new products box with a different box, or is there a way to customize the new products box?

 

Thank you for your help.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

I believe you can do this if you enter your catalog/includes/modules/new_product.php file, if you look through the code you will find an echo function which copies the image of the item,

 

tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $new_products['products_image'], $new_products['products_name'], SMALL_IMAGE_WIDTH, SMALL_IMAGE_HEIGHT) .

 

Somewhere in here, try working with coding variating parts of this code area out, this will leave only the text in your new products infobox

 

Cheers

 

Jon

[muckster]

Thank you Jon.

 

The more I think about it, what I'm really asking is this: how can I get a list of all products on the front page? My store only has three categories with ~ 10 items each. I'm a big believer in making people click as few times as possible, so I'd like to simply list all products right up front.

 

I guess I could code the HTML by hand and insert it into the main text area--but that won't keep up with changes to the catalog.

 

Is there a way to generate a product listing by category that I can insert below the main text? If that works, I'd do away with the new product box altogether.

 

Thanks again.

[Beer Monster]

Thank you Jon.

 

The more I think about it, what I'm really asking is this: how can I get a list of all products on the front page? My store only has three categories with ~ 10 items each. I'm a big believer in making people click as few times as possible, so I'd like to simply list all products right up front.

 

I guess I could code the HTML by hand and insert it into the main text area--but that won't keep up with changes to the catalog.

 

Is there a way to generate a product listing by category that I can insert below the main text? If that works, I'd do away with the new product box altogether.

 

Thanks again.

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Maybe you could mod the all products page contribution to your required layout and include it in the homepage of your shop??

[muckster]

Maybe you could mod the all products page contribution to your required layout and include it in the homepage of your shop??

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Is that how I'd have to do it? I was wondering if there's an easier way; I'm not sure I'm good enough to do it without a how-to. I was hoping there'd be a contribution or another kind of solution--somebody must have done something like this before?