Guest Posted March 13, 2006 Posted March 13, 2006 On my column left i have my categories box but I want to change the layout of it slightly so sub categories. at the moment it looks like this for the main categories:- Material Handling Catering Etc When I click on say Material Handling I get the following:- Material Handling -Sack Trucks -Shelf Trucks -Turntables Catering Etc Then the next bit is what I want to change, If I click on say sack trucks I get the sub categories of that listed directly below Sack Trucks instead of offset:- Material Handling -Sack Trucks -Sack Trucks (Std) -3 Way Sack Trucks -Stairclimbers -Shelf Trucks -Turntables Catering Etc As you can see it dosnt make a distinction that 'Sack Trucks (Std)', '3 Way Sack Trucks' and 'Stairclimbers' are a sub category of Sack Trucks. For most users they might miss them apearing in a long list. What I need is the following for that part. Material Handling -Sack Trucks --Sack Trucks (Std) --3 Way Sack Trucks --Stairclimbers -Shelf Trucks -Turntables Catering Etc That way each category that your on is bold and the subcategories given an extra '-', hopefully that will draw users attention to the fact that another level has appeared. Below is what my categories box currently look like, can someone have a look and advise me how I can alter it to achieve that effect. Thanks in advance for any help. <?php /* $Id: categories.php,v 1.25 2003/07/09 01:13:58 hpdl Exp $ osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions http://www.oscommerce.com Copyright (c) 2003 osCommerce Released under the GNU General Public License */ function tep_show_category($counter) { global $tree, $categories_string, $cPath_array; for ($i=0; $i<$tree[$counter]['level']; $i++) { $categories_string .= " "; } $categories_string .= '<a href="'; if ($tree[$counter]['parent'] == 0) { $cPath_new = 'cPath=' . $counter; } else { $cPath_new = 'cPath=' . $tree[$counter]['path']; } $categories_string .= tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, $cPath_new) . '">'; if (isset($cPath_array) && in_array($counter, $cPath_array)) { $categories_string .= '<b>'; } // display category name $categories_string .= $tree[$counter]['name']; if (isset($cPath_array) && in_array($counter, $cPath_array)) { $categories_string .= '</b>'; } if (tep_has_category_subcategories($counter)) { $categories_string .= '->'; } $categories_string .= '</a>'; if (SHOW_COUNTS == 'true') { $products_in_category = tep_count_products_in_category($counter); if ($products_in_category > 0) { $categories_string .= ' (' . $products_in_category . ')'; } } $categories_string .= '<br>'; if ($tree[$counter]['next_id'] != false) { tep_show_category($tree[$counter]['next_id']); } } ?> <!-- categories //--> <tr> <td> <?php $info_box_contents = array(); $info_box_contents[] = array('text' => BOX_HEADING_CATEGORIES); new infoBoxHeading($info_box_contents, true, false); $categories_string = ''; $tree = array(); $categories_query = tep_db_query("select c.categories_id, cd.categories_name, c.parent_id from " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " c, " . TABLE_CATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION . " cd where c.parent_id = '0' and c.categories_id = cd.categories_id and cd.language_id='" . (int)$languages_id ."' order by sort_order, cd.categories_name"); while ($categories = tep_db_fetch_array($categories_query)) { $tree[$categories['categories_id']] = array('name' => $categories['categories_name'], 'parent' => $categories['parent_id'], 'level' => 0, 'path' => $categories['categories_id'], 'next_id' => false); if (isset($parent_id)) { $tree[$parent_id]['next_id'] = $categories['categories_id']; } $parent_id = $categories['categories_id']; if (!isset($first_element)) { $first_element = $categories['categories_id']; } } //------------------------ if (tep_not_null($cPath)) { $new_path = ''; reset($cPath_array); while (list($key, $value) = each($cPath_array)) { unset($parent_id); unset($first_id); $categories_query = tep_db_query("select c.categories_id, cd.categories_name, c.parent_id from " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " c, " . TABLE_CATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION . " cd where c.parent_id = '" . (int)$value . "' and c.categories_id = cd.categories_id and cd.language_id='" . (int)$languages_id ."' order by sort_order, cd.categories_name"); if (tep_db_num_rows($categories_query)) { $new_path .= $value; while ($row = tep_db_fetch_array($categories_query)) { $tree[$row['categories_id']] = array('name' => $row['categories_name'], 'parent' => $row['parent_id'], 'level' => $key+1, 'path' => $new_path . '_' . $row['categories_id'], 'next_id' => false); if (isset($parent_id)) { $tree[$parent_id]['next_id'] = $row['categories_id']; } $parent_id = $row['categories_id']; if (!isset($first_id)) { $first_id = $row['categories_id']; } $last_id = $row['categories_id']; } $tree[$last_id]['next_id'] = $tree[$value]['next_id']; $tree[$value]['next_id'] = $first_id; $new_path .= '_'; } else { break; } } } tep_show_category($first_element); $info_box_contents = array(); $info_box_contents[] = array('text' => $categories_string); new infoBox($info_box_contents); ?> </td> </tr> <!-- categories_eof //-->
Guest Posted March 13, 2006 Posted March 13, 2006 why bothering, just use great categories css contribution
Guest Posted March 16, 2006 Posted March 16, 2006 why bothering, just use great categories css contribution Yeah, thanks for that mike, after a little jiggling around with the code for that contribution I finally got what I was trying to achieve on my store and some :)
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