Catergory Description

[sumario]

Hi,

 

What i am looking for is the ability to give each catergoy a description, which will then appear when you go to a catergory above the product list for that catergory.

 

If there is a way to do this, please point me in the right direction.

 

Thank you.

[kgt]

http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,2343

[sumario]

Thankyou. i will try it right away.

[sumario]

Hi again,

 

This works well but one problem.

 

It works perfectly when creating a new catergory and inputting a description. the description appears as well.

But, i get an error when i try to edit any catergory. Even if it has a description i still get the same error.

 

This is the error (it appears in the admin panel when i try to edit the cat)

 

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: tep_get_category_description() in /home/bedmaker/public_html/cart/catalog/admin/categories.php on line 914

 

This is line 914 from that file:

 

		  $category_desc_inputs_string .= '<br>' . tep_image(DIR_WS_CATALOG_LANGUAGES . $languages[$i]['directory'] . '/images/' . $languages[$i]['image'], $languages[$i]['name']) . ' ' . tep_draw_textarea_field('categories_description[' . $languages[$i]['id'] . ']', '', 20, 5, tep_get_category_description($cInfo->categories_id, $languages[$i]['id']));

 

Can any one help me to fix this issue?

 

Thankyou.

[kgt]

Looks like maybe you skipped a part in the instructions where you add tep_get_category_description() to includes/functions/general.php.

[sumario]

nope i did that... but better to be safe then sorry.

[Guest]

Hi Sumear,

 

By the sounds of it you have not fully installed the contribution. The fourth part of the install required you to insert the function that is missing - tep_get_category_description.

 

HTH

 

Philip

[sumario]

Step was done correclty, pasted the code on the bottom before the ?>. just to test i pasted it in the middle of the file and the same error appeared.

 

This is the code that needs to be in that file:

 

  function tep_get_category_description($category_id, $language_id) {
$category_query = tep_db_query("select categories_description from " . TABLE_CATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION . " where categories_id = '" . $category_id . "' and language_id = '" . $language_id . "'");
$category = tep_db_fetch_array($category_query);
return $category['categories_description'];
 }

[kgt]

Step was done correclty, pasted the code on the bottom before the ?>. just to test i pasted it in the middle of the file and the same error appeared.

 

This is the code that needs to be in that file:

 

  function tep_get_category_description($category_id, $language_id) {
$category_query = tep_db_query("select categories_description from " . TABLE_CATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION . " where categories_id = '" . $category_id . "' and language_id = '" . $language_id . "'");
$category = tep_db_fetch_array($category_query);
return $category['categories_description'];
 }

 

I had a typo in my path - I missed the admin directory. You did add it to

 

admin/includes/functions/general.php

 

too, correct?

[sumario]

i fixed it just before you replied.... i started thinking. did the author meant the other file in admin? i tired and it work :P So that should be changed. its admin/includes no catalog/includes :D

 

Thanks.