To Locate sitemap.php Directly under Categories?

[edgar105]

Does any one with some programming skill know how I could locate my sitemap.php link to inside the left-hand column 'Categories' box?

 

So it would appear like:

_____________________

Categories

 

Cat. 1

Cat. 2

Cat. 3

etc..

Cat.9

--------

Sitemap

_____________________

 

As it seems a logical place to locate a sitemap link?

 

I've tried myself but either get the link appears above or below the Categories box or just underneath the Categories title inside the box.

 

Anyhelp much appreciated!

 

edgar

[Gil_e_n]

Go to includes/boxes/categories.php. Look for the closing </td></tr>. Locate the link to the sitemap right above it.

[edgar105]

Tried that. Alas it didn't work, ends up putting the sitemap link immediately outside the Categories box. :(

[Gil_e_n]

Huh. So it does. My categories box is heavily modified enough that I can't test this out directly, but try this code:

 

find:

$info_box_contents[] = array('text' => $categories_string);

 

change to:

$info_box_contents[] = array('text' => $categories_string . '<br><a href="'tep_href_link(FILENAME_SITEMAP) . '"Sitemap</a>);

 

Modified however you need it, of course.

[edgar105]

Thanks. however using the new code brings up an error:

 

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting ')' in /home/user/public_html/catalog/includes/boxes/categories.php on line 132

 

?

[Gil_e_n]

Could you post your code? It looks like there's an unclosed parenthesis somewhere.

[edgar105]

Sure. It should (I think) be the plain vanilla code for MS 2.2 with your code added.

 

<?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 . '<br><a href="'tep_href_link(FILENAME_SITEMAP) . '"Sitemap</a>);

 new infoBox($info_box_contents);
?>
		</td>
	  </tr>
<!-- categories_eof //-->

 

Hope that helps?

[Gil_e_n]

Right. This is why I should never write code in a program without syntax highlighting. I gave you this bit of code:

$info_box_contents[] = array('text' => $categories_string . '<br><a href="'tep_href_link(FILENAME_SITEMAP) . '"Sitemap</a>);

but didn't close the quotation marks. Change '"Sitemap</a>); to '"Sitemap</a>'); It should work then, I hope.

[edgar105]

Still reporting the same error I'm afraid!?

[Guest]

you're almost there, try this

 

$info_box_contents[] = array('text' => $categories_string . '<br><a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_SITEMAP) . '"Sitemap</a>');

[edgar105]

Huzzah! That worked with a slight change at the end.

 

. '"Sitemap</a>');

 

to

 

. '">Sitemap</a>');

 

et voila! Thanks to all who helped.

 

Cheers!