I need help configuring some of the infoboxes

[lewisqic]

Hi,

 

I am in need of some assistance in configuring some of my infoboxes on my website, namely, the search and the manufacturers box. I have the sts contribution installed on my store, as well as a few others, but i don't think that has anything to do with the actual inside contents of the infoboxes.

 

The site that i am currently working on can be found at: www.OutfitterWarehouse.com/catalog/index.php

 

The two things that i would like to change in this site are as follows:

1. I need to alter the search infobox so that the green header bar that you see it in will return to its original size of 30 pixels in height, and not the distorted height that it now shows.

2. I need to alter the manufacturers box so that there isn't so much blank space above and below the drop down list that it shows, in other words, i want it to be shorter in height also.

 

I would greatly appreciate any help from anyone on how i might fix these two little things.

[Scorpion Cart]

catalog/includes/boxes/search.php

catalog/includes/boxes/manufacturers.php

[lewisqic]

Yeah, i know where the boxes are located, i just don't know what to edit inside the code.

[jdvb]

instead of

new infoBox($string

use something like

echo $string;

[lewisqic]

I don't know php, and i'm not sure what you mean by that post or how it would help me. Any other opinions out there that might be able to help me? again, the website can be found at: www.outfitterwarehouse.com

[Scorpion Cart]

open catalog/includes/classes/boxes.php and find

 

class infoBox extends tableBox {
function infoBox($contents) {
  $info_box_contents = array();
  $info_box_contents[] = array('text' => $this->infoBoxContents($contents));
  $this->table_cellpadding = '0';
  $this->table_parameters = 'class="infoBox"';
  $this->tableBox($info_box_contents, true);
}

function infoBoxContents($contents) {
  $this->table_cellpadding = '3';
  $this->table_parameters = 'class="infoBoxContents"';
  $info_box_contents = array();
  $info_box_contents[] = array(array('text' => tep_draw_separator('pixel_trans.gif', '100%', '1')));
  for ($i=0, $n=sizeof($contents); $i<$n; $i++) {
	$info_box_contents[] = array(array('align' => (isset($contents[$i]['align']) ? $contents[$i]['align'] : ''),
									   'form' => (isset($contents[$i]['form']) ? $contents[$i]['form'] : ''),
									   'params' => 'class="boxText"',
									   'text' => (isset($contents[$i]['text']) ? $contents[$i]['text'] : '')));
  }
  $info_box_contents[] = array(array('text' => tep_draw_separator('pixel_trans.gif', '100%', '1')));
  return $this->tableBox($info_box_contents);
}
 }

 

add this code just after

 

class searchBox extends tableBox {
function searchBox($contents) {
  $info_box_contents = array();
  $info_box_contents[] = array('text' => $this->searchBoxContents($contents));
  $this->table_cellpadding = '0';
  $this->table_parameters = 'class="infoBox"';
  $this->tableBox($info_box_contents, true);
}

function searchBoxContents($contents) {
  $this->table_cellpadding = '0';
  $this->table_parameters = 'class="infoBoxContents"';
  $info_box_contents = array();
  $info_box_contents[] = array(array('text' => tep_draw_separator('pixel_trans.gif', '100%', '1')));
  for ($i=0, $n=sizeof($contents); $i<$n; $i++) {
	$info_box_contents[] = array(array('align' => (isset($contents[$i]['align']) ? $contents[$i]['align'] : ''),
									   'form' => (isset($contents[$i]['form']) ? $contents[$i]['form'] : ''),
									   'params' => 'class="boxText"',
									   'text' => (isset($contents[$i]['text']) ? $contents[$i]['text'] : '')));
  }
  $info_box_contents[] = array(array('text' => tep_draw_separator('pixel_trans.gif', '100%', '1')));
  return $this->tableBox($info_box_contents);
}
 }

 

open catalog/includes/boxes/search.php

and change

 

new infoBox($info_box_contents);

 

TO

 

new searchBox($info_box_contents);

 

please backup your files before you try this

[lewisqic]

Yeah, that worked to a point, its much better now than it was, thank you. But if you'll look at it again, you'll notice that the green header bar is still a little too tall, and there is still some space underneath the search entry field, is there any way to get it a little smaller? thanks.

[why_not]

How to CLEAN code around seachbox?

<!-- start searchbox //-->
<table border="0" width="" cellspacing="" cellpadding="">
 <tr>
<td class="boxText"><form name="quick_find" action="http://www.xxx.com/advanced_search_result.php" method="get"><input type="hidden" name="search_in_description" value="1"><input type="text" name="keywords"> <input type="image" src="includes/languages/barbarian/images/buttons/button_quick_find.gif" border="0" alt="search" title=" search "></form></td>
 </tr>
</table>
<!-- end searchbox //-->

i can't fint this part in the files for edit :'(

 

P.S. Im using STS if its help...