new help with new products on categories page.

[Guest]

i'm running a template and it wasn't really design for having subcats so when I click the main category link it display the sub categories on the page which is fine but below where it displays the new products for the category it only displays 2 columns but i want it to display 3 because at there is too much blank space on the right side at the moment.

 

If someone could please tell me how to fix this it would be great.

 

Thanks

[Guest]

still need help please

[bill110]

Not knowing anything about the template this will be a shot in the dark but in catalog/includes/modules/new_products.php

close to the bottom if you have code like this

   if ($col > 1) {
  $col = 0;
  $row ++;

Try changing the 1 to 2

[Guest]

it already says 2. Changing it to 3 does nothing.

 

I think I may need a new lot of code cause the home page displays 2 columns of new products and im pretty sure the category new products uses the same code.

[bill110]

could you post you code for catalog/includes/modules/new_products.php

[Guest]

<?php

/*

$Id: new_products.php,v 1.34 2003/06/09 22:49:58 hpdl Exp $

 

osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions

http://www.oscommerce.com

 

Copyright © 2003 osCommerce

 

Released under the GNU General Public License

*/

?>

<!-- new_products //-->

<?php

$info_box_contents = array();

$info_box_contents[] = array('text' => sprintf(TABLE_HEADING_NEW_PRODUCTS, strftime('%B')));

 

new contentBoxHeading($info_box_contents);

 

if ( (!isset($new_products_category_id)) || ($new_products_category_id == '0') ) {

$new_products_query = tep_db_query("select p.products_id, p.products_image, p.products_tax_class_id, if(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, p.products_price) as products_price from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p left join " . TABLE_SPECIALS . " s on p.products_id = s.products_id where products_status = '1' order by p.products_date_added desc limit " . MAX_DISPLAY_NEW_PRODUCTS);

} else {

$new_products_query = tep_db_query("select distinct p.products_id, p.products_image, p.products_tax_class_id, if(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price, p.products_price) as products_price from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p left join " . TABLE_SPECIALS . " s on p.products_id = s.products_id, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_TO_CATEGORIES . " p2c, " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " c where p.products_id = p2c.products_id and p2c.categories_id = c.categories_id and c.parent_id = '" . (int)$new_products_category_id . "' and p.products_status = '1' order by p.products_date_added desc limit " . MAX_DISPLAY_NEW_PRODUCTS);

}

 

$row = 0;

$col = 0;

$info_box_contents = array();

while ($new_products = tep_db_fetch_array($new_products_query)) {

$new_products['products_name'] = tep_get_products_name($new_products['products_id']);

$info_box_contents[$row][$col] = array('align' => 'center',

'params' => 'class="smallText" width="33%" valign="top"',

'text' => '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCT_INFO, 'products_id=' . $new_products['products_id']) . '">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $new_products['products_image'], $new_products['products_name'], SMALL_IMAGE_WIDTH, SMALL_IMAGE_HEIGHT) . '</a><br><a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCT_INFO, 'products_id=' . $new_products['products_id']) . '">' . $new_products['products_name'] . '</a><br>' . $currencies->display_price($new_products['products_price'], tep_get_tax_rate($new_products['products_tax_class_id'])));

 

$col ++;

if ($col > 2) {

$col = 0;

$row ++;

}

}

 

new contentBox($info_box_contents);

?>

<!-- new_products_eof //-->

[bill110]

Ok That looks stock. I setr one up that way and got 3 columns. If this is a template then maybe there is a setting in admin for this. I put in 6 products, set everything in admin to show 6 and it shows 2 rows of three columns.

Be sure in admin->configuration->maximum values->New products module is set to more than 2.

[Guest]

new products module is set to 8 in the admin.... It displays 8 products on the page but only in 2 columns.

 

I still think even if I get this to work it won't be what I need... I still want my main site to have 2 columns but then for the subcats to have 3.

[Guest]

still need help on this one too. thanks