How to change infobox...

[Evolution Wireless]

Ive modified my site alot and the only infobox I have left is categories. I want to eliminate the border, background color, and header. In replacement I would like to just add a dotted divider between the category links. I know I have probably have gone over the file I need to modify a million times ut can someone please help me on where to start. Thanks in advance!

 

-Mike

[Guest]

Mike

 

Not sure if this is what you want but here goes anyway:

 

The only way I can see of changing individual boxes is to add a seperate box class in the following class file found here:

catalog/includes/classes/boxes, add around line 154 the following code

 

class categoriesBox extends tableBox {

function categoriesBox($contents) {

     $info_box_contents = array();

     $info_box_contents[] = array('text' => $this->categoriesBoxContents($contents));

     $this->table_cellpadding = '0';

     $this->table_class = 'noclass';

     $this->tableBox($info_box_contents, true);

   }



function categoriesBoxContents($contents) {

     $this->table_cellpadding = '0';

     $this->table_class = 'noclass';

     $info_box_contents = array();

     $info_box_contents[] = array(array('text' => tep_draw_separator('pixel_trans.gif', '100%', '1')));

     for ($i=0; $i<sizeof($contents); $i++) {

       $info_box_contents[] = array(array('align' => 'center', 'params' => 'class="noclass"', 'text' => $contents[$i]['text']));

     }

     $info_box_contents[] = array(array('text' => tep_draw_separator('pixel_trans.gif', '100%', '1')));

     return $this->tableBox($info_box_contents);

   }

}

 

Next, if you have not moded your categories.php file found in catalog/includes/boxes, you should see around line 28 the following code

 

    $categories_string .= tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, $cPath_new);

   $categories_string .= '">';

Replace with the following:

    $categories_string .= tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, $cPath_new);

   $categories_string .= '">';

   $categories_string .= tep_draw_separator('dotted_line.gif', '100%', '5');

Where !! dotted_line gif is your dotted line gif, also change the 100% and the 5 to the size of your gif.

Next around line 143 in the same file catergories.php change:

  new infoBox($info_box_contents);

to:

  new categoriesBox($info_box_contents);

and that should be what you are after.

I have done a similar thing only using images instead of text @

www.dcpcwebdevelopment.co.uk/catalog

[Guest]

Sorry Mike

I to have moded my site code below should work:

class categoriesBox extends tableBox {

function categoriesBox($contents) {

     $info_box_contents = array();

     $info_box_contents[] = array('text' => $this->categoriesBoxContents($contents));

     $this->table_cellpadding = '0';

     $this->tableBox($info_box_contents, true);

   }



function categoriesBoxContents($contents) {

     $this->table_cellpadding = '0';

     $info_box_contents = array();

     $info_box_contents[] = array(array('text' => tep_draw_separator('pixel_trans.gif', '100%', '1')));

     for ($i=0; $i<sizeof($contents); $i++) {

       $info_box_contents[] = array(array('align' => 'center', 'params' => 'class="noclass"', 'text' => $contents[$i]['text']));

     }

     $info_box_contents[] = array(array('text' => tep_draw_separator('pixel_trans.gif', '100%', '1')));

     return $this->tableBox($info_box_contents);

   }

}

Taken out the:

      $this->table_class = 'noclass';

[Evolution Wireless]

Sounds like what I want, where you have the images I just want text. I forgot to mention a couple of things though. I want a link to home and shopping cart listed as one of the categories as well. Then my main categories, all seperated by blue_dot.gif. When you click on an expandable category(text) then the sub menus pop up under the main category(text). You have exactly what I want, except you have images instead of text and you do not have a home & shopping cart link.

[Guest]

Michael

I think your missing something here.

I have images on my development site but the code I posted for you uses text.

Back up first and try it.

Works just like you want.

 

After changing 'dotted_line.gif to blue_dot.gif

As for adding home and shopping cart to your categories, Why?

The categories box is surely for what its called categories.

 

 

Lango