Moving boxes to centre of page. How?

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Hello everyone...

 

I am wanting to know how I move a box from say the right hand column, into the centre of the page?

 

For instance I want to move the manufacturers_info.php this is the code:

 

  $manufacturer_query = tep_db_query("select m.manufacturers_id, m.manufacturers_name, m.manufacturers_image from " . TABLE_MANUFACTURERS . " m, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p  where p.products_id = '" . $HTTP_GET_VARS['products_id'] . "' and p.manufacturers_id = m.manufacturers_id");

 if (tep_db_num_rows($manufacturer_query)) {

   $manufacturer = tep_db_fetch_array($manufacturer_query);



   $manufacturer_url_query = tep_db_query("select manufacturers_url from " . TABLE_MANUFACTURERS_INFO . " where manufacturers_id = '" . $manufacturer['manufacturers_id'] . "'");

   $manufacturer_url_values = tep_db_fetch_array($manufacturer_url_query);

   $has_manufacturer_url = ($manufacturer_url_values['manufacturers_url']) ? 'true' : 'false';

?>

<!-- manufacturer_info //-->

         <tr>

           <td>

<TABLE WIDTH=150 BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>

<TR>

 <TD COLSPAN=3>

	 <IMG SRC="images/boxes/table_manufacturers_info.gif" WIDTH=150 HEIGHT=20></TD>

</TR>

<TR>

<td>

<?php

   $manufacturer_info_string = '<div align="center">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $manufacturer['manufacturers_image'], $manufacturer['manufacturers_name']) . '</div>' .

                                '<table border="0" width="' . BOX_WIDTH . '" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">';

   if ($has_manufacturer_url == 'true') $manufacturer_info_string .= '<tr><td valign="top" class="infoBoxContents">- </td><td valign="top" class="infoBoxContents"><a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_REDIRECT, 'action=manufacturer&manufacturers_id=' . $manufacturer['manufacturers_id'], 'NONSSL') . '" target="_blank"><b>' . sprintf(BOX_MANUFACTURER_INFO_HOMEPAGE, $manufacturer['manufacturers_name']) . '</b></a></td></tr>';

   $manufacturer_info_string .= '<tr><td valign="top" class="infoBoxContents">- </td><td valign="top" class="infoBoxContents"><a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, 'manufacturers_id=' . $manufacturer['manufacturers_id'], 'NONSSL') . '"><b>' . BOX_MANUFACTURER_INFO_OTHER_PRODUCTS . '</b></a></td></tr></table>';



   $info_box_contents = array();

   $info_box_contents[] = array('align' => 'left',

                                'text'  => $manufacturer_info_string);

   new infoBox($info_box_contents);

?>

 

I want that in the middle, so I put this at the top of the page:

<?php

 $manufacturer_query = tep_db_query("select m.manufacturers_id, m.manufacturers_name, m.manufacturers_image from " . TABLE_MANUFACTURERS . " m, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p  where p.products_id = '" . $HTTP_GET_VARS['products_id'] . "' and p.manufacturers_id = m.manufacturers_id");

 if (tep_db_num_rows($manufacturer_query)) {

   $manufacturer = tep_db_fetch_array($manufacturer_query);



   $manufacturer_url_query = tep_db_query("select manufacturers_url from " . TABLE_MANUFACTURERS_INFO . " where manufacturers_id = '" . $manufacturer['manufacturers_id'] . "'");

   $manufacturer_url_values = tep_db_fetch_array($manufacturer_url_query);

   $has_manufacturer_url = ($manufacturer_url_values['manufacturers_url']) ? 'true' : 'false';

?>

 

Then put this where I wanted the manufacturer image on the products page:

<?php echo

'<div align="center">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $manufacturer['manufacturers_image'], $manufacturer['manufacturers_name']) . '</div>' .

'true') $manufacturer_info_string .= '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_REDIRECT, 'action=manufacturer&manufacturers_id=' . $manufacturer['manufacturers_id'], 'NONSSL') . '" target="_blank"><b>' . sprintf(BOX_MANUFACTURER_INFO_HOMEPAGE, $manufacturer['manufacturers_name']) . '</b></a>';

'<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, 'manufacturers_id=' . $manufacturer['manufacturers_id'], 'NONSSL') . '"><b>' . BOX_MANUFACTURER_INFO_OTHER_PRODUCTS . '</b></a>';

?>

 

I obviously did something wron, cos all I get is parse errors, and I can not see what I did wrong.

 

I am not very good with PHP, so please if you can help I would very much appreciate it.

 

I want to do this with most of my boxes, but I dont know how to take it out of an array...

 

Thank you everyone, I hope you can help.

 

P.S. Sorry for the long post also!

[Guest]

Instead of attempting to hard code the boxes into the center of your page, take a look at the way the includes/column_left.php or column_right.php file "call the boxes" and use a statement like that to include the boxes wherever you want them.

[\o/]

This is what I did at first, which was great.

But...

 

This gives me the entire look of the box around it.

eg. the infobox header etc...

 

I dont want it to be in the infobox, I just want it on it's own, with a plain white background.

 

Thanks for your reply.

I hope you can help me achieve what I need to find...

[Guest]

In the file of the box you are moving...remove the header if you want, you can change or remove the class to change the colors and fonts etc.

 

Keep a back-up of your file and experiment with it.

[\o/]

Changing the class appears to be easier said than done I'm affraid.

It is for me anyway. :oops:

 

I have got it working up to a point.

Problem is, when I add this:

      <?php   $manufacturer_query = tep_db_query("select m.manufacturers_id, m.manufacturers_name, m.manufacturers_image from " . TABLE_MANUFACTURERS . " m, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p  where p.products_id = '" . $HTTP_GET_VARS['products_id'] . "' and p.manufacturers_id = m.manufacturers_id");

 if (tep_db_num_rows($manufacturer_query)) {

   $manufacturer = tep_db_fetch_array($manufacturer_query);



   $manufacturer_url_query = tep_db_query("select manufacturers_url from " . TABLE_MANUFACTURERS_INFO . " where manufacturers_id = '" . $manufacturer['manufacturers_id'] . "'");

   $manufacturer_url_values = tep_db_fetch_array($manufacturer_url_query);

   $has_manufacturer_url = ($manufacturer_url_values['manufacturers_url']) ? 'true' : 'false';

?>

 

All seems fine apart from when this goes in, it tells me there is a parse error on line 400.

 

But this is the last line of the page. and nothing is wrong with that.

What does this normally point to?

[\o/]

You are right doing it your way is much easier.

 

But...

How do I alter the class from the normal infobox class.

I see it comes from the boxes.php file, but how can I seperate manufacturer_info.php from the class set in there?

 

This is why I went down the route I did in the first place, becos I could not find another way.

[Guest]

Are you putting the include call between a <td> and a </td>? You can add a new class to your stylesheet...

 

It will look something like this:

 

<td class="manufacturersBox">

<?php require(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'manufacturers_info.php'); ?>

</td>

[\o/]

I am yes, but the infobox class set in boxes.php file takes precedence over the class set in the <td> above.

 

So even tho I put this in, it makes no difference.

I believe it has something to do with this set in manufacturers_info.php:

new infoBox($info_box_contents);

 

Please, someone must know how to change this...

 

Thank you Kim, your answers are very much appreciated!

[Guest]

Ron,

 

Here's a thread that should give you the results you're looking for. Enjoy!

 

http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/viewtopic.php...g+class+infobox

[Guest]

Ok, most of ya'll are talking a foreign language to me. I would like to move a few boxes from the left to the right to balance out the look as I have commented out the currencies and languages so far, but will also be commenting out the shopping cart box as I am only using this for it's cataloging feature, not as a shopping cart.

 

I am not sure what code to move where and I don't want to start experiementing because I am incredibly new to PHP and don't feel confident enough just to start toying. Heck, most of the time, I don't even know what I am reading. Could someone explain what moving a box, say "What's New" from the left side over to the right side?

 

And finally, how can I reshape a box? Meaning, I would like them all to be boxy with no rounded edges (e.g. Manufacturers, Quick Find, etc.)...

 

Thanks for all the help!!!

[Guest]

Oh, I forgot to post my theory on what I am supposed to do...LOL

 

Am I supposed to move this

 

require(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'information.php');

 

from where it is in the column_left.php to where I would like it in the column_right.php...or is it a bit more involved than that? It just seemed TOO easy, that is why I questioned it...

[Guest]

Ok, I'm touched. :oops:

 

So I finally got some balls to just comment the dang thing out, copy it and do what I thought to be true. I guess I shouldn't rely so much on handouts, but I have this fear of just janking everything up beyond belief.

 

However, my second question, about changing the shapes, now that, I still cannot figure out (nor can I find any help on the forums about it). So that question still stands.

[Guest]

Ok, you can kill me now...somehow I stumbled upon a post that explained it to me.

 

http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/viewtopic.php...p?p=30655#30655

 

It's just not my night. First my printer breaks, then I can't find anything until I've posted a question and clogged up the board. Well, hopefully someone will find my ranting helpful down the road.

 

:?