Open home page to category of your choice

[germ]

MAKE A BACKUP BEFORE MAKING ANY EDITS.

 

At the top of your /catalog/index.php find this code:

 

// the following cPath references come from application_top.php
 $category_depth = 'top';
 if (isset($cPath) && tep_not_null($cPath)) {

Change it to something like this:

 

// the following cPath references come from application_top.php
 $category_depth = 'top';

//
// beginning of added code:
//

 if ( ! isset($cPath) || ($cPath=='') ) {
$cPath_array[0] = 21;
$cPath = 21;
$current_category_id = 21;
 }

//
// end of added code
//

 if (isset($cPath) && tep_not_null($cPath)) {

I used the number 21 as an example.

 

You'd need to replace that number with the number of the category it is that you wish to open.

[germ]

Here is a link to a thread where someone who tried this had a little problem with it when selecting a particular manufacturer:

 

Click Me

[Guest]

<!--coloro:#FF0000--><span style="color:#FF0000"><!--/coloro--><b>MAKE A BACKUP BEFORE MAKING ANY EDITS.</b><!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->

 

At the top of your <b>/catalog/<!--coloro:#FF0000--><span style="color:#FF0000"><!--/coloro-->index.php<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--></b> find this code:

 

<!--c1--><div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain'><!--ec1-->// the following cPath references come from application_top.php

$category_depth = 'top';

if (isset($cPath) && tep_not_null($cPath)) {<!--c2--></div><!--ec2-->

Change it to something like this:

 

<!--c1--><div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain'><!--ec1-->// the following cPath references come from application_top.php

$category_depth = 'top';

 

//

// beginning of added code:

//

 

if ( ! isset($cPath) || ($cPath=='') ) {

$cPath_array[0] = 21;

$cPath = 21;

$current_category_id = 21;

}

 

//

// end of added code

//

 

if (isset($cPath) && tep_not_null($cPath)) {<!--c2--></div><!--ec2-->

I used the number 21 as an example.

 

You'd need to replace that number with the number of the category it is that you wish to open.

 

This is exactly what I want but why does it remove my TEXT_MAIN?

[germ]

This is exactly what I want but why does it remove my TEXT_MAIN?

Because you end up in a different part of the code where TEXT_MAIN doesn't get displayed.

 

Sorry I didn't reply sooner.

 

You only get email reply notifications to a thread for thirty days.

 

I hadn't posted in this in over a year.

[shows103]

Germ do you know how to re-name the index.php file to let say for example shop.php without messing up the other functions on index.php.

[germ]

Germ do you know how to re-name the index.php file to let say for example shop.php without messing up the other functions on index.php.

I think all you would need to do is change this in /includes/filenames.php

 

  define('FILENAME_DEFAULT', 'index.php');

To match the new file name

[shows103]

thanks Germs I will give this a try and let you know much appreciated for the help

[germ]

thanks Germs I will give this a try and let you know much appreciated for the help

You do realize that if you rename the existing index file you'll need to replace it with another "placeholder" (index.php, index.htm, or index.html)

[shows103]

nope seem to have got an error saying the following;

Warning: require(includes/languages/english/shop.php) [function.require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/fhlinux190/i/inbreathe.co.uk/user/htdocs/catalog/index.php on line 33

 

Warning: require(includes/languages/english/shop.php) [function.require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/fhlinux190/i/inbreathe.co.uk/user/htdocs/catalog/index.php on line 33

 

Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'includes/languages/english/shop.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/pear/') in /home/fhlinux190/i/inbreathe.co.uk/user/htdocs/catalog/index.php on line 33

 

Any other ideas? please

[germ]

nope seem to have got an error saying the following;

 

 

Any other ideas? please

My bad!

 

You have to rename the index.php in /includes/languages/english folder to the same name, too.

[shows103]

ok cool I will give it a go lol

[shows103]

strange I seem to be getting a white screen lol check it out

 

http://www.inbreathe.co.uk/catalog/shop.php

[germ]

If all you did was rename the files it should work.

 

It acts like the /catalog/shop.php doesn't exist.

[shows103]

yh mmm what should I do? you think I should change it back to index.php? or is there any work around for this.

[♥kymation]

You probably got one of those files in the wrong place. catalog/shop.php and catalog/includes/languages/english/shop.php are not interchangeable.

 

Regards

Jim

[germ]

I kind of did what you're trying to do (I think).

 

The guy who owns the site I manage didn't want the categories on the "landing page".

 

So I crerated a different index.php as a new landing page.

 

But what I did was create a new entry in filenames.php called FILENAME_CATALOG and changed other places in the code to reference it instead.

[shows103]

ok

[germ]

Don't get me wrong.

 

I'm not trying to say the way you're going about it is wrong.

 

I'm just saying how I did it at the time.

[shows103]

what would be the step by step guide for this?

[shows103]

lol its 3:08 am lol I live the UK I'm half asleep lol, but still doing this

[germ]

Well it's time for me to get some shut-eye as well.

 

Let me look over the code and I'll see if I can get something together and post it tomorrow evening,

[shows103]

cheers thanks much appreciated, I think I'm gonna get some shut eye too and be fresh for 2moro

[shows103]

I feel so excited hopefully get this done 2day

[germ]

I renamed the index and made an entry in /includes/filenames.php to the new name:

 

  define('FILENAME_CATALOG', 'indexnew.php');

Then I only had to change three other files.

 

/includes/application_top.php

(Two nonconsecutive lines)

 

  $breadcrumb->add(HEADER_TITLE_CATALOG, tep_href_link(FILENAME_CATALOG));

       $breadcrumb->add($categories['categories_name'], tep_href_link(FILENAME_CATALOG, 'cPath=' . implode('_', array_slice($cPath_array, 0, ($i+1)))));

/includes/modules/categories.php

 

    $categories_string .= tep_href_link(FILENAME_CATALOG, $cPath_new) . '">';

/login.php

 

if(MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_EC_STATUS == 'True' || MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_WPP_STATUS == 'True') { tep_redirect(tep_href_link(FILENAME_CATALOG)); } 
else { tep_redirect(tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT));}

[shows103]

OK I'll have try this see if this works for me lol I hope it does lol