Is there a way to make products change randomly on home page

[fabian2005]

Is there a way to make products change randomly on home page........

[Guest]

I know there's a script for it. Did you look in the contributions section?

[tinkerbell46325]

I'm also looking for a product image rollover or products to change randomly (mainpage)

Found a few in contrib but not sure which one ' I would like to see in action

Does anybody knows of one i could see ? any more suggestions?

[fabian2005]

Thanks but exactly where can i find that script

[bkellum]

Thanks but exactly where can i find that script

 

You could do this fairly easily by just modifying the SQL query in new_products.php as so.

 

How to display Random Products in the New Products for Month box on the main page:

 

Modify one file: /includes/modules/new_products.php

 

Find:

 

p.products_date_added desc

 

Change to:

 

RAND()

 

Your code will end up looking like so:

/*//Modified to show 9 random products rather than the 9 latest products added 
 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);
 }
// commented above and added modified sql below for random products */
 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 RAND() 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 RAND() limit " . MAX_DISPLAY_NEW_PRODUCTS);
 }

 

Hope that helped,