Left Column

[whitehawk43]

I am wanting to take my left column into 3 different pieces

 

so each part i.e Hot Deals, Catagories, Information....

 

What I am trying to acheive is a box look with a color space

 

between each of them

 

 

 

How would one do that or where can I find a contribution

 

for this.

 

 

 

Ben

[Guest]

I am wanting to take my left column into 3 different pieces

 

so each part i.e Hot Deals, Catagories, Information....

 

What I am trying to acheive is a box look with a color space

 

between each of them

 

 

 

How would one do that or where can I find a contribution

 

for this.

 

 

 

Ben

 

 

Take a look at More Category Boxes, that might work for you:

http://addons.oscommerce.com/info/3327

[whitehawk43]

Take a look at More Category Boxes, that might work for you:

http://addons.oscommerce.com/info/3327

Thanks for the reply but.....

 

Nope that one don't work.....

 

What I am trying to do is just add a deivider between the

 

catagories that are there now

 

Ben

[whitehawk43]

Any other Ideas Help Please

[♥geoffreywalton]

Add a horizontal line?

 

See the html section of www.w3schools.com

[jhande]

Hey Ben,

 

I think I grasp what you are trying to accomplish.

Example:

<table>Categories</table>

Color background or Image

<table>Hot Deals</table>

Color background or Image

<table>Information</table>

Color background or Image

etc...

 

I have seen something similar mentioned here before. If I remember correctly there's a few ways to do it, but I have never tried them.

 

You could use the STS contribution to totally customize your layout.

 

Edit your column_left.php (and\or column_right.php) by adding HTML code to call tables or cells between the infoboxes.

 

Possibly with CSS menu and some styling work.

 

Maybe that will help get your creative juices flowing or something to Google search for???

Sorry I couldn't give you an exact fix. :blush:

[whitehawk43]

Hey Ben,

 

I think I grasp what you are trying to accomplish.

Example:

<table>Categories</table>

Color background or Image

<table>Hot Deals</table>

Color background or Image

<table>Information</table>

Color background or Image

etc...

 

I have seen something similar mentioned here before. If I remember correctly there's a few ways to do it, but I have never tried them.

 

You could use the STS contribution to totally customize your layout.

 

Edit your column_left.php (and\or column_right.php) by adding HTML code to call tables or cells between the infoboxes.

 

Possibly with CSS menu and some styling work.

 

Maybe that will help get your creative juices flowing or something to Google search for???

Sorry I couldn't give you an exact fix. :blush:

 

 

hey jhande

 

Thanks for the reply

 

will give that some thought makes scense just figure where to edit or add the code

 

so many php files ....

 

so little time :lol:

 

will keep ya updated on what i find .........

 

 

Ben

[whitehawk43]

still no luck what ever i do makes the pages go nuts

 

Ben

[germ]

Post your /includes/column_left.php between CODE tags to preserve formatting.

 

This may do what you want when inserted in the right places:

 

		  <tr>
		<td class="headerNavigation" width="100%">
 
		</td>
	  </tr>
 <tr>
<td><img src="images/pixel_trans.gif" alt="" width="100%" border="0" height="10"></td>
 </tr>

[burt]

You have a few options;

 

1. Do it with CSS

2. Do it with javascript

3. Do it by amending each infobox file

4. Do it by amending the infobox class

 

Which do you want to do?

[tonmoytewary]

you have to change the includes/column_left.php file

add a table in the file like this

 

<table>

<tr><td> require(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'authors.php');</td></tr>

<tr><td> <img src=""> <td></tr>

<tr><td> require(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'authors.php');</td></tr>

<tr><td> <img src=""> <td></tr>

<tr><td> require(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'authors.php');</td></tr>

</table>

 

hope this will solve

[jhande]

Hey Ben,

 

Take a look here at my left column. I added a black space between my infoboxes. Is that what you are tying to do?

 

If so, add this code to your column_left.php and column_right.php between the calls for the different infoboxes.

 

?>

<!-- Adding Space //-->

<tr><td height="20" bgcolor="#000000"> </td></tr>

<?php

Change the height and bgcolor to suit your needs.

 

So it looks something like this:

 

<?php

/*

$Id: column_left.php,v 1.15 2003/07/01 14:34:54 hpdl Exp $

osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions

<A href="http://www.oscommerce.com">http://www.oscommerce.com</A>

Copyright © 2003 osCommerce

Released under the GNU General Public License

*/

if ((USE_CACHE == 'true') && empty($SID)) {

echo tep_cache_categories_box();

} else {

include(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'categories.php');

}

?>

<!-- Adding Space //-->

<tr><td height="20" bgcolor="#000000"> </td></tr>

<?php

if ((USE_CACHE == 'true') && empty($SID)) {

echo tep_cache_manufacturers_box();

} else {

include(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'manufacturers.php');

}

?>

<!-- Adding Space //-->

<tr><td height="20" bgcolor="#000000"> </td></tr>

<?php

include(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'search.php');

?>

<!-- Adding Space //-->

<tr><td height="20" bgcolor="#000000"> </td></tr>

<?php

require(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'information.php');

 

// require(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'whats_new.php');

/*** Begin Header Tags SEO ***/

if (HEADER_TAGS_DISPLAY_COLUMN_BOX == 'true' && basename($PHP_SELF) == FILENAME_PRODUCT_INFO)

include(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'header_tags.php');

/*** End Header Tags SEO ***/

?>

 

Hope that's what you are looking for.

I'll leave the black spaces on my site for awhile so you can get a look. ;)

[whitehawk43]

Hey Ben,

 

Take a look here at my left column. I added a black space between my infoboxes. Is that what you are tying to do?

 

If so, add this code to your column_left.php and column_right.php between the calls for the different infoboxes.

 

?>

<!-- Adding Space //-->

<tr><td height="20" bgcolor="#000000"> </td></tr>

<?php

Change the height and bgcolor to suit your needs.

 

So it looks something like this:

 

<?php

/*

$Id: column_left.php,v 1.15 2003/07/01 14:34:54 hpdl Exp $

osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions

<A href="http://www.oscommerce.com">http://www.oscommerce.com</A>

Copyright © 2003 osCommerce

Released under the GNU General Public License

*/

if ((USE_CACHE == 'true') && empty($SID)) {

echo tep_cache_categories_box();

} else {

include(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'categories.php');

}

?>

<!-- Adding Space //-->

<tr><td height="20" bgcolor="#000000"> </td></tr>

<?php

if ((USE_CACHE == 'true') && empty($SID)) {

echo tep_cache_manufacturers_box();

} else {

include(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'manufacturers.php');

}

?>

<!-- Adding Space //-->

<tr><td height="20" bgcolor="#000000"> </td></tr>

<?php

include(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'search.php');

?>

<!-- Adding Space //-->

<tr><td height="20" bgcolor="#000000"> </td></tr>

<?php

require(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'information.php');

 

// require(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'whats_new.php');

/*** Begin Header Tags SEO ***/

if (HEADER_TAGS_DISPLAY_COLUMN_BOX == 'true' && basename($PHP_SELF) == FILENAME_PRODUCT_INFO)

include(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'header_tags.php');

/*** End Header Tags SEO ***/

?>

 

Hope that's what you are looking for.

I'll leave the black spaces on my site for awhile so you can get a look. ;)

 

 

Hi jhande

 

 

That is what I was trying to do works now.....

 

Thanks everyone for your help hope I can return the favor some day .........

 

Ben

[jhande]

Glad to hear you finally got it straightened out.

 

Was my pleasure! ;)

[whitehawk43]

Glad to hear you finally got it straightened out.

 

Was my pleasure! ;)

 

 

Jim I spoke to soon I can't get the line to go all the way through the left column

 

 

Ben

[germ]

If you change the padding to ZERO here in the stylesheet it goes all the way across:

 

.left-column {
background: #708AE8;
padding: 10px;
}

Of course that does change the look slightly...

:blush:

 

Sometimes after changing the stylesheet you have to hold the <Ctrl> key down while doing a page refresh in the browser to force the browser to reload all contents from the server, including the newly changed stylesheet.

[whitehawk43]

If you change the padding to ZERO here in the stylesheet it goes all the way across:

 

.left-column {
background: #708AE8;
padding: 10px;
}

Of course that does change the look slightly...

:blush:

 

Sometimes after changing the stylesheet you have to hold the <Ctrl> key down while doing a page refresh in the browser to force the browser to reload all contents from the server, including the newly changed stylesheet.

 

 

Thanks germ

 

That worked on all main pages ,

 

But If you veiw a item then the lines still have a padding

 

where is that called from if not from the style sheet ?

 

Ben

[germ]

Pages that are OK have this code:

 

    <td class="left-column" valign="top" width="199"><table width="199" border="0" [b]cellpadding="[color="#FF0000"]0[/color]" cellspacing="[color="#FF0000"]0[/color]"[/b]>
<!-- left_navigation //-->

Pages with the problem have this code:

 

    <td class="left-column" valign="top" width="199">
<table width="199" border="0" [b]cellpadding="[color="#FF0000"]3[/color]" cellspacing="[color="#FF0000"]3[/color]"[/b]>
<!-- left_navigation //-->

[whitehawk43]

Pages that are OK have this code:

 

    <td class="left-column" valign="top" width="199"><table width="199" border="0" [b]cellpadding="[color="#FF0000"]0[/color]" cellspacing="[color="#FF0000"]0[/color]"[/b]>
<!-- left_navigation //-->

Pages with the problem have this code:

 

    <td class="left-column" valign="top" width="199">
<table width="199" border="0" [b]cellpadding="[color="#FF0000"]3[/color]" cellspacing="[color="#FF0000"]3[/color]"[/b]>
<!-- left_navigation //-->

would that be only in the main php files ?

[germ]

Yes.

;)

[whitehawk43]

Yes.

;)

 

Hey germ;

 

After a few days lookin in all the main php files under

 

catalog/main.php files

 

and can't find code line

 

<td class="left-column" valign="top" width="199"> <table width="199" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3"><!-- left_navigation //-->

 

any where else it might be ???

 

Ben

[germ]

It probably looks like this:

 

	<td class="left-column" width="<?php echo BOX_WIDTH; ?>" valign="top"><table border="0" width="<?php echo BOX_WIDTH; ?>" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3"><!-- left_navigation //-->

[whitehawk43]

It probably looks like this:

 

	<td class="left-column" width="<?php echo BOX_WIDTH; ?>" valign="top"><table border="0" width="<?php echo BOX_WIDTH; ?>" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3"><!-- left_navigation //-->

 

Now I know I have seen that ;)

 

Thanks

Ben

[whitehawk43]

It probably looks like this:

 

	<td class="left-column" width="<?php echo BOX_WIDTH; ?>" valign="top"><table border="0" width="<?php echo BOX_WIDTH; ?>" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3"><!-- left_navigation //-->

 

Yup

 

That was it found it at

 

catalog/product_info.php

 

A Big Thanks again to all that helped with this fix...........

 

 

Ben