[contribution] Display Random Product w/ Description

[Trusten]

http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,941

 

Someone asked how i did it. It wasn't that hard. Basically all it does is show a random product each time the customer visits. This product will have a short protion of its description there. With a 'read more' link.

 

It's really basic and cut and paste. Paste the file into catalog/includes/boxes

 

then link it in your default page.

 

Either where it says:



           <td class="main"><br><?php echo TEXT_MAIN; ?></td>





replace with:



           <td class="main"><?php include(DIR_WS_BOXES . 



'display_product.php'); ?></td>



or at the greeting, it's up to you.

 

anyways, hope it helps someone. let me know if you find any errors. I tested it first though.

[Deskdirect]

Awesome!

 

How would I resize the image - in my test they are quite distorted.

[Trusten]

$new_products['products_image'], 'Newest Anime', 210, 138) .

 

that line. that 210, 138 is the pic size. you can take that part out and leave it

 

$new_products['products_image'], 'Newest Anime') .

 

or you can find out the height and width of your average pics and use that instead.

 

good luck.

[Deskdirect]

Thanks that worked just fine.

 

Keep up the great work!

[Guest]

Thanks a ton!! :D

 

*runs off to do a happy dance*

[Deskdirect]

I meant to give this suggestion for the resizing some time ago and forgot. This is what I changed the line to that you suggested above ---->

 

$new_products['products_image'], 'Newest Anime', SMALL_IMAGE_WIDTH, SMALL_IMAGE_HEIGHT) .

 

It keeps all the images looking great!

 

Annette

[Guest]

Great mod, although I would like to remove the border from the image, how can this be done?

 

Jeff

[jgkiefer]

$new_products['products_image'], 'Newest Anime', 210, 138) .

that line. that 210, 138 is the pic size. you can take that part out and leave it

$new_products['products_image'], 'Newest Anime') .

or you can find out the height and width of your average pics and use that instead.good luck.

 

How can I use the big product picture instead of the thumbnail?

[tetrad]

I hate to dig up a dead horse, but does anyone know how to limit the category that this contribution would pull from? I would like it to only pull random products from two categories but I'm not sure how to modify the initial query to this.

 

Any help would be great!