Exclude category from new product display

[Peper]

Hi

 

Is there a way to exclude just one category not to show up on new products page (products_new.php)??

The products and category need to stay in stock though

 

Any help please :rolleyes:

[spooks]

Hi

 

Is there a way to exclude just one category not to show up on new products page (products_new.php)??

The products and category need to stay in stock though

 

Any help please

 

 

just expand the query to exclude that particular category id

[Peper]

I got this code now for new_product.php

 

<?php
/*
 $Id: new_products.php 1806 2008-01-11 22:48:15Z hpdl $

 osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions
 http://www.oscommerce.com

 Copyright (c) 2008 osCommerce

 Released under the GNU General Public License
*/
?>
<!-- new_products //-->
<?php
 $info_box_contents = array();
 $info_box_contents[] = array('text' => sprintf(TABLE_HEADING_NEW_PRODUCTS, strftime('%B')));

 new contentBoxHeading($info_box_contents);

if ( (!isset($new_products_category_id)) || ($new_products_category_id == '0') ) {
$category_query = tep_db_query("select distinct categories_id from ". TABLE_PRODUCTS_TO_CATEGORIES );
$cids = array();
while ($categories = tep_db_fetch_array($category_query)) {
	array_push($cids, $categories["categories_id"]);
}
$cid = $cids[rand(0, count($cids) - 1)];

  // removed order by p.products_date_added desc
$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 " .
	", ". TABLE_PRODUCTS_TO_CATEGORIES . " p2c " .
               "where p.products_id = p2c.products_id and products_status = '1' and (p2c.categories_id = 88 or p2c.categories_id = 84 or p2c.categories_id = 61 or p2c.categories_id = 67 or p2c.categories_id = 57 or p2c.categories_id = 79 or p2c.categories_id = 64 )" . "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);
 }
 $row = 0;
 $col = 0;
 $info_box_contents = array();
 while ($new_products = tep_db_fetch_array($new_products_query)) {
   $info_box_contents[$row][$col] = array('align' => 'center',
                                          'params' => 'class="smallText" width="33%" valign="top"',
                                          'text' => '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCT_INFO, 'products_id=' . $new_products['products_id']) . '">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $new_products['products_image'], $new_products['products_name'], SMALL_IMAGE_WIDTH, SMALL_IMAGE_HEIGHT) . '</a><br><a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCT_INFO, 'products_id=' . $new_products['products_id']) . '">' . $new_products['products_name'] . '</a><br>' . $currencies->display_price($new_products['products_price'], tep_get_tax_rate($new_products['products_tax_class_id'])));

   $col ++;
   if ($col > 2) {
     $col = 0;
     $row ++;
   }
 }

 new contentBox($info_box_contents);
?>
<!-- new_products_eof //-->

 

 

 

Just the product name is missing

[semper-linux]

just expand the query to exclude that particular category id

 

Hi Spooks,

 

I'm pretty new to both OSC (using V2.3.1) and PHP.

 

Could you give me a bit more detail on how to exclude the category (presumably from file 'catalog/product_info.php') ?

 

many thanks

Semper-linux

[NodsDorf]

Well this is an old post.

 

You can modify the new products query by using a NOT LIKE or NOT IN ('21') c.category_id statement. If you're not to familiar with php / sql then I wouldn't bother for 2.3.1 just use

Featured Products (2.3.1)

This replaces the New Products with Featured Products you select.

[semper-linux]

Hi there NodsDorf,

 

Many thanks (from a cloudy / rainy Switzerland) for the quick and clear reply.

 

Community support at its best !

 

Semper-linux