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[HaggisBoy]

Hi all

 

Hope someone can help; I have got a bit of a problem that, while not vital to have fixed (there are ways around it), it would be absolutely excellent to be able to sort.

 

What I am trying to do is :

 

INCLUDE THE CATEGORY NAME in the search results table

INCLUDE THE CATEGORY NAME in the product info page

INCLUDE THE CATEGORY NAME in the new arrivals/featured products boxes located on the front page

 

My site sells model planes and my categor is the AIRCRAFT TYPE.

 

At the moment, when I do a search for a product, it shows in the results table as :

 

MODEL........PRICE

566545........?12.95

 

But there is no aircraft type shown as this is the category. Is there an easy way of showing the category in this table????

 

Thanks!

[mattice]

There is a function that takes a product_id and 'calculates' the category_id from it.. I have not looked but I think it is called tep_product_to_category() or something similar. You could call that in product_listing.php and have it display the category name as a link. It will use some resources though as it has to fetch it seperately for EACH returned result.

 

Mattice

[HaggisBoy]

Thanks Mattice but unfortunately, I am pretty much a beginner. I am learning quickly but have very little idea as to how to implement what you suggest.

 

:(

[mattice]

You have to start somewhere :D

Just saw another post by you on the same subject... :shock:

That had a good reference / answer to it with code examples by Linda.

 

Mattice

[HaggisBoy]

Just saw another post by you on the same subject...  :shock:  

 

:wink: can't blame a guy for trying!