how to manually add a category in the categories box

[longhorn1999]

Hi everyone,

 

In 2.2RC2a, I have the categories in a box in the left column, as is standard.

 

I also added a little blurb from the All Products SEO contribution so that there's a link that says 'View All Products' just below the categories that are listed.

 

lines 108-115 of inlcudes/boxes/categories.php:

 $info_box_contents = array();
 $info_box_contents[] = array('align' => 'left',
                              'text'  => $categories_string
                             );

 $info_box_contents[] = array('align' => 'left',
                               'text'  => '<a class="allproductsBox" href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_ALLPRODS_SEO, '', 'NONSSL') . '" title="'  . BOX_INFORMATION_ALLPRODS_SEO_CATEGORIES . '">' . BOX_INFORMATION_ALLPRODS_SEO_CATEGORIES . '</a>');

 

I'm trying to manually put in a link in between these two, but one that points to a different site.

 

I'd clumsily tried this code but it doesn't seem to do anything:

  $info_box_contents[] = array('align' => 'left',                        
 				'text'  => '<a href="www.some-other-site.com>New Category</a>');

 

Does anyone know what the proper syntax to do this is?

 

Thanks

[germ]

"Brute force" method:

 

 $categories_string .= '<a target="_blank" href="http://www.some-other-site.com>New Category</a>'; 

 

Your code looks good (haven't tested it).

 

If you use the category cache did you reset the cache in the admin?

:unsure:

 

Did you clear your browser cache to be sure you aren't looking at the page contents from your browser cache?

:unsure:

[Jack_mcs]

I'd clumsily tried this code but it doesn't seem to do anything:

  $info_box_contents[] = array('align' => 'left',                        
 				'text'  => '<a href="www.some-other-site.com>New Category</a>');

 

Does anyone know what the proper syntax to do this is?

Give this a try:

'text'  => '<a href="www.some-other-site.com">New Category</a>');

[longhorn1999]

Thanks guys! Actually it looks like the original code I posted now works, though I needed to put http:// in it. I guess it was some kind of cache issue, as I didn't think to clear it earlier.