modify other contrib to the template

[Wolfgang]

Hello Brenden,

 

how I can change other php-sites (e.g. allprods.php, ...) to the Template sytem?

 

thx Wolfgang

[Brenden]

Hi Wolf Gang,

 

Each page has been split into 3 parts. Application Logic File, Template File, Content File.

 

The 1st part, which is located in the catalog/ directory contains the application logic. This file is usually made by deleting everything between the last $breadcrumb->add statement and require(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'application_bottom.php'); and then adding 2 lines. These 1st of these 2 lines tells osCommerce what file is to be used for the content and the second line tells osCommerce what template file to use.

 

For allprods.php this would look like this:

<?php

/*

 $Id: allprods.php,v 1.7 2002/12/02



 osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions

 http://www.oscommerce.com



 Copyright (c) 2002 osCommerce

 Copyright (c) 2002 HMCservices



 Released under the GNU General Public License

*/



 require('includes/application_top.php');

 include(DIR_WS_LANGUAGES . $language . '/' . FILENAME_ALLPRODS);



// Set number of columns in listing

define ('NR_COLUMNS', 1);

//

 $breadcrumb->add(HEADING_TITLE, tep_href_link(FILENAME_ALLPRODS, '', 'NONSSL'));



 $content = CONTENT_ALLPRODS;  /* ------- file to be used for the content --------- */



 require(DIR_WS_TEMPLATES . TEMPLATENAME_MAIN_PAGE); /* ------- template file to use  ------------ */



 require(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'application_bottom.php');

?>

 

The 2nd part is the template file to be used. With the default install this is catalog/templates/main_page.tpl.php . Nothing needs to be done for this.

 

The 3rd part is the file to be used for content. This file is placed in the catalog/templates/content/ directory and should be named the same as the application logic file except with a .tpl.php extention. This file is made by copying everything between:

<!-- body_text //-->

   <td width="100%" valign="top">

and

</td>

<!-- body_text_eof //-->

 

For allprods it would be named allprods.tpl.php and would look like this:

<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">

     <tr>

       <td width="100%"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">

         <tr>

	 <td class="pageHeading"><?php echo HEADING_TITLE; ?></td>

           <td align="right"></td>

         </tr>

       </table></td>

     </tr>

     <tr>

       <td><?php echo tep_draw_separator('pixel_trans.gif', '100%', '10'); ?></td>

     </tr>

     <tr>

       <td><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">

            <?php	

   $languages_query = tep_db_query("select languages_id, name, code, image, directory from " . TABLE_LANGUAGES . " order by sort_order");

   while ($languages = tep_db_fetch_array($languages_query)) {

   $languages_array[] = array('id' 	 => $languages['languages_id'],

            'name'  => $languages['name'],

                                     'code'  => $languages['code'],

                                     'image'  => $languages['image'],

                                          'directory'	=> $languages['directory']);

   }

           for ($i=0; $i<sizeof($languages_array); $i++) {    

             $this_language_id = $languages_array[$i]['id'];

   $this_language_name = $languages_array[$i]['name'];

   $this_language_code = $languages_array[$i]['code'];

   $this_language_image = $languages_array[$i]['image'];

   $this_language_directory = $languages_array[$i]['directory'];

   echo " <tr>n";

             $products_query = tep_db_query("SELECT p.products_id, pd.products_name FROM " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . " pd WHERE p.products_id = pd.products_id AND p.products_status = 1 AND pd.language_id = $this_language_id ORDER BY pd.products_name");

   $products_array = array();

   while($products = tep_db_fetch_array($products_query)) {

      $products_array[] = array('id'   => $products['products_id'],

              'name' => $products['products_name']);

   }

   for ($j=0; $j<NR_COLUMNS; $j++) {

  	 echo "   <td class=main valign="top">n";

  	 for ($k=$j; $k<sizeof($products_array); $k+=NR_COLUMNS) {

     $this_products_id   = $products_array[$k]['id'];

     $this_products_name = $products_array[$k]['name'];

     echo "     <a href="" . tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCT_INFO, 'name=' .str_replace("/", "/", rawurlencode($this_products_name)). '&products_id=' . $this_products_id . (($this_language_code == DEFAULT_LANGUAGE) ? '' : ('&language=' . $this_language_code)), 'NONSSL', false) . "">" . $this_products_name . "</a><br>n";

  	 }

  	 echo "   </td>n";

   }

      echo " </tr>n";

	 }

?>

           </td>

         </tr>

       </table></td>

     </tr>

     <tr>

   <td align="right" class="main"><br><?php echo '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, '', 'NONSSL') . '">' . tep_image_button('button_continue.gif', IMAGE_BUTTON_CONTINUE) . '</a>'; ?></td>

     </tr>

   </table>

 

To finish the install of any new page the file names have to be defined. Open catalog/includes/filenames.php and add the following lines:

define('CONTENT_ALLPRODS', 'allprods');

define('FILENAME_ALLPRODS', CONTENT_ALLPRODS . '.php');

 

Use the rest of the allprods installation documentation the same.