How do I add a drop down menu to the header

[mark27uk3]

Hi Guys,

 

How do I add a drop down menu to the header that displays the categorys?

 

I have move the search box into the header and I would like to add a drop down menu next to it.

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanx

 

Mark :huh:

[burt]

I believe that there is a contribution which does exactly this. The other option is to grab the relevant code from

 

admin/categories.php

 

and replicate on the catalog side in the file header.php wherever you want it. You will also need to port over some functions but this is easy enough.

[mark27uk3]

Hi Burt,

 

I found a contrib and grabbed this bit of code from it

 

$categories_array = tep_get_categories($cat_choose);
 for ($i=0; $i<sizeof($categories_array); $i++) {


/*    tep_get_parent_categories($parent_categories, $categories_array[$i]['id']);
  for ($j = sizeof($parent_categories) - 1; $j>=0; $j--) {
   $path = ($path == "") ? $parent_categories[$j] : ($path . "_" .. $parent_categories[$j]);
  }
  $categories_array[$i]['id'] = ($path == "") ? $categories_array[$i]['id'] : ($path . "_" . $categories_array[$i]['id']);
*/  }

 $info_box_contents[] = array('form' => '<form action="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT) . '" method="get">',
                              'align' => 'left',
                              'text'  => tep_draw_pull_down_menu('cPath', $categories_array,'','onChange="this.form.submit();" size="' . ((sizeof($categories_array) < MAX_MANUFACTURERS_LIST) ? sizeof($categories_array) : MAX_MANUFACTURERS_LIST) . '" style="width:150"')
                             );
 new infoBox($info_box_contents);

 

I inserted it into my header and this is what it looks like now, I need to have it next to the search box (see screenshot below).

 

<?php
/*
$Id: header.php,v 1.42 2003/06/10 18:20:38 hpdl Exp $

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

Copyright (c) 2003 osCommerce

Released under the GNU General Public License
*/
define('DIR_WS_TEMPLATE_IMAGES', 'templates/Original/images/');

// WebMakers.com Added: Down for Maintenance
// Hide header if not to show
//BORDER AROUND CART
print ('<table width="800" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" bgcolor="#000000">

<tr>
<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">');

?>
<table width="100%" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" border="0" BGCOLOR="#ffffff">
<tr><td>
<table border="0" width="100%"><tr><td>
<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr class="header">
<td valign="middle"><?php echo '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT) . '">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_TEMPLATE_IMAGES . 'logo.gif', 'Store Logo') . '</a>'; ?></td>


<td align="center" valign="bottom">
<img src="network_selection.gif" width="321" height="33" border="0">
<td align="right" valign="bottom"><?php echo '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_ACCOUNT, '', 'SSL') . '">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'header_account.gif', HEADER_TITLE_MY_ACCOUNT) . '</a>  <a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_SHOPPING_CART) . '">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'header_cart.gif', HEADER_TITLE_CART_CONTENTS) . '</a>  <a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_CHECKOUT_SHIPPING, '', 'SSL') . '">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'header_checkout.gif', HEADER_TITLE_CHECKOUT) . '</a>'; ?>  </td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">
<img src="freedelivery.gif" width="217" height="33" border="0">
</td>
<php? //BOF added category and mennu tabs ?>
<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr><td>
<?php include(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'cat_menu.php'); ?>
  </td>
 </tr>
<php? // EOF: Added: Category and menu tabs ?>
<tr class="headerNavigation">
<td align="center" height="20"><font face=Verdana, size=1 arial,="undefined" helvetica,="undefined" sans-serif="undefined" color="#ffffff"><b>UK Sales & Customer Service: Monday-Friday 9am-5.30pm </b></font> </td>

</td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC" align="center"> 
<td colspan="2" height="20"><font face=Verdana, size=1 arial,="undefined" helvetica,="undefined" sans-serif="undefined"><font color="#000066">
</font>


<?php 
$hide = tep_hide_session_id(); 
echo '<form name="quick_find" method="get" action="' . tep_href_link (FILENAME_ADVANCED_SEARCH_RESULT, '', 'NONSSL', false) . '">'; 
echo $hide . '<input type="text" name="keywords" onFocus=this.value="" size="20" maxlength="30" value="' . BOX_SEARCH_TEXT . '"> ' . '<input type="submit" value="Go"><br><a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_ADVANCED_SEARCH) . '">' . BOX_SEARCH_ADVANCED_SEARCH . tep_draw_hidden_field('search_in_description', '1') . '</a>'; 
echo '</form>'; 
$categories_array = tep_get_categories($cat_choose);
 for ($i=0; $i<sizeof($categories_array); $i++) {


/*    tep_get_parent_categories($parent_categories, $categories_array[$i]['id']);
  for ($j = sizeof($parent_categories) - 1; $j>=0; $j--) {
   $path = ($path == "") ? $parent_categories[$j] : ($path . "_" .. $parent_categories[$j]);
  }
  $categories_array[$i]['id'] = ($path == "") ? $categories_array[$i]['id'] : ($path . "_" . $categories_array[$i]['id']);
*/  }

 $info_box_contents[] = array('form' => '<form action="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT) . '" method="get">',
                              'align' => 'left',
                              'text'  => tep_draw_pull_down_menu('cPath', $categories_array,'','onChange="this.form.submit();" size="' . ((sizeof($categories_array) < MAX_MANUFACTURERS_LIST) ? sizeof($categories_array) : MAX_MANUFACTURERS_LIST) . '" style="width:150"')
                             );
 new infoBox($info_box_contents);

?>
</td>
</tr>
</table></td></tr></table>

 

 

Any ideas how to change??

 

Thanx

 

Mark

[241]

place the code inside its own td tags

 

as for the free delivery this would require re structure of the table and would result in a return to almost what you had originally

[mark27uk3]

Hi,

 

I have inserted the <td> tags. What do I need to change to remove the info box that it is in and place it to the left of the search box.

 

 

Thanx

 

Mark

[241]

you also need to change the code that you have which has been lifted from a box.

 

look at the code for the search it should give you an idea you are to remove the references to infobox array and recode

[mark27uk3]

Hi,

 

This is the code,

 

$categories_array = tep_get_categories($cat_choose);
 for ($i=0; $i<sizeof($categories_array); $i++) {


/*    tep_get_parent_categories($parent_categories, $categories_array[$i]['id']);
  for ($j = sizeof($parent_categories) - 1; $j>=0; $j--) {
   $path = ($path == "") ? $parent_categories[$j] : ($path . "_" .. $parent_categories[$j]);
  }
  $categories_array[$i]['id'] = ($path == "") ? $categories_array[$i]['id'] : ($path . "_" . $categories_array[$i]['id']);
*/  }

 $info_box_contents[] = array('form' => '<form action="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT) . '" method="get">',
                              'align' => 'left',
                              'text'  => tep_draw_pull_down_menu('cPath', $categories_array,'','onChange="this.form.submit();" size="' . ((sizeof($categories_array) < MAX_MANUFACTURERS_LIST) ? sizeof($categories_array) : MAX_MANUFACTURERS_LIST) . '" style="width:150"')
                             );
 new infoBox($info_box_contents);

 

I presume I have to change the array to a <php? <?php. I dont know which parts can be excluded.

 

Thanx

 

Mark

[findtim]

hi

can i just ask a sideline questionher, how do i get rid of the space that the "welcome" creates, i want to place a table ofinfo whee your "unlicensed evaluation" words are but my table is way down the page.

 

any hints grately appreciated

 

tim