ADDON: Subcategory Thumbnails

texasguy · April 13, 2010, 12:00am

Those who want to have the same functionality but don’t want to use addon and hooks, here is the easy but a little hands on version:

In core fn.catalog.php find function: fn_get_categories

Add this before last line of the funtion where last “return” is:

```php foreach ($tmp as &$t){

$t[‘main_pair’]=fn_get_image_pairs($t[‘category_id’],‘category’,‘M’);

} ```

Then go to view.tpl in your skin and {$subcategories|@print_r}

You will see that you got new sub-arrays with links url and image src.

Mod to your pleasure…

PS: Have not tried with categories without icons, might need to if src==“” => custom pic.

Also, if you have category list on the left where customers select categories, now you can show icons there as well… if you want. Same array available there…

jobosales · April 13, 2010, 12:00am

[quote name=‘TexasGuy’]Those who want to have the same functionality but don’t want to use addon and hooks, here is the easy but a little hands on version[/QUOTE]

Of course, you will then need reapply this change every time you upgrade since fn.catalog.php has changes in every release (at least, this has been the case historically).

Bob

texasguy · April 14, 2010, 12:00am

I don’t mind. This way if something does not work, I would be able to arrive at the solution faster. But, again, this is just me.

grabbags · April 22, 2010, 12:00am

Thanks for the info. I can use it on my site!

davetheslave · May 12, 2010, 12:00am

[quote name=‘TexasGuy’]Those who want to have the same functionality but don’t want to use addon and hooks, here is the easy but a little hands on version:

In core fn.catalog.php find function: fn_get_categories

Add this before last line of the funtion where last “return” is:

```php foreach ($tmp as &$t){

$t[‘main_pair’]=fn_get_image_pairs($t[‘category_id’],‘category’,‘M’);

} ```Then go to view.tpl in your skin and {$subcategories|@print_r}

You will see that you got new sub-arrays with links url and image src.

Mod to your pleasure…

PS: Have not tried with categories without icons, might need to if src==“” => custom pic.

Also, if you have category list on the left where customers select categories, now you can show icons there as well… if you want. Same array available there…[/quote]

I almost appreciate your modification, but who did you post this for?

“Then go to view.tpl in your skin and {$subcategories|@print_r}

You will see that you got new sub-arrays with links url and image src.”

Where and what is this? There are about 13 “view.tpl” in the /skins folder.

davetheslave · May 16, 2010, 12:00am

Okay I gave up trying to figure out Texasguys cryptic code and worse yet baballuci’s original mod no longer seems to work with CS 2.014 - breaks the sub category pages so they no longer show any product information. I’m thinking it’s a conflict with the products list options.

Has anyone had success getting this to work in the latest CS version?

jesseleestringer · May 16, 2010, 12:00am

[quote name=‘Dave the Slave’]Okay I gave up trying to figure out Texasguys cryptic code and worse yet baballuci’s original mod no longer seems to work with CS 2.014 - breaks the sub category pages so they no longer show any product information. I’m thinking it’s a conflict with the products list options.

Has anyone had success getting this to work in the latest CS version?[/quote]

I’m gonna fire ma lazors this week to get something that works myself.

davetheslave · May 16, 2010, 12:00am

Can’t wait Scotty!

davetheslave · May 21, 2010, 12:00am

Jesse any progress getting this working with 2.0.14?

jesseleestringer · May 21, 2010, 12:00am

[quote name=‘Dave the Slave’]Jesse any progress getting this working with 2.0.14?[/quote]

Not so far no, just upgraded a test store to attempt it.

davetheslave · May 24, 2010, 12:00am

Okay thanks. We really need to get this new version live so I also submitted a ticket - to me there seems to be something broken. After months of using 2.0.4 with this great modification I just now thought, why did a CS customer need to modify the core code when there is a feature in the back-end to upload images for categories/sub-categories just as with products, and category images appear but sub-category images do not; they appear only as hyperlinks?

So we have staff uploading all these great category images only so they appear as hyperlinks!

davetheslave · May 25, 2010, 12:00am

Okay got a response from Mikhail who directed me to a KB article - who knew!

[url]CS-Cart Documentation — CS-Cart 4.15.x documentation

While it works, it only works partially because the sub-category pages show no products, no images, no data, nothing. Submitted a follow-up ticket just now so hopefully this gets corrected so we can move on.

sub-category-page.png

main-category-page.png

paintballave · June 16, 2010, 12:00am

I tried uploading a gif animation as a thumbnail but it didn’t work. Is it possible to do this?

impactreact · June 24, 2010, 12:00am

This addon is being tried on this site but 2 products added in this category aren’t appearing, however these products can be viewed without this addon. Any suggestion?

pls visit: flexi labels . co .uk … all one word and click address labels and then 1 label per sheet sub-category

please advise immediately. thanks!

impactreact · June 24, 2010, 12:00am

anybody please as this is an urgent task???

villagechris · July 10, 2010, 12:00am

[quote name=‘Dave the Slave’]Okay got a response from Mikhail who directed me to a KB article - who knew!

[url]CS-Cart Documentation — CS-Cart 4.15.x documentation

While it works, it only works partially because the sub-category pages show no products, no images, no data, nothing. Submitted a follow-up ticket just now so hopefully this gets corrected so we can move on.[/QUOTE]

I can’t seem to access the link Mikhail shared with you, Dave.

Any luck implementing this with the most recent version of CS-Cart?

davetheslave · July 10, 2010, 12:00am

I apologize for not updating my posts - Mikhail had to admit the KB is seriously flawed and provided me with the ‘correct’ method for v2.1.4:

In “view.override.tpl” file, located in the “skins/[CUSTOMER_ACTIVE_SKIN]/customer/addons/my_changes/hooks/categories” directory

REPLACE:

{if $subcategories or $category_data.description || $category_data.main_pair} {split data=$subcategories size=$columns|default:"COLUMN_NUMBER" assign="splitted_subcategories"} {math equation="floor(100/x)" x=$columns|default:"COLUMN_NUMBER" assign="cell_width"} {if $category_data.description && $category_data.description != ""}

{$category_data.description|unescape}



      {/if}

      

      {foreach from=$splitted_subcategories item="scats"}


      {foreach from=$scats item="category"}

          {if $category}


          {else}


          {/if}

      {/foreach}



      {foreach from=$scats item="category"}

          {if $category}


          {else}


          {/if}

      {/foreach}


      {/foreach}

      
          

              {include file="common_templates/image.tpl" show_detailed_link=false object_type="category" images=$category.main_pair no_ids=true class="cm-thumbnails"}

          
           
      
      
          

              {$category.category|escape:html}



          
           
      
      


      {/if}

      {if $smarty.request.advanced_filter}

          {include file="views/products/components/product_filters_advanced_form.tpl" separate_form=true}

      {/if}

      {if $products}

      {if $settings.Appearance.columns_in_products_list > 1}

          {include file="views/products/components/products_multicolumns.tpl" columns=$settings.Appearance.columns_in_products_list}

      {else}

          {include file="views/products/components/products.tpl" title=""}

      {/if}

      {elseif !$subcategories}

      {$lang.text_no_products}


      {/if}

      {capture name="mainbox_title"}{$category_data.category}{/capture}

WITH:

{if $subcategories or $category_data.description || $category_data.main_pair} {split data=$subcategories size=$columns|default:"COLUMN_NUMBER" assign="splitted_subcategories"} {math equation="floor(100/x)" x=$columns|default:"COLUMN_NUMBER" assign="cell_width"} {if $category_data.description && $category_data.description != ""}

{$category_data.description|unescape}



      {/if}

    {if $category_data.main_pair}

    

        {include file="common_templates/image.tpl" show_detailed_link=true images=$category_data.main_pair object_type="category" no_ids=true class="cm-thumbnails"}

    




    {if $category_data.main_pair.detailed_id}

    {include file="common_templates/previewer.tpl"}

    {/if}



    {/if}

      

      {foreach from=$splitted_subcategories item="scats"}


      {foreach from=$scats item="category"}

          {if $category}


          {else}


          {/if}

      {/foreach}



      {foreach from=$scats item="category"}

          {if $category}


          {else}


          {/if}

      {/foreach}


      {/foreach}

      
          

              {include file="common_templates/image.tpl" show_detailed_link=false object_type="category" images=$category.main_pair no_ids=true class="cm-thumbnails"}

          
           
      
      
          

              {$category.category|escape:html}



          
           
      
      


      {/if}

      {if $smarty.request.advanced_filter}

          {include file="views/products/components/product_filters_advanced_form.tpl" separate_form=true}

      {/if}

      {if $products}

{assign var="layouts" value=""|fn_get_products_views:false:0}

{if $category_data.product_columns}

    {assign var="product_columns" value=$category_data.product_columns}

{else}

    {assign var="product_columns" value=$settings.Appearance.columns_in_products_list}

{/if}



{if $layouts.$selected_layout.template}

    {include file="`$layouts.$selected_layout.template`" columns=`$product_columns`}

{/if}



      {elseif !$subcategories}

      {$lang.text_no_products}


      {/if}

      {capture name="mainbox_title"}{$category_data.category}{/capture}

villagechris · July 11, 2010, 12:00am

Thanks. I will try to implement that change shortly.

I noticed that the my_changes directory is not listed when accessing /skins/basic/customer/addons/

Any suggestion there?

I see the addon listed in Administration > Add Ons through the control panel. Very odd.

whiplash13 · July 11, 2010, 12:00am

Is the My Changes addon installed and enabled?

villagechris · July 12, 2010, 12:00am

Yes, apparently it is.

{include file="common_templates/image.tpl" show_detailed_link=false object_type="category" images=$category.main_pair no_ids=true class="cm-thumbnails"}
{$category.category\|escape:html}