ADDON: Subcategory Thumbnails

villagechris · July 16, 2010, 12:00am

I am still having difficulty displaying the sub category image on the parent category page.

Each sub category here (with the exception of one) has a thumbnail.

[URL]http://www.tickledgreenbaby.ca/index.php?dispatch=categories.view&category_id=5[/URL]

Yet, no image displays.

In /skins/[SKIN NAME]/customer/views/categories/view.tpl, the code is:

```php

{* $Id: view.tpl 7763 2009-07-29 13:19:43Z alexions $ *}

{hook name=“categories:view”}

{if $subcategories or $category_data.description || $category_data.main_pair}

{math equation=“ceil(n/c)” assign=“rows” n=$subcategories|count c=$columns|default:“1”}

{split data=$subcategories size=$rows assign=“splitted_subcategories”}

{if $category_data.description && $category_data.description != “”}

{$category_data.description|unescape}

{/if}

{if $category_data.main_pair}

{if $category_data.main_pair.detailed_id}
{include file="common_templates/previewer.tpl"}
{/if}

{/if}

{if $subcategories}
{foreach from=$splitted_subcategories item="scats"}
{foreach from=$scats item=category}
{if $category}

{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}

{/if}
{/foreach}
{/foreach}
{/if}

{/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}
{/hook}
```

villagechris · July 31, 2010, 12:00am

I am still experiencing an issue with the secondary categories not displaying. The altered code is listed in my earlier post. Your help is appreciated!

villagechris · July 31, 2010, 12:00am

[quote name=‘seven24’]I am still experiencing an issue with the secondary categories not displaying. The altered code is listed in my earlier post. Your help is appreciated![/QUOTE]

Finally figured this out. Thank goodness!

tom437 · July 31, 2010, 12:00am

What did you do?

villagechris · August 4, 2010, 12:00am

Review all of the steps here:

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

theloudfew · August 13, 2010, 12:00am

[quote name=‘baballuci’]A few people have asked for this, it’s a port from the 1.3.5 version here, but as an addon. Screenshots are shown below.

Installation:

Download and unpack attached zip file. ( use Firefox not IE )
Upload both folders to site
Log into Admin, goto addons, scroll down to “Subcategory Thumbnails” and click install.
That’s it!

[/QUOTE]

For some reason I’m not seeing the addon in the admin after I’ve uploaded it via FTP. Any ideas why this would happen?

Thanks!

dialdin · September 3, 2010, 12:00am

[quote name=‘seven24’]Review all of the steps here:

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

I performed this EXACTLY and it makes a mess. All of our images are very large detailed images that allow the user to zoom in and get a good look at the stuff in the larger image view. Since the thumbnails are normally “auto-generated” this is not a problem. With this modification, it seems that the “auto-generation” of smaller images goes away and the large images are displayed which makes a crazy mess on the screen… any ideas (other than going back in and manually resizing / re-uploading all category and subcategory images that is…

Thanks in advance.

gginorio · September 10, 2010, 12:00am

Thanks for the help.

sh1nn3r · September 23, 2010, 12:00am

Got this up and running so far. The only problem is that my images are really tiny. Is there a way to enlarge these?

simonv74 · November 25, 2010, 12:00am

[quote name=‘seven24’]Review all of the steps here:

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

Anyone else not getting this to work in 2.1.2?

I only get ‘no image’ instead of the subcategory thumb (which does show when on the actual sub cat page).

kogi · November 27, 2010, 12:00am

Brandon’s addon works for 2.1.2

[url]http://forum.cs-cart.com/showthread.php?t=20545[/url]

flow · February 18, 2011, 12:00am

I just did this and it’s working great in 2.1.3

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

flow · March 31, 2011, 12:00am

Hi there,

I am using the mod above and it works fine… the only thing that is annoying is the following.

When somebody goes to a category, and then filters by feature (ie. brand), the subcategory images still show up. I’d like them to go away, so people get a list of all the products by a certain brand in a certain category.

Would be great if somebody can tell me how to to this!

Thanks,

Floris

albertpro · March 31, 2011, 12:00am

I agree with Flow, that would be a great feature in the addon too.

brandonvd · March 31, 2011, 12:00am

You can check out [url]http://forum.cs-cart.com/showthread.php?t=23127[/url]

You should be able to get that to work with your subcategories.

I don’t remember the solution on this thread, but the categories filter addon works with the [url]http://forum.cs-cart.com/showthread.php?t=20545[/url]

I use the category filter addon and the subcategories with images addon together and it works great.

The default way CS has it is super annoying.

Hope it helps,

Brandon

hoko · April 9, 2011, 12:00am

[quote name=‘baballuci’]Add:

{if $category_data.description && $category_data.description != ""}

{$category_data.description|unescape}



{/if}

below:

{if $subcategories or $category_data.description || $category_data.main_pair}

in …/customer/addons/subcat_thumbs/hooks/categories/view.override.tpl[/QUOTE]

Hello,

How can i make this:

[url]https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_McWLuvaRgVo/TaBbI_jtVhI/AAAAAAAAAIM/fjbvV4jTY8M/SubCategoryDescription.jpg[/url]

This is my code:

```php {if $subcategories or $category_data.description || $category_data.main_pair}

{split data=$subcategories size=$columns|default:“1” assign=“splitted_subcategories”}

{math equation=“floor(100/x)” x=$columns|default:“1” 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=$category_data.main_pair object_type="detailed_category" no_ids=true class="cm-thumbnails" show_thumbnail="Y" image_width=$settings.Thumbnails.category_details_thumbnail_width image_height=$settings.Thumbnails.category_details_thumbnail_height}

{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}

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

{else}
{/if}
{/foreach}

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

{$category.category|escape:html}

{else}
{/if}
{/foreach}

INSERT DESCRIPTION SUBCATEGORY

Visualizar produtos

{/foreach}

{/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} ```

Anyone can help me?

johnbol1 · August 29, 2011, 12:00am

I followed these instructions here CS-Cart Documentation — CS-Cart 4.15.x documentation and have thumbnail images in my categories but images dont show, anyone else have this ?

www.gsbhealthandsafetysigns.co.uk[attachment=4488:safety.JPG]

Thanks

john

safety.JPG

colortone · September 11, 2011, 12:00am

[quote name='johnbol1' timestamp='1314618224' post='120552']

I followed these instructions here CS-Cart Documentation — CS-Cart 4.15.x documentation and have thumbnail images in my categories but images dont show, anyone else have this ?

www.gsbhealthandsafetysigns.co.uk[attachment=4488:safety.JPG]

Thanks

john

[/quote]

What version are you in?

So far I had it working on 2.2.1CE and 2.2.2CE. Just be careful with the paths as explained in the instructions.

your-site-root/addons/my_changes/controllers/customer/categories.post.php

your-site-root/skins/your-skin/customer/addons/my_changes/hooks/categories/view.override.tpl