Need help on all categories in layout.tpl.php

[darek]

I am trying to get categories like the photo:



most link directories work like that, but it changes when I go to categories



is there any way to keep it still?

[Eric Barnes]

So you are wanting just the parent categories in the side navigation?

[darek]

As you see on the first picture. Yes. The smart is a pain for me. OK it is fast but I am just not able to do anything with it. Before I could devide the php code to parts and include it, now, I am just not able to do anything with it. Yes, I would like to chave categories on the side, all of main categories all the time with number next to them. The java one doesn't show the numbers and for my purpose it looks a bit silly.

The other thing if you could help me is how to load an external php file. If I were able to load a search.php into the layout.tpl.php, I would have all features of the search no matter were I would be. OK, I can load it into index.php and other files - but this would mean that I would have to load it into every php file instead of one layout.tpl.php. I will post this question in a separate thread.

Thanks for help.

[juven14]

I've provided the code to display the number of listings for the dtree nav found in the blue layout, as well as a smarty plugin to have the search in the layout file where it can be used across all pages. I know both of these are in the forums, when I have some more time, I'll try and dig up some links.

I think this is a link for the search plugin:

quick search mod

[darek]

Thanks a lot John, I will give it a try. I wrote to Chaslie to auscity.com, I would like to buy the online module, however I would like to include in it total members and total adds, and also, if it were possible to ge the total $ of all ads - this actually will not be $ but I want to use it for different purpose. Can you think of it?

[juven14]

You can purchase the useronline module here: http://www.mods.auscity.com/clients/...2&product_id=6

Being that it is only $6.35 the custom modifications you want can be provided in the forum if you are able to manage a little code. Otherwise I'd have need to create it as a separate module.

The additional code wouldn't be much work, and I'll bet you could find it in the forums or user manual.

[calaf6]

I have been searching for the code John mentioned to show the number of ads in the dtree on the bluejs template, as I would like to change the stableads site to that layout. Its not coming up on a search, and I wondered if anyone could point me to the thread that its in please.

Seperate question, is the users online mod likely to work the same on v.4 when it comes out please.

[Mike-N-Tosh]

Hi,

With the help of others in here, I have done (I believe) exactly what you are wanting to do on my site. Use the following code (Provided by our favorite suzkaw) and save the file to your site here:
includes/classes/smarty/plugins/function.categories_ul.php

PHP Code:

<?php
/**
 * smarty_function_categories_ul
 *
 * This function is useful for using your categories in the navigation.
 *
 * All source code & content (c) Copyright 2006, 68 Classifieds
 * unless specifically noted otherwise.
 *
 * @package 68classifieds
 * @author**Eric Barnes
 * @copyright 68 Classifieds
 * @link http://www.68classifieds.com
 * @$Revision: 1.1 $
 * @Updated: $Date: 2007/01/08 19:12:22 $
 */

function smarty_function_categories_ul($params, &$smarty)
{
    global $db;
    global $arr_childs;
    
    $show_total = 'N';
    
    foreach ($params as $_key=>$_value)
    {
        switch ($_key)
        {
        case 'depth':
        $$_key = (int)$_value;
        break;
        
        case 'show_total':
        $$_key = (string)$_value;
        break;
        }
    }

    $sSQL="SELECT id,name,parent_id,cOrder,cLink FROM ".PREFIX."categories WHERE parent_id=0 AND display<>'N' ORDER BY cORDER DESC, name ASC";
    $result=$db->query($sSQL);
    $output="<tr>\n";
    while($row = $result->fetch())
    {
    $id=$row['id'];
    $parent=$row['parent_id'];
        if($row['cLink']<>'')
        {
        $link=$row['cLink'];
        }
        else
        {
        $link='category.php?type='.$id;
        }
        $output.= "<td class=\"navlist\"><a href=\"".$link."\">".$row['name']."</a>";
        if($show_total='N') {
        // $output.="(". getTotal($id) .")</td>\n";
        $arr_childs = array($id);
        get_ids($arr_childs);
        $output .= "(".get_count($arr_childs).")";
        
        }
        $output.="</td></tr>\n";
    }
    return $output;
}

?>

Next, in your appropriate layout file (layout.tpl.php) put this call to the smarty file that you just created where you want the category list to be:

PHP Code:

{categories_ul show_total='Y'} 


If you are using the bluejs template (Which I'm not) you would probably want to use the above call in place of the javascript.

If you would like to see how it works before doing the above, you can see how it works on my site here:
IndianaPC.org
Click on the Classifieds link on the left to go into the classifieds area.

Hope this helps!

Cheers,
-Mike

[calaf6]

Thats exactly what I need, I will try it on the test site tonight.

I like your site by the way

[Mike-N-Tosh]

Originally Posted by calaf6

I like your site by the way

Thanks calaf6. I don't like it yet, but I'm working on it!

-Mike