Nicer Resized Product Images combined with Random New Products and Buy Now button

[michael_s]

Nicer Resized Product Images combined with Random New Products and Buy Now button
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New code in case someone else has the same problem I had in looking for an all in one for their new_products.php file in the future.

This is a combination of three contributions applied over the latest version of osCommerce as of March 2008. version osCommerce Online Merchant v2.2 Release Candidate 2a. This contribution combines the following:

* Random images on homepage / on new_products.php
* Resized images with FAST cache file for faster loading
* BUY NOW feature for each item on the new_products.php page.


1. Changing new items to Random Products:
Open the file new_products.php which is found at /catalog/includes/modules/
Find both instances of
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p.products_date_added desc

Change both
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p.products_date_added desc

to
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RAND()

That completes the random images on your new_products.php modification.

2. Resizing images:
There are THREE steps to resizing the images on your new_products.php file.

FIRST:
Go to [via FTP] your /catalog/ install directory create a folder calling it 'img_cache'.
Next chmod this file to 777 so it is writable.

SECOND:
Go to catalog/includes/configure.php and at bottom, just before
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?>

ADD:
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/** Cache Resized Images BEGIN**/
define('DIR_WS_PRODUCT_IMAGE_CACHE_FS_PATH',DIR_FS _CATALOG . '/img_cache');
define('DIR_WS_PRODUCT_IMAGE_CACHE_HTTP_PATH',HTTP _SERVER . DIR_WS_HTTP_CATALOG . '/img_cache');
/** Cache Resize Images FINISH **/


THIRD:
Open the file new_products.php which is found at /catalog/includes/modules/ and FIND
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$info_box_contents[$row][$col] = array('align' => 'center',
'params' => 'class="smallText" width="33%" valign="top"',
'text' => '' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $new_products['products_image'], $new_products['products_name'], SMALL_IMAGE_WIDTH, SMALL_IMAGE_HEIGHT) . '
' . $new_products['products_name'] . '
' . $currencies->display_price($new_products['products_price'], tep_get_tax_rate($new_products['products_tax_class_id'])));



REPLACE this completely with the following:
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/** Cache Resized Images BEGIN**/
$fileToResize = DIR_FS_CATALOG . DIR_WS_IMAGES . $new_products['products_image'];
$resizedImageResult = resizeImage($fileToResize,SMALL_IMAGE_WIDTH, SMALL_IMAGE_HEIGHT);
$resizedImage = $resizedImageResult[0];
$resizedImageWidth = $resizedImageResult[1];
$resizedImageHeight = $resizedImageResult[2];

$info_box_contents[$row][$col] = array('align' => 'center',
'params' => 'class="smallText" width="33%" valign="top"',
'text' => '' . tep_image($resizedImage, $new_products['products_name'], $resizedImageWidth, $resizedImageHeight) . '
' . $new_products['products_name'] . '
' . $currencies->display_price($new_products['products_price'], tep_get_tax_rate($new_products['products_tax_class_id']))

/** Cache Resize Images FINISH **/


3. Adding the "BUY NOW" button
FIRST:
Find a .gif image on the internet suitable for your website or create one on your own. Name it button_buy_now.gif
Place this file into catalog/includes/languages/english/images/buttons/


SECOND:
Open the file new_products.php which is found at /catalog/includes/modules/.

Your are going to add
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.'
'. '' . tep_image_button('button_buy_now.gif', IMAGE_BUTTON_BUY_NOW) . ' '

so it looks like the code found below in THIRD.

THIRD:
You are going to change the end of the following code
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'text' => '' . tep_image($resizedImage, $new_products['products_name'], $resizedImageWidth, $resizedImageHeight) . '
' . $new_products['products_name'] . '
' . $currencies->display_price($new_products['products_price'], tep_get_tax_rate($new_products['products_tax_class_id']))


So it looks like this
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'text' => '' . tep_image($resizedImage, $new_products['products_name'], $resizedImageWidth, $resizedImageHeight) . '
' . $new_products['products_name'] . '
' . $currencies->display_price($new_products['products_price'], tep_get_tax_rate($new_products['products_tax_class_id'])) .'
'. '' . tep_image_button('button_buy_now.gif', IMAGE_BUTTON_BUY_NOW) . ' ');


Here is my final version of new_products.php. REMEMBER I have additional modifications so see my website www.BudoMall.com for an example.

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