Subcategory Alignment

[fuzzyphil]

Please could somebody advise how to adjust the alignment of submenus in the categories box so that main subs and nested subs all line up vertically.

I have had to modify my categories.php code to get the look I want however I cannot find any reference to the alignment anywhere.

My modified Subcategory code is included below in case anyone wants to see how I did it. If what you see looks wrong, or could have a detrimental effect elsewhere that I haven't picked up on yet, then please let me know. I am not an expert coder.

Found in includes/boxes/categories.php

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<tr><td background=images/m07.gif width=211 height=30><span style="padding-left: 10px"></span><span class=ch5>Browse by category</span></td></tr>
<? // ---- CATEGORIES

function tep_show_category($counter) {
global $tree, $categories_string, $cPath_array;

if(!$tree[$counter]['level']){

$categories_string .= $categories_string ? '' : '';

$categories_string .= '<tr><td background=images/m08a.gif width=150 height=20><span class=ch6></span><a class=ml3 href=';

if ($tree[$counter]['parent'] == 0) {
$cPath_new = 'cPath=' . $counter;
} else {
$cPath_new = 'cPath=' . $tree[$counter]['path'];
}
$categories_string .= tep_href_link('index.php', $cPath_new) . '>';
// display categry name
$categories_string .= $tree[$counter]['name'];
$categories_string .= '</a></td></tr> ';

}else{ // SUBCATEGORY

$categories_string .= '<tr><td background=images/m08a.gif width=150 height=20><span class=ch6></span>         ';

for($i=0;$i<$tree[$counter]['le vel'];$i++)
$categories_string .= '    &nbsp ;';

$categories_string .= '    <a class=ml3 style="font-weight:normal;" href=';
if ($tree[$counter]['parent'] == 0) {
$cPath_new = 'cPath=' . $counter;
} else {
$cPath_new = 'cPath=' . $tree[$counter]['path'];
}
$categories_string .= tep_href_link('index.php', $cPath_new) . '>-';
// display category name
$categories_string .= $tree[$counter]['name'];
$categories_string .= '</a></td></tr>';
}

if ($tree[$counter]['next_id'] != false) {
tep_show_category($tree[$counter]['next_id']);
}
}



define(TABLE_CATEGORIES, "categories");
define(TABLE_CATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION, "categories_description");
$categories_string = '';
$tree = array();

$categories_query = tep_db_query("select c.categories_id, cd.categories_name, c.parent_id from " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " c, " . TABLE_CATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION . " cd where c.parent_id = '0' and c.categories_id = cd.categories_id and cd.language_id='" . (int)$languages_id ."' order by sort_order, cd.categories_name");
while ($categories = tep_db_fetch_array($categories_query)) {
$tree[$categories['categories_id']] = array('name' => $categories['categories_name'],
'parent' => $categories['parent_id'],
'level' => 0,
'path' => $categories['categories_id'],
'next_id' => false);

if (isset($parent_id)) {
$tree[$parent_id]['next_id'] = $categories['categories_id'];
}

$parent_id = $categories['categories_id'];

if (!isset($first_element)) {
$first_element = $categories['categories_id'];
}
}

//------------------------
if ($cPath) {
$new_path = '';
reset($cPath_array);
while (list($key, $value) = each($cPath_array)) {
unset($parent_id);
unset($first_id);
$categories_query = tep_db_query("select c.categories_id, cd.categories_name, c.parent_id from " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " c, " . TABLE_CATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION . " cd where c.parent_id = '" . (int)$value . "' and c.categories_id = cd.categories_id and cd.language_id='" . (int)$languages_id ."' order by sort_order, cd.categories_name");
if (tep_db_num_rows($categories_query)) {
$new_path .= $value;
while ($row = tep_db_fetch_array($categories_query)) {
$tree[$row['categories_id']] = array('name' => $row['categories_name'],
'parent' => $row['parent_id'],
'level' => $key+1,
'path' => $new_path . '_' . $row['categories_id'],
'next_id' => false);

if (isset($parent_id)) {
$tree[$parent_id]['next_id'] = $row['categories_id'];
}

$parent_id = $row['categories_id'];

if (!isset($first_id)) {
$first_id = $row['categories_id'];
}

$last_id = $row['categories_id'];
}
$tree[$last_id]['next_id'] = $tree[$value]['next_id'];
$tree[$value]['next_id'] = $first_id;
$new_path .= '_';
} else {
break;
}
}
}
$categories_string .= '';
tep_show_category($first_element);
$categories_string .= '';

echo $categories_string;
?>

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