Categories Menu

[pgmarshall]

All,

I have fiddled around with code for the categories menu found in includes/boxes/categories.php to try and change the look and feel of the standard menu.

I have uploaded a zip file here if anyone wants the code. I have not tested the install - so if you have any problems please post here. If people like this I will upload as a proper project. (Warning: I have hard coded the width of the menu into categories.php for my site - feel free to change this - look for width="165" for the table and width="155" and width="10" for the sub-menus.)

Basically changes code to add css control to the menu, adds a little + box and also allows control of the colour of the highlighted category.

Demo here.

Hope this helps,

Regards,

[aliha]

Hi PG,

When you have this split into browse by product and browse by range, do you link every product into the different categories, or is there an easier way?
Thanks
Ali

[pgmarshall]

aliha

The way I do it is to create a product in the range and then 'copy' it across to the product type.

Although if you have a large amount of products you should investigate using easypopulate which is built in to oscmax.

Regards

[ridexbuilder]

Always have liked that dual menu - very slick.

Your next mission (if you choose to accept it) is to alter
Blacks : CottonBarn

http://www.cottonbarn.info/index.php?manufacturers_id=5

so that it shows

http://www.cottonbarn.info/index.php?color_id=5

(note 'proper' spelling ).

That's once PayPal Express UK is fixed, of course..
[Still haven't found the heart to attempt Dynamo Effects' integration - mark3]

Keep up the good work.
EJ