[osCmax V2.0.25] hide new product button in parent category in admin

[allwebnow]

does anyone know how to hide the "new product" button in admin/categories.php if you're in a parent category?

I don't want to give store admins the ability to add products in parent categories alongside other categories because it's not needed. Currently if there are products in a parent category with other categories, then only the products show up on the frontend not the sub categories as well. So forcing them to add a new category below in order to add new products only in that lowest category is best. I've never seen a shop that has a store page with both category listings and product listings at the same time, so this isn't needed.

Let me know how I might go about doing this.

Here's my categories.php code where the new product button is. You can see i'm trying to work it but it's not working right.


<?php
}
$cPath_back = '';
if (sizeof($cPath_array) > 0) {
for ($i=0, $n=sizeof($cPath_array)-1; $i<$n; $i++) {
if (empty($cPath_back)) {
$cPath_back .= $cPath_array[$i];
} else {
$cPath_back .= '_' . $cPath_array[$i];
}
}
}
$cPath_back = (tep_not_null($cPath_back)) ? 'cPath=' . $cPath_back . '&' : '';

$categories_query = tep_db_query("select parent_id from " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " where parent_id = '" . (int)$current_category_id . "'");
while ($categories = tep_db_fetch_array($categories_query)) {
if (sizeof($cPath_array) > 0) {
if (!$categories['parent_id'] > 0) {
$new_prod_button = '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_CATEGORIES, 'cPath=' . $cPath . '&action=new_product') . '">' .tep_image_button('button_new_product.gif', IMAGE_NEW_PRODUCT) . '</a>';
}}}
?>
<tr>
<td colspan="3"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">
<tr>
<td class="smallText"><?php echo TEXT_CATEGORIES . '&nbsp;' . $categories_count . '<br>' . TEXT_PRODUCTS . '&nbsp;' . $products_count; ?></td>
<td align="right" class="smallText"><?php if (sizeof($cPath_array) > 0) echo '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_CATEGORIES, $cPath_back . 'cID=' . $current_category_id) . '">' . tep_image_button('button_back.gif', IMAGE_BACK) . '</a>&nbsp;'; if (!isset($HTTP_POST_VARS['search'])) echo '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_CATEGORIES, 'cPath=' . $cPath . '&action=new_category') . '">' . tep_image_button('button_new_category.gif', IMAGE_NEW_CATEGORY) . '</a>&nbsp;'.$new_prod_button; ?>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table></td>
</tr>
</table></td>

[blackhawk]

Depending on your version of oscmax, it may be as simple as showing and hiding the button with some php code. PG and I talked about it back in the day...

way to assign administrator?

give it a look and see it can help

[allwebnow]

Thanks for the response blackhawk.

But they need access to add a new product, just not if they are in a parent category. ie.

- parent category 1
no products button allowed
-sub category 1
product button allowed only

[blackhawk]

ah - here is one creative idea...

Look at your cpath variable being called in your URL. Every time you go into a deeper folder the cpath variable expands. Use that to your advantage as a conditional to determine which parent folders and sub folders your admin have access to, (in addition to the link I sent you).

[pgmarshall]

I would have thought 5 minutes of training your admins would be the way forward. However, if you really want to achieve this then the code in index.php in the catalog folder should point you in the right direction. Basically you need to check if there are any sub folders - if there are then don't show "new product" button.

Not sure why you would want to restrict the category button? This would only allow you to have a store 1 category deep!

Anyway, here is the code:

$category_depth = 'top';
if (isset($cPath) && tep_not_null($cPath)) {
$categories_products_query = tep_db_query("select count(*) as total from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_TO_CATEGORIES . " where categories_id = '" . (int)$current_category_id . "'");
$categories_products = tep_db_fetch_array($categories_products_query);
if ($categories_products['total'] > 0) {
$category_depth = 'products'; // display products
} else {
$category_parent_query = tep_db_query("select count(*) as total from " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " where parent_id = '" . (int)$current_category_id . "'");
$category_parent = tep_db_fetch_array($category_parent_query);
if ($category_parent['total'] > 0) {
$category_depth = 'nested'; // navigate through the categories
} else {
$category_depth = 'products'; // category has no products, but display the 'no products' message
}
}
}

You will need to tailor to suit.

Regards,

[met00]

so, let's see if I understand the logic

if category is empty - display new product and new category buttons
if category has a category - display new category button, hide new products button
if category has a product - display new product button, hide new category button

Easiest way to do that is:

assign a class to each button (in php use variable $buttonclass-p or -c)

$new_prod_button = '<span class=".$buttonclass-p."><a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_CATEGORIES, 'cPath=' . $cPath . '&action=new_product') . '">' .tep_image_button('button_new_product.gif', IMAGE_NEW_PRODUCT) . '</a></span>';

Now before that code put in the logic (above) to set the $buttonclass-p and $buttonclass-c to new CSS classes called hidebutton and showbutton

then add a CSS styles that hides/shows the button in admin/categories.php

CSS. Simple. No?

[blackhawk]

love the plan met00!

[allwebnow]

Met00

Yes, this is exactly what I need. But i don't know how to determine which class to load. i'm not that advanced in php.

[blackhawk]

I think you can determine the full scope of the categories right on categories.php. You just have to find the right variables on that page and set up your conditional "around the button" like met said. Am I wrong for saying that?

[met00]

look for

    $categories_count = 0;
    $rows = 0;

Since this comes first, this is where you set it to the unhidden class to both buttons

$buttonclass-c = "showbutton";
$buttonclass-p = "showbutton";

find

      $categories_count++;
      $rows++;

This is where you are working with categories so add

     $buttonclass-p = "hidebutton";

This will hide the button for products since we have categories

find

      $products_count++;
      $rows++;

This means that we have products so add

     $buttonclass-c = "hidebutton";

That will hide the categories button

now locate

 <td align="right" class="smallText"><?php if (sizeof($cPath_array) > 0) echo '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_CATEGORIES, $cPath_back . 'cID=' . $current_category_id) . '">' . tep_image_button('button_back.gif', IMAGE_BACK) . '</a>&nbsp;'; if (!isset($_GET['search'])) echo '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_CATEGORIES, 'cPath=' . $cPath . '&amp;action=new_category') . '">' . tep_image_button('button_new_category.gif', IMAGE_NEW_CATEGORY) . '</a>&nbsp;<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_CATEGORIES, 'cPath=' . $cPath . '&amp;action=new_product') . '">' . tep_image_button('button_new_product.gif', IMAGE_NEW_PRODUCT) . '</a>'; ?>&nbsp;</td>

change that to

 <td align="right" class="smallText"><?php if (sizeof($cPath_array) > 0) echo '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_CATEGORIES, $cPath_back . 'cID=' . $current_category_id) . '">' . tep_image_button('button_back.gif', IMAGE_BACK) . '</a>&nbsp;'; if (!isset($_GET['search'])) echo '<span class=".$buttonclass-c."><a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_CATEGORIES, 'cPath=' . $cPath . '&amp;action=new_category') . '">' . tep_image_button('button_new_category.gif', IMAGE_NEW_CATEGORY) . '</a></span>&nbsp;<span class=".$buttonclass-p."><a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_CATEGORIES, 'cPath=' . $cPath . '&amp;action=new_product') . '">' . tep_image_button('button_new_product.gif', IMAGE_NEW_PRODUCT) . '</a></span>'; ?>&nbsp;</td>

All that is left is to add the CSS styles to hide/unhide the spans. That can be added in your CSS (recommended) or you can use the style tags and add it in the head of the categories.php file.

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