Adding a Button to the Product listing page

[starview]

I want to add a button to the Product listing page like "More Detail"
This would go to the same Product page that it would when you click the product name.

Reason "not every body knows to click the product name to go to the product page" This way at least if the click the image "More Detail" it will show the rest of the information needed to checkout and buy the product.

But I am not sure where to make these changes. or where to add the button.

[met00]

depending on which listing method you use, either
1) product_listing.php
or
2) product_listing_col.php

Both are in /includes/modules

[starview]

Originally Posted by met00

depending on which listing method you use, either
1) product_listing.php
or
2) product_listing_col.php

Both are in /includes/modules

I am not much of a programmer, but I give it a try some times.

Do you know where in the product_listing.php I might make the changes?
I think this file handles the product page also.

[starview]

Originally Posted by starview

I am not much of a programmer, but I give it a try some times.

Do you know where in the product_listing.php I might make the changes?
I think this file handles the product page also.

I found a way to make this happen as follows:

FIRST BACK UP All YOU FILES LISTED BELOW BEFORE YOU MAKE ANY CHANGES!!!

This is only for people who do not use the "Buy Now" button.

This is around about way of doing this, and if you want to rewrite the files that is your thing.
Myself I don't know that much about programming in OsCommerce PHP.

This adds a "View Detail" button in your product listing page.
I have tried to use the "BUY Now" in the product listing page by activating it in the Admin page.
But it works only if you have options for your products.
If you don't it will add the product to your shopping cart.
Whick I didn't want. So I maked the following changes


File:incudes/modules/product_listing.php
Find:
case 'PRODUCT_LIST_BUY_NOW':
$lc_align = 'center';
$lc_text = '<a href="' . tep_href_link(basename($PHP_SELF), tep_get_all_get_params(array('action')) . 'action=buy_now&products_id=' . $listing['products_id']) . '">' . tep_image_button('button_buy_now.gif', IMAGE_BUTTON_BUY_NOW) . '</a>&nbsp;';
break;
}

Replace it with:
case 'PRODUCT_LIST_BUY_NOW':
$lc_align = 'center';
$lc_text = '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCT_INFO, ($cPath ? 'cPath=' . $cPath . '&' : '') . 'products_id=' . $listing['products_id']) . '">' . tep_image_button('button_buy_now.gif', IMAGE_BUTTON_BUY_NOW) . '</a>&nbsp;';
break;
}

File:incudes/languages/english/index.php
Find:
define('TABLE_HEADING_BUY_NOW', 'Buy Now');

Change it to:
define('TABLE_HEADING_BUY_NOW', 'View Detail');

File:incudes/languages/english.php
Find:
define('IMAGE_BUTTON_BUY_NOW', 'Buy Now');

Change it to:
define('IMAGE_BUTTON_BUY_NOW', 'View Detail');

Replace your includes/languages/english/images/button/button_buy_now.gif
With any new button_buy_now.gif, keep the name the same. Mine diplays "Show Detail" as a image button.

Now final:
Go on to your admin page select configuation, click Product listing
click and edit "Display Buy Now Column" with a "1" this activates this.

Your none.