infobox headings as links?

[Tania]

Hi,

I've tried searching the forum as well as osCMax and osCommerce docs and contributions but can't find how to create links from the infobox headers. There is a contribution but I can't figure out how to make it apply to oscMax v.2.0.25 with the Compromise template.

Can anyone help? It would be much appreciated!

[blackhawk]

no need to add another module - just read the oscmax wiki - http://wiki.oscdox.com/adding_new_dynamic_content_pages the wiki is written by the jedi minds of oscmax so take your time through the entire dox.

another alternative is to add article pages (already comes with oscmax - controlled in the admin) - much easier.

bh

[Tania]

Thanks Blackhawk!

I did see this doc and have used the info to create new pages in the information box. However, what I need is to create a link around the header text of a new box. I've tried modifying <?php echo $boxHeading; ?> in a copy of boxes.tpl.php in the Compromise template but always end up with really wonky results. And I can't find where in all the files the $boxLink is defined so I have no idea what to do with it (the code reference has no mention of this variable).
Michael_S had put up a contribution (osCommerce Community Add-Ons) which would do exactly what I want.

But once the instructions get to modifying the corresponding box's .php file, they don't fit with the code in the template. I'm too much of a PHP noob to figure this out.

<?php /* template for all boxes, edit and "save as" for individual  boxes */ ?>
<div id="<?php if (isset($box_id)) {echo $box_id . 'LT';} ?>"  summary="infoBox">
    <ul>
            <p></p>
        <li>
            <h2><?php echo $boxHeading;  ?></h2><?php echo $boxLink; ?>
            <p></p>
                <?php echo $boxContent; ?>
       </li>    
            <p></p>

<!--            <ul>
                     <li></li>
                     <p></p>
              </ul> -->
    </ul>
</div>

I suppose I could just clear out the tpl.php file for the box and put in a straight html link (don't need content in this box), then style it to resemble the other boxes, but I'd like to learn to to do this the proper way, according to the existing code.

I'm not sure if this makes any sense, but I'm trying... be patient with me

[blackhawk]

no need to go through the storm - open catalog/includes/languages/english.php and look around line 128 to make your header text become urls. Simply change the DEFINE "Information" text to an html url. But make sure you use double quotes for the href and then use single quotes to enclose the whole thing - get my drift?

I believe this is the proper way

[Tania]

It's really that easy? Excellent! Thanks ever so much.

[Tania]

In case anyone is interested...

I wanted to keep to the original coding conventions so I did the following:

Created whats_new.tpl.php and inserted the following code:

<?php /* template for all boxes, edit and "save as" for individual boxes */ ?>
<div id="<?php if (isset($box_id)) {echo $box_id . 'LT';} ?>" summary="infoBox">
    <ul>
        <li>
        <a href="<?php echo tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCTS_NEW); ?>"><?php echo $boxHeading; ?></a>
        </li>
    </ul>
</div>

[ridexbuilder]

Share with the community - well done

[pgmarshall]

This will definitely go into v2.1 ... always annoyed me having click the tiny arrow image!

Although, the code for the building the link is already in the catalog/includes/boxes code using

<?php echo $boxLink; ?>

for example:catalog/includes/boxes/specials.php

$boxLink = '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_SPECIALS) . '"><img src="images/infobox/arrow_right.gif" border="0" alt="more" title=" more " width="12" height="10"></a>';

So perhaps - rather than putting the link to the infoBoxHeader in twice we should consolidate the code a bit? Merge $boxHeading and $boxLink ...

Perhaps simply adding the link code to $boxHeading and removing $boxLink alltogether ...

Eg.

$boxHeading = '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_SPECIALS) . '">' .  BOX_HEADING_SPECIALS . '<img src="images/infobox/arrow_right.gif" border="0" alt="more" title=" more " width="12" height="10"></a>';

and then in the template/boxes/box.tpl.php remove

<?php echo $boxLink; ?>

From line 9.

This would mean that the link was only set once in one place ...

Thoughts?

Regards,

[ridexbuilder]

Does appear pointless to have duplicated code. IMO, $boxHeading is obvious as to its' purpose and should remain.

[blackhawk]

I also agree - best to consolidate