CSS question

NeVeR

Hi i have a online shop www.pokertables.ie and i want to change the CSS in the 1st box on the left "Categories"

I've tried a few things but nothing has worked

there is a Categories.php file but its all PHP.

does anyone have any ideas on how to change it ?

I have the CSS code already. and i cant change the links in the normall CSS page as it would change them all over the site.

aidan_walsh

I've tried a few things but nothing has worked

Such as?

Inline the CSS into those tags, or rename them using a different class ID, like catBoxText and place your CSS in there.

NeVeR

I selected all the text in the Categories.php file and attached a CCS file, that didnt work,

It's a total PHP file, and if i change anything i get errors.

here is the file

<?php
/*
  $Id: categories.php,v 1.25 2003/07/09 01:13:58 hpdl Exp $

  osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions
  http://www.oscommerce.com

  Copyright (c) 2003 osCommerce

  Released under the GNU General Public License
*/

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

    for ($i=0; $i<$tree[$counter]['level']; $i++) {
      $categories_string .= "&nbsp;&nbsp;";
    }

    $categories_string .= '<a href="';

    if ($tree[$counter]['parent'] == 0) {
      $cPath_new = 'cPath=' . $counter;
    } else {
      $cPath_new = 'cPath=' . $tree[$counter]['path'];
    }

    $categories_string .= tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, $cPath_new) . '">';

    if (isset($cPath_array) && in_array($counter, $cPath_array)) {
      $categories_string .= '<b>';
    }

// display category name
    $categories_string .= $tree[$counter]['name'];

    if (isset($cPath_array) && in_array($counter, $cPath_array)) {
      $categories_string .= '</b>';
    }

    if (tep_has_category_subcategories($counter)) {
      $categories_string .= '-&gt;';
    }

    $categories_string .= '</a>';

    if (SHOW_COUNTS == 'true') {
      $products_in_category = tep_count_products_in_category($counter);
      if ($products_in_category > 0) {
        $categories_string .= '&nbsp;(' . $products_in_category . ')';
      }
    }

    $categories_string .= '<br>';

    if ($tree[$counter]['next_id'] != false) {
      tep_show_category($tree[$counter]['next_id']);
    }
  }
?>
<!-- categories //-->
          <tr>
            <td>
<?php
  $info_box_contents = array();
  $info_box_contents[] = array('text' => BOX_HEADING_CATEGORIES);

  new infoBoxHeading($info_box_contents, true, false);

  $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 (tep_not_null($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;
        $new_path .= '_';
      } else {
        break;
      }
    }
  }
  tep_show_category($first_element); 

  $info_box_contents = array();
  $info_box_contents[] = array('text' => $categories_string);

  new infoBox($info_box_contents);
?>
            </td>
          </tr>
<!-- categories_eof //-->

WeeDiddly

I presume you're using oscommerce? If so, I presume it uses MySQL as a database, if you're changing any data, usually, it must be changed in a part of the MySQL database in some apps, I have no idea how oscommerce works, and i apologise for my ignorance!

daymobrew

$categories_string .= '<a href="';

You could try adding 'class=categoriesLink' or something like that here and then add the appropriate code to your CSS file.
I've been hacking on an osCommerce site for a while so I've probably visited all the php files at this stage. PM me if need additional help.

aidan_walsh

Can we keep relevant information on the thread and not in PM, please? Sharing is caring, and all that jazz. Better to have the information out in the open where it can help others.

daymobrew

aidan_walsh wrote:

Can we keep relevant information on the thread and not in PM, please? Sharing is caring, and all that jazz. Better to have the information out in the open where it can help others.

Will do.
The modular nature of osCommerce can be frustrating when you want to change individual parts.
Here it might call for another parameter to the infoBox class i.e. a CSS id or class member - look at the $table_parameters variable in includes/classes/boxes.php for the infoBox and infoBoxContents classes (which extend tableBox at the top of the file).