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thanks Nick

Assuming you named the field in the database manufacturer

$manufacturer = $this->xhtml_encode($proddisp['manufacturer']);

Reference it using the variable name $manufacturer

What you did that worked simply changed the use of the $prodname variable to contain the manufacturer instead of the product name.  If you didn't print or echo the variable $manufacturer elsewhere in the code you wouldn't have seen it.

osussat wrote:

I would place a manufacturer logo file called MANUFACTURER-logo-small.gif in my images folder.

What images folder?  One off of the root of your site, the media folder that khxc created or in the media folder that is below your skin folder?

If, for example, you put it in the media folder that khxc created (if you installed khxc in the root of your site) you could refer to it using

<img src="media/<?php echo $manufacturer; ?>-logo-small.gif">

If it's in a completely different directory off of the root of your site, lets call it Images, you could use:

<img src="/Images/<?php echo $manufacturer; ?>-logo-small.gif" alt="<?php echo $manufacturer; ?> Logo">

You want to use alt on any images to keep your pages XHTML strict compliant.

And the light turns on...

Thanks for your reply Dave. Yes, I have done all that is outlined. I just wanted to know what was meant by "echo or print the $manafacturer variable elsewhere in the code" . I am just a beginner you see. But not to worry, I had already deleted my post having found the answer, so please ignore my previous post.

I'm trying to do the same thing here...as an example, i want to place the Short Description right near the logo (to test if it works before populating my user-defined new column in the product table).  Here's where I placed it:

<td id="skin_ht_lcol">

<a href="<?php print $link_home; ?>" title="Home"><img src="skins/zipskin_khxc001/media/newlogo001.jpg" alt="Home" width="350" height="48" /></a>
<?php print $proddisp['descshort']; ?>

</td>

the php print line is what isn't working...nothing's printed.

Anyone know what's wrong with my code?

Regards,

James...

Hi John, I'm displaying it next to the main logo - not necessarily the final location but where I'm trying to see it for now - and i did populate the field for one product (I can see the text in the field when I view the product information using admin so I know text is stored there.

James...

That my be true but the script that is building the display where you are trying to get it to show doesn't build any product information or have any product information to work with. The proddisp array is only built by items that call the prodlist or prodshow scripts which builds the product information and then passes the array to the scripts that build the display for your products. Just because this information displays on a page (like the splash page) does not mean that every script that builds that page has the same information to work with. Most if not all the information is pulled, built for display and then removed so the server does not stack up allot of information it doesn't need in memory that would slow it down.

John

Last edited by dh783 (01-08-2008 22:23:33)

What will be in the new column of information for your products and where do you want it to display?

John

Ok I haven't tried this yet but it should work. In your private_dir/khxc/app/ccp0/CCP_Prod edit CCP_Prod.php and look for where the metatitle is created which is near this:

// +--
// | Print breadcrumbs.  We use a '0' param here so we don't
// | kill any breadcrumbs we have already.
// |
// | Also modify our meta info.
// |
// | We only do this stuff if we're on the prodshow namespace.
// +--

add a new global for your information, I will use description in this example but  you can use any name that makes since to you, and you will have to use your data column name in the product call:

 $this->globals('khxc_display.description',$product['your_product_column_name_here']);

Next go to the skin that you are using and make an edit (update) in the skinfunc.php and place this code where it say

// +--
// | Meta tag and title variables.
// +--

$x['description']    = $this->xhtml_encode($this->globals('khxc_display.description'));

This should allow you to print this variable any where in the skin that you want by placing this code where you want it to display:

<?php print $description ?>

As I said earlier I haven't tried this and there could be a step that I am missing, if it doesn't work you will have to let me know, and also this is subject to be overwritten with a future update.

If you want this to work for categories as well you will need to make an edit in CCP_Cat/CCP_Cat.php where the  metatitle is created for them as well as making a new data column for the information in the categories database.

Also make backups of the effected files to be safe if something goes wrong.

John

This line in the product displays prints the description

<p><?php print $proddesc; ?></p>

you would need to create a similar print statement for your new field and include any hml need to create the display.

John