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#1 08-23-2012 19:13:54

Panmanjon
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From: Manchester UK
Registered: 08-18-2004
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Display skin overide

In version 6 and 7 we were able to design individual skins and use them for for different categories - for example in a store I would have a stationary department, a music department and a food department etc and I was able to use a custom designed skin for each department selected at individual category levels

Is this still available in 8 as I cant see any option to select a custom skin at category level

Thanks

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#2 08-23-2012 19:24:50

jj1987
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From: Orlando, FL
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Re: Display skin overide

Panmanjon wrote:

In version 6 and 7 we were able to design individual skins and use them for for different categories - for example in a store I would have a stationary department, a music department and a food department etc and I was able to use a custom designed skin for each department selected at individual category levels

Is this still available in 8 as I cant see any option to select a custom skin at category level

Thanks

That is not an option in v8 to my knowledge.



-James Garrett

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#3 08-24-2012 04:34:31

Panmanjon
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Re: Display skin overide

Is there any chance we will see it soon please?  to some customers this would not be considered an upgrade

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#4 08-24-2012 07:27:09

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Re: Display skin overide

It was removed in v8.  The feature caused way too much confusion for most users.  I can't tell you the number of inquires we got complaining that users couldn't change their skin only to find out they overrode it in another area.  If you want a different display for certain pages, the best thing to do is to code forks into your skin.php file to handle your requirements.


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#5 08-24-2012 09:11:04

Panmanjon
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Re: Display skin overide

k - thanks

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#6 08-24-2012 09:13:41

jj1987
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Re: Display skin overide

Panmanjon wrote:

k - thanks

Here's how to detect what page you're on in skin.php if you're not familiar-

Code:

<?php
/*Add this at the top of the page */
$app = $this->globals('core.app');
$ns = $this->globals('core_cgi.ns');
$ref = $this->globals('core_cgi.ref');

/*Add this anyhwere you want to detect what category you're in */
if ($app == 'ecom' && $ns == 'catshow' && ($ref=='category_id')) {
// do something
} else if ($app == 'ecom' && $ns == 'catshow' && ($ref=='category_id')) {
//do something else
}?>


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