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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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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.
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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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Panmanjon wrote:
k - thanks
Here's how to detect what page you're on in skin.php if you're not familiar-
<?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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