Show default category in product list

[pieter314]

Hello,

I sell comic books. Series are subcategories in my shop.

When I list products (for example in "new products" or as search results) I want to see the name of the default category so I have the name of the series and the title of the comic book.

In the attached picture, the arrow shows the place of the main category (which would be the name of the series)

I guess I should adjust product-list.tpl but I have no clue what to change. Someone else has?

thanks for the tips.

 

Pieter

[pieter314]

I narrowed it down to this paragraph in product-list.tpl. If someone could point me in the right direction (Actually I don't know how to read this code correctly) I would be very grateful.

 

  <div class="center_block">
   <a href="{$product.link|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}" class="product_img_link" title="{$product.name|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}"><img src="{$link->getImageLink($product.link_rewrite, $product.id_image, 'home')}" alt="{$product.legend|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}" {if isset($homeSize)} width="{$homeSize.width}" height="{$homeSize.height}"{/if} /></a>
   <h3>{if isset($product.new) && $product.new == 1}<span class="new">{l s='New'}</span>{/if}<a href="{$product.link|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}"  title="{$product.name|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}">{$product.name|truncate:35:'...'|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}</a></h3>
   <p class="product_desc"><a href="{$product.link|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}" title="{$product.description_short|truncate:360:'...'|strip_tags:'UTF-8'|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}">{$product.description_short|truncate:360:'...'|strip_tags:'UTF-8'}</a></p>
  </div>  

[CartExpert.net]

Hello!

 

Depending on the page your are (new_products, discounts, category) you will need to get the name of the category in different ways.

 

If you are listing product according to a category you need to insert this code:

{$category->name|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}

, before

{$product.name|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}

and

{$product.name|truncate:35:'...'|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}

 

Be aware, that the product name with the category name might be too long.

 

In other cases of product listing you need to create an instance of the Category class and assign it to Smarty.

[pieter314]

Thanks for the reply. It's especially on the new-products list that I want to do this so I understand I will have to do the trick with the smarty.

That will be the next thing to figure out then. I guess I will find this on the forum too.

[pieter314]

I surfed around on this forumas well as in my prestashop dirs. What I read isn't making much sence.

I now have in my new-pruduct list the ID of the default category. What I want is the name offcourse.

How do I transslate this ID to the right name?

[pieter314]

In other cases of product listing you need to create an instance of the Category class and assign it to Smarty.

Is there anybody who can explain me how to do this?