give every category its own template

[adeep]

Hi!

I want to give to change the lookout of my shop for every cagtegory by giving each category an own template. Is it possible and what have I to do?

Thanks for your help

[vekia]

if you want to change only css styles - it is possbile with simple smarty changes + css modification, and it's easy to achieve.

BUT everything depends on what you exactly expect. Only category listing? Or maybe products too? Only css? or maybe also layout change?

[adeep]

thanks for quick answer. I want to give for each category a new layout for products

[vekia]

okay, thanks for info

 

what ps version you use? everything depends on it

 

regards

[adeep]

the latest one, 1.5.4, standard template

[vekia]

okay

 

in the controllers/front/ProductController.php you've got something like:

 

 $this->context->smarty->assign('errors', $this->errors);
 $this->setTemplate(_PS_THEME_DIR_.'product.tpl');

 

add there simple if condition (you can add as many conditions as you want)

 

if ($this->product->id_category_default==4){
  $this->setTemplate(_PS_THEME_DIR_.'product-layout-4.tpl');
} else {
     $this->setTemplate(_PS_THEME_DIR_.'produc.tpl');
}

 

code above means:

 

if the product default category is 4 - then prestashop will use product-layout-4.tpl file to display product

if default category will be different - then prestashop will use default product.tpl file

 

 

now you can create own layout file (located in your theme/YOUR_THEME/ dir) named product-layout-4.tpl

[adeep]

Great. Thanks for this wonderful help

[vekia]

you're welcome

 

btw. if you want to use MANY templates, it's better to use switch php function:

 

switch ($this->product->id_category_default) {
   case 1:
    $this->setTemplate(_PS_THEME_DIR_.'product-layout-1.tpl');
    break;
   case 2:
    $this->setTemplate(_PS_THEME_DIR_.'product-layout-2.tpl');
    break;
   case 3:
    $this->setTemplate(_PS_THEME_DIR_.'product-layout-3.tpl');
    break;
   default: 
       $this->setTemplate(_PS_THEME_DIR_.'product.tpl');
}

 

it's much better than if conditions, moreover, you can define default value

 

feel free to write if you've got any other questions related to this case

 

regards

[adeep]

I will try it out and let you know my result. Thanks and have a nice day