Ordering of the Manufactures Block.

[onecallhire]

Hi,

 

i am trying to change the order of the manufactures block. i have looked at other posts and have tried the solutions but none of them work. i am using version 1.5.6.0.

Edited January 7, 2014 by onecallhire (see edit history)

[NemoPS]

What do you mean exactly? the module's position? Or the order in which manufacturers are displayed in it?

[onecallhire]

the order in which they are displayed

[NemoPS]

You must edit this:

		$sql = 'SELECT m.*, ml.`description`, ml.`short_description`
			FROM `'._DB_PREFIX_.'manufacturer` m
			LEFT JOIN `'._DB_PREFIX_.'manufacturer_lang` ml ON (
				m.`id_manufacturer` = ml.`id_manufacturer`
				AND ml.`id_lang` = '.(int)$id_lang.'
			)
			'.Shop::addSqlAssociation('manufacturer', 'm');
			if ($active)
				$sql .= '
			WHERE m.`active` = 1';
			$sql .= '
			GROUP BY m.id_manufacturer
			ORDER BY m.`name` ASC'.
			($p ? ' LIMIT '.(((int)$p - 1) * (int)$n).','.(int)$n : '');

In classes/Manufacturer.php

 

CHange the ORDER BY, of course. Although I think the don't have a 'position' order, and you can only order them by either name or id (logically of course)

[onecallhire]

if i was to give the manufactures a prefix of 01. 02. 03. etc. is there a way to hide the prefix?

[NemoPS]

Yes, you can then use a modifier in blockmanufacturer.tpl, like

 

{$manufacturer.name|substr:3} 

 

This will take chars from the third on, removing the first 2 digits in your case

[onecallhire]

where abouts in the block manufacturer.tpl file will that go, as i looked and there are multiple occurrences of {$manufacturer.name}

[NemoPS]

Ideally, every of them

[onecallhire]

i have made the changes but it still doesnt work.

[NemoPS]

Have you modified the tpl file in the theme's folder? or base modules folder?

[onecallhire]

i went to:

/modules/blockmanufacturer

 

should i have done it in the themes folder?

[NemoPS]

If it's there, yes

[onecallhire]

it worked thank you.

 

just one more thing. how will i do it for the manufacturers page?

[onecallhire]

Never Mind i figured it out

Edited January 7, 2014 by onecallhire (see edit history)