Custom hook

[d4rkbl4de]

HI all,

 

I'm a newbie at Prestashop. I've been trying to move the Top Menu to a new div I wanted to create because of design purposes. For that, I understand I need a new hook. I've been looking online and all the tutorials seem to be missing a piece or it's for 1.5. It's confusing as hell and in the 4 hours of struggle, I could not make my custom hook work.

 

1. so I added a new hook in the database ps_hook

name: displayMainMenu

 

2.  I overwrite my blocktopmenu php in override/classes/module

 

<?php

 

class BlocktopmenuMainMenu extends Blocktopmenu

{

 

public function install()

{

if (

!parent::install() ||

!$this->registerHook('displayMainMenu')

)

return false;

return true;

}

 

 public function hookDisplayMainMenu($params)

    {

        return $this->hookMainMenu($params);

    }

}

?> 

 

3. I overwrite my Front Controller php  in override/controllers/front

 

<?php

 

class FrontController extends FrontControllerCore

{

 

    public function initContent()

    {

        parent::initContent();

 

        $this->context->smarty->assign(

            'HOOK_MAIN_MENU', Hook::exec('displayMainMenu')

        );

    }

}

 

?>

4. I add the hook to my header.tpl
 

{if $HOOK_MAIN_MENU}

<div id="main-menu">

{$HOOK_MAIN_MENU}

</div>

{/if}

The back office shows my new hook but it won't transplant the menu to it. So I tested the code in core file and it transplants it successfully but the menu doesn't show up in the front office. I want to do it properly so overwriting, so if I do that, it won't transplant AND it won't show up.

 

What am I doing wrong or can somebody point me to a good tutorial that isn't chaotic and confusing?

Thanks in advance.

Edited June 11, 2014 by d4rkbl4de (see edit history)

[pterodactyl]

Hi, did you ever find a solution? I'm trying to move the homeslider to where I want it in but, like you, can only find half the answers

[NemoPS]

Try using this method:

 

http://nemops.com/adding-hooks-to-prestashop-1-5/

 

It works on 1.6 as well