Solved / Solucionado: Add an external link to a subcategory

[Anca Amalia]

Hi,

 

I need to add a link to a subcategory of one of the category of the mail menu. I mean I have the category Publicity Items and as subcategories of it Vehicles Items, Religious Commemorations, ...., Others Items and I need to add an external link to this last subcategory. I´ve tried changing the code from module/blockcategories/category-tree-branch.tpl with 

 

 

 

 

 

 

<a href={if $node.id == 218} http://www.google.es {else}{$node.link|escape:html:'UTF-8'}{/if}  {if isset($currentCategoryId) && $node.id == $currentCategoryId}class="selected"{/if}
    title="{$node.desc|strip_tags|trim|truncate:255:'...'|escape:'html':'UTF-8'}">{$node.name|escape:'html':'UTF-8'}</a>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

but nothing happens...

 

 

 

 

Thanks.

 

Edited April 29, 2015 by Anca Amalia (see edit history)

[PascalVG]

Hi Anca,

 

The file is normally overridden in the theme dependent folder, so try to edit it here:

 

themes/<your theme folder>/modules/blockcategories/category-tree-branch.tpl

 

At least you should see some action :-)

 

 

(Also, temporarily set force compilation to YES and smarty cache = OFF in advanced parameters->Performance, otherwise the old/cached version keeps showing. Don't forget to put these option back to the old values after you see it's working, otherwise your site will be slooooow)

 

My 2 cents,

pascal

[Anca Amalia]

Hi Pascal,

 

Thanks for the replay. That`s the file I've changed and I've changed the other one too just in case, but,no, it is not working...Nothing happens.....

 

I also forced complilation, smarty chache off, no cache and also delete history... and nothing

 

Any idea?

[PascalVG]

Hmm, can  you add some nonsense text in front of the name, just to see if the file compiles?

 

 

<a href={if $node.id == 218} http://www.google.es {else}{$node.link|escape:html:'UTF-8'}{/if}  {if isset($currentCategoryId) && $node.id == $currentCategoryId}class="selected"{/if}
    title="{$node.desc|strip_tags|trim|truncate:255:'...'|escape:'html':'UTF-8'}">AAAAAA{$node.name|escape:'html':'UTF-8'}</a>

[diana13]

It works for the left menu.

 

But for topmenu is there a way to add a link to, let's say for node=2 ? 

Edited April 21, 2015 by diana13 (see edit history)

[Anca Amalia]

Hi Pascal,

 

Thanks for the replay. Hmmmm you are wright!!!!

 

Ok, now I've deleted all cache and try it again. As Diana13 said is working for the left menu but not for topmenu... 

[PascalVG]

To add a fixed link to the top menu, you can go to the configure screen of the top horizontal menu and then at the bottom "add a new link"

 

The path you can just find by going to the page you want to link to and copy the URL. Past this in the link field.

 

Hope that's what you needed. If not, please elaborate.

 

pascal.

[Anca Amalia]

Hi Pascal,

 

I now you can add the link to a category from the top horizontal menu. my inquiery is how you add the link to a subcategory of one of the category of the top horizontal menu.

 

I mean, for example you have as a category of the top horizontal menu Publicity Items and one of it subcategory is More Items. Well with the code modification made, the link is applied to this subcategory More Items in the Vertical Menu, but no link is applied in the top horizontal menu.

 

Thanks again for your colaboration...

[PascalVG]

Ah, sorry,

 

So you have a special sub category in the top horizontal menu, (For diana, category with 218) but want to have the link changed into a fixed external link right?   (See image)

 

 

 

 

Let me have a look at that.

 

Patience...

 

pascal.

[PascalVG]

OK,

 

 

Edit file:   (make backup!!!)

  modules/blocktopmenu/blocktopmenu.php

 

in function:

  private function generateCategoriesMenu($categories, $is_children = 0)

 

 

add red code:

 

private function generateCategoriesMenu($categories, $is_children = 0)

{

  $html = '';

 

  foreach ($categories as $key => $category)

  {

    if ($category['level_depth'] > 1)

    {

      $cat = new Category($category['id_category']);

      if ((int)$cat->id_category == 5)  // change 5 to your category id

        $link = "http://google.com/";   // change to your own URL

      else 

        $link = Tools::HtmlEntitiesUTF8($cat->getLink());

  }

  else

    $link = $this->context->link->getPageLink('index');

 

 

 

Then, make sure in advanced parameters ->Performance

Your force compilation is ON, and smarty Cache is OFF (and press "clear cache" in top right of this page)

 

Then load any page with top menu, and see if it works.

 

 

Hope this is what you needed,

 

pascal

[Anca Amalia]

Hi Pascal,

 

Thanks a lot!!! problem solved!!!!

 

Anca

[PascalVG]

Good to hear :-)

 

Happy selling,

pascal

[danconvil]

Hi,

I need to add an external link on blockcategories in the left column of my store.

Thank

[Johnny2525]

Cant find this (private function generateCategoriesMenu($categories, $is_children = 0)in my files. 

I want to add a subcategory link that links to a manufacturer page on my site.

CATEGORIES

   Fine Watches

             *Rolex (I want these 2 subcategories to be links to my manufacturer page with the corresponding products) 

               *Panerai

 

Please Help

Thanks Johnny

                          

[rocky]

It's on line 593 (in PrestaShop v1.6.1.8) of modules/blocktopmenu/blocktopmenu.php:

    protected function generateCategoriesMenu($categories, $is_children = 0)

[Johnny2525]

Perfect!

Thank You

[bogdanpatr]

Hello Pascal,
 
i've done exactly like u've explained above with no success. I replaced categories number with several and no luck.
 
my blocktopmenu.php looks like this:

 

 protected function generateCategoriesMenu($categories, $is_children = 0)

    {

        $html = '';

 

        foreach ($categories as $key => $category) {

            if ($category['level_depth'] > 1) {

                $cat = new Category($category['id_category']);

                if ((int)$cat->id_category == 2)  

$link = "anpc.gov.ro";   // change to your own URL 

$link = Tools::HtmlEntitiesUTF8($cat->getLink());

            } else {

                $link = $this->context->link->getPageLink('index');

            }

 

I'm rather new to Prestashop, and don't have that much PhP experience...

 

What i want to do is this:

Have a menu: Terms and conditions with several items: (legal advice, refund policy, etc). Some of the "items" will be direct external links to state authorities, so i can't go to another CMS page and from there to the external URL. Is it even possible?

 

Thank you in advance, 

Edited February 10, 2017 by bogdanpatr (see edit history)