Hi,

I use the category headers but there are some occasions when I would like to put some information after the products on the page.

Is there any way to achieve this?

Thanks,

Steve

Hi Steve
There isn't a footer feature for categories and the only thing I can think of really is to use the category description if it's not already being used.

Vince

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I can whip up some javascript to put that category description there if you like..

David

Hi Vince and David,

Just to clarify -I'm talking about having header and footer on the products.php page which is set up via categories.

As an example, if you take a look on the main site in my profile at /products/Yoga-Mat-Bags, you'll see I have some info within a css 'read more' button which I've had to include in the header.
I'd really like to take all that 'read more' to the bottom of the page, probably below any pagination. Obviously each category has different info.

I'm not sure this is possible using the description section is it Vince, as wouldn't that only work on the categories.php page? If there is a way though, that would be very neat as I don't use the description area. Otherwise David, if this is feasible using javascipt, then that would be very useful alternative.

Many thanks,

Steve

I have an idea and I'll check my php test site this evening to see how it might work.

David

Hi Vince and David,

The thought of using the category description got me thinking.

Is there some code that calls the category description that I can add towards the bottom of the products.php page?
If that were possible I could also use css to hide it on the category page so it only appears on the products page.

I suspect though the reality is probably somewhat more complex...

Steve

Hi Steve, sorry I didn't work this out sooner, but it's quite easy to do this with javascript.
I have a demo here - https://www.floridasurpluswarehouse.com/dev/products.php?cat=4

In my demo, I have not hidden the category header up top there, but that's just an addition to the products page or your css file

div.catheader {display:none;}

Here is how you get the text on the bottom. Of course this could be done with a database query, but this is simple and should work fine.
Open your products.php page in your html editor and add the following right after the include line <?php include "vsadmin/inc/incproducts.php" ?>


Upload the fine and you're all set.
Let me know if you have questions or issues.
For anyone reading, this should also work with .asp versions just fine.

Thanks,
David

Hi David - thanks very much for taking the time to look into this for me.

Unfortunately, I need to have the ability for a header and/or footer.

Is there a way of modifying your code to call from say the category description for the footer.
That way I can achieve exactly what I need?

Thanks again,

Steve

Hi Steve, we would need to query the database for that, but before we go down that path, it is possible to have the info in the same header block there like so...

Here is my updated test page https://www.floridasurpluswarehouse.com/dev/products.php?cat=4

Here is the category html I have added - Notice the part in red there... Set to display none with a unique ID...

<div class="cat-head">This is the category header html</div>
<div id="ctft" style="display:none;">This is the category footer html</div>

Then change the code to

I also have the following on the page for styling
<style type="text/css">
div.cat-head,#cat-footer {
font-weight:bold;
font-size:20px;
text-align:center;
color:red;
}
</style>

Can you work with that?
David

Hi David - that’s perfect and makes it possible for me to divide everything up within the header.
A very neat and tidy way to address this.

Thanks again for going the extra mile to help me out here.

Steve