I'm starting with "PrestaShop" and I just can't figure out, how to put a link in template to custom page I created in CMS module... I thought, there might be some easy way, as there is in WordPress, like "get_permalink(ID)", but there's nothing like this and I can't find anything about this anywhere and it just drives me mad.
So, here's the deal, I've got a custom template, and there are some top links, like "About Us". I've created this page in CMS and it has ID "6".
How do I make this bloody "PrestaShop" to generate a link to this page in my template file?
About
I think you're looking for SMARTY template tags and custom variables defined for Prestashop specifically. The one the you probably need is {$base_dir} which will be translated to http://www.yoursite.com/ obviously with appropriate protocol (non-secure HTTP or secured HTTPS).
After that, you only need to include page URL, which you can get from Admin->Tools->CMS section.
If I find any specific tags that you can use to call the content, I will update my post here.
Your Text
the "WHAT goes here" is just the url you want your link drives the client to when clicking on that link.
You need to understand a little minimum of HTML for this I guess. Check html tag a meaning .
Prestashop has a fairly good and extensive documentation. Two and half seconds googling drives me here, just like answering your question it looks like.
Related
I want to achieve something like Facebook, where the top bar stays there and only the content underneath it changes for different pages. At the same time the URL at the top also changes, for example /messages or /events.
I'm not completely sure if this is how Facebook works but I'm trying to achieve something like this... Right now I can't figure out how this could be done...
Does anyone know how this could be achieved or if there is a name for it?
You could do this with a fixed header that is on all of your current pages, so that whenever a new page loads it appears the header is still there, or you could do the more complex way of putting all your pages in separate divs on one page, and hiding/showing the appropriate divs when a link is clicked. I'd recommend the first way personally, but those are some options.
I'm sure there are other ways to go about this.
If that isn't what you want then I apologize.
Edit: Also, my first suggestion will load a whole new page, so if you want the seamless transition effect then the second option will be the better route to go
Templates perhaps? You can't change urls without navigating to a different page as far as I know. If you want consistent elements on the page with varying content that basically is the function of templates.
If you're looking for dynamic elements to show up on the page then you should look into AJAX and DOM manipulation. jQuery is the defacto library to help with both of those. Take a look at http://api.jquery.com/ and maybe search for a template engine. Most web frameworks include a template system to create consistent styles and allow code reuse.
You can use #anchors, that won't reload the page. For newer browsers, you can use https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/DOM/Manipulating_the_browser_history to update the url without reloading the page
So, I've read The Loop and I got the hang of it. (I created a page that lists the 3 most recent posts, a page that shows a page (as opposed to a post), and so on.)
However, it seems silly that, in order to integrate a WordPress blog into an existing site, I'd have to replicate all the different kinds of pages (lists of posts, the posts themselves, pages, etc.)
Is there a generic way of doing this?
The full idea is something like this.
The blog itself (with its ugly default template) is installed at http://blog.example.com.
I want to integrate the blog into an existing site, at the URL http://example.com/blog.
I'm doing a mod_rewrite that forwards the entire query string, e.g. http://blog.example.com/?p=7 gets rewritten to http://example.com/blog?p=7.
Now, in my PHP code at http://example.com/blog, I want to do something like this:
query_posts($_GET);
// display results
wp_reset_query();
That's where I'm stuck. Basically, I want to display exactly what's in the "content" area of a default WordPress template, on my site, according to whatever the query string dictates. Almost as if I were just using an iframe. I would rather not have to parse the query string to figure out whether I have to loop through this or that or turn off the $more global or not, etc.
What am I missing?
Instead, should I be installing the blog at http://example.com/blog and creating a template that mimics the website? This seemed complicated so I didn't go this route, but maybe someone should change my mind.
Appreciate any help, including advice for alternative designs.
Have you considered outputting the blog into a full rss/ outputting the blog as json and then pulling it in that way?
Since I had some comments on the formulation of my question, I decided to rewrite it completely. And also, I understand a little bit more about wordpress so it should make more sense now.
So, let's start with what I'm trying to accomplish by using a simple example:
Goal:
Make a search engine for some products and link to them using a database to generate the information.
Result:
http://my.site.url/wordpress/<plugin-name> <-- The page with the "search" and "search result
http://my.site.url/wordpress/<plugin-name>/products/<product_name> <-- When click on a search result
Part 1:
I want to make a plugin with the name "plugin-name" Right now, I put my code in
http://my.site.url/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/<plugin-name>
On the activate, I create some tables with some data. Since there is no page yet, I create 1 on the fly using the API call 'wp_insert_post'. I give the name and slug "myPlugin".
So, when I go on the main site, I can see my newly created page "myPlugin". But right now, there is no content attached to it. To do so, from what I understand, I need to create a page in my plug-in directory named "myPlugin.php".
http://my.site.url/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/<plugin-name>/myPlugin.php
So, how do I link the page I created manually and the source file in the plugin directory?
Part 2
When clicking on a link in the search result, I would like to have a page "product.php" and display its information. So, is it possible to create a "temporary url" for the result using sub pages (see result at the beginning)? And if possible, how can we achieve that?
Thanks in advance and I hope it's clearer.
u can find how to create plugin from
http://ditio.net/2007/08/09/how-to-create-wordpress-plugin-from-a-scratch/
in plugin write function for search(as per u r logic) fetch result
create a custom page refer video from www.wordpressmax.com/customize-wordpress/custom-page
in custom pages template in between get_header(); and get_footer(); call search function and display records.
Thats it.
thisMayhem is right. This sounds like a bunch of nonsense. But, if you're trying to make a WP page that executes some custom PHP, look up the WP template hierarchy.
What you can do is this:
create a WP "page" - call it "Search results."
create a template directory file called page-search-results.php (filename corresponds with slug of page from step 1)
put some generic header/footer stuff there (see other template files - most often it's just a question of putting in <?php get_header(); ?> and <?php get_footer(); ?>)
put PHP code in that thar page. in them hills.
if you use a caching plugin, may want to put an exemption for /search-results/
So, when someone pulls up http://your.site/search-results/ - your custom PHP code will execute. It's up to you to make that logic and communication happen - whether via $_GET or $_POST, etc.
I'm sorry you're experiencing some problems. Unfortunately as we say above because it's a 'one off' for a client project we can't support it - it works for them :) Feel free to rip it apart and retest and if you have any success let us know.
I am beginning to develop a website as a personal project, to discover a little bit web technologies. My question is more about "how to make the things clean" than a technical question.
Here is the thing:
Let's say that an index.php page will include an other menu.php, which will permit to navigate the website.
My index.php look like this, basically:
include("header");
include("menu");
include("DEPENDING ON WHICH LINK AS BEEN CLICKED FROM THE MENU");
include("bottom");
To avoid the POST method, and have a lot of stuff on my URL, I would like to do it an other way, but I do not know what is the best one.
I thought about declaring a variable like $page, when a link is clicked, I can do something like "if $page == home", then I include the home.php page... etc...
I do not know if my question is clear... I know that it will appear as a very easy and beginner question but I don't even know where to look...
Do you know if I can find any "open source website" so I can study the code and see the best practices about it?
P.S.: Sorry for my english which is probably not perfect at all, I am working on it.
You can have a menu like
Home
About
Then on your PHP code
include $_GET["view"] . ".php";
Note that I am not validating, so any parameter passed on the url would be able to include any file.
The $_GET returns the values passed to the page through the URL.
The $_POST returns values posted.
The $_REQUEST returns both $_GET and $_POST values.
A good place to study many languages is W3Schools, you could check there sometime.
Make a page which will be common redirect page.
Every post will come to that page and based on the page parameter it will redirect.
So action of every page is same, but based on page paramter redirect to which ever page you want
You can switch case and
use header to redirect
i think you want to avoid GET method and avoid lot stuff in url
For learning
I thinks this is the simple website for learner.
http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp
http://www.plus2net.com/php_tutorial/site_map.php
http://www.tizag.com/phpT/
actually most of all these websites are same.
i hope you know the basic website PHP.net
Then,,.. no one is low level ..every low level will be in a top level one day.. just like you am also trying :)
Don't do what you are trying to do. The whole point of having pages is to handle things with different files. That is, you will have some commonality between files (handled by auto prepend and include path, potentially) such as your header and footer. Each file should include this on its own and print it out directly.
That is, you should not handle everything on one page and then conditionally include a file. Just send users to a different page.
Finally, I recommend not splitting up the header/footer files at all. Instead create a decorator that wraps the main content and displays it all at once. Something like:
$page = <<<HTML
<html><head><title></title></head>
<body>
<div id="top nav"></div>
{CONTENT}
</body>
</html>
HTML;
Then you go through and build your page content. Then you add it to CONTENT in the decorator and print it. PHPTAL is a great way to have this handled externally.
Hi you should please ask one question at a time:
I think this basic tutorial will give you a good idea on how and what to use the include(); func.
http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_includes.asp
I started with:
http://www.solitude.dk/filethingie/
Very simple .php file administrator.
You should definetly check out sourceforge, giant colletion of open source projects just filter by php (search for literally anything).
Just wanted to mention that you can download the full code of more complex pages (that are based on php) like
wordpress (blogging platform) - very easy to install and configure
identi.ca (twitter open source alternave)
You can now download reddit´s source code - quite easy to.
Maybe you wont be able to modify them immeditelly but theyll help you to get the picture
I've done a lot of small projects on the side lately where the client wants a good chunk of the website to stay the same, they just want to be able to edit particular "areas" of the site. Namely, some text in some box somewhere.
I've found that WordPress works for this pretty well. The interface is nice and friendly to use, and it's got lots of work behind it so I don't have to reinvent wheels, fix bugs, etc.
So what I wind up doing is making PHP pages which look like what the client wants, then making the content editable areas contain a particular post or page, which is what is editable in WordPress.
I'm having the particular page's contents displayed on the page using code like this
<?php echo apply_filters('the_content', $page_Contact->post_content); ?>
where $page_Contact is a variable defined elsewhere.
However, the "Preview" or "View Page"/"View Post" function on each page/post goes to the logical WordPress location and this is not the effect I want in this case.
So for example I have pages like this
www.site.com/index.php
www.site.com/about.php
www.site.com/contact.php
And so forth.
WordPress wants to have the "View Page" and "Preview Changes" links go places like
www.site.com/?page_id=2
www.site.com/?page_id=8&preview=true&preview_id=8&preview_nonce=45522671f5
Which is a problem because, in the permalink structure above, both of those go to the index.php page which, except for the page I'm using to structure index.php, it's not where I want the user/editor to go. And none of the cases above allow any sort of preview (which is a concession I'm willing to make given how I'm doing this)
Is there a way, preferably using a plugin to rig WordPress such that the preview for a page in the dashboard goes to a preview of the non-index.php page where the content will be housed? So for example the link for the "Contact" page in WordPress's dashboard goes to contact.php instead of ?page_id=2? This is a deal where I'm trying to get this done in the editing interface and I'm not concerned about the links in the site itself.
Obviously I would need to maintain this per-page and this would be a situation where new pages don't go up unless I put them there.
Take a look at the preview_post_link hook in WordPress -- it should be called when generating that link, and you can use that in conjunction with a custom field (or some logic) in order to construct whatever preview link you like.
Have you considered page links to plugin for wordpress? Also changing permalinks?