osc2nuke7x4 Category Madness!?

damian · New Member Joined: Nov 29, 2004 Posts: 14

How does one alter the catalog, so that products are returned above categories? A full categories list is displayed above the products returned each time a customer selects a category. This gives the appearance that site is broken, because the products are changing below the fold on the page, so that even thought the products change the customer just sees the same categories repeatedly. Thank you for any help.

r/Damian

sixonetonoffun · Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 11:29 am

What cart are you using?

damian · New Member Joined: Nov 29, 2004 Posts: 14

Sorry, OSC. I am running osc2nuke 4 URI:

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damian · New Member Joined: Nov 29, 2004 Posts: 14

Also very strange thing happen with google. The first day I install I am indexed by google and the next day as well. Then google suddenly shows and old cache of my page, and hasn't returned since? Is this new or usual?

sixonetonoffun · Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 4:57 pm

Your right that is silly.
I haven't used that but you should be able to find the file that displays the page
Example:

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And simply remove the code that displays the catagories or replace it with some navigation links ect...

If you need help with it you'll have to upload the file (don't post it here). And I'll see if I can do anything with it.

If you don't need the all the extras that come with phpnuke I'd consider using

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Which is basically Oscommerce on steriods.

damian · New Member Joined: Nov 29, 2004 Posts: 14

Thanks for the offer sixonetonoffun, where do i upload?

sixonetonoffun · Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 10:27 pm

We don't allow attachments onsite so it will have to be to your own space or send to webmaster{<>>}netflake.com

sixonetonoffun · Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 7:10 am

Where did this package come from? I downloaded the osc2nuke source from

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but it is not the same as the file you sent me?

sixonetonoffun · Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 7:48 am

I figured it out I think you must be using the NukeCommerce 1.4 release? I'll grab that one the other was real simple to turn off the cat listing this one I'll have to test before I send it to you just to make sure it doesn't break anything else.

sixonetonoffun · Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 8:17 am

Ok its not that version either so I'll have to wait for a reply to the question where did you get this package and what version of the package is it?

damian · New Member Joined: Nov 29, 2004 Posts: 14

v osc2nuke7x4 downloaded from osc2nuke.com

sixonetonoffun · Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 11:18 am

Couldn't be the file doesn't match this one at all:

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In the one you sent me these lines don't exist:
<?php
if ($oscblockcatshow == 1){
?>

If it did we could just set it to work like this:
<?php
if ($oscblockcatshow == 1 AND !stristr($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'],'cPath')){
?>

damian · New Member Joined: Nov 29, 2004 Posts: 14

very strange. I just checked my local (original unzip) of /catalog/index.php and the line s <?php
if ($oscblockcatshow == 1){
?>
are present. I will implement your suggestion and see what happens

sixonetonoffun · Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 11:43 am

Cool that should do the job. Only place it might bug out is on IIS but running on IIS is probably not going to work with osc at all if I remember.

damian · New Member Joined: Nov 29, 2004 Posts: 14

I cahnged code, but still get the same display results. categories always returned above products

sixonetonoffun · Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 11:52 am

Try changing it to product-category your using GT it looks like so the real url is being changed.

damian · New Member Joined: Nov 29, 2004 Posts: 14

I'm running unix, so no issue with IIS, but still haven't figured it out. Does this function rely on info from any other file? It may be possible that some other files are missing lines of code. I unzipped locally and then ftp'ed to server. Is ssh more suitable? Thank you for all your help

sixonetonoffun · Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 12:06 pm

It looks like you can shut that block completely off in config.php.bak
$oscblockcatshow = 0;///////// show block oscdisplaycategorie or not (1 = true, 0 = false)

But that would shut it off on all pages which doesn't make sense either.

sixonetonoffun · Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 12:16 pm

<?php
if ($oscblockcatshow == 1 AND !stristr($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'],'product-category')){
?>

But anyway this seems to work with GT enabled on my test site. It won't work on yours?

damian · New Member Joined: Nov 29, 2004 Posts: 14

Change ['REQUEST_URI'] to product-category?

sixonetonoffun · Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 12:20 pm

Yep just like I last posted here.

damian · New Member Joined: Nov 29, 2004 Posts: 14

cut and paste exact code, but no change. I am sending you the index.php as it looks now.

sixonetonoffun · Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 12:37 pm

Ok no problem but one question do you have jpache on? Maybe it just needs the cache flushed out?

sixonetonoffun · Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 12:42 pm

The file you sent me works on my test site so now I'm scratching my head here too.

damian · New Member Joined: Nov 29, 2004 Posts: 14

I tried emptying cache Confused

Since the file I sent you works on your test site I imagine one of the other files, besides index.php must have have been corrupted in transfer. I will try uploading all file from the catalog module once again. This won't affect database, or any other changes I've made will it?