Category Names added to Products pages

Hi HikaShop Support..

Im sure I had this figured out before, but seem to lost where to add this.

I would like to have the Category names automatically added to each Product page so customers can see that they are in a "certain category of products". (Enclosed: a sample of what im talking about)

Example: when customer clicks on "amino acids category" ... all amino acids products apear under the heading "Amino Acids".

Thanks again guyz... appreciate your time and work..!

Also, awaiting 1.6.0 and the "badges" to come around. section for hikashop!......hikashop is amazing.. !!

Big5hot www.tsn.sportsnutrition.com

Hi,

I think that you'll have to :
- Go to "Hikashop->Display->Views"
- Edit the "listing_img_title" file of the "product view" of the front-end's template that you are currently using
- Add this code :

$productClass=hikashop_get('class.product');
$categories=$productClass->getCategories($this->row->product_id);
$database =& JFactory::getDBO();
$query = 'SELECT * from '.hikashop_table('category').' WHERE category_id IN ('.implode($categories, ',').')';
$database->setQuery($query);
$categories =$database->loadObjectList();
foreach($categories as $category){
	echo $category->category_name.'<br/>';
}

Hi Mohamed,

Is there a specific place/position i should insert this "code" ?. I am not very knowledgeable when it comes to code. I found the file and inserted it, but nothing happened.

Need a little more help with this one....THanks!

Hi,

Sorry I misunderstood your question you should :
- Go to "Hikashop->Display->Views"
- Edit the "show_default" file of the "product" view of the front-end's template that you are currently using
- Add this code :

<?php 
  foreach($this->categories as $category){
  echo ($category->category_name).' - ';
  }
  ?>

<div id="hikashop_product_top_part" class="hikashop_product_top_part">

Hi Mohamed,

THanks for your help but im still not able to achieve my goal. Maybe I have not explained clear enough, and im sorry for that.

There are 3 pages, (1)category (2)products in category (3)products that are highlighted

I would like to display a category text in the "(2)products in category" page and not in (3).

I added the code that you gave me and it added a category text in #(3). - See Attached pics

www.tsnsportsnutrition.com

I really appreciate you taking the time in helping me. Sorry if I was not clear...

Big5hot
_______________
UPDATE:

Hi Mohamed..

After playing with the many controls, I may have stumbled on the SOLUTION. I Hide the Menu and the category title for each category appeared. Im not sure if that was the reason, but as you can see, the issue is resolved.

THANKS = Mohamed for your time and efforts... again. (PROBLEM SOLVED,)

Big5hot

Hi,
I used this code to display category on product page, but I would like to display parent category/s too. Trying to figure it out I could use some help

I tried the code and I m getting
Undefined variable: category_id in C:\xampp\htdocs\...

I am always trying to learn new stuff...
thanks your time

This is exactly what I was looking for but could you share with me how to make these categories links that are clickable to their respective categories?

Mohamed Thelji wrote: Hi,

Sorry I misunderstood your question you should :
- Go to "Hikashop->Display->Views"
- Edit the "show_default" file of the "product" view of the front-end's template that you are currently using
- Add this code :

<?php 
  foreach($this->categories as $category){
  echo ($category->category_name).' - ';
  }
  ?>

after

<div id="hikashop_product_top_part" class="hikashop_product_top_part">

Hope this will help you.

I have tried this solution but I get nothing but a '-' displaying on the product page view, has the code required to add a Category Name and link changed since this solution was proposed?

I have a site with sports teams listed, each team has a sub-category of the main category 'clubshops' and I would like to display this above the product name so that people can flick back to the teams main category view.

I have tried this...

<?php 
  foreach($this->categories as $category){
  $categoryClass = hikashop_get('class.category');
  $categoryClass->addAlias($category);
  echo '<a href="'.hikashop_contentLink('category&task=listing&cid='.$category->category_id.'&name='.$category->alias,$category).'">'.($category->category_name).'</a> - ';
  }
  ?>

Hi Nicolas,

Truly bizarre, just added the same code I had tried (and pasted here) back into the page, and this time I get a Link???

Sample URL to product page: /teamshop/llansawel/product/396-training-vest

I have added code to templates/gk_storefront/html/product/show_tabular.php

However the link created goes to: /teamshop/llansawel/team/27-llansawel-rfc

And I would like it to go to: /teamshop/llansawel/

Is there anyway to change this, other than editing .htaccess to redirect?

I have solved this now, by altering the canonical URL for the Category to the same as the Menu Item for that category.