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Started by 2cool, October 30, 2018, 17:43:22 PM

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2cool

Hi,
How can I add an extra category view to use for some categories. (used to display just sale price. Not normal and saleprice.)
I'm using a template but got confused about what file should be modified and where this should be placed.

Can't find info for latest version VirtueMart 3.4.2.

Thanks in advance,

Pas

Studio 42

templates/yourtemplate/html/com_virtuemart/category/myown.php
myown is a copy of default.php view your changes, but price use sublayout so you need to modify productsLayout too and price layout

2cool

Thank you,

But where should I change the price and productslayout...is this in sublayouts?
Should these be renamed to prices_myown.php and products_myown.php?
and how can I make sure these are used in my custom category layout myown.php?

Thanks and regards,

Pas

Studio 42

when you create a new layout, you see it backend on edit a category
in the list Category Layout :
default
myown
So you can switch to this layout
Else you can change directly Sublayouts for products in category
Any products Sublayouts are in sublayouts and begin with products_XXX.php
The prices are displayed using
echo shopFunctionsF::renderVmSubLayout('prices',array('product'=>$product,'currency'=>$currency));
and you can change for eg too
echo shopFunctionsF::renderVmSubLayout('myprices',array('product'=>$product,'currency'=>$currency));
to use file .../sublayouts/myprices.php to render the prices list.
So it depend your needs

2cool

Thanks for the explanation.

I created the new files(duplicate and rename) and I can choose these in category config.
But I don't see any products in the category on front end.

What could be wrong?

Thanks,
Pas

Studio 42

You have to verify using php vardump or vmdebug if the right files are loaded.