Hide empty Shopping cart at header

[Vytenis]

Hi there,

Don`t know if you think it is useful or not, how ever for me it seems that I disturb my visitors with unneeded information. One of the pieces that disturbs people is at header visible Shopping Cart basket, when it is empty. So I made a small modification which changes header.tpl from your common folder and makes the cart visible only when you have added some stuff into your basket.

Demo at http://www.crafts-eu.com and now the modifications:
Open the header.tpl from your catalog/view/theme/*/template/common
Find then "<div id="cart">"
Before it add:

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 <?php $produktu_skaicius = $this->cart->countProducts();
 if ($produktu_skaicius > 0) { ?>

(it might be enough just to use countProducts at if statement, how ever I use this variable at some more checks)

afterwards find where the block ends and close the if statement.

Complete code at my case for a whole block looks like:

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 <?php $produktu_skaicius = $this->cart->countProducts();
 if ($produktu_skaicius > 0) { ?>
  <div id="cart">
    <div class="heading">
      <h4> <?php echo $text_cart; ?> </h4>
      <a><span id="cart_total"> <?php echo $text_items; ?></span></a></div>
    <div class="content"></div>
  </div>;
  <?php } ?>

Hope it helps for somebody

[robster]

Thank you so much for this. It is exactly what I am looking for. I can't believe that you were also thinking of this.

All the best

Rob

[grduniam]

Thank you so much Vytenis! You're fantastic! Extremely useful!!!

[robster]

@blackhalo

Can you suggest how to implement this page reload code on 1.5.3.1 and 1.5.4.1 as this line of code doesn't exist in these later versions.

Cheers

Robster

[Allochtoon]

I would like to know this as well

1.5.3.1 and or 1.5.4.1

[OSWorX]

I would like to know this as well

1.5.3.1 and or 1.5.4.1

For 1.5.4.1 (should be also working for earlier versions of 1.5.x):

search for:

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<?php echo $cart; ?>

and repace it by:

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<?php if( $this->cart->countProducts() > 0 ) { ?>
<?php echo $cart; ?>
<?php
} ?>

Or same effect, but simplier code (because only 1 line):

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<?php echo ( $this->cart->countProducts() > 0 ) ? $cart : ''; ?>

Or - if you do not want to edit files, use this VQMod-file: http://osworx.net/en/downloads/cat_view ... qmod-files

[Allochtoon]

Thanks alot, works

[olimax]

trouble is it doesnt then immediately reappear when cart added to via ajax
It may be better to hide it with css and then easier to display when required

[OSWorX]

trouble is it doesnt then immediately reappear when cart added to via ajax
It may be better to hide it with css and then easier to display when required

Fine .. it is up to you to post the code for this.

[olimax]

Absolutely.
I was rather thinking out load and then got distracted. I'll try and finish it later.

[KonstantinG]

It works for Opencart 1.5.5.1 - thanks a lot !

[olimax]

I've done a version of this using jquery so it appears when added to and hides if you empty it
It's a bit of a hack but seems to work though I haven't tested it extensively
1.5.2.1