[HOW TO] - Welcome Message / Customer Name in Header

[Maansy]

Fixed, had to do the CSS for that

[silanli_53]

How can we show the surname.?

welcome; name lastname

Use this in the header controller (catalog/controller/common/header.php):

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// Greeting in header
if (!$this->customer->isLogged()) {
    $this->data['text_greeting'] = $this->language->get('text_greeting');
} else {
    $this->data['text_greeting'] = sprintf($this->language->get('text_logged'), $this->customer->getFirstName() . ' ' . $this->customer->getLastName());
}
$this->data['text_create'] = $this->language->get('text_create');
$this->data['create'] = HTTPS_SERVER . 'index.php?route=account/create';
// End Greeting in header    

Thanks fido-x

How do I add is in which group.?

Thanks
best regarts

[DannyMacD]

Hi Fido and all.

is this 1.4.9 compatible?

many thanks

[fido-x]

Hi Fido and all.

is this 1.4.9 compatible?

many thanks

Yes.

[Tom52]

I've had a few requests for this from people who have visited my dev site. Since this is not mine (it's something that was in version 0.7.7), I'm quite happy to post the necessary information to get it working.

You will need to edit the following files:–
* catalog/controller/common/header.php
* catalog/language/english/common/header.php
* catalog/view/theme/default/template/common/header.tpl
* catalog/view/theme/default/stylesheet/stylesheet.css

catalog/controller/common/header.php
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if (!$this->customer->isLogged()) {
   $this->data['text_greeting'] = $this->language->get('text_greeting');
} else {
   $this->load->model('account/customer');
   $customer_info = $this->model_account_customer->getCustomer($this->customer->getId());
   $this->data['text_greeting'] = sprintf($this->language->get('text_logged'), $customer_info['firstname']);
}
$this->data['text_create'] = $this->language->get('text_create');
$this->data['text_account'] = $this->language->get('text_account');
$this->data['create'] = $this->url->https('account/create');
$this->data['account'] = $this->url->https('account/account');

before:

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$this->id       = 'header';

(around line 31 in an unmodified setup)

catalog/language/english/common/header.php
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$_['text_greeting'] = 'Welcome, <strong>Guest</strong>';
$_['text_logged']   = 'Welcome back, <strong>%s</strong>';
$_['text_create']   = 'Register';
$_['text_account']  = 'Account';

before the end of the file.

catalog/view/theme/default/template/common/header.tpl
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<div class="welcome">
  <?php echo $text_greeting; ?>
  <?php if (!$logged) { ?>
    [ <a href="<?php echo $login; ?>"><?php echo $text_login; ?></a> ] [ <a href="<?php echo $create; ?>"><?php echo $text_create; ?></a> ]
  <?php } else { ?>
    [ <a href="<?php echo $logout; ?>"><?php echo $text_logout; ?></a> ] [ <a href="<?php echo $account; ?>"><?php echo $text_account; ?></a> ]
  <?php } ?>
</div>

before

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<div class="div4">

catalog/view/theme/default/stylesheet/stylesheet.css
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#header .welcome {
   clear: both;
   margin: 10px 0px 10px 0px;
   text-align: right;
}

At the end of the file.

Enjoy!

Hello,

The Header.php code, do I add it before or after $this->id = 'header"? because I tried, but its not working.

any help please

[DannyMacD]

Hi Fido and all.

is this 1.4.9 compatible?

many thanks

Yes.

im now confused at what code to use for 1.4.9.1 lol anyone throw me a bone please thanks

[manson]

For OC 1.4.9.2
With so many codes flying around I think many of us was confused. Here's just a compilation of what Fido coded for 1.4.9.2 users:

catalog/controller/common/header.php
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// Greeting in header
if (!$this->customer->isLogged()) {
    $this->data['text_greeting'] = $this->language->get('text_greeting');
} else {
    $this->data['text_greeting'] = sprintf($this->language->get('text_logged'), $this->customer->getFirstName());
}
$this->data['text_create'] = $this->language->get('text_create');
$this->data['create'] = HTTPS_SERVER . 'index.php?route=account/create';
// End Greeting in header   

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$this->id       = 'header';

catalog/language/english/common/header.php
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$_['text_greeting'] = 'Welcome, <strong>Guest</strong>';
$_['text_logged']   = 'Welcome back, <strong>%s</strong>';
$_['text_create']   = 'Register';
$_['text_account']  = 'Account';

before the end of the file.

catalog/view/theme/default/template/common/header.tpl
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<div class="welcome">
  <?php echo $text_greeting; ?>
  <?php if (!$logged) { ?>
    [ <a href="<?php echo $login; ?>"><?php echo $text_login; ?></a> ] [ <a href="<?php echo $create; ?>"><?php echo $text_create; ?></a> ]
  <?php } else { ?>
    [ <a href="<?php echo $logout; ?>"><?php echo $text_logout; ?></a> ] [ <a href="<?php echo $account; ?>"><?php echo $text_account; ?></a> ]
  <?php } ?>
</div>

before

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<div class="div4">

catalog/view/theme/default/stylesheet/stylesheet.css
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#header .welcome {
    float: right;
    display: block;
    margin-top: 7px;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
    padding-left: 0px;
}
#header .welcome a {
    margin: 0px;
    padding: 0px;
    background: none;
}
 

At the end of the file.

And that's it, hope I didn't screw the code with the cut and paste. I put the Greeting messages on the right side along the lines of [Specials] [Bookmark] [Contact] and align the top to 7px, as the rest of the wordings.

Thanks Fido for the codes!

[elaineben]

after pasting all the siles to their respective places...i got this error upon opening my site:


Fatal error: Call to a member function https() on a non-object in /home/abcd12/public_html/ocart/catalog/controller/common/header.php on line 182


what does it mean?

[spitos]

I've got something similar to this working for v1.5.x
It adds a personalised welcome message after login to both the account and affiliate account pages.
You can download it (commercial) here:
http://www.opencart.com/index.php?route=extension/extension/info&extension_id=3946

[asphole]

Hi spitos,

I just checked your vqmod and it works well for 1.5.1. A nice little addition i'm sure others will use.

[pooks]

How can I get this to frontpage body? I tried to duplicate this to home files but didnt work out...