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PrintingHull

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Post by PrintingHull » Wed Apr 08, 2015 2:07 am

Hi there

My website is www.printinghull.co.uk

I'm trying to have a contact page in the top menu under the name Need a quote?

I want to be able to have a contact form on this page and ideally be able to have text above main text box which prompts customer to specify their quote requirements. So I picture that above the box it would say "Please include the quantity, delivery time and paper/card you require."

Is this possible within open cart?

I tried to add a normal category page and have the contact override on but it hasn't done anything to the page unfortunately.

Thanks
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Post by IP_CAM » Wed Apr 08, 2015 7:36 am

I use this MENU LIST HTTP HREF Link-Line to explain, how I did it on a Test OC v.1.5.6.4+!

<li><a href="http://printinghull.co.uk/index.php?rou ... tact">Need a quote?</a></li>

IN:

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shop\catalog\view\theme\yourtheme\template\common\header.tpl

FIND THIS, it should look very similar to your Theme Header MENU Section, related:

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<?php if ($categories) { ?>
<div id="menu">
  <ul>
    <?php foreach ($categories as $category) { ?>
    <li><a href="<?php echo $category['href']; ?>"><?php echo $category['name']; ?></a>
      <?php if ($category['children']) { ?>
      
	  <div>
        <?php for ($i = 0; $i < count($category['children']);) { ?>
        <ul>
          <?php $j = $i + ceil(count($category['children']) / $category['column']); ?>
          <?php for (; $i < $j; $i++) { ?>
          <?php if (isset($category['children'][$i])) { ?>
          <li><a href="<?php echo $category['children'][$i]['href']; ?>"><?php echo $category['children'][$i]['name']; ?></a></li>
          <?php } ?>
          <?php } ?>
        </ul>
        <?php } ?>
      </div>
      <?php } ?>
    </li>
    <?php } ?>
	</ul>
</div>
<?php } ?>

ADD:

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<li><a href="http://printinghull.co.uk/index.php?route=information/contact">Need a quote?</a></li>

TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE:

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<?php if ($categories) { ?>
<div id="menu">
  <ul>
    <?php foreach ($categories as $category) { ?>
    <li><a href="<?php echo $category['href']; ?>"><?php echo $category['name']; ?></a>
      <?php if ($category['children']) { ?>
      
	  <div>
        <?php for ($i = 0; $i < count($category['children']);) { ?>
        <ul>
          <?php $j = $i + ceil(count($category['children']) / $category['column']); ?>
          <?php for (; $i < $j; $i++) { ?>
          <?php if (isset($category['children'][$i])) { ?>
          <li><a href="<?php echo $category['children'][$i]['href']; ?>"><?php echo $category['children'][$i]['name']; ?></a></li>
          <?php } ?>
          <?php } ?>
        </ul>
        <?php } ?>
      </div>
      <?php } ?>
    </li>
    <?php } ?>
<li><a href="http://printinghull.co.uk/index.php?route=information/contact">Need a quote?</a></li>
	</ul>
</div>
<?php } ?>

This way, you can add any HREF-Link to your Menu, same Style, same Function. I used the Word ASSIST as Test Link Name during my Tests. Everything else, like an OC-default way, would be much more complicated to achieve. You could use your regular OC contact form, or then, create a Custom Contact File, either internal in OC, or then as fully independant PHP or HTML-Page. If you want to call a REMOTE Custom Contact Page, outside of OC itself, beeing displayed in it's own Browser Window, you could add:

target="_blank"

to your Link-Line, to make it look like:

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<li><a target="_blank" href="http://printinghull.co.uk/custom_contact.html">Need a quote?</a></li>

On an external Page, you could add, whatever you like, to the contact Form, in a 'standard' way..., keeps you from getting a few brainstorms, trying to do such in/with OC