I finished my theme_uc_catalog_browse function. I found a module, Taxonomy Enhancer http://drupal.org/project/taxonomy_enhancer, that I am using instead of doing the hook_form_alter. It allows me to add a "Basic Description" field to my category terms. I'm just doing a database query to get the new field, but it works for what I need. I added some logic to determine how many blocks to fit into a row and also a little to determine if I want to print the category description above or below the category blocks. I don't have a live site up yet, you can see what it looks like here, http://www.xikar.com/redesign/Final_Site/Cigar_cutter_family_page.pdf and here, http://www.xikar.com/redesign/Final_Site/Xi1_model_page.pdf.
<?php
function xikar_uc_catalog_browse($tid = 0){
drupal_add_css(drupal_get_path('module', 'uc_catalog') .'/uc_catalog.css');
//clear $output
$output = '';
if ($catalog->image){
$output .= theme('imagecache', 'thumbnail', $catalog->image['filepath'], $catalog->name, $catalog->name, array('class' => 'category'));
}
//load the catalog
$catalog = uc_catalog_get_page($tid);
if($catalog->name == 'Catalog') {
drupal_set_title('The LED Christmas Light Experts');
}
else {
drupal_set_title($catalog->name);
}
drupal_set_breadcrumb(uc_catalog_set_breadcrumb($catalog->tid));
$types = array_keys(uc_product_node_info());
$links = array();
$child_list = array();
//Categories with subcategories
$new_row = 0;
$count_row = 0;
$bottom_description = 0;
$top_description = 1;
foreach($catalog->children as $category) {
if($category->nodes >=1) {
if($category->children != NULL) { // product category catalog pages
if($top_description == 1){
$output .= '<div id="products_description">' . $catalog->description . '</div>'; // category description text at top of page
}
if($new_row == 1){
//do nothing
}else{ // open row div
$output .= '<div class="uc_catalog_subcategory_row">';
}
$output .= '<div id="uc_catalog_subcategory_container">';
$output .= '<div class="uc_catalog_subcategory_link">'; // category image
$output .= l(theme('imagecache', 'product_list', $category->image['filepath'], $category->name, $category->name, array('class' => 'uc_catalog_subcategory_img')), taxonomy_term_path($category), array(), NULL, NULL, FALSE, TRUE) . '<br />' . '</div>';
$output .= '<div class="uc_catalog_subcategory_text">'; // category text and links
$output .= l($category->name, taxonomy_term_path($category)) . '<br />';
$output .= '<ul>';
$sub_val = 0;
foreach($category->children as $subcategory) {
if($sub_val >=6) { break;} // only show this many subcategories
$output .= '<li>' . l($subcategory->name, taxonomy_term_path($subcategory))."</li>\n";
$sub_val++;
}
$output .= '</ul>';
$output .='<div class="uc_catalog_subcategory_see_more">' . l("See All $category->name", taxonomy_term_path($category), array(), NULL, NULL, FALSE, TRUE) . '</div></div>';
$output .= '<div class="clear"></div>';
$output .= '</div>';
if($new_row == 1){ // after second block is printed, close the row div
$output .= '</div><br /><div class="clear"></div>';
$new_row = 0;
$count_row = 0;
}else{
$new_row++;
$count_row = 1;
}
$top_description = 0;
}
// **************************
else { // product family catalog pages
if($new_row == 1){
//do nothing
}else{ // open row div
$output .= '<div class="uc_catalog_subcategory_row">';
}
$output .= '<div id="uc_catalog_subcategory_container">';
$output .= '<div class="uc_catalog_subcategory_link">'; // category image
$output .= l(theme('imagecache', 'product_list', $category->image['filepath'], $category->name, $category->name, array('class' => 'uc_catalog_subcategory_img')), taxonomy_term_path($category), array(), NULL, NULL, FALSE, TRUE) . '<br />' . '</div>';
$output .= '<div class="uc_catalog_subcategory_text">'; // category text and links
$output .= l($category->name, taxonomy_term_path($category)) . '<br />' . db_result(db_query('SELECT value FROM taxonomy_enhancer_data WHERE tid = %d', $category->tid)) . '<div class="uc_catalog_subcategory_see_more">' . l('See All Models', taxonomy_term_path($category), array(), NULL, NULL, FALSE, TRUE) . '</div></div>';
$output .= '<div class="clear"></div>';
$output .= '</div>';
if($new_row == 1){ // after second block is printed, close the row div
$output .= '</div><br /><div class="clear"></div>';
$new_row = 0;
$count_row = 0;
}else{
$new_row++;
$count_row = 1;
}
$bottom_description = 1;
}
}
}
if ($count_row == 1){ // if there is only 1 block in the row, close the row div
$output .= '</div><br /><div class="clear"></div>';
}
$product_query = taxonomy_select_nodes(array($catalog->tid));
$val = 0;
$product_types = array_keys(uc_product_node_info());
while($products = db_fetch_object($product_query)) {
if($product = node_load($products->nid)) {
$output .= node_view($product, TRUE)."\n";
$bottom_description = 1;
}
}
// if statement to print description at bottom
if($bottom_description == 1){
$output .= '<div id="products_description">' . $catalog->description . '</div>'; // category description text at bottom of page
}
$output .= $result;
return $output;
}
?>Here's most of the CSS for this code:
/* Product Family Catalog Page Styles */
.uc_catalog_subcategory_row{
margin:1em 0 1em 0;
}
#uc_catalog_subcategory_container{
border:#fafafa solid 1px;
margin-right:1em;
width:16em;
float:left;
}
#uc_catalog_subcategory_container:hover{
border:#00539b solid 1px;
}
.uc_catalog_subcategory_link img{
width:100%; /* Allows image to scale with font size */
}
.uc_catalog_subcategory_link{
width:4.7em; /* Allows image to scale with font size */
float:left;
}
.uc_catalog_subcategory_text{
float:right;
padding-left:.5em;
width:10.25em;
height:7.8em;
}
.uc_catalog_subcategory_text ul{
margin:.5em 0 0 .25em;
font-size:.75em;
}
.uc_catalog_subcategory_text li{
margin:.25em 0 .25em 1em;
list-style-type:disc;
list-style-image: url('images/blue_bullet.gif');
}
.uc_catalog_subcategory_see_more{
text-align:right;
}
#products_description{
clear:both;
}
#products_description p{
margin:1em 0 0 0;
}
.clear{
clear:both;
}
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