I've got a basic store setup and I'd like to customize it a little. For example I'd like to put a welcome message at the top and a grid below and product categories on the left side. How can I do that?
Thu, 02/02/2012 - 13:35
Re: Creating a custom interface for the store
Which theme are you using? Product Categories block can be activated through the Drupal block management and set into any region you want?
Re: Re: Creating a custom interface for the store
I'm using the default Garland theme for now. I saw what you were talking about on the block management page, so that takes care of part of what I need. The other thing I'd like to do is customize the catalog/1 page. Is that possible?
Re: Re: Re: Creating a custom interface for the store
There are a couple of ways you could do it. Because catalog is a vocabulary there is no text area where you could input a message so you could do something like
In the Garland theme folder modify the garlang.info file and add an extra region code below the css declerartions like this
stylesheets[all][] = style.css
stylesheets[print][] = print.css
settings[garland_width] = fluid
regions[catalog_intro] = Catalog Intro
Upload the file and clear your cache under configuration > performance
Now in the page.tpl.php file in the Garland directory add the code for the Catalog Intro region
You can try something like
<div class="catalog-intro clearfix">
<?php print render($page['catalog_intro']); ?>
</div>
<div class="clearfix">
<?php print render($page['content']); ?>
</div>No create a Block, insert the catalog intro text you want to appear and style it anyway you want. Now on the catalog edit page under Pages > Show block on specific pages > select Only the listed pages and type in
catalog
This will force the block to only show on the catalog page.
That would be the easiest way I can see being done.