Styling <%$category%>

[echo@]

Hey nicecoder

I need a hand trying to style <%$category%> layout, heres a picture of how my indexu shows the categorys.

I would like to get accsess the html structure of <%$category%>.

What i want to do is create a wrapper div then put the <%$category%> elements into divs also.

I would like to put the category image into a div and float to the left etc etc

I have looked in theme/mytheme/settings.php its the closest thing to stying <%$category%>

Looked in category.class.php also. Im really stuck

[Bruceper]

It's all in category.class.php

line 423
$category .= "<table width=\"$this->cat_table_width\" cellspacing=\"$this->cat_cellspacing\">\n";

Details the table opening

line 433
$category .= "<td width=\"$width" . "%\" valign=\"top\">\n";

Details the table data

line 500
<b><a href=\"$cat_url\" style=\"$this->cat_link_style\" name=\"cat_$cat_id\">$cat_name</a></b> $html_number_of_links \n

That details the category text and as you know from a previous question, displays the number of links.

You have to search for it, it's all broken up because of the code in between the lines.

[echo@]

No probs , i really appreciate this.

I have been looking arrond the file but like you say its all everywhere.

Can you style within the php file ??

Thanks

[Bruceper]

Of course you can, since it's all placed within index.html it should pull the css as well.

As a note, it works this way in 5.x and earlier as well.

[echo@]

Just another one


What does the \n" stand for

[Bruceper]

\n = new line

[echo@]

When I put a div arround the image line 463 and set a class for the div i get

 Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/bathroom/public_html/lib/category.class.php on line 463 
  

This happens even if I style the element directly,


im going to bed , ill have poke arround with it tomorrow

[Bruceper]

You'd have to paste the code here for me to know anything.

[echo@]

cool


line 463

was

 $image = "<img src=\"$cat_image\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" />"; 
  

now

  $image = "<img src=\"$cat_image\" class="lib-image" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" />"; 
  

[esm]

cool


line 463

was
$image = "<img src=\"$cat_image\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" />";[/PHP]

now

$image = "<img src=\"$cat_image\" class=\"lib-image\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" />";

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you have to "escape" double quote marks that are inside of double quote marks.

just out of curiosity, what does your lib-image class look like?


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[echo@]

I havent created one yet, it was late last night and i wanted to prep some work for today,

ESM where have you been all my life

We've missed you man!!

[esm]

I havent created one yet, it was late last night and i wanted to prep some work for today,

ESM where have you been all my life

We've missed you man!!

I just decided to take my own advice and work on stuff during my spare time that actually make money or provide me with fun.

Usually, I don't even bother to open new/updated threads. Every once in a while I "rollover" the thread but even then few arouse my interest. And long-winded threads are an exercise in futility.

In all honesty INDEXU has become very complicated. So much so that I don't understand a lot the new stuff. And I have no desire to learn it. Even the old stuff is obscured by the new stuff.

And even after all the new stuff that has been added, it still lacks a couple of basic features for a sucessful links directory program.

Anyway, back in my college days I did a paper on "how to predict US presidential elections." For our election on this past Tuesday, I predicted Obama 367 - McCain 171 with an eight point percentage difference.

I came close to the actual: Obama 364 - McCain 174 ( I missed Montana ) with an seven point percentage difference ( I guess some of the young college kids just couln't get out of bed that day ).


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[Bruceper]

Code below is correct, you must have a \ before each and every "

$image = "<img src=\"$cat_image\" class=\"lib-image\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" />";

[echo@]

Just wanted to say thanks for your help, worked like a charm