Free Category Icon Mod for phpLD - Talk Directories

smub · 03-27-2008, 12:07 PM

Alright, I remember there was a thread a few days back asking how a user can get icons next to their categories in phpLD. Well I thought why not put a tutorial on how users can do that and give a demonstration that it can be done. While this requires basic coding knowledge because I dont have any backend stuff in the admin panel like Rob's mod does, so If you are looking for a mod that is very user friendly than you should contact an0n aka Rob, and he will offer you the mod for a fee. Those who are looking to work a little hard this is for you. I am not offering any free support people ... If you need support you might as well pay rob once and get his free support all life.

Demo of this Mod is my new Template called Areebu

I saw the codes on a phpLD thread and added a small snippet of smarty tags in there to make it work.

Basically what this mod will allow you to do is Add Icons to any homepage category in phpLD. All you would have to do is find the icons in png format with a preferred size 48x48px ... or all other must be same size if you pick another dimension.

Number your icons with the number of your cat. id so if your art category have categroy ID = 1 than you have to name the icon for at 1.png

To find the codes and instructions Read the full tutorial.

Once again this mod does not have any backend admin panel. All are done in the main.tpl. If you want it to be easier for you than get it from Rob because his mod is much more established and have a backend for the admin panel.

dpsubi1 · 03-27-2008, 08:32 PM

are you talking about the pictures in the left side of categories in the homepage ?

smub · 03-27-2008, 10:43 PM

Yes I am

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tecktalk · 06-13-2008, 07:50 AM

thanks for your support....

UrbanMyth · 06-21-2008, 10:23 PM

That's pretty nice bud. Good work.

Lamer980 · 08-07-2008, 02:20 AM

Very nice one syed. A very helpful tutorial

VaynesHopkins · 08-28-2008, 05:32 AM

Really great post and the tutorial was quite helping to understand the methods.Thanks

HoneyHolly · 09-09-2008, 03:06 AM

Alright Directory owners, after a long time I am writing some tutorial for directory owners and It feels great. For those who are wondering what a category Icon mod is, It is a mod that allows the user to display unique icons next to main categories on the homepage. A display of that can be seen at my template called Areebu Theme. This is available for Download in my freebies section.

Let me begin with where I got the Idea to work on this mod. There was a thread started on Digitalpoint forum by a member asking for the category icon mod. Shabu, aka Vegabond on the forum replied with a link to phpLD Forum thread which contains the codes.

Now all I did was use the smarty tags to show the images for only the homepage categories and show a default icon for the rest of the subcategories. To do this method you will have to get the category ID for all your main categories. You can find it by simply logging into your Directory Admin Panel, and than going to the categories section.

UrbanMyth · 09-10-2008, 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HoneyHolly

Alright Directory owners, after a long time I am writing some tutorial for directory owners and It feels great. For those who are wondering what a category Icon mod is, It is a mod that allows the user to display unique icons next to main categories on the homepage. A display of that can be seen at my template called Areebu Theme. This is available for Download in my freebies section.

Let me begin with where I got the Idea to work on this mod. There was a thread started on Digitalpoint forum by a member asking for the category icon mod. Shabu, aka Vegabond on the forum replied with a link to phpLD Forum thread which contains the codes.

Now all I did was use the smarty tags to show the images for only the homepage categories and show a default icon for the rest of the subcategories. To do this method you will have to get the category ID for all your main categories. You can find it by simply logging into your Directory Admin Panel, and than going to the categories section.

Perhaps you should have made a thread with just this post and a link instead of posting in this particular thread?

BettyFry · 09-19-2008, 01:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by smub

Alright, I remember there was a thread a few days back asking how a user can get icons next to their categories in phpLD. Well I thought why not put a tutorial on how users can do that and give a demonstration that it can be done. While this requires basic coding knowledge because I dont have any backend stuff in the admin panel like Rob's mod does, so If you are looking for a mod that is very user friendly than you should contact an0n aka Rob, and he will offer you the mod for a fee. Those who are looking to work a little hard this is for you. I am not offering any free support people ... If you need support you might as well pay rob once and get his free support all life.

Demo of this Mod is my new Template called Areebu

I saw the codes on a phpLD thread and added a small snippet of smarty tags in there to make it work.

Basically what this mod will allow you to do is Add Icons to any homepage category in phpLD. All you would have to do is find the icons in png format with a preferred size 48x48px ... or all other must be same size if you pick another dimension.

Number your icons with the number of your cat. id so if your art category have categroy ID = 1 than you have to name the icon for at 1.png

To find the codes and instructions Read the full tutorial.

Once again this mod does not have any backend admin panel. All are done in the main.tpl. If you want it to be easier for you than get it from Rob because his mod is much more established and have a backend for the admin panel.

i read this tutorial nice one i learn much from it

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