[Free module] Featured Categories on HomePage

[trio12]

"Featured Categories on Home Page" module (hook 'displayHome'):

 

• Header + additional description (multi-languages)
• Displays images of the Categories
• Dynamic counter of active products in the category
• Counter of "selected categories"
• Compatible with PrestaShop 1.7 - 8
• Language versions: EN (PL and soon more languages...)

 

Screen:

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mkd_categories_homepage.zip

Edited June 18, 2023 by trio12 (see edit history)

[Eolia]

The concept of shops is missing in your module  

[trio12]

if needed, this concept can be added in the next version

[PatriceJV]

Hello,

It is not working for me PHP7.4 PS1.7.8.9

1/1) ContextErrorException

Notice: Undefined index: selectedCategoryCount

in 9e166e8a6f508d38b98e22ab2b721e608a127acf_2.file.categories_homepage.tpl.php line 36

at content_64fb2bb98a7b89_45491311(object(SmartyDevTemplate))in smarty_template_resource_base.php line 123

at Smarty_Template_Resource_Base->getRenderedTemplateCode(object(SmartyDevTemplate))in smarty_template_compiled.php line 114

at Smarty_Template_Compiled->render(object(SmartyDevTemplate))in smarty_internal_template.php line 216

at Smarty_Internal_Template->render(false, 0)in smarty_internal_templatebase.php line 232

at Smarty_Internal_TemplateBase->_execute(object(SmartyDevTemplate), null, null, null, 0)in smarty_internal_templatebase.php line 116

at Smarty_Internal_TemplateBase->fetch(null, null, null, null, false, true, false)in SmartyDevTemplate.php line 40

at SmartyDevTemplateCore->fetch()in Module.php line 2449

at ModuleCore->display('/var/www/vig/parts-shop/modules/mkd_categories_homepage/mkd_categories_homepage.php', 'views/templates/hook/categories_homepage.tpl')in mkd_categories_homepage.php line 180

at MKD_categories_homepage->hookDisplayHome(array('cookie' => object(Cookie), 'cart' => object(Cart), 'altern' => 1))in Hook.php line 1007

at HookCore::coreCallHook(object(MKD_categories_homepage), 'hookDisplayHome', array('cookie' => object(Cookie), 'cart' => object(Cart), 'altern' => 1))in Hook.php line 431

at HookCore::callHookOn(object(MKD_categories_homepage), 'displayHome', array('cookie' => object(Cookie), 'cart' => object(Cart), 'altern' => 1))in Hook.php line 944

at HookCore::exec('displayHome')in IndexController.php line 39

at IndexControllerCore->initContent()in Controller.php line 306

at ControllerCore->run()in Dispatcher.php line 525

at DispatcherCore->dispatch()in index.php line 28

[trio12]

There are 2 possible solutions:
1. No category in the module has been selected
2. Or add a checking condition in the template (categories_homepage.tpl)

{if isset($selectedCategoryCount)}
     {foreach $selectedCategories as $category}
         ....
     {/foreach}
{/if}

 

Edited September 8, 2023 by trio12 (see edit history)

[PatriceJV]

Hello,
Thank you for  your (FAST)😍 answer.
The code did the trick, but for, your info, I had, of course, selected categories.
Sincerely

[360HD]

Good module

However, it would be really useful to choose the image format you want to apply to categories.

Best regards,

[reinoplantae]

Not working properly in my PS 8.1.5

It looks like it's conflicting with other modules. I got this when opening the module configuration page:

 

Unknown error at line 30 in file .../modules/mkd_categories_homepage/mkd_categories_homepage.php
[8192] Creation of dynamic property MKD_categories_homepage::$image is deprecated

Unknown error at line 53 in file .../modules/myprestacomments/myprestacomments.php
[8192] Creation of dynamic property myprestacomments::$mypresta_link is deprecated

Unknown error at line 59 in file .../modules/myprestacomments/myprestacomments.php
[8192] Creation of dynamic property myprestacomments::$secure_key is deprecated

Unknown error at line 1452 in file .../modules/myprestacomments/myprestacomments.php
[8192] Creation of dynamic property myprestacomments::$mkey is deprecated

Unknown error at line 356 in file .../modules/mkd_categories_homepage/mkd_categories_homepage.php
[8192] Creation of dynamic property MKD_categories_homepage::$fields_form is deprecated

Unknown error at line 46 in file .../modules/ybc_themeconfig/ybc_themeconfig.php
[8192] Creation of dynamic property Ybc_themeconfig::$secure_key is deprecated

Unknown error at line 21 in file .../modules/ybc_manufacturer/ybc_manufacturer.php
[8192] Creation of dynamic property Ybc_manufacturer::$secure_key is deprecated

Unknown error at line 38 in file .../modules/ets_multilayerslider/ets_multilayerslider.php
[8192] Creation of dynamic property Ets_multilayerslider::$secure_key is deprecated

Unknown error at line 41 in file .../modules/ets_megamenu/ets_megamenu.php
[8192] Creation of dynamic property Ets_megamenu::$secure_key is deprecated

Unknown error at line 45 in file .../modules/ets_reviewticker/ets_reviewticker.php
[8192] Creation of dynamic property Ets_reviewticker::$secure_key is deprecated

Unknown error at line 51 in file .../modules/ets_mailchimpsync/ets_mailchimpsync.php
[8192] Creation of dynamic property Ets_mailchimpsync::$key is deprecated

Unknown error at line 55 in file .../modules/ets_purchasetogether/ets_purchasetogether.php
[8192] Creation of dynamic property Ets_purchasetogether::$secure_key is deprecated

Unknown error at line 4116 in file .../var/cache/dev/ContainerKpOkqWx/appAppKernelDevDebugContainer.php
[8192] Creation of dynamic property PrestaShopBundle\Twig\ContextIsoCodeProviderExtension::$logger is deprecated

Unknown error at line 4117 in file .../var/cache/dev/ContainerKpOkqWx/appAppKernelDevDebugContainer.php
[8192] Creation of dynamic property PrestaShopBundle\Twig\ContextIsoCodeProviderExtension::$translator is deprecated

Unknown error at line 54 in file .../modules/ets_wishlist_pres17/ets_wishlist_pres17.php
[8192] Creation of dynamic property Ets_wishlist_pres17::$refs is deprecated

Unknown error at line 77 in file .../modules/ybc_widget/ybc_widget.php
[8192] Creation of dynamic property Ybc_widget::$secure_key is deprecated

Unknown error at line 49 in file .../modules/ets_htmlbox/ets_htmlbox.php
[8192] Creation of dynamic property Ets_htmlbox::$refs is deprecated

 

And the categories in home are all messed up and returning this:

.../var/cache/dev/smarty/compile/amazonas/f0/07/ac/f007ac38729a798c172faa122655b4a1d03a2005_2.file.categories_homepage.tpl.php on line 36

Warning: Attempt to read property "value" on null in .../var/cache/dev/smarty/compile/amazonas/f0/07/ac/f007ac38729a798c172faa122655b4a1d03a2005_2.file.categories_homepage.tpl.php on line 36

[trio12]

If I understood correctly, it's about the PHP version (8.2 or newer), and that's why these errors (creation of a dynamic property in an object).

[rzulw]

It works on 8.2. Thanks

[Lahiru_Nirmal]

How to make it 4 items per row

[trio12]

You need to remove/edit conditional classes (use Bootstrap grid) in:".../views/templates/hook/categories_homepage.tpl"

...
<div class="row">
  {foreach $selectedCategories as $category}
    <div class="{if $selectedCategoryCount>=4 }col-xs-3{else}col-xs-6{/if}" style="margin: 0 auto;text-align:center; min-heihgt: 300px;">.....</div>
...
</div>

... you can also display "$category.description" [remove comment mark {****.........***} around]

[Ctibor]

Chatgpt helped me edit it. Here is the edited file. It works on PS 8.2 and PHP 8.3. It displays correctly on both monitor and mobile.

categories_homepage.tpl

Edited February 28 by Ctibor (see edit history)

[tommcmur]

any way to order the categories so that they appear alphabetically?

Figured it out:

in mkd_categories_homepage.php change this code:                     

  $categoryData = array(

                            'id' => $category->id,
                            'name' => $category->name,
                            'url' => $category->getLink(),
                            'imagePath' => _THEME_CAT_DIR_ . $category->getLinkRewrite($category->id, $currentLangCode) . $category->id . '.jpg',                       
                            'description' => $category->description,
                            'productCount' => $productCount
                        );

to this:

                        $categoryData = array(
                            'name' => $category->name,
                            'id' => $category->id,
                            'url' => $category->getLink(),
                            'imagePath' => _THEME_CAT_DIR_ . $category->getLinkRewrite($category->id, $currentLangCode) . $category->id . '.jpg',                       
                            'description' => $category->description,
                            'productCount' => $productCount
                        );

and just before the following code:

       

$this->context->smarty->assign(array(
            'selectedCategories' => isset($selectedCategories) ? $selectedCategories : array(),
            'title' => isset($title) ? $title : '',
            'legend' => isset($legend) ? $legend : '',
        ));

in mkd_categories_homepage.php add

     

  sort($selectedCategories);

This sorts the array alphabetically.
        

Edited April 6 by tommcmur
updated to include file name (see edit history)