Philosophical question about CMS BLOCK

[LauraPresta]

Why cant we hook a CMS BLOCK to centercolumn / displayhome ?

 

Anyone got a tip to do something like this ?

[PascalVG]

Why you can't do it: There is no hook function defined for the DisplayHome hook. You specifically have to add this.

 

As an example, I just copy the hook from the footer and modify the presentation of it in css, to put it in one line, instead of one column:

 

Here we go:

 

Edit, or better, override modules/blockcms/blockcms.php:

 

add this: (sample code from PrestaShop 1.6.0.14) (for example, just below public function hookLeftColumn()

 

 

public function hookHome()

{

return $this->displayBlockCMS(BlockCMSModel::FOOTER);

}

 

 

Then, in themes/<your theme folder>/css/global.css, you can add this (just at the end):

 

#center_column section#block_various_links_footer{

    width: 100%;   // <-- Give the cms items the full width available

}

 

 

#center_column #block_various_links_footer h4 {

    text-align: center;    // put the header in the center of the screen

}

 

#center_column #block_various_links_footer li.item, #center_column #block_various_links_footer li {

    display: inline-table;         // <-- put them all in one line. This is probably what you want

 

    border: 3px solid #D6D6D6;     // <-- sample of some silly decoration. Modify as needed

    min-width: 75px;

    text-align: center;

   padding: 0 5px;

}

 

 

Finally go to modules->positions, and choose CMS block module and hook to DisplayHome. Reload the front page and you will hopefully see something like this:

 

 

 

Well, that should basically be it. You can of course make an extended version by adding a new type instead of FOOTER, with its own bells and whistles. Just have a look at the cmsblock.php code what they are doing.

 

 

Hope you like it,

pascal

[LauraPresta]

thank you Pascal ! i will try this