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Add New Box Class Last Update: 20th July, 2005
Article ID: 248

Introduction
Solution

Introduction

The class for the boxes can be change for one box only by adding a new box class with a new style and changing that particular box to the new style.

Solution

Create a new "box class" in catalog/includes/classes/boxes.php ... the one created below uses plainBox as the new box class:



class plainBox extends tableBox {

function plainBox($contents) {

$this->table_data_parameters = 'class="plainBox"';

$this->tableBox($contents, true);

}

}

In the stylesheet.css, define a new class called "plainBox" and assign the
settings you want for your new box style.

Change your catalog/includes/boxes/file (using the manufacturers box as an example) so that the last line reads:

From this:



new infoBox($info_box_contents); 

?> 

< /td> 

< /tr> 

< !-- manufacturers_eof //-->

To this:



new plainBox($info_box_contents); 

?> 

< /td> 

< /tr> 

< !-- manufacturers_eof //-->

Sometimes you have to alter this code also at the top of the box file. Just do this if the above doesn't work.



new infoBoxHeading

To:



new plainBox

The new products box is changed in the includes/modules/new_products.php page.