Switch between product with images and without as list?

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1

hi. i wonder if there is any way to overwrite a single template?
i want to have a switch between an overview of products with images and without.
as far as i read so far it’s possible to switch the whole template (or better theme?) while i just want to switch a single html file. or is best practies to check for a var and then have a condition within the template?

2

Hi,

how about 2 categories and assign an adapted list.tpl to the certain category via admin?

Regards

3

Or you could add “?tpl=yourtemplate.tpl” to the url to switch to another template.

4

is the get var ‘tpl’ regular in the source code or do i have to add some custom line of oce? (sorry, first steps with oxid)

5

It’s in the regular code but not in all views. A short explanation:

SEO Urls are translated to something like: index.php?cl=alist&someotherparams

The “cl”-parameter is the view, so in this case (category articlelist) the view “alist” is called. Then the “render”-method of the view is called, and the return value defines the template to be used. If you look in the function render of alist, you’ll find:

return $this->getTemplateName();

OK now look in function getTemplateName() of alist:

    public function getTemplateName()
    {
        // assign template name
        if ( ( $sTplName = basename( oxConfig::getParameter( 'tpl' ) ) ) ) {
            $this->_sThisTemplate = $sTplName;
        } elseif ( ( $oCategory = $this->getActCategory() ) && $oCategory->oxcategories__oxtemplate->value ) {
            $this->_sThisTemplate = $oCategory->oxcategories__oxtemplate->value;
        }

        return $this->_sThisTemplate;
    }

So you see if “tpl”-Param exists (fetched by oxConfig::getParameter), it is returned as Templatename.

You might also check these ressources:
http://www.oxid-esales.com/en/resources/help-faq/eshop-manual/creating-additional-pages