How to add tabs to virtuemart 1.1.3 and joomla 1.5.10
For a website I am working on using Joomla and Virtuemart I needed Tabs in the product details area. Here is what i found and it worked with very little hassle.
1. Install and activate these plugins:
In magic tabs plugin manager select the default mode to be “ID” and save.
Just activate
2. In your product description have you content divided like so:
{magictabs mode=manually}
TAB 01::Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetuer nec eu magna consequat volutpat. Ut porttitor purus hendrerit nibh id sit id ultrices eu netus. Et eros cursus Sed sit adipiscing Vivamus ut magna Nulla nibh.
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TAB 02::Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetuer nec eu magna consequat volutpat. Ut porttitor purus hendrerit nibh id sit id ultrices eu netus. Et eros cursus Sed sit adipiscing Vivamus ut magna Nulla nibh.
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TAB 03::Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetuer nec eu magna consequat volutpat. Ut porttitor purus hendrerit nibh id sit id ultrices eu netus. Et eros cursus Sed sit adipiscing Vivamus ut magna Nulla nibh.
{/magictabs}
tabs in joomla virtuemart
Viola! I will start blogging on my website adventures now and then I have decided. Really getting into the cool jobs now, so would like to share what i find for those that may find it useful.
Tuesday, 26 May, 2009 at 22:02
Do you find virtuemart as frustrating to work on as I do?
Tuesday, 26 May, 2009 at 22:09
MMMmm, its def not the worst one i have ever worked with. I can think of one that was pretty fragile. After working on lots of sites, it gets easier knowing where everything is. But i suppose thats half the problem, everything is everywhere! But i like that its open source, the support and plugin/modules for everything. Its also MUCH easier to find a developer who will work with it…
Wednesday, 27 May, 2009 at 12:02
Got any examples of sites you’ve added it to? I find it really hard to find decent examples or virtuemart shops.
Wednesday, 27 May, 2009 at 12:05
Not ready to show yet, but the screen shot i took is of it working…. i will post the site once its finished.
Wednesday, 27 May, 2009 at 19:28
Worked like a charm Simone…. Thank you very much… you just save my day
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Wednesday, 27 May, 2009 at 19:35
Thanks a lot Simone… The trick worked like a charm… you are genius!!! you saved me a lot of hours…
Tuesday, 2 June, 2009 at 1:51
Not work for me joomla 1.1.10 and vm 1.1.3 (I not use default vm template).
Tuesday, 2 June, 2009 at 1:57
For work must enable mambots in VM, and made some modifications inadministrator\components\com_virtuemart\html\shop.product_details.php arrount line 444:
change: echo $tpl->fetch( ‘/product_details/’.$flypage . ‘.php’ );
with: /*Custom mod to alow plugin to scan yout product detail template*/
$template = $tpl->fetch( ‘/product_details/’.$flypage . ‘.php’ );
$template = vmCommonHTML::ParseContentByPlugins( $template );
echo $template;
/*end custom mod*/
And now work….
Tuesday, 2 June, 2009 at 9:27
Thanks for the post. However, I followed your solution step-by-step but nothing happens for me – the text and markup just appears in the product description. Is there something else I need to install?
Tuesday, 2 June, 2009 at 9:36
OK, so I more of a designer than a techy programmer person, so tend to just see if things work and flag them when they don’t! BUT, I have approved some comments on the blog for someone who didn’t have the right version of joomla, maybe the solution for you is there? It only works for the versions i have in the header, they were using another method of tabbing that didn’t work when the CMS and Shop were updated, hense why i found the solution i posted about.
As far as i know (although its a redesign i have been working on.. so the site has a whole history I am unaware of) thats all you need to do. But when i am next in there i will have a look and see what i can see. Let you know if anything pops up that might help.
Tuesday, 16 March, 2010 at 7:03
Hi,
I have tried your solution and it is not working, where i can find the updated about this
Monday, 5 July, 2010 at 5:35
Hi,
I’ve found a solution, completing a part of luciffere’s code.
Modificating in
administrator\components\com_virtuemart\html\shop.product_details.php at last part.
echo $tpl->fetch( ‘/product_details/’.$flypage . ‘.php’ );
with:
$template = $tpl->fetch( ‘/product_details/’.$flypage . ‘.php’ );
$template = vmCommonHTML::ParseContentByPlugins( $template );
echo JHTML::_(‘content.prepare’, $template);
I hope it will be usefull.
Salu2
Omar R.