Creating a Custom Page in OpenCart

Creating a Custom Page in OpenCart

by MarketInSG » Tue Apr 17, 2012 6:59 am

I noticed a lot of users are searching for help on this topic, so here's a short tutorial for all of you.

What you need:
- Basic PHP knowledge
- Basic HTML knowledge
- Text Editor

Required files to create a custom page:
- Controller file
- Template file

Optional files:
- Model file
- Language file (I will be using it in this example here)

Controller file

Create a file name 'static.php' in /catalog/controller/information/
code inside the file (php)

<?php
class ControllerInformationStatic extends Controller {
   private $error = array();
     
     public function index() {
      $this->language->load('information/static'); //Optional. This calls for your language file

       $this->document->setTitle($this->language->get('heading_title')); //Optional. Set the title of your web page.

         $this->data['breadcrumbs'] = array();

         $this->data['breadcrumbs'][] = array(
           'text'      => $this->language->get('text_home'),
         'href'      => $this->url->link('common/home'),         
           'separator' => false
         );

         $this->data['breadcrumbs'][] = array(
           'text'      => $this->language->get('heading_title'),
         'href'      => $this->url->link('information/static'),
           'separator' => $this->language->get('text_separator')
         ); 
       
       $this->data['heading_title'] = $this->language->get('heading_title'); //Get "heading title" from language file.

      if (file_exists(DIR_TEMPLATE . $this->config->get('config_template') . '/template/information/static.tpl')) { //if file exists in your current template folder
         $this->template = $this->config->get('config_template') . '/template/information/static.tpl'; //get it
      } else {
         $this->template = 'default/template/information/static.tpl'; //or get the file from the default folder
      }
     
      $this->children = array( //Required. The children files for the page.
         'common/column_left',
         'common/column_right',
         'common/content_top',
         'common/content_bottom',
         'common/footer',
         'common/header'
      );
           
      $this->response->setOutput($this->render());     
     }
}
?>

Template file

Create a file name 'static.tpl' in /catalog/view/theme/default/template/information/
code inside that (php and html)

<?php echo $header; ?><?php echo $column_left; ?><?php echo $column_right; ?>
<div id="content"><?php echo $content_top; ?>
  <div class="breadcrumb">
    <?php foreach ($breadcrumbs as $breadcrumb) { ?>
    <?php echo $breadcrumb['separator']; ?><a href="<?php echo $breadcrumb['href']; ?>"><?php echo $breadcrumb['text']; ?></a>
    <?php } ?>
  </div>
  <h1><?php echo $heading_title; ?></h1>

  YOUR OWN CONTENTS

   <?php echo $content_bottom; ?></div>
<?php echo $footer; ?>
Language file

Create a file name 'static.php' in /catalog/language/english/information/
code inside that file 
<?php
// Heading
$_['heading_title']  = 'Static Page'; //Add as many as you want, but remember to call for it in the controller file before you can use it in the template
?>


Then Go to Url of ur site just like that now in this local
http://localhost/opencartshop/index.php?route=information/static

http:url of ur site?route=information/static