osCommerce 2.3 How to edit footer menu

This tutorial will show you how to edit footer menu in osCommerce 2.3 templates.

Locate menu file

1. Open your osCommerce installation directory
2. Go to includes\modules\boxes directory
3. Open fm_menu.php file with your PHP editor

The footer menu is created using the unordered list layout.

$data = '<div class="Footer_BoxWrapper">' .
'  <h4 class="Footer_BoxHeading">' . MODULE_BOXES_MAIN_MENU_BOX_TITLE . '</h4>' .
'  <ul>' .
'    <li class="'.$button_act1.'">'. tep_draw_box_list_top() . '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT) . '">' . MODULE_BOXES_MAIN_MENU_BOX_DEFAULT . '</a>' . tep_draw_box_list_bottom() . '</li>' .
'    <li class="'.$button_act2.'">' . tep_draw_box_list_top() . '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCTS_NEW) . '">' . MODULE_BOXES_MAIN_MENU_BOX_PRODUCTS_NEW . '</a>' . tep_draw_box_list_bottom() . '</li>' .
'    <li class="'.$button_act3.'">' . tep_draw_box_list_top() . '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_SPECIALS) . '">' . MODULE_BOXES_MAIN_MENU_BOX_SPECIALS . '</a>' . tep_draw_box_list_bottom() . '</li>' .
'    <li class="'.$button_act4.'">' . tep_draw_box_list_top() . '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_REVIEWS) . '">' . MODULE_BOXES_MAIN_MENU_BOX_REVIEWS . '</a>' . tep_draw_box_list_bottom() . '</li>'.
'    <li class="'.$button_act5.'">' . tep_draw_box_list_top() . '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_ADVANCED_SEARCH) . '">' . MODULE_BOXES_MAIN_MENU_BOX_ADVANCED_SEARCH . '</a>' . tep_draw_box_list_bottom() . '</li>'.
'    <li class="'.$button_act6.'">' . tep_draw_box_list_top() . '<a href="'.$login_link.'">'.$login_title.'</a>' . tep_draw_box_list_bottom() . '</li>'.
'    <li class="'.$button_act7.'">' . tep_draw_box_list_top() . '<a href="' .$acc_link. '">'.$acc_title.'</a>' . tep_draw_box_list_bottom() . '</li>'.
'    <li class="'.$button_act8.'">' . tep_draw_box_list_top() . '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_SHIPPING) . '">' . MODULE_BOXES_MAIN_MENU_BOX_SHIPPING . '</a>' . tep_draw_box_list_bottom() . '</li>'.
'    <li class="'.$button_act9.'">' . tep_draw_box_list_top() . '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_CONTACT_US) . '">' . MODULE_BOXES_MAIN_MENU_BOX_CONTACT_US . '</a>' . tep_draw_box_list_bottom() . '</li>'.
'  </ul>' .
'</div>';

Each menu button is a list item:

'    <li class="'.$button_act3.'">' . tep_draw_box_list_top() . '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_SPECIALS) . '">' . MODULE_BOXES_MAIN_MENU_BOX_SPECIALS . '</a>' . tep_draw_box_list_bottom() . '</li>' .

Edit button titles

To edit the menu button titles go to includes\languages\english\modules\boxes directory and edit fm_menu.php file

 define('MODULE_BOXES_MAIN_MENU_TITLE', 'Main Menu in Footer');
define('MODULE_BOXES_MAIN_MENU_DESCRIPTION', 'Show Main Menu page links in Footer');
define('MODULE_BOXES_MAIN_MENU_BOX_TITLE', 'Main Menu');
define('MODULE_BOXES_MAIN_MENU_BOX_DEFAULT', 'Home');
define('MODULE_BOXES_MAIN_MENU_BOX_PRODUCTS_NEW', 'What\'s New?');
define('MODULE_BOXES_MAIN_MENU_BOX_SPECIALS', 'Specials');
define('MODULE_BOXES_MAIN_MENU_BOX_REVIEWS', 'Reviews');
define('MODULE_BOXES_MAIN_MENU_BOX_CONTACT_US', 'Contacts');
define('MODULE_BOXES_MAIN_MENU_BOX_ADVANCED_SEARCH', 'Advanced Search');
define('MODULE_BOXES_MAIN_MENU_BOX_TITLE_LOGIN', 'Log in');
define('MODULE_BOXES_MAIN_MENU_BOX_TITLE_LOGOFF', 'Log off');
define('MODULE_BOXES_MAIN_MENU_BOX_MY_ACCOUNT', 'My Account');
define('MODULE_BOXES_MAIN_MENU_BOX_CREATE_ACCOUNT', 'Create an Account');
define('MODULE_BOXES_MAIN_MENU_BOX_SHIPPING', 'Shipping & Returns');

You can modify the variable values or define your own variables.

Edit button links

To edit the menu button link edit tep_href_link(FILENAME_SPECIALS) variable. You can see the link variable values in the includes/filenames.php file:

 define('FILENAME_SPECIALS', 'specials.php');

As you can see FILENAME_SPECIALS links to the specials.php page. You can add your variables and add your page using the tutorial on how to add new page to osCommerce store.