Add Information Links to Header Menu for OpenCart

add_information_links_to_header_menu.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<modification>
	<id>Add Information Links to Header Menu</id>
	<version>0.0.1</version>
	<vqmver>2.4.1</vqmver>
	<author>Pedro Pisandelli (https://github.com/pisandelli)</author>
	<file name="catalog/controller/common/header.php">
		<operation error="skip">
			<search position="after"><![CDATA[$this->data['checkout']]]></search>
			<add><![CDATA[
			$this->load->model('catalog/information');
			
			$this->data['informations'] = array();
			foreach ($this->model_catalog_information->getInformations() as $result) {
				if ($result['sort_order'] <= -100)
				{
					$this->data['informations'][] = array(
						'title' => $result['title'],
						'href'  => $this->url->link('information/information', 'information_id=' . $result['information_id'])
					);
				}
			}
			]]></add>
		</operation>
	</file>
	<file name="catalog/view/theme/*/template/common/header.tpl">
		<operation error="skip">
			<search position="replace" offset="23"><![CDATA[<?php if ($categories) { ?>]]></search>
			<add><![CDATA[
				<?php if ($categories) { ?>
					<div id="menu">
					  <ul>
					    <?php foreach ($categories as $category) { ?>
					    <li><a href="<?php echo $category['href']; ?>"><?php echo $category['name']; ?></a>
					      <?php if ($category['children']) { ?>
					      <div>
					        <?php for ($i = 0; $i < count($category['children']);) { ?>
					        <ul>
					          <?php $j = $i + ceil(count($category['children']) / $category['column']); ?>
					          <?php for (; $i < $j; $i++) { ?>
					          <?php if (isset($category['children'][$i])) { ?>
					          <li><a href="<?php echo $category['children'][$i]['href']; ?>"><?php echo $category['children'][$i]['name']; ?></a></li>
					          <?php } ?>
					          <?php } ?>
					        </ul>
					        <?php } ?>
					      </div>
					      <?php } ?>
					    </li>
					    <?php } ?>
			        <?php foreach ($informations as $information) { ?>
			    		<li><a href="<?php echo $information['href']; ?>"><?php echo $information['title']; ?></a></li>
			    		<?php } ?>
					  </ul>
					</div>
				<?php } ?>		        
			]]></add>
		</operation>
	</file>
</modification>

Description

This is a simple VQmod for OpenCart Default template.
It adds links for information pages with sort order <= -100 (e.g. -100,-101,...,-1000,...)

Tested on OpenCart 1.5.6.4