Sidebox Anywhere mod - Please Help

[TJR Stores]

I have a place in mind to test it out.

It is one file that helps create the end result that you would see on the web

[DrByte]

You haven't said "where" you intend to use it.
I have no idea what exactly you're trying to do at this point.

It's already been stated that the Sidebox Anywhere mod is written to be used on PHP pages, not HTML pages. It is a PHP script. It is called from within existing PHP scripts. A simple PHP "require" command is all that's needed.

The instructions seem to be a little vague to me.

USAGE INSTRUCTIONS:
 *   1. Upload this single_sidebox.php file to the same folder as your Zen Cart files.
 *   2. On a PHP page where you desire to show Zen Cart sidebox content, insert the following code:
 *        $zcSBmodule = 'name.php';  // name of sidebox or centerbox to be displayed (see filenames in the /includes/modules/sideboxes folder) (if not set, uses "whats_new.php")
 *        $zcSBlayout = 'left';      // 'left' or 'right' sidebox template style (if not specified, uses 'left')
 *        require ("path/to/zencart/single_sidebox.php");

Now can someone tell me what format the require ("path/to/etc should be?

Translation:
1. Upload the single_sidebox.php file, as instructed, to the same folder as your Zen Cart files. Make no changes to it.

2. On a PHP page ... ie: one that has a .php extension, (not a .html extension), insert the 3 lines of code shown. Usually this would be an existing PHP page on your site.

3. the "path/to/zencart/" would be the server's filesystem path to your Zen Cart store, such as /home/yourname/public_html/store/

Can anuone help me get this onto a page and in working order too please.

Sure.
1. Upload single_sidebox.php as instructed.
2. Create a call_my_sidebox.php file in your /public_html/ folder.
3. Put this in it, making appropriate edits to suit your server:

<?php
  $zcSBmodule = 'whats_new.php';
  $zcSBlayout = 'left';
  require ("/home/tjrstores_user_name/public_html/zencart/single_sidebox.php");
?>

4. Run the file in your browser: www.tjrstores.com/call_my_sidebox.php
Your Zen Cart whats-new sidebox content will show up in the browser.

[TJR Stores]

Thank you fr the clear instruction.

Maybe a slight update to the file in the downloads section to avoind this in future could be a good idea..?

[TJR Stores]

OK I got it working on its own separate page, thank you DrByte for that.

My question is what code do I need to insert it in this section of the page...

  <div align="center"><a href="rss_feed.php"><img src="themes/<?=$setts['default_theme'];?>/img/system/rss.gif" border="0" alt="" align="absmiddle"></a></div>
HERE IS WHERE I WANT TO INSERT THE SIDEBOX
      <div><img src="themes/<?=$setts['default_theme'];?>/img/pixel.gif" width="180" height="1"></div></td>
   <td width="100%">

This piece of code is related to this website www.iwacstores.com/testsite/index.php

and will place it under the RSS Auctions image on the left hand side.

BUT I also would need to know if the code used would be suitable to use on any page, as most are similar to this one.

Thanks
Rob

[TJR Stores]

Wouldn't let me edit the post for some reason..

would like to add in http://www.tjrstores.com/new_stock.php which is the link to how the side box is displayed.

[DrByte]

I'd do it like this:

  <div align="center"><a href="rss_feed.php"><img src="themes/<?=$setts['default_theme'];?>/img/system/rss.gif" border="0" alt="" align="absmiddle"></a></div>
<?php
  $zcSBmodule = 'whats_new.php';
  $zcSBlayout = 'left';
  require ("/home/iwac_user_name/public_html/testsite/single_sidebox.php");
?>
      <div><img src="themes/<?=$setts['default_theme'];?>/img/pixel.gif" width="180" height="1"></div></td>
   <td width="100%">

[DrByte]

Hmmm ... your tjrstores site is different from your iwacstores site.
They need to be on the same server ... and ideally on the same hosting account.

[TJR Stores]

OK.. with the page being on a separate website and server I changed the path/to/
to this

http://www.tjrstores.com/single_sidebox.php

and it worked, but the images of the products are not loading.

So would I therefore need to create the single_sidebox.php file on the IWAC Stores server for this to work properly?

or

Have i missed something in the code?

[TJR Stores]

OK

I tried to add the pages etc onto iwac stores' server and got an error 500 internal server error.


The sidebox is trying to call for the images in http://iwacstores.com images dir

of course these images are not there.

How do I change this?

[DrByte]

For the styling:

Add this to the very bottom of the single_sidebox.php file (*after* the closing ?> line):

<style type="text/css"> @import "/includes/templates/tjrwatches/css/stylesheet.css"; </style>

You may have to even make that an entire URL:

<style type="text/css"> @import "http://www.tjrstores.com/includes/templates/tjrwatches/css/stylesheet.css"; </style>