Sideboxes not displaying

[OwenB]

I have installed a fresh version and started to play with the sideboxes.

I have found that a number of them do not display such as manufacturers.

Can you suggest what this issue may be please?

Thanks

[DrByte]

The manufacturer sidebox won't show if there aren't any manufacturers associated with products.

You didn't say what you mean by "play with the sideboxes". NOTE: You need to turn them on or they won't show.

https://docs.zen-cart.com/user/sideboxes/

[OwenB]

By play _ mean trying to get the site to look like my v1.5.1.

I have uploaded all my manufacturers and 5,000 products of which the first section belongs to a manufacturer but the sidebox still refuses to display and manufacturers sidebox is switched on

[DrByte]

What template are you using?
Does the manufucturers sidebox show if you switch back to responsive_classic template?

What's the URL?

[OwenB]

I have now reloaded all 27,00-odd products to no avail.

The problem exists in all templates and I chose responsive-classic as my preference.

http://digibooks.org.uk/db_library

[OwenB]

OK now I have reloaded all products I am getting the manufacturers :)

[OwenB]

Now a further issue - in v.1.5.1 I could click in the manufacturers list and start typing a name to select - v.1.5.7b won't let me do this and neither can I scroll down the list

[OwenB]

Occasionally after a few clicks scrolling works but you need to be able to just click anywhere there and start tyoing a name as there are thousands of authors to scroll through!

[OwenB]

v1.5.7b shows this with no drop-down



whilst v1.5.1 shows



With drop-down and ability to start typing a name in the box

[DrByte]

What template was your 1.5.1 site using?
I suspect it had some customizations to the manufacturer_select sidebox template.