banner_box_all add problem

[dvenzo]

hello!

im having some problems w/ adding another banner box.

heres my site. www.kidnemo.com

i made duplicates of my original banner_box_all in modules and templates and renamed all of them (even the content) to banner_box_all2.

under banner box control, the banner_box_all2 shows but under layout settings, the banner_box_all2 doesnt.

When I set the copy to active on the site, all it does it duplicates the original...

am i missing a step somewhere?

thx for your help everyone

Becky Lee
Kid Nemo Company

[dvenzo]

i tried refering to the regular banners and see how it was setup and applied it to the 2 banner_box_all modules... but still no luck...

can anyone help me out please?

thank you in advance

[Ajeh]

What setting do you have for:

  $new_banner_search = zen_build_banners_group(SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET_ALL); 

In the tpl_ file?

Did that change to:
SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET_ALL2

And does that have its own settings somewhere?

[dvenzo]

thank you in advance for helping ajeh!

heres what i am looking at.

/www/includes/modules/sideboxes/banner_box_all2.php

<?php
/**
 * banner_box2 sidebox - second box used to display "square" banners in sideboxes
 *
 * @package templateSystem
 * @copyright Copyright 2003-2005 Zen Cart Development Team
 * @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce
 * @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0
 * @version $Id: banner_box2.php 3133 2006-03-07 23:39:02Z ajeh $
 */

// test if box should display
  $show_banner_box2 = true;
  if (SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET8 == '') {
    $show_banner_box2 = false;
  }

  if ($show_banner_box2 == true) {
    $banner_box[] = TEXT_BANNER_BOX2;
    $banner_box_group= SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET8;

    require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_banner_box2.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'sideboxes'). '/tpl_banner_box2.php');

// if no active banner in the specified banner group then the box will not show
// uses banners in the defined group $banner_box_group
    if ($banner->RecordCount() > 0) {

      $title =  BOX_HEADING_BANNER_BOX2;
      $title_link = false;
      require($template->get_template_dir($column_box_default, DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'common') . '/' . $column_box_default);
    }
  }
?>

/www/includes/templates/template_default/sideboxes/tpl_banner_box_all2.php

<?php
/**
 * Side Box Template
 *
 * @package templateSystem
 * @copyright Copyright 2003-2005 Zen Cart Development Team
 * @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce
 * @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0
 * @version $Id: tpl_banner_box_all2.php 2982 2006-02-07 07:56:41Z birdbrain $
 */
    $content = '';
    $content .= '<div id="' . str_replace('_', '-', $box_id . 'Content') . '" class="sideBoxContent centeredContent">';
// select banners_group to be used
  $new_banner_search = zen_build_banners_group(SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET_ALL2);

  // secure pages
  switch ($request_type) {
    case ('SSL'):
      $my_banner_filter=" and banners_on_ssl= " . "1 ";
      break;
    case ('NONSSL'):
      $my_banner_filter='';
      break;
  }

  $sql = "select banners_id from " . TABLE_BANNERS . " where status = 1 " . $new_banner_search . $my_banner_filter . " order by banners_sort_order";
  $banners_all = $db->Execute($sql);



// if no active banner in the specified banner group then the box will not show
  $banner_cnt = 0;
  while (!$banners_all->EOF) {
    $banner_cnt++;
    $banner = zen_banner_exists('dynamic', SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET_ALL2);
    $content .= zen_display_banner('static', $banners_all->fields['banners_id']);
// add spacing between banners
    if ($banner_cnt < $banners_all->RecordCount()) {
      $content .= '<br /><br />';
    }
    $banners_all->MoveNext();
  }
  $content .= '</div>';
?>

Thanks again for your kind help^^

Becky L

[Ajeh]

banner_box2.php or did you mean to post a copy of the clone you made for banner_box_all.php ...

[dvenzo]

hi ajeh~

i wanted a second banner_box_all for my site, so I cloned the original banner_box_all and renamed it and its content in both the template and modules area.

i renamed it banner_box_all2.php

in my admin, the banner_box_all2 shows, but under layout setting in config, the option is not there to rename the banner destination.

[Ajeh]

You need to configure something to indicate the Banner Group(s) used by the new banner_box_all2 ...

[dvenzo]

yeah...

i already designated groups for all of the banner boxes already in configuration>layout settings...

but the banner_box_all2 isnt coming up in layout settings so I cant designate a group for it.

[Ajeh]

The setting in the configuration table for the configuration_key
SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET_ALL

Manages the Banners All sidebox ...

This is an actual setting in the database ...

If you make a new one for:
SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET_ALL2

Somewhere that either has to be defined in the database configuration table or you need a define that loads in the right sequence for the new banner box to hear it ...

[dvenzo]

hi ajeh... thank you for your help and patience.

do you happen to know where i should be looking then?

my html knowledge is almost zero so pointing me in the right direction is much appriciated.