News Box Manager v3.0.0 [Support Thread]

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Originally Posted by lat9

Two file changes needed to provide the required variable clean-up for the multi-use formatting scripts:

1. /includes/modules/news_box_format. Change line 80 to read

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unset($news_info, $news_and_clause, $max_news_items);

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2. /includes/sideboxes/news_box_sidebox.php. Change line 83 to read

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unset($news_sidebox_num, $news_and_clause, $max_news_items);

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Thanks! Made the unset changes, however the issue persists. Screenshots:

VIEWALL-GridTitleDateDesc_doesnt_show_desc: https://rosestarstudio.com/VIEWALL-G..._show_desc.png
ARTICLE-GridTitleDateDesc_duplicate_desc: https://rosestarstudio.com/ARTICLE-G...icate_desc.png
VIEWALL-GridTitleDate_ok: https://rosestarstudio.com/VIEWALL-GridTitleDate_ok.png
ARTICLE-GridTitleDate_shows-duplicate-desc: https://rosestarstudio.com/ARTICLE-G...icate-desc.png

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Originally Posted by RoseStar

Thanks! Made the unset changes, however the issue persists. Screenshots:

VIEWALL-GridTitleDateDesc_doesnt_show_desc: https://rosestarstudio.com/VIEWALL-G..._show_desc.png
ARTICLE-GridTitleDateDesc_duplicate_desc: https://rosestarstudio.com/ARTICLE-G...icate_desc.png
VIEWALL-GridTitleDate_ok: https://rosestarstudio.com/VIEWALL-GridTitleDate_ok.png
ARTICLE-GridTitleDate_shows-duplicate-desc: https://rosestarstudio.com/ARTICLE-G...icate-desc.png

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For the missing descriptions, edit /includes/templates/template_default/sideboxes/tpl_news_box_sidebox.php, line 35, correcting the variable name:

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        $news_sidebox_content = zen_trunc_string($news_sidebox_content);

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Note, too, that I'm unable to replicate the duplicate descriptions' issue.

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Originally Posted by lat9

Note, too, that I'm unable to replicate the duplicate descriptions' issue.

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That fixed it! Thank you for your time!

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Originally Posted by lat9

For the missing descriptions, edit /includes/templates/template_default/sideboxes/tpl_news_box_sidebox.php, line 35, correcting the variable name:

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        $news_sidebox_content = zen_trunc_string($news_sidebox_content);

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That fixed it! Thank you for your time!

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Originally Posted by RoseStar

That fixed it! Thank you for your time!

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@RoseStar, thanks for your patience and applying those corrections. I'll get an update for News Box Manager v3 going.

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Originally Posted by lat9

@RoseStar, thanks for your patience and applying those corrections. I'll get an update for News Box Manager v3 going.

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... and I've just submitted v3.1.1 of News Box Manager - v3 for the Zen Cart moderators' review. I'll post back here when it's available for download.

This release contains changes associated with the following GitHub issues:

#25: Clean up multi-use variables, previous settings being applied to follow-on renderings.
#26: Correct MySQL error when home centerbox display uses Categories setting (for strict MySQL installations).
#27: Correcting 'no description included' when a sidebox uses GridTitleDateDesc layout.

Working with 1.5.7c, is it possible to have more than 4 newsboxes? Ideally, I'd like 8 as I have 8 topics I talk about in my newsletters I publish, and this is the online catalog for each section.

Thanks :-)

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Originally Posted by Elemi

Working with 1.5.7c, is it possible to have more than 4 newsboxes? Ideally, I'd like 8 as I have 8 topics I talk about in my newsletters I publish, and this is the online catalog for each section.

Thanks :-)

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That looks do-able; I'll get some documentation together to describe how to expand the number of different types of news. That will only affect the news categories, not the number of sideboxes supported.

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Originally Posted by lat9

That looks do-able; I'll get some documentation together to describe how to expand the number of different types of news. That will only affect the news categories, not the number of sideboxes supported.

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thank you, I only use 1 sidebox so this solution will work for me :-)