Admin-Editable Sidebox - Support Thread

Hmmm... Okay. I want a sidebox that I can turn on and off on a per product basis. There, that does it!

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Originally Posted by ckosloff

Well, I escaped all characters to the best of my ability, and also added the / before index.php as suggested.
No joy, still breaking the site.
Could one of you guys take a look, please.
What am I missing?
PS. Sorry to post in this thread but to my knowledge there is no support thread for blank sidebox.

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Sorry but both the javascript and the CSS in this are written in a rather old-fashioned, intrusive fashion, very different to how I write my javascript, and so I'm not able to be authoritative about the syntax. I would though suggest that you have no need to escape semi-colons, and doing so would probably confuse your site.

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Originally Posted by travellers

Hmmm... Okay. I want a sidebox that I can turn on and off on a per product basis. There, that does it!

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Then you're posting in the wrong thread. That's not what this mod is about.

You'd be better off looking in the FAQ where you'll find a tutorial about restricting which EZ-Pages a sidebox appears on. This would work equally well using the product's ID in place of the ezpage_id.

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Originally Posted by kuroi

Then you're posting in the wrong thread. That's not what this mod is about.

You'd be better off looking in the FAQ where you'll find a tutorial about restricting which EZ-Pages a sidebox appears on. This would work equally well using the product's ID in place of the ezpage_id.

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Many thanks for the pointer - I'll try that option now. And apologies for 'crashing' your thread!

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Originally Posted by kuroi

Sorry but both the javascript and the CSS in this are written in a rather old-fashioned, intrusive fashion, very different to how I write my javascript, and so I'm not able to be authoritative about the syntax. I would though suggest that you have no need to escape semi-colons, and doing so would probably confuse your site.

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Thanks for answer, but still no joy.
Here's the tpl file, with all semi-colons unescaped, it breaks the site in the same way.
I am unable to determine which line is causing the site to crash.
Is there a debugger that I can use for these cases?
If you would take another look, it would be much appreciated.

Site: jpfinewines.com

Getting the editable sidebox to work should be the last puzzle piece for getting the shell of my site up. Now my issues.

I have it all installed. I changed the title of new sidebox once when I didn't think I was going to use the sidebox, now that I'm using it, I can't for the life of me figure out where to change it again.

Also, I tried using the Define pages editor to put what I want in the box, but it doesn't show up in the sidebox.

Lastly, does anyone know if the ajax system (http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...roducts_id=236) will work in the editable sidebox? I use it for the rest of the site and what things to match. Thanks

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Originally Posted by stlnyc

Site: jpfinewines.com

Getting the editable sidebox to work should be the last puzzle piece for getting the shell of my site up. Now my issues.

I have it all installed. I changed the title of new sidebox once when I didn't think I was going to use the sidebox, now that I'm using it, I can't for the life of me figure out where to change it again.

Also, I tried using the Define pages editor to put what I want in the box, but it doesn't show up in the sidebox.

Lastly, does anyone know if the ajax system (http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...roducts_id=236) will work in the editable sidebox? I use it for the rest of the site and what things to match. Thanks

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OK, I reinstalled the sidebox mod and I was able to clear up my first 2 issues. Still looking for assistance with the ajax mod and if it will work with the editable sidebox. Thanks

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Originally Posted by stlnyc

OK, I reinstalled the sidebox mod and I was able to clear up my first 2 issues. Still looking for assistance with the ajax mod and if it will work with the editable sidebox. Thanks

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Not really. That's a dynamic (i.e. database accessing) mod that comes with its own sidebox. The Admin Editable Sidebox is a way of easily adding static data to a sidebox using the HTML Editors available in Admin.

By using the editable sidebox, can I create pages that link to other pages that are in the regular zen category box? I was hoping to use the second box to cross reference the main box and give customers a alternate way to search for products. Thanks

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Originally Posted by stlnyc

By using the editable sidebox, can I create pages that link to other pages that are in the regular zen category box? I was hoping to use the second box to cross reference the main box and give customers a alternate way to search for products. Thanks

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This can be done, you can put links in editable sidebox.
However, I don't see the utility of your project, no harm meant.
There are plenty menus out there that accomplish excellent results.