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I'm preparing to upload the subject plugin to the Zen Cart Plugins for review. The plugin represents a re-structuring of the plugin News Box Manager with support for Zen Cart v1.5.1 through v1.5.4 as well as current PHP versions.
Once I receive the download link, I'll post it back here.
Once approved, the plugin can be downloaded here: http://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=1968
The plugin is now available for download.
v2.1.0 is now available for download:
- Add configuration switches to control article content display on home-page and news_archive page.
- Update language file
- Correct admin-side processing when an error is detected during an article's save/insert action.
v2.1.0 is compatible with Zen Cart v1.5.5!
Hi, I tried to install this on Zen Cart v1.5.5, but after installing the admin files only as per instruction, I pressed the 'Admin Home' link in my admin header, but an error message appeared and I couldn't get any further. Refreshing didn't help.
"WARNING: An Error occurred, please refresh the page and try again."
So I deleted the files, and all was working again. Does this mean that it's not compatible with v1.5.5 therefore?
I don't know what "error" was being reported, so can't help much. If you look in your /logs folder, there will be a couple of files named myDEBUG-adm-*.log. One of them will contain the details of the error you experienced.
If you post a log's contents, use the "CODE" tags (the big # in the menu-bar when you're writing your post) and make sure to xxx-out your admin folder's name.
Hi, I have News Box Manager version 2.1.0 (2015-03-31) installed on Zen Cart version v1.5.5a but all html tags are being converted to html entities when saved to the database box_news_content table e.g. <p> becomes <p and <strong> becomes <strong> ...etc
This happens with both Plain Text and CKEditor and only happens in News Box Manager, all other editing instances such as products, category descriptions, banners, define pages, etc are unaffected and work as normal.
Any help to resolve this would be helpful?
Thanks
Have you updated ZC 1.5.5a with these security patches: https://www.zen-cart.com/showthread....80#post1311680
Thanks for the quick reply.
I updated the sanitize files but no change in the html entities issue.
If I edit the database and add the correct html to news_content then it displays correctly when previewing or editing the news item but as soon as update is pressed the html tags are converted back to html entities again.
@lmrsdn, this issue is being tracked on the plugin's GitHub repository: https://github.com/lat9/news_box_manager/issues/4
v2.1.1 has just been submitted to the Zen Cart plugins for review, adding an admin-level sanitization script so that the "htmlentities" in an article's title and/or contents aren't improperly converted.
v2.1.1 is now available for download from the Zen Cart plugins: https://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=1968
I love news box manager and am using it on a clients site here. We use it to show upcoming scheduled classes. The problem we have is: This program labels the date when the news item is submitted. We would really love to select the date shown on the image, instead of it showing the date the item is submitted but don't know how to do this.
For instance we have this class which starts on January 7th. But the date that is labeled onto this is December 13, 2016 which is the date the news item was created. This is confusing to our visitors as the date the item was created is not the best date for us to display (that would be the class date). I know we can likely hide this date via CSS but is it possible to display a date we determine? The date of the actual class in the future yet still show the news item?
@sportsguy, I don't think that's as-distributed behavior. The "more_news" page should show the starting date (and ending date, if specified) as its header. Check for any customizations you've made to /includes/modules/pages/more_news/header_php.php.
I have the News Box Manager installed on our site. Is there a way of integrating it with "Ceon URI Mapping" so that we can have for example:instead ofCode:https://www.welsh-lovespoons.co.uk/news/lovespoons-booklet
Thanks for any advice.Code:https://www.welsh-lovespoons.co.uk/index.php?main_page=more_news&news_id=2
My guess is that the answer is "Yes", but you'll need to ask in the Ceon URI Mapping plugin's support thread: https://www.zen-cart.com/showthread....I-Mapping-v4-xQuote:
Originally Posted by bonheddwr
Thank you, I have now done so and await a reply.Quote:
Originally Posted by lat9
One more question. Is there a way of getting the title that you include when writing an article to appear as the page title, and also the content of the article as the meta description?
At the moment it simply uses the general website title as the meta title for all articles, and the meta description is the list of categories, again the same for all articles. is there a way of deciding the meta tags I want to use for each individual article? Should this happen automatically?
e.g https://www.welsh-lovespoons.co.uk/i...news&news_id=5
Thanks for any advice.
I've created a GitHub issue (https://github.com/lat9/news_box_manager/issues/5) for your request to add meta-tag support (great idea, by the way). I'll post back when the change has been made.
Hi, I've posted this general question elshwere regarding the meta tags issue. If anyone knows how this can be done manually in the meantime whilst you are looking into including it with the News Box Manager as default that would be great! Thanks for any advice.
https://www.zen-cart.com/showthread....meter-and-ID-s
Hi, where exactly is the information for the News items stored? I need to change the Article Date(s): on a few of the news items. I cannot do this via backend, so I tried searching the database but no luck. It's probably 'news_last_modified' that I need to change for the articles, but where is this info stored? Thanks.
A news article has two components:
1. The non-language components, like dates and status, are stored in the box_news table
2. The language-specific component(s), i.e. an article's title and content, are stored in the box_news_contents table (using the article's ID and the associated language ID as the "key").
The "Article Date(s)" section on the storefront displays an article's start_date (and, if defined, the associated end_date) ... so those values should be changeable via the admin panel.
Thank you. On my site the value in news_added_date was used. I've edited those dates to the correct opnes now in the database and all is fine. Thanks again.
Thanks for this great plugin, I needed it!!! :smile:
Sorry cant delete post but problem solved
I've just submitted v2.2.0 of the News Box Manager to the Zen Cart plugins for review. That version now has the capability to define article-specific meta-tags and also corrects the database values stored for the various date fields (required for more recent versions of MySQL).Quote:
Originally Posted by lat9
I'll post back here once it's approved.
Hi,
Just tried installing the latest version 2.2.0 with the added metadata.
Installation was very simple, just had to edit my tpl_index_default file. However, there apears to be a problem with the auto install. The result was; that after you have created a news article then press update, you get a white page with an error message at the top of the page.
After searching the logs, I found that the installer (in my case) didn't add the meta tag columns to the (box_news_content) database table.
I made many backups, exported a sql of the table then added the missing headers. Part the of sql now looks like the version below. The original stopped at 'news_content` text NOT NULL':
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `box_news_content`;
CREATE TABLE `box_news_content` (
`box_news_id` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
`languages_id` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '1',
`news_title` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
`news_content` text NOT NULL,
`news_metatags_title` text NOT NULL,
`news_metatags_keywords` text NOT NULL,
`news_metatags_description` text NOT NULL
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
The application now works perfectly. Just wondered if all other users are having the same problem.
I'm not a professional programmer and have limited knowlege on server databases.
If it helps, I'm running on zen-cart 1.5.5f
Thanks for the report, I'll give that a look a bit later.
Update: It's an issue with an original-install, not an upgrade.
GitHub issue created: https://github.com/lat9/news_box_manager/issues/7
Thanks for looking into the issue so soon.
I did a bit of tinkering myself. As mine was a first install, I obviously didn't know how you intended to install the extra fields.
According to your supplied instructions, it looks like the user doesn't need to add the metatags especially if you're lazy like me! I found that my first effort crashed if I didn't add them.
After my attemp at fixing the problem, I found that I didn't need the extra 'NOT NULL's in the script. It now looks like this:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `box_news_content`;
CREATE TABLE `box_news_content` (
`box_news_id` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
`languages_id` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '1',
`news_title` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
`news_content` text NOT NULL,
`news_metatags_title` text,
`news_metatags_keywords` text,
`news_metatags_description` text
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
I can now save the news letter with or with out them.
I'm only using it on my test site at the moment so am looking forward to your next fixed release. It's a great app!
The update (to be released as v2.2.1) is now available on the plugin's GitHub repository: https://github.com/lat9/news_box_manager.
Hi, I was so impressed with the sql fix I installed it on our live site just in time to advertise a company charity event.... Then i came across a bug. Not a big one! Our site has an issue with the 'more_news' page an wondered if it was a straight forward bug or something that's conflicting with just our site.
It's best explained better with a snipet of the source code provided by W3C as below:
<p>Every penny raised helps us make a difference to people affected by cancer</p><br />↩
<br />↩
<ul><br />↩
<li>When: Friday 28th September</li><br />↩
As you can see, the page automatically provides <br />'s at the end of every line. The resulting large spaces between each paragraph don't help the apparance. It behaves completely normal on the home and news_archive pages.
I have tried adding things like: br { display: none;} to the css, it worked for the page but had effects on some other pages. Alos tried: #moreNewsDefault .newsContent+br { padding: 0.3em 0; display: none;} which had no effect at all.
Many thanks for any assistance
Since the default template (/includes/templates/template_default/tpl_more_news_default.php) simply echos the 'content' you provide for the article, I'm going to guess that you're using an HTML editor in the admin to produce that content.
You can correct those added <br />'s by turning off the HTML editor (reverting to 'Text') to remove those unwanted HTML additions.
Thanks for such a speedy response.Quote:
Originally Posted by lat9
You are correct, I'm using ckeditor. However, from the editor, you can see the source code that it creates. There are no <br/>'s there. Thinking that it might be uploading something different to the server, I looked there. Again found no <br/>'s
Below is same example as before copied straight from the server data field:
<p>Every penny raised helps us make a difference to people affected by cancer</p>
<ul>
<li>When: Friday 28th September</li>
<li>Where: Our Machinery Department</li>
<li>Time: 10:00am - 2:00pm</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>If you are in our area, please call in to enjoy a cuppa and a chat!</strong></p>
As I mentioned, it works properly in the other two pages.
It's certainly got me scratching my head!
Darn it, it's the more_news page's header that's adding those. I'll get that corrected, too.
Open /includes/modules/pages/more_news/header.php.php and find
Change those lines, removing the call to nl2br (which converts any new-line characters to <br />'s):Code:$news_title = nl2br($news_box_query->fields['news_title']);
$news_content = nl2br($news_box_query->fields['news_content']);
I'll get that logged and updated on the plugin's GitHub repository.Code:$news_title = $news_box_query->fields['news_title'];
$news_content = $news_box_query->fields['news_content'];
Update: https://github.com/lat9/news_box_manager/issues/8
Thanks Lat9, It works like a dream, no more <br />'s anywhere!!
No problem, @honda-crunch; thanks for letting me know!
Hi
I have downloaded, but not installed it yet.
Is there a way to have the following accessible to members only
News Archive page
More News page
and have only the following visible to all
Latest News sidebox
Latest News centerbox
I guess there is some coding involved, do you think it might be a good feature in case?
@keneso, I've created this GitHub issue so I remember your request.
Thank you.Quote:
Originally Posted by lat9
hello, but where do I put the image of the post?:dontgetit:blush::blush:
You'd include the image for the post as an <img src="image_name_here" alt="something" /> tag in the post's description, if you use the TEXT editor in the admin. If you use an HTML editor, then you'd use your editor's 'image' control.Quote:
Originally Posted by echexxxxxxxx10
The Admin menu not there!
I am running ZC 1.5.5f, 1st I uploaded a new install of the mod v. 2.0.0 and I followed the instructions to the letter. After uploading he admin section I pressed admin home and the green bar comes across the top to confirm the plugin was installed successfully. I then proceeded to install the includes files when I went to Configuration the Configuration->News Box Manager in not there and neither was the Tools->News Box Manager. So I went to Github and downloaded the master version 2.2.1 and completed the steps again, this time the green bar confirmed the upgrade from 2.0.0 to 2.2.1 was successful. Now only the Configuration->News Box Manager is missing. The plug-in works at least as far as making a news article and I was able to set up the side box but without the configuration I can not use all functionality. What can I do to fix it. Here is the link to my practice site where I uploaded it you will see the side box on the bottom left:http://atmospherebooks.com/webstore2...ain_page=index
Quote:
Originally Posted by sammirah
Nevermind the above message, I found it.
... and what did you find?Quote:
Originally Posted by sammirah
Hi there i am brand new to Zen Cart (but not web dev) and have been working on this site I inherited for about 2 days. The site has been online and working fine for years, it is not the site that is new. Anyway. I have been tasked with setting up an area for my client to add news to their home page. I thought this looked perfect. I believe I installed everything properly, i got the message that News Box was installed, and i can see and configure it in the admin area. But when I go to add a news item, i get "WARNING: An Error occurred, please refresh the page and try again." If I refresh, i get it again. This site uses v1.5.5 and the English language pack. PHP 5.6. There are no new logs since January 2019, so, something is up with logging, too, I fear. Any advice on troubleshooting or even where to start?
Welcome to the Zen Cart forums!Quote:
Originally Posted by boblodi
When you view the site's Tools->Server/Version information, does it show perhaps that the site is running on PHP 5.6 FPM? That PHP installation doesn't like to give up control as to where the PHP error-logs are written. Within that Server/Version information, find the error_log setting (which identifies where PHP logs will be written). For the admin, it should show something like c:/xampp/htdocs/mysite/logs/myDEBUG-adm-1555415275-25535.log (that suffix will change on each page reload).
The error logging for zc156 has been modified to take the FPM installations into account, so you might try using the /includes/extra_configures/enable_error_logging.php (and the associated /admin/includes/extra_configures/enable_error_logging) from Zen Cart's GitHub v156 branch (https://github.com/zencart/zencart/tree/v156).
Thank you for replying! So - i have 5.6.21 (Zend: 2.6.0). It tells me the logs are in html/logs - and when I look there, the most recent is Jan 19, 2019. It looks like logging errors is turned ON. Is there something else that has stopped the logging? Does this directory get too full and needs to be cleared out? Or are there really no errors since January?Quote:
Originally Posted by lat9
Looking at the output of that Server/Version tool, what is your setting for disable_functions? Be sure to look in the Local Value column.
Would you post back with a copy/paste of that local value for the error_log directive?
Local value for error_log is: /nfs/c10/h12/mnt/226438/domains/domainame.net/html/logs/myDEBUG-adm-1555446431-966055.logQuote:
Originally Posted by lat9
local value for disable_functions is... "no value"
I'm running out of ideas, but as the "failure to log" is outside the range of this support-thread, please start a new general thread to address that issue.
I have had a more database-savvy person look into this and i have a followup question - not about logging - about the news not posting.Quote:
Originally Posted by lat9
When we attempt to add a news item, the code tries to execute this database query:
So we went into the database to see what was in this uwyz_box_news_content database table, and what we found was this:Code:insert into uwyz_box_news_content (news_title, news_content, news_metatags_title, news_metatags_keywords, news_metatags_description, box_news_id, languages_id) values ('Test News Item', 'test', 'test', 'test', 'test', '24', '1')
Note that there is no column for news_metatags_title, news_metatags_keywords, news_metatags_description.Code:table uwyz_box_news_content
{
box_news_id int
languages_id int
news_title varchar(55)
news_content text
};
Any idea how these fields would not have been added to the table for the newest zen cart/news manager plugin? And is that the or related to the problem?
I'd apparently found that issue (meta tags not included in initial install) ... back in September! See this (https://github.com/lat9/news_box_manager/issues/7) GitHub issue for the correction.
I'll be getting an updated version going later today.
I've just submitted v2.2.1 of the News Box Manager to the Zen Cart plugins for review (https://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.p...file&id=1968); I'll post back here once it's available for download.
This release contains corrections for the following GitHub issues:
#7: Meta-tags' fields not created on initial install
#8: Unwanted <br />'s added to the more_news page.
Way cool - thank you! I will check in later to see if they approve the update and give it a try!Quote:
Originally Posted by lat9
You can get an early look-see by downloading the zip directly from the plugin's GitHub repository: https://github.com/lat9/news_box_man...ses/tag/v2.2.1Quote:
Originally Posted by boblodi
Now available for download.Quote:
Originally Posted by lat9
Installed and apparently working, but where is the setting for having it show up in the "home page centerbox" or how must I code it to be there? I have looked in many settings that would seem to be applicable, but haven't found anything related to the center box - only side boxes.
Thanks.
Did you merge the plugin's changes to YOUR_TEMPLATE's tpl_index_default.php?Quote:
Originally Posted by CottageOven
No, but the template I'm using (responsive_classic) didn't have a tpl_index_default.php in the distribution zip file but there is one there now and it does contain references to new box.Quote:
Originally Posted by lat9
Okay. I found it. Basically, I was expecting to see a news box that just didn't have any news in it, since I hadn't entered any news yet (because I had spent all that time looking for a toggle for the news box for the main page).
So, DUH! Of course, :rolleyes: When I finally went ahead and entered a test news article, it showed up in the center box of the main page, as it should.
Thanks for your reply.
Now, is there any way just to have the news articles appear, in full, without having them as a table with "Click an article's title ..." - IOW, more like a blog (without being a full blog)?
You might want to go the the Configuration >> News Box Manager menu to see all the bells and whistles. What you are probably looking for is the content length. If you have the entire length, there's no need to click.
The beauty of open source is that you can make it do what you want.
Been there. I have it set for full articles. Yes, there is no NEED to click, but all the stuff ABOUT clicking is still there. May just have to dig into the code. I want only the articles to appear - not the table showing the date, not the "Click an article's title...," not even the box saying "Latest news" - just the content.
It'll get there. At least now I know it IS working.
Hello,
I would wondering if someone could help me. I installed news box manager 2.2.1 on my zencart 1.5.5f site Missingcord.com. On the news archive page the text is all wrong.
https://missingcord.com/index.php?ma...e=news_archive
The title of the post of under the back button. How do i fix this ?
I use a test site to try out plugins before I use them and The issue doesn't seem to show up there
http://unrelentingdarkness.com/index...e=news_archive
You didn't copy the file stylesheet_news_box_manager.css to your live site's /includes/responsive_classic_v1/css sub-directory.Quote:
Originally Posted by jasonshanks
Oh my goodness , i feel so stupid. I copied them over in filezilla , i guess i screwed that up. Thank you gain lat9.Quote:
Originally Posted by lat9
*Edit I see how i screwed it up now , I didn't rename the template folder DOH
I can't count the number of times that I've done that! I'm happy to have helped.Quote:
Originally Posted by jasonshanks
Hi Cindy - just some positive feedback - in recently utilizing this plugin and regularly posting home page news there has been a good positive SEO impact in improved search.
So many thanks - anything that improves search is invaluable.
cheers,
Mike
I'd love to be able to 'split' the table to double the number of posts :)
Mike, thanks for the good-news follow-up! I'm not sure I understand what you mean when you say 'split' the table; could you elaborate?Quote:
Originally Posted by shags38
Is this compatible with the new 1.5.7?
Thank you.
Yes. Just make sure that you've also applied the currently-reported bug-fixes, especially this one: https://www.zen-cart.com/showthread....21#post1371221Quote:
Originally Posted by keneso
v1.5.5f
Hello Cindy - on my home page I have the news box showing twice. When I installed it I only had Featured Products activated for home page (configuration/index_listing/) and today have activated New Products - so now the News Box shows below each of them - in westminster_new/templates/tpl_index_default.php the instruction to show News Box is situated at the end of the file (see below). I moved it about into different positions but the result was the same.
Am I missing something here?,
cheers Mike
Code:<?php
/**
* Page Template
*
* Main index page<br />
* Displays greetings, welcome text (define-page content), and various centerboxes depending on switch settings in Admin<br />
* Centerboxes are called as necessary
*
* @package templateSystem
* @copyright Copyright 2003-2006 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_index_default.php 3464 2006-04-19 00:07:26Z ajeh $
* modified for Editable Centerboxes by C. Jones, Glenn Herbert 2012-10-12
*/
?>
<div class="centerColumn" id="indexDefault">
<h1 id="indexDefaultHeading"><?php echo HEADING_TITLE; ?></h1>
<?php if (SHOW_CUSTOMER_GREETING == 1) { ?>
<h2 class="greeting"><?php echo zen_customer_greeting(); ?></h2>
<?php } ?>
<!-- deprecated - to use uncomment this section
<?php if (TEXT_MAIN) { ?>
<div id="" class="content"><?php echo TEXT_MAIN; ?></div>
<?php } ?>-->
<!-- deprecated - to use uncomment this section
<?php if (TEXT_INFORMATION) { ?>
<div id="" class="content"><?php echo TEXT_INFORMATION; ?></div>
<?php } ?>-->
<?php
$box_loc = '1';//middlebox group
require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_middleboxes.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/tpl_middleboxes.php');
?>
<?php if (DEFINE_MAIN_PAGE_STATUS >= 1 and DEFINE_MAIN_PAGE_STATUS <= 2) { ?>
<?php
/**
* get the Define Main Page Text
*/
?>
<div id="indexDefaultMainContent" class="content"><?php require($define_page); ?></div>
<?php } ?>
<?php
$box_loc = '2';//middlebox group
require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_middleboxes.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/tpl_middleboxes.php');
?>
<?php
$show_display_category = $db->Execute(SQL_SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_MAIN);
while (!$show_display_category->EOF) {
?>
<?php if ($show_display_category->fields['configuration_key'] == 'SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_MAIN_FEATURED_PRODUCTS') { ?>
<?php
/**
* display the Featured Products Center Box
*/
?>
<?php require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_modules_featured_products.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/tpl_modules_featured_products.php'); ?>
<?php } ?>
<?php if ($show_display_category->fields['configuration_key'] == 'SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_MAIN_SPECIALS_PRODUCTS') { ?>
<?php
/**
* display the Special Products Center Box
*/
?>
<?php require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_modules_specials_default.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/tpl_modules_specials_default.php'); ?>
<?php } ?>
<?php if ($show_display_category->fields['configuration_key'] == 'SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_MAIN_NEW_PRODUCTS') { ?>
<?php
/**
* display the New Products Center Box
*/
?>
<?php require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_modules_whats_new.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/tpl_modules_whats_new.php'); ?>
<?php } ?>
<?php if ($show_display_category->fields['configuration_key'] == 'SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_MAIN_UPCOMING') { ?>
<?php
/**
* display the Upcoming Products Center Box
*/
?>
<?php include(DIR_WS_MODULES . zen_get_module_directory(FILENAME_UPCOMING_PRODUCTS)); ?><?php } ?>
<?php
$show_display_category->MoveNext();
} // !EOF
?>
<?php
$box_loc = '3';//middlebox group
require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_middleboxes.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/tpl_middleboxes.php');
?>
<?php
//-bof-news_box_manager-lat9 *** 1 of 1 ***
require ($template->get_template_dir('tpl_modules_news_box_format.php', DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base, 'templates'). '/tpl_modules_news_box_format.php');
//-eof-news_box_manager-lat9 *** 1 of 1 ***
?>
</div>
Mike, what's that tpl_middleboxes.php? I'm guessing that that's what is injecting the news-box information twice.
Hi Mike,
How did you get this section showing on your Westminster_New Footer?
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Would love to know so I can do similar for my new site :-)
Thanks
Tania :-)
Thanks for the quick reply Cindy - as always you were spot on!! - the tpl_middleboxes.php is used by the plugin Editable Center Boxes by mc123456789 - I have been using it for a few years now - so now I moved it to the end of the file and all is good.Quote:
Originally Posted by lat9
Many thanks,
Mike
Hi Tania,Quote:
Originally Posted by Elemi
go to admin/tools/flexible footer menu which then presents the table of pages >>> click 'create a page' and make that the Column Header >>> then you can continue to add pages under that column header by using the numbering protocol as shown at the bottom of the create a page form.
Then you may have to use the flexiblefooter.css to make column width adjustments if required - below is a copy of my css file in case it is helpful.
cheers,
Mike
Code:/** Flexible Footer Menu
* @package admin
* @copyright Copyright 2003-2009 Zen Cart Development Team
* @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce
* @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0
* Added by rbarbour (ZCAdditions.com), Flexible Footer Menu 1.2 (3)
*/
#flex-navSupp ul {margin: 0;padding:0;list-style-type: none;text-align: center;line-height: 1.5em;}
#flex-navSupp ul {display:block;text-align:left;}
#flex-navSupp ul li h4 {text-align:center;}
#flex-navSupp ul li span {display:block;text-align:center;}
#flex-navSupp a.activePage {font-weight: bold;color: #000;}
#flex-navSupp a:hover {font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underlined;color: #000;}
/* Example for styleing individual column blocks */
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ul#col_2 {background-color:#C0C0C0;color:#333;height:150px;}
ul#col_3 {background-color:#FF00FF;color:#333;height:150px;}
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ul#col_6 {background-color:#0000FF;color:#FFFFFF;height:150px;}
ul#col_7 {background-color:#00FF00;color:#333;height:150px;}
ul#col_8 {background-color:#FF0000;color:#333;height:150px;}
ul#col_9 {background-color:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;height:150px;}
/* Each span represents a columns width */
.span_9_of_9 {width: 10.55%;}
.span_8_of_9 {width: 11.94%;}
.span_7_of_9 {width: 13.72%; }
.span_6_of_9 {width: 16.08%; }
.span_5_of_9 {width: 19.38%; }
.span_4_of_9 {width: 24.35%; }
.span_3_of_9 {width: 32.66%;}
.span_2_of_9 {width: 49.25%; }
.span_1_of_9 {width: 99%; }
/* Changes column width at 768px, changed to be consistent with responsive code */
@media only screen and (max-width: 768px) {
div#flex-navSupp>div>div>ul>li {display: block; text-align:center;}
.span_9_of_9 {width: 98%; }
.span_8_of_9 {width: 98%; }
.span_7_of_9 {width: 98%; }
.span_6_of_9 {width: 98%; }
.span_5_of_9 {width: 98%; }
.span_4_of_9 {width: 98%; }
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.span_2_of_9 {width: 98%; }
.span_1_of_9 {width: 98%; }
}
/* NO LONGER USED IN 1.2
#flex-navSupp ul {margin: 0;padding: 0.5em 0em;list-style-type: none;text-align: center;line-height: 1.5em;}
#flex-navSupp ul li {display: inline;}
#flex-navSupp ul li a {text-decoration: none;padding: 0em 0.5em;margin: 0;color: #ffffff;white-space: nowrap;}
#flex-navSupp {display: table; width: 100%; background: #eeeeee;color:#000;}
.flexFooterCol {display:table-cell; border-left: 1px dotted #66bbcc;}
*+html .ezpagesFooterCol {float: left;}/*ie7 hack
#flex-navSupp .flexFooterCol a { color: #666564; font-weight: normal;}
.flexFooterCol h4 {color: #004080; text-align: center;}
#flex-navSupp .flexFooterCol li {display: block; text-align: left;}
#flex-navSupp .flexFooterCol li span {display: block; text-align:center;}
#flex-navSupp .flexFooterCol.ffCcol1 li span.flexFooterColImage {text-align:left;}
#flex-navSupp .flexFooterCol.ffCcol1 {border:0;}
#flex-navSupp a.activePage {font-weight: bold;color: #000;}
#flex-navSupp a:hover {font-weight: bold;text-decoration: underlined;color: #000;}
Flexible Footer Menu (RWD) Commercial
#accordion {list-style: none;width: 100%;height: 30px;line-height: 30px;}
#accordion li {display: block;display: inline-block;width: 100%;height: 30px;line-height: 30px;float: left;margin-left: 0;margin-bottom: 2px;background-color: #2BA6C6;cursor: pointer;list-style: none;-moz-border-radius: 10px;-webkit-border-radius: 10px;border-radius: 10px;}
#accordion ul{list-style: none;padding: 0 0 0 0;display: none;}
#accordion ul li{font-weight: normal;cursor: auto;background-color: transparent;}
#accordion ul li a {text-decoration: none;color: #000;font-weight: bold;}
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*/
Thank you sooo much Mike, that worked first time... now to create content! :-)
v1.5.5f news box v3.0.2 www.dazzlerscliponearrings.com.au
Hi Cindy,
I just upgraded from 2.2.1 to 3.0.2 and am having some issues. The primary one is that I am not seeing any news items after clicking the 'latest news' heading [view all] tab (on home page) which takes me to this page /index.php?main_page=all_articles (empty) ..... albeit the link from [view all] is /index.php?main_page=news_archive
Additionally in admin/tools/news box manager [all types] and [type 1] I see my list of news articles and at the end of the row is a series of blue circles under the heading 'action', 4 rows in ALL and 3 rows in Type 1 ... no text inside the circles.
So I 'upgraded' by uploading all files and overwriting all the existing files except tpl_index_default.php which I merged with my existing copy - when I say copied across the only 'difference' and deleted the 'old' code - that resulted in a blank home page (other than header) - so I merged again leaving in the old code, same blank page result .... so now I have just the old code as is, i.e. an unchanged tpl_index_default.php .... see copies of my original and your 3.0.2 copy below.
So the table appears on the home page as it was previously (minus some .css color changes) - I still have 2 articles listed in the sidebox as it was prior to update but they link to /index.php?main_page=article&p=6 [or other number] which again is blank.
In addition to the tpl_index_default.php files please also find a screenshot of my configuration. I have not done something correctly but cannot figure what?
my existing file
v3.0.2 file copyCode:<?php
/**
* Page Template
*
* Main index page<br />
* Displays greetings, welcome text (define-page content), and various centerboxes depending on switch settings in Admin<br />
* Centerboxes are called as necessary
*
* @package templateSystem
* @copyright Copyright 2003-2006 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_index_default.php 3464 2006-04-19 00:07:26Z ajeh $
* modified for Editable Centerboxes by C. Jones, Glenn Herbert 2012-10-12
*/
?>
<div class="centerColumn" id="indexDefault">
<h1 id="indexDefaultHeading"><?php echo HEADING_TITLE; ?></h1>
<?php if (SHOW_CUSTOMER_GREETING == 1) { ?>
<h2 class="greeting"><?php echo zen_customer_greeting(); ?></h2>
<?php } ?>
<!-- deprecated - to use uncomment this section
<?php if (TEXT_MAIN) { ?>
<div id="" class="content"><?php echo TEXT_MAIN; ?></div>
<?php } ?>-->
<!-- deprecated - to use uncomment this section
<?php if (TEXT_INFORMATION) { ?>
<div id="" class="content"><?php echo TEXT_INFORMATION; ?></div>
<?php } ?>-->
<?php
$box_loc = '1';//middlebox group
require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_middleboxes.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/tpl_middleboxes.php');
?>
<?php if (DEFINE_MAIN_PAGE_STATUS >= 1 and DEFINE_MAIN_PAGE_STATUS <= 2) { ?>
<?php
/**
* get the Define Main Page Text
*/
?>
<div id="indexDefaultMainContent" class="content"><?php require($define_page); ?></div>
<?php } ?>
<?php
$box_loc = '2';//middlebox group
require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_middleboxes.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/tpl_middleboxes.php');
?>
<?php
$show_display_category = $db->Execute(SQL_SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_MAIN);
while (!$show_display_category->EOF) {
?>
<?php if ($show_display_category->fields['configuration_key'] == 'SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_MAIN_FEATURED_PRODUCTS') { ?>
<?php
/**
* display the Featured Products Center Box
*/
?>
<?php require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_modules_featured_products.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/tpl_modules_featured_products.php'); ?>
<?php } ?>
<?php if ($show_display_category->fields['configuration_key'] == 'SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_MAIN_SPECIALS_PRODUCTS') { ?>
<?php
/**
* display the Special Products Center Box
*/
?>
<?php require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_modules_specials_default.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/tpl_modules_specials_default.php'); ?>
<?php } ?>
<?php if ($show_display_category->fields['configuration_key'] == 'SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_MAIN_NEW_PRODUCTS') { ?>
<?php
/**
* display the New Products Center Box
*/
?>
<?php require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_modules_whats_new.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/tpl_modules_whats_new.php'); ?>
<?php } ?>
<?php if ($show_display_category->fields['configuration_key'] == 'SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_MAIN_UPCOMING') { ?>
<?php
/**
* display the Upcoming Products Center Box
*/
?>
<?php include(DIR_WS_MODULES . zen_get_module_directory(FILENAME_UPCOMING_PRODUCTS)); ?><?php } ?>
<?php
$show_display_category->MoveNext();
} // !EOF
?>
<?php
//-bof-news_box_manager-lat9 *** 1 of 1 ***
require ($template->get_template_dir('tpl_modules_news_box_format.php', DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base, 'templates'). '/tpl_modules_news_box_format.php');
//-eof-news_box_manager-lat9 *** 1 of 1 ***
?>
<?php
$box_loc = '3';//middlebox group
require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_middleboxes.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/tpl_middleboxes.php');
?>
</div>
Attachment 19354Code:<?php
/**
* Page Template
*
* Main index page<br />
* Displays greetings, welcome text (define-page content), and various centerboxes depending on switch settings in Admin<br />
* Centerboxes are called as necessary
*
* @package templateSystem
* @copyright Copyright 2003-2006 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_index_default.php 3464 2006-04-19 00:07:26Z ajeh $
*/
?>
<div class="centerColumn" id="indexDefault">
<h1 id="indexDefaultHeading"><?php echo HEADING_TITLE; ?></h1>
<?php if (SHOW_CUSTOMER_GREETING == 1) { ?>
<h2 class="greeting"><?php echo zen_customer_greeting(); ?></h2>
<?php } ?>
<!-- deprecated - to use uncomment this section
<?php if (TEXT_MAIN) { ?>
<div id="" class="content"><?php echo TEXT_MAIN; ?></div>
<?php } ?>-->
<!-- deprecated - to use uncomment this section
<?php if (TEXT_INFORMATION) { ?>
<div id="" class="content"><?php echo TEXT_INFORMATION; ?></div>
<?php } ?>-->
<?php if (DEFINE_MAIN_PAGE_STATUS >= 1 and DEFINE_MAIN_PAGE_STATUS <= 2) { ?>
<?php
/**
* get the Define Main Page Text
*/
?>
<div id="indexDefaultMainContent" class="content"><?php require($define_page); ?></div>
<?php } ?>
<?php
//-bof-news_box_manager-lat9 *** 1 of 1 ***
$mnbf = $template->get_template_dir('tpl_modules_news_box_format.php', DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base, 'templates') . '/tpl_modules_news_box_format.php';
if (file_exists($mnbf)) {
require $mnbf;
}
//-eof-news_box_manager-lat9 *** 1 of 1 ***
?>
<?php
$show_display_category = $db->Execute(SQL_SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_MAIN);
while (!$show_display_category->EOF) {
?>
<?php if ($show_display_category->fields['configuration_key'] == 'SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_MAIN_FEATURED_PRODUCTS') { ?>
<?php
/**
* display the Featured Products Center Box
*/
?>
<?php require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_modules_featured_products.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/tpl_modules_featured_products.php'); ?>
<?php } ?>
<?php if ($show_display_category->fields['configuration_key'] == 'SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_MAIN_SPECIALS_PRODUCTS') { ?>
<?php
/**
* display the Special Products Center Box
*/
?>
<?php require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_modules_specials_default.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/tpl_modules_specials_default.php'); ?>
<?php } ?>
<?php if ($show_display_category->fields['configuration_key'] == 'SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_MAIN_NEW_PRODUCTS') { ?>
<?php
/**
* display the New Products Center Box
*/
?>
<?php require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_modules_whats_new.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/tpl_modules_whats_new.php'); ?>
<?php } ?>
<?php if ($show_display_category->fields['configuration_key'] == 'SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_MAIN_UPCOMING') { ?>
<?php
/**
* display the Upcoming Products Center Box
*/
?>
<?php include(DIR_WS_MODULES . zen_get_module_directory(FILENAME_UPCOMING_PRODUCTS)); ?><?php } ?>
<?php
$show_display_category->MoveNext();
} // !EOF
?>
</div>
@shags38, a couple of things:
1) The current version of News Box Manager (v3) is v3.0.5.
2) Version 3.0.0 and later support Zen Cart versions 1.5.6 and later (additional notifications/functions added)
Thanks Cindy - I guess I should have read that rather large header at the top of the readme in large letters - for v1.5.6 upwards !! doh!!Quote:
Originally Posted by lat9
Hi Cindy,
I am finalizing an upgrade from 1.5.5f to 1.5.7b and will need to install your plugin v3.0.5 - I have not uninstalled 2.2.1 from the existing site as it is still live - the old database has tables for box_news and box_news_content. Just before making the switch to live for the 1.5.7b version of the site if I save the two tables mentioned, uninstall v2.2.1, install v3.0.5 and then copy the two tables into the new database will that work, i.e. will I retain the news articles?
So where can I find the latest version 3.0.5 please (it isn't showing in plugins that I can find and I didn't see it in the github https://github.com/lat9/news_box_manager/ - am I looking in the wrong place?
cheers,
Mike
https://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=2264Quote:
Originally Posted by shags38
thanks for that - it didn't show up in plugins search (??)Quote:
Originally Posted by keneso
Noting that the GitHub repository for the current version of News Box Manager is https://github.com/lat9/news_box_manager_v3/.