Disappearing Box

[webmam]

I have 3 boxes on the left column -Catalog,Specials, Banner. They all work fine until I go to a product_info link. Then the Specials Box disappears from the left column. It ONLY effects the Specials Box. If I add other boxes they all appear.

I'm using a template that was meant for 1.3. 6 and my cart is 1. 3. 8a. Where do I check to see if the "Specials" code appears on the the product_info page?

My Cart Link

Can anyone help?

[Bad Wolf]

I have exactly the same problem.

On the site I'm building (link), as soon as you got onto a product info page, my specials box vanishes from the right hand column where it normally belongs.

Any help would be gratefully received.

Cheers,
Bad Wolf.

[stevesh]

You'll both have to contact the designer of your templates to ask them why they chose to hack the code that way.

[Bad Wolf]

Mmm, I suppose it's worth looking to see if there is any specific code in the product info template that is stopping it from appearing.

Thanks.

[Kim]

Sorry, but that is the default behavior of the Specials box.

[Bad Wolf]

So it's a case of hard coding the specials back into the product info page then?

[stevesh]

No. Open includes/modules/sideboxes/specials.php and comment out or remove lines 13 through 21 which say:

$show_specials= false;

if (isset($_GET['products_id'])) {
$show_specials= false;
} else {
$show_specials= true;
}

if ($show_specials == true) {

and line 44 which contains a closing curly brace ( } ).

Don't forget to save the edited file to a override folder.

[Bad Wolf]

Much obliged Steve!

[Ajeh]

While removing the code above does work, an alternative to changing the code by deleting part of it is to modify the existing code just a little instead ...

Looking at the same section of code:

$show_specials= false;

if (isset($_GET['products_id'])) {
$show_specials= false;
} else {
$show_specials= true;
}

if ($show_specials == true) { 

Just add an extra override in there of the variable:

$show_specials= false;

if (isset($_GET['products_id'])) {
$show_specials= false;
} else {
$show_specials= true;
}

// bof: override to always show
$show_specials= true;
// eof: override to always show

if ($show_specials == true) { 

This allows you to see the original code and your change in case you need it again in the future or want to alter it further ...

NOTE: both ways will accomplish your original change ...