Modifying Information Sidebar

[atheis]

Hello,

just a quick question.

can anyone tell me how to change the Information sidebar. i'd like to remove discount coupons and gift certificate faq from the list and add a couple of new links.

thanks

ric

[Kim]

To remove The links - turn off the modules in Admin> Modules> Order Totals.

[atheis]

Thanks for the reply Kim,

i've removed the unwanted links from the information sidebar. i was wanting to add a couple of my own links to this sideabr, do you know if there's a way of doing that?

ric

[ScriptJunkie]

I have a similar question.

I'd like my links & their content in the Information sidebox and the More Information sidebox to be grouped by concept rather than have links for two concepts split between the two side boxes (as they currently are).

This will involve swapping three of the links (and their content) currently residing in the Information sidebox with the three blank links in More Information sidebox, and then using those three blank ones to add content of my choice.

Example: Information sidebox to be used strictly for "Our Policies" and More Information sidebox to be used for "Helpful Info". To see a visual of the current set up in order to understand what I want to change (i.e. group links by concept), go to http://www.empowermentsanctuary.com/marketplace/

Is there a way to accomplish this?

Thanks in advance for the assistance

[hindley08]

to remove the Gift Certificate FAQ or any other information sidebox links ONLY, go to:

includes/modules/sideboxes/YOUR-TEMPLATE/information.php

and remove the whole :

" if {DEFINE...... } " of the sections you want to remove

[ScriptJunkie]

Thanks!

So if I want to swap links between the Info and More Info boxes, I simply need to go into each file and copy/paste from one to the other?

I suspected that would be the answer. I guess what I want to be sure of is if that's all I have to do.

In other words, are there any additional files that would be affected by this change and in need of modifications of their own?

If someone could answer that for me, that would be awesome

Thanks in advance

[Ajeh]

One uses:
$more_information[]

and the other uses:
$information[]

Be sure to update that and you should be able to switch them around without a problem ...

NOTE: be sure to use your templates and overrides for this ...

[ScriptJunkie]

Awesome! Thanks Linda~!

[Ajeh]

Thanks for the update that this was able to help you sort out the sideboxes to rearrange them ...

[ScriptJunkie]

hmmm...somehow I screwed something up.

I followed the instructions above and it worked like a charm, except for one thing. One of the links no longer works, but oddly enough, it wasn't one of the links that I moved.

The code from includes/modules/sideboxes/barebones/information.php is:

unset($information);

if (DEFINE_PRIVACY_STATUS <= 1) {
$information[] = '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_PRIVACY) . '">' . BOX_INFORMATION_PRIVACY . '</a>';
}
if (DEFINE_CONDITIONS_STATUS <= 1) {
$information[] = '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_CONDITIONS) . '">' . BOX_INFORMATION_CONDITIONS . '</a>';
}
if (DEFINE_PAGE_3_STATUS <= 1) {
$information[] = '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_PAGE_3) . '">' . BOX_INFORMATION_PAGE_3 . '</a>';
}
if (DEFINE_PAGE_4_STATUS <= 1) {
$information[] = '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_PAGE_4) . '">' . BOX_INFORMATION_PAGE_4 . '</a>';
}
if (DEFINE_PAGE_2_STATUS <= 1) {
$information[] = '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_PAGE_2) . '">' . BOX_INFORMATION_PAGE_2 . '</a>';
}
if (DEFINE_SHIPPINGINFO_STATUS <= 1) {
$information[] = '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_SHIPPING) . '">' . BOX_INFORMATION_SHIPPING . '</a>';
}

The string in red is for the link that's broken.

The only change I made to that link was to rename it in
includes/languages/barebones/english.php, and that code is:

// information box text in sideboxes/information.php
define('BOX_HEADING_INFORMATION', 'Our Policies');
define('BOX_INFORMATION_SHIPPING', 'Refunds & Returns');
define('BOX_INFORMATION_PRIVACY', 'Privacy Policy');
define('BOX_INFORMATION_CONDITIONS', 'Terms of Service');
define('BOX_INFORMATION_PAGE_2', 'Disclaimers');
define('BOX_INFORMATION_PAGE_3', 'Copyright Usage');
define('BOX_INFORMATION_PAGE_4', 'Images & Graphics');

The link, as far as I know, worked fine before I made these changes, yet these changes don't seem like they'd affect the functionality of that particular link.

The Conditions of Use page setting is set to 'on' in the Admin.

Can someone help me diagnose the issue?

Thanks in advance :)