Huh! Template overide - no sideboxes?

[dcprod]

This is on a local computer test site with ZC 1.3.8

I copied and renamed the includes/ templates/classic directory to includes/ templates/mytemplate and modified template_info.php to change the name.

Then in the admin console I switched the template from classic to mytemplate. I looked at the user's view and my side boxes were gone. In the Layout Boxes controller everything was turned off with the following message:


WARNING: New boxes found: banner_box.php banner_box2.php banner_box_all.php best_sellers.php categories.php currencies.php document_categories.php ezpages.php featured.php information.php languages.php manufacturer_info.php manufacturers.php more_information.php music_genres.php order_history.php product_notifications.php record_companies.php reviews.php search.php search_header.php shopping_cart.php specials.php tell_a_friend.php whats_new.php whos_online.php

Wha??????

Instead of copying the classic folder should I copy and rename the template_default folder? (From the warning message I don't think it would matter.)

[Ajeh]

This is how it works ...

On a new template it will add all of the sideboxes turned off ... there is a button at the bottom to reset to the default settings ... then you can customize from there ...

[schoolboy]

When you change a template you need to reset your sideboxes. Scroll down on the sideboxes manager and click the re-set button.

This is a very important part of changing templates, as a lot of the control of the appearance of sideboxes is embedded in the tpl_....php files. (which you may CHANGE when you switch templates)

[schoolboy]

Linda types faster than I do !

[dcprod]

Sigh, I hate having to reset all those boxes....

Oh, well, if that's the only quirk when setting up an override template...

[Kim]

You'll be happy to know that in the future 2.0 release, there are some improvements to the handling of the content in the sidebars.

[stevesh]

There's also a mod that allows you to set your sidebox settings as the default.