Sidebox Duplicating Content

[naturalintegrators]

Hi All
I'm quite new in Zen Cart and I'm unable to address this problem: the sidebox on the left shows the content of the sidebox above: this appens with both featured or special sidebox (with actual configuration it display the content of the categoy box) and appens to the first one regardless of the order (inverting the order it is always affected the first)
I can't figure out where it can be the problem I searched the forum and googled too: may be that I'm using the wrong question..
I'm running 1.3.8a on blue host with 5 language packages
Reward points Quick cache and Seo Url as far as I can remeber it worked fine after installing these add ons.
I've moved everything from a godaddy hosting to the new one due to performance issues. Now it load fast, but have that error: please if anyone know how to address it let me know.
The site is
n a t u r a l i n t e g r a t o r .com (without the spaces
Thank you in advance

(sorry if my english is not good: I'm Italian )

[gjh42]

Someone else had esentially the same problem recently: a sidebox content repeating the one above it.

Does it happen with any other sideboxes if you put them below Categories? Does it happen if you put a different sidebox at the top of the column?

[naturalintegrators]

Hi
I've tryed some combinations: regardless what's the first box in the column the problem persists, but seem to belong to the featured box, with this configuration the featured box displays the content of the category box:

Box File Name LEFT/RIGHT COLUMN
Status LEFT or RIGHT
COLUMN LEFT/RIGHT COLUMN
Sort Order SINGLE COLUMN
Sort Order SINGLE COLUMN
Status Action
sideboxes/specials.php ON LEFT 0 0 OFF Edit Info
sideboxes/classic/reward_points.php OFF LEFT 0 0 OFF Edit Info
sideboxes/document_categories.php OFF LEFT 0 0 OFF Edit Info
sideboxes/categories.php ON LEFT 1 0 ON Edit Info
sideboxes/whos_online.php OFF LEFT 2 2 ON Edit Info
sideboxes/featured.php ON LEFT 2 0 ON Edit Info
sideboxes/search_header.php OFF LEFT 3 0 OFF Edit Info
sideboxes/information.php ON LEFT 4 20 ON Edit Info
sideboxes/manufacturers.php OFF LEFT 30 20 OFF Edit Info
sideboxes/more_information.php OFF LEFT 200 200 OFF Edit Info
sideboxes/banner_box.php OFF LEFT 300 1 OFF Edit Info
sideboxes/classic/ezpages.php ON RIGHT -1 2 OFF Edit
sideboxes/order_history.php ON RIGHT 0 0 OFF Edit Info
sideboxes/languages.php ON RIGHT 1 1 ON Edit Info
sideboxes/tell_a_friend.php OFF RIGHT 2 0 OFF Edit Info
sideboxes/search.php ON RIGHT 3 3 OFF Edit Info
sideboxes/classic/shopping_cart_with_rewards.php ON RIGHT 4 100 ON Edit Info
sideboxes/banner_box_all.php OFF RIGHT 5 0 OFF Edit Info
sideboxes/music_genres.php OFF RIGHT 5 5 OFF Edit Info
sideboxes/record_companies.php OFF RIGHT 5 5 OFF Edit Info
sideboxes/whats_new.php ON RIGHT 7 0 OFF Edit Info
sideboxes/reviews.php ON RIGHT 8 0 ON Edit Info
sideboxes/product_notifications.php ON RIGHT 9 4 ON Edit Info
sideboxes/banner_box2.php OFF RIGHT 15 1 OFF Edit Info
sideboxes/shopping_cart.php OFF RIGHT 20 30 OFF Edit Info
sideboxes/best_sellers.php OFF RIGHT 30 70 OFF Edit Info
sideboxes/manufacturer_info.php ON RIGHT 35 95 ON Edit Info
sideboxes/currencies.php ON RIGHT 380 360 ON Edit Info

Selected Box: ezpages.php
Edit
Box Details:
Box Name: ezpages.php
Left/Right Column Status: ON
Location: (Single Column ignores this setting) RIGHT
Left/Right Column Sort Order: -1
Single Column Sort Order: 2


And with this too:
Box File Name LEFT/RIGHT COLUMN
Status LEFT or RIGHT
COLUMN LEFT/RIGHT COLUMN
Sort Order SINGLE COLUMN
Sort Order SINGLE COLUMN
Status Action
sideboxes/classic/reward_points.php OFF LEFT 0 0 OFF Edit Info
sideboxes/document_categories.php OFF LEFT 0 0 OFF Edit Info
sideboxes/categories.php ON LEFT 1 0 ON Edit Info
sideboxes/whos_online.php OFF LEFT 2 2 ON Edit Info
sideboxes/featured.php ON LEFT 2 0 ON Edit Info
sideboxes/specials.php ON LEFT 3 0 OFF Edit
sideboxes/search_header.php OFF LEFT 3 0 OFF Edit Info
sideboxes/information.php ON LEFT 4 20 ON Edit Info
sideboxes/manufacturers.php OFF LEFT 30 20 OFF Edit Info
sideboxes/more_information.php OFF LEFT 200 200 OFF Edit Info
sideboxes/banner_box.php OFF LEFT 300 1 OFF Edit Info
sideboxes/classic/ezpages.php ON RIGHT -1 2 OFF Edit Info
sideboxes/order_history.php ON RIGHT 0 0 OFF Edit Info
sideboxes/languages.php ON RIGHT 1 1 ON Edit Info
sideboxes/tell_a_friend.php OFF RIGHT 2 0 OFF Edit Info
sideboxes/search.php ON RIGHT 3 3 OFF Edit Info
sideboxes/classic/shopping_cart_with_rewards.php ON RIGHT 4 100 ON Edit Info
sideboxes/banner_box_all.php OFF RIGHT 5 0 OFF Edit Info
sideboxes/music_genres.php OFF RIGHT 5 5 OFF Edit Info
sideboxes/record_companies.php OFF RIGHT 5 5 OFF Edit Info
sideboxes/whats_new.php ON RIGHT 7 0 OFF Edit Info
sideboxes/reviews.php ON RIGHT 8 0 ON Edit Info
sideboxes/product_notifications.php ON RIGHT 9 4 ON Edit Info
sideboxes/banner_box2.php OFF RIGHT 15 1 OFF Edit Info
sideboxes/shopping_cart.php OFF RIGHT 20 30 OFF Edit Info
sideboxes/best_sellers.php OFF RIGHT 30 70 OFF Edit Info
sideboxes/manufacturer_info.php ON RIGHT 35 95 ON Edit Info
sideboxes/currencies.php ON RIGHT 380 360 ON

While with this it shows up the content of the special above

[naturalintegrators]

solved!
Everything seemed to be fine, but for some reason (I don't know why maybe something wrong during the migration from one server to another one) the tpl_featured file was gone to 0 byte . I've uploaded the one that I had in my backup and now everything is working fine.
If someone else encounters the same problem the easy way is to browse via FTP the sidebox folder and replace every file with 0 size with a working backup.
(I've wasted two days on this )
Hope this helps someone else.
Thank You to everybody for the help
Ciao
Enrico

[gjh42]

Thanks for posting the solution you found!