Twitter Updates Sidebox Contribution Support Thread

[Muzz]

If you go to my site at www gotvapes com you can see my implementation of the twitter update widget in the right hand column at the bottom. Its working fine except for the wonkky formatting of the twitter feed username and twitter feed name next to the icon in the header of the widget...I've tried everything and the closest I came to a solution was taking the script code out of a php wrapper, which assigns it to a $content variable, and entering the code as straight html (this is in the sidebox template file). It created proper formatting of that area but then it throws off the display of side boxes around it.

So the problem appears to be in implementing the twitter javascript within a php wrapper...anyone have any ideas or has anyone implemented the wtwitter widget and have had no problems with the widget header formatting?

You can't change the layout except in twitter itself and thats extremely limited.

I wanted to do similar and could not change it.

Also note that having twitter sidebox installed will cause security alerts in some browsers. IE8 for one.

If you have Twitter sidebox loading on any secure part of your shop it will cause security alert in ALL browsers.

I have disabled mine until the security alert issue can be sorted and have a follow me on twitter icon instead.

[soki]

Because of the security alert I decided to display the twitter sidebox only in main page here is how I done that

go where the twitter sidebox is ,

mine is at /includes/modules/sideboxes/twitter_sidebox.php

edit the file

find this argument

$show_blank_sidebox = true;

delete it and replace with

 if ($this_is_home_page) {
    $show_blank_sidebox = true;
  } else {
    $show_blank_sidebox = false;
  }

i found the solution from here

https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/i...hp?article=270

[Muzz]

Because of the security alert I decided to display the twitter sidebox only in main page here is how I done that

go where the twitter sidebox is ,

mine is at /includes/modules/sideboxes/twitter_sidebox.php

edit the file

find this argument

$show_blank_sidebox = true;

delete it and replace with

 if ($this_is_home_page) {
    $show_blank_sidebox = true;
  } else {
    $show_blank_sidebox = false;
  }

i found the solution from here

https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/i...hp?article=270

I had my home page previously like this... however, IE 8 still got security warnings. Make sure you previously didn't allow the page to load with security setting ignored etc.. this may have stored in your cookies thus you don't get warning anymore.

Make sure your checking all browsers and versions etc.

CHrome, firefox and IE7 below are ok.

Haven't tried the BEAT IE 9 Yet.

Many people use IE 8 and with me removing the twitter sidebox sales seem to be climbing slightly.. too soon to notice if much damage was done from warnings.

[delia]

As I have said before, this is not the best solution for a twitter sidebox.

I have another solution but have not had time to package it for upload to the contributions. I have always provided my mods for free but it's getting harder and harder for me to find the nonpaying time to get them ready for the general public.

The new box uses jquery and I have found that due to the twitter api not always being available, it occasionally doesn't load.

Personally I would not use this twitter sidebox on an ecommerce site at all.

[Muzz]

Thanks Delia!

I blame the twitter API not you :)