Blank Sidebox not showing

[kirma]

I am having confusing on adding new blank sideboxes to my site. I am trying to install an addon available on zencart website.

http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...roducts_id=174

I have already uploaded the files to required folders. But still the sidebox hasn't shown in the site. I have read the readme file carefully. Am i missing something ? do i have to configure anything on the admin panel in order to display it?

[misty]

Activate sideboxes via admin>tools>layoutboxes Controller.

[masb]

I downloaded blank boxes, tried my best to follow the instructions in "read me" but it is not showing in my layout boxes controller. I must be doing something wrong, can someone help pls?

[stevesh]

I've used that mod dozens of times, and installing it should be a simple process. Drag and drop the 'includes' folder from the mod to the root (top) directory of your store, and all files and folders will land where they belong. The sidebox will then show in Layout Boxes Controller.

[masb]

thanks stevesh, the issue was that I was using the ftp in godaddy to upload my files and that didn't work. So I then used filezilla and got it! I guess I learned my lesson and will use filezilla for not on.

[lina0962]

On the template/sidebox/tpl_blank_sidebox.php, it said

$content .= '<p>You can include text, links, images, HTML markup and even PHP code</p>'; 

But when I tried to add this following PHP, something wrong happended. The sidebox hasn't shown in the site. www.best4future.com

<?php 

//
// Make a new empty tag cloud
//

$cloud = new wordCloud();

//
// Add the product keywords
//
$array_ids = my_get_prod_ids();
foreach ($array_ids as $key1 => $id_val)
{
    $prod_key_words =readCSV(zen_get_metatags_keywords1($id_val, 1));
    foreach ($prod_key_words as $key2 => $tag)
    {
        $cloud->addTag(rand(5, 15),zen_href_link(FILENAME_ADVANCED_SEARCH_RESULT, 'keyword=' . $tag),$tag);
    }
}

//
// Add the catagories
//

    foreach (zen_get_categories_names(array(array()),0 ,'') as $key => $value) 
    {
      if (is_array($value)) 
      {
          $cloud->addTag(rand(5, 15),$value[0],$value[1]);
      }
    }
    
//
// Add some sample data
//
//$cloud->addTag(rand(5, 15),"http://www.madteckhead.com/","Me");
//$cloud->addTag(rand(5, 15),"http://www.madteckhead.com/","Me");
//$cloud->addTag(rand(5, 15),"http://www.madteckhead.com/","something");
//$cloud->addTag(rand(5, 15),"http://www.madteckhead.com/","Else");
//$cloud->addTag(rand(5, 15),"http://www.madteckhead.com/","Todo");

//
//Display the cloud
//
echo $cloud->showCloud();
?>

Can anybody advise me? Thank you so much!!