Specials Page Blank

[gem10]

So - I have searched the forums and found a few things but have not been able to fix the problem.

http://www.facetsofgem.com/index.php?main_page=specials

Ive looked at the debug error logs and I am not getting any errors. It's working in the side box, just not in the link. I have tried removing and resubmitting. I checked to make sure that they are in the DB.

Only thing I changed is - adding something to state a message when there are no specials, which is working when I deleted the specials.

Any idea's?

Thanks

[Ajeh]

Peek in the /cache for debug logs and see what they say when you hit this page ...

NOTE: if not using v1.3.9, which has the Debug Tool built in, you can obtain the Debug Tool in the Free Software Add Ons ...

[gem10]

Yeah - I did that and am not coming up with any errors at all.

[Ajeh]

How did you add the message for when there are no specials?

NOTE: there isn't a link or sidebox when there are no specials ... this is already built into Zen Cart ...

[gem10]

How did you add the message for when there are no specials?

NOTE: there isn't a link or sidebox when there are no specials ... this is already built into Zen Cart ...

Yeah - I know, but I have a hardlink to the site so I needed something on there when there were no specials.

If you added that message in tpl_specials_default.php, I'd guess you messed that up somehow. You have a wild </td> in your source where your specials listing should be:

<!-- bof upload alerts -->
<!-- eof upload alerts -->


</td>
<td id="navColumnTwo" class="columnRight" style="width: 150px">

I would replace that file with a stock copy and see if that fixes it, then redo the custom message if so.

I reverted back to the stock copy, even thought all I did was add a line to that file and it didn't fix it. But it does seem to be a problem with what I did, because now that I have been playing around with it, it works, but now my text doesn't show when there are no specials lol.

Here is what I did.

includes/modules/pages/specials/main_template_vars.php

Replace

$num_products_count = $specials->RecordCount();
  if ($num_products_count) {
    if ($num_products_count < SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_COLUMNS_SPECIALS_PRODUCTS || SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_COLUMNS_SPECIALS_PRODUCTS==0 ) {
      $col_width = floor(100/$num_products_count);
    } else {
      $col_width = floor(100/SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_COLUMNS_SPECIALS_PRODUCTS);
    }

with

$num_products_count = $specials->RecordCount();
 
  if ($num_products_count ==0) {
	$col_width=0;
  } else {
    if ($num_products_count < SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_COLUMNS_SPECIALS_PRODUCTS || SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_COLUMNS_SPECIALS_PRODUCTS==0 ) {
      $col_width = floor(100/$num_products_count);
    } else {
      $col_width = floor(100/SHOW_PRODUCT_INFO_COLUMNS_SPECIALS_PRODUCTS);
    }

includes/templates/template_default/templates/tpl_specials_default.php

add

<?php if ($num_products_count ==0) {
 echo TEXT_NO_SPECIALS; }?>

after

<h1 id="specialsListingHeading"><?php echo $breadcrumb->last(); ?></h1>

in includes/languages/mytemplate/english.php

added:

define('TEXT_NO_SPECIALS', 'There are currently no specials. Please check back later.');

[stevesh]

If you added that message in tpl_specials_default.php, I'd guess you messed that up somehow. You have a wild </td> in your source where your specials listing should be:

<!-- bof upload alerts -->
<!-- eof upload alerts -->


</td>
<td id="navColumnTwo" class="columnRight" style="width: 150px">

I would replace that file with a stock copy and see if that fixes it, then redo the custom message if so.