[Not a Bug] Easy pages links

[mc12345678]

May I suggest going back to the basics?

Mprough, in the first post, there is indication that previous versions of ZC have been used, the thread or issue appears to be focused on ZC 1.5.4 with a "fix" associated with 1.5.3 correcting the problem you were having...

What about the answers to all of those helpful questions in the posting tips? The ones centered around how this site became ZC 1.5.4 as reported and any differences in it as compared to a clean install would help Dr. Byte with his question above or it might help another developer correct something in a plugin, etc...

[DivaVocals]

Mprough, in the first post, there is indication that previous versions of ZC have been used, the thread or issue appears to be focused on ZC 1.5.4 with a "fix" associated with 1.5.3 correcting the problem you were having...

I'm still not clear whether there's a case to consider that there's a bug or not.

Since this was posted in Bug Reports I'd like to get clarification: Is there a bug? If so, please explain how to reproduce using a clean unaltered install of v1.5.4, and I'll be happy to fix it.

Neither was I which is why I questioned the "solution". In a clean 1.5.4 shop I can't reproduce the issue.. hence my concern that perhaps some bug had escaped my detection.. I think that this issue was something in the v1.5.3 codebase and FIXED in 1.5.4. That link for the "fix" suggested, appears to apply to v1.5.3.

[DrByte]

Exactly. It seems like they're using v1.5.3, else the "solution" wouldn't have been needed.

[DivaVocals]

Exactly. It seems like they're using v1.5.3, else the "solution" wouldn't have been needed.

Thanks DrByte for confirming that this is NOT a bug with regards to v1.5.4..

[DrByte]

Thanks DrByte for confirming that this is NOT a bug with regards to v1.5.4..

Well, as far as I can tell it isn't.
Not sure why mprough reported it as a bug with 1.5.4. Usually she doesn't make that kind of mistake.

[DivaVocals]

Well, as far as I can tell it isn't.
Not sure why mprough reported it as a bug with 1.5.4. Usually she doesn't make that kind of mistake.

I agree which was what got me concerned that I had missed a new 1.5.4 bug.. (hence my seemingless relentless probing)

[stellarweb]

From my experience in installing and upgrading Zen Cart sites, prior to version 1.5.3 (I did not use 1.5.2 because it was supposed to be for demo only) if you had an ez page that had no sort number, nor was the button changed to green, you could still put a link to that ez page somewhere and it would work.

Beginning with 1.5.3 (and possibly 1.5.2), if you do this, it goes to the index page and gives error message at top saying "Sorry, the page you were attempting to access cannot be found."

I discovered this problem when upgrading a customer to 1.5.3 and somehow found a solution was to do what it says in includes/modules/pages/page/header_php.php and comment out a line at or about line 30 as follows:

$sql = "select * from " . TABLE_EZPAGES . " where pages_id = " . (int)$ezpage_id;
// comment the following line to allow access to pages which don't have a status switch set to Yes:
//$sql .= " AND (status_toc > 0 or status_header > 0 or status_sidebox > 0 or status_footer > 0)";

That worked and I was delighted, since this customer had TONS of ez pages that were not in a sidebox, header or footer - but as links on various pages in her store.

It is nice to know that the code "fix" does not need to be applied in that file any longer and that simply clicking the TOC to green will allow the page to be displayed beginning with version 1.5.3. Now all I have to do is REMEMBER that after all these years of not having to do it!

BTW - I noticed the problem does not apply to an upgrade to 1.5.4 I am working on right now that has Ultimate SEO URL's installed. The ez pages will show up whether the TOC is clicked green or not.

Hope this helps someone reading this thread who has encountered the same problem!

[DivaVocals]

BTW - I noticed the problem does not apply to an upgrade to 1.5.4 I am working on right now that has Ultimate SEO URL's installed. The ez pages will show up whether the TOC is clicked green or not.

and I will add to this that with all due respect that there must be something wrong with your upgrade then.. because the links I posted are indeed from a dev site that was upgraded from v1.5.1 to 1.5.4. If you do not activate the TOC, the EZ Pages re-direct to the home page with a message that the file requested cannot be found.. But with the TOC activated, you are properly redirected to the EZ Page.. In fact I just repeated the SAME upgrade on that SAME DB on my local server and even without re-installing the modules and custom template, I still get the exact same result..

There are quite a few modules and templates marked v1.5.4 compatible which I found re-introduce outdated Zen Cart code.. So I'd say that unless you missed a file in your upgrade activities or installed a module or template that uses outdated EZ Pages code and overwrote the upgrade changes by installing this module or template, the new EZ Pages code should work on a properly upgraded store..

[stellarweb]

Not sure what could be wrong with the upgrade. He has very few mods installed - so the build was quite easy - install 1.5.4, pull over select tables from the current database, upgrade the database, update the template files and install the few mods he has - sideboxes, sales report, mail chimp, Ultimate SEO URLs, etc. It is probably a .htaccess problem or caching on my computer, so I guess disregard that statement! LOL

[DivaVocals]

pull over select tables from the current database, upgrade the database

.httaccess would NOT be the cause.. but wonder if your method of upgrading the databases is at issue.. pulling over "select tables" sounds like cherry picking tables and this is not a recommended upgrade practice..

In any case sounds like you are missing pieces of the 1.5.4 codebase which is the only reason why the new functionality wouldn't work..