Adding Graphic Image/Script Element on Left/Right Column

[BlessIsaacola]

I am trying to add some sales graphics on the right and left columns as well as livehelp graphic icon. I do not want this images in a sidebox. I tried to do it and it appears to work but I am not sure if this is the right way/code to achieve what I am trying to do. Please take a look at the code below to see what I have done. I copied a whole section from the tpl_main_page.php so you can see my change.

You can see the result of this code at clevershoppers.com/zctest/ on the right side below the last sidebox. Please help me do this the right way :)

/**
  * prepares and displays right column sideboxes
  *
  */
?>
<div id="navColumnTwoWrapper" style="width: <?php echo BOX_WIDTH_RIGHT; ?>"><?php require(DIR_WS_MODULES . zen_get_module_directory('column_right.php')); ?></div><a href="http://www.clevershoppers.com/music-rock-c-9_40.html">
<img border="0" src="/images/top_rock2.jpg" width="164" height="49"></a><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="https://clevershoppers.com/livehelp/livehelp_js.php?relative=Y&amp;department=1&amp;pingtimes=15&amp;secure=Y"></script></td>
<?php
}
?>
  </tr>
</table>

<?php
 /**
  * prepares and displays footer output

[bunyip]

That is one way to do it, and there's nothing strictly wrong with it.

You could also do it using sideboxes, but use a custom sidebox display template for them so that the header/footer/borders aren't there. That's a bit more work to achieve effectively the same result.

[BlessIsaacola]

That is one way to do it, and there's nothing strictly wrong with it.

You could also do it using sideboxes, but use a custom sidebox display template for them so that the header/footer/borders aren't there. That's a bit more work to achieve effectively the same result.

Thank you for the feedback. The only problem is it doesn't validate...it's looking for alt image attribute. Also, what syntax do I use to make sure the image is centered? Everything I have tried doesn't work.

[bunyip]

You could try modifying the code you posted earlier to this:

/** 
  * prepares and displays right column sideboxes 
  * 
  */ 
?> 
<div id="navColumnTwoWrapper" style="width: <?php echo BOX_WIDTH_RIGHT; ?>"><?php require(DIR_WS_MODULES . zen_get_module_directory('column_right.php')); ?></div><div class="centeredContent"><a href="http://www.clevershoppers.com/music-rock-c-9_40.html"> 
<img border="0" src="/images/top_rock2.jpg" width="164" height="49" alt="whatever alt text you want" /></a><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="https://clevershoppers.com/livehelp/livehelp_js.php?relative=Y&amp;department=1&amp;pingtimes=15&amp;secure=Y"></script></div></td> 
<?php 
} 
?> 
  </tr> 
</table> 

<?php

[BlessIsaacola]

Thanks for the updated code. It now validates but the image for the livehelp is not centered. I am suspecting it has something to do with the script. At least I can live with this now.