How do EZ-Pages work?

[merlin01326]

Hi ckosloff

Is that the Zen Cart manual by Goh Koon Hoek?
or
is there another manual that I should be reading please

[ckosloff]

Hi ckosloff

Is that the Zen Cart manual by Goh Koon Hoek?
or
is there another manual that I should be reading please

I am not aware of any other manual except the one by Koon Hoek.
There's gonna be a second edition based on 1.4, so I've heard.
You can buy this one and then upgrade, I think the best thing is to buy the e-book, because it's searchable.

[merlin01326]

I already have that book.

I have now sorted out a page using EZ pages.

However, Is there a way of putting the hyperlink into the sidebox marked Categories, instead of on the Header or in the important Links sidebox.

70% of my trade is done through my custom requirements pages.
Please have a look at my HTML site.. www.merlinmounts.co.uk and you will see what I mean.

Most, if not all www surfers automatically look at the categories/navigation sidebox and NOT elsewhere on the screen, so if it was in the header or in the footer then it would be missed by the scan the customer uses -their eyes......

I have asked for help in the Commercial section of the forum as yet have only had 5 visitors and no help forthcoming. Early days maybe or there is not an answer or there is a failing within the Zen Cart package to do this. I do not know...

[merlin01326]

I have constructed the EZ Pages using the product description and transferred my HTML into it.

Unfortunately the Html coding does not work - yet it does on my HTML live site.

Secondly I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get the link to the EZ-page into the Category Sidebox. Which is where I want it.

Should I be lucky and get the last action to work then another question. The EZ Page/HTML calls a php file to do some calculations. Where do I store this page please.

12 reads so far to my commercial post.

My only other option is to keep the existing HTML pages and call them a link. Again though how do I get that link into the Category side box.

[ckosloff]

I have constructed the EZ Pages using the product description and transferred my HTML into it.

Unfortunately the Html coding does not work - yet it does on my HTML live site.

Secondly I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get the link to the EZ-page into the Category Sidebox. Which is where I want it.

Should I be lucky and get the last action to work then another question. The EZ Page/HTML calls a php file to do some calculations. Where do I store this page please.

12 reads so far to my commercial post.

My only other option is to keep the existing HTML pages and call them a link. Again though how do I get that link into the Category side box.

This post is very confusing for my nano-brain.
In my book, Categories are created in the database and you can put in the description all the HTML you want, images, links, etc.
When you click on that category link it will take you to that description.
EZ pages have a different scope, more like creating chapters with TOC.
Why not use each feature according to its concept?

[merlin01326]

Hi ckosloff
Have a look at my live HTML site and you will see what I mean.
www.merlinmounts.co.uk

In the left hand side box -Navigation Box - there are links to the various pages. Product pages if you will. Similar to ZC Category side box.

My Custom Mount Calculator HTML page is actually not a page that contains products per se It is an information gathering page before calling a php file to do the calculations which is then displayed on another results.HTML page.

Web pages - by default - really have the main Nav sidebox on the left.
ZC has the category sidebox.

As suggested, I have transferred the HTML coding into the Category description box. That category name is also added to the category sidebox list. When I select/click on that link (in the sidebox) I am correctly taken to that category page, where I do see the coding presented correctly. However some of the coding does not seem to work in the ZC format. Now I do know the coding is correct because it works on the live site. I do not know why it will not work when it has been transferred into ZC.

My other question still: Where do I put the calculation.php file. I have tried putting it into the store root. Yet it is not called or actioned. Likewise where do I put the results.HTML page/file.

As I stated If I retain my original HTML pages and call them by using an external Link. How do I put that link into the Categories Sidebox.

I do not wish to use the Information side box or the Header/Footer linking system. Customers are generally lazy and automatically look at the left hand Nav bar/Category sidebox (call it whatever you want) for their requirements. They will not look at headers/footers information sidebox for products. They will only look there for privacy/FAQs/T & C's etc..

[ckosloff]

Hi ckosloff
Have a look at my live HTML site and you will see what I mean.
www.merlinmounts.co.uk

I did look at your site and found the calculator working OK in FF and IE.
Honestly, I don't think your question is related to EZ pages, if you still have trouble or things are not to your liking, you may try the Page layout changes forum here:
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=130

[merlin01326]

Hi ckosloff

Of course that site works. It is NOT written in ZC format.

That is what I am trying to do.

Thank you for the tip I will ask again on the Page Layout section

[ScriptJunkie]

There's a table in your database called "ezpages". Unless you're using the multilanguage ezpages add-in, it all goes in there and gets backed up with whatever you do for your main database backup.

Hi Kuroi,

What is the implication for ZC upgrades? Given that EZ pages are tucked away in the database, does that mean they would remain intact when upgrading to a higher version of ZC?

[ckosloff]

Hi Kuroi,

What is the implication for ZC upgrades? Given that EZ pages are tucked away in the database, does that mean they would remain intact when upgrading to a higher version of ZC?

Answer is yes.
The upgrade touches on some PHP files and provides an upgrade patch for your database, which does not affect EZ pages.
This is how it has worked so far, if EZ pages were to be affected, the ZC team would tell you what the work-around is.