Link Manager 3.0 Support Thread

[notageek]

Hi. I incurred a problem where Google Analytics stopped being visible on my bilingual website after I installed the Link Manager module. I did not think the module would be the cause, but my single language website still shows the Simple Google Analytics code, whereas the GA code has totally disappeared from "view source" on the bilingual website.

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the module, and then adding the Spanish language files that I had previously just skipped. Apparently, the website really doesn't work without adding the language files if the site is bilingual.

I need to read this thread to see how to get the links to work in the Spanish portion of the site, but I am posting the Google Analytics question now in case someone might have some insight into the GA disappearance problem.

My site is www.g o k a r a o k e m a c h i n e.com (without the spaces). Thanks for any comments.

Notageek

[notageek]

Hi. I solved my Simple Google Analytics disappearance by an uninstallation and reinstallation of the Simple Google Analytics module. I do not know why GA just stopped working, but possibly it had been installed in the prior version of PHP and now that we have PHP 5.1, and I had to change the TYPE=MyISAM to ENGINE=MyISAM to accommodate the verbiage change in PHP 5.1, when installing the Link Manager, perhaps that created some kind of conflict in the MySQL database.

Well, at least my site is up and running again, and the Link Manager second language files are now fully installed in the course of trying to sort out the GA problems.

I hope this thought helps someone in the Link Manager forum and the discussion has not been too much of a digression or repetition of the Simple GA module's train of investigation.

Notageek

[moksha]

Hello,

I was wondering if there is a way to make this mod work for zc version 1.5, I've read many pages of this support thread and I believe there are some who have been able to achieve this. So i tried installing the mod myself, I downloaded the latest version of the mod, succeeded in running the .sql install script and uploaded all the necessary folders (after renaming YOUR_TEMPLATE folders), then activated the sidebox in my admin. The problem is that the sidebox will not appear on my site, and in my admin the Links Manager link under 'Configuration' and the other links which are supposed to be found under 'Extras' do not appear either. I do see the links.php, link_categories.php and links_contact.php pages in my browser when navigating there (as someone has suggested), but I would like to access those pages via the admin links and have the sidebox appear on my site. Is there a way of solving this issue? It would really be great if someone could upgrade this mod for zc 1.5 as Mr. Clyde Jones worked so much on this wonderful add-on and it is surely a very useful tool... I would try and do that myself if I knew how to code things...

www.triskilian.com

ZC Version: 1.5.0
PHP Version: 5.2.17
MySQL: 5.5.30

add-ons installed:

backup_zc_v1
ckeditor_plugin_for_zen_cart_3-6
jScroller Sidebox Package
login_box_v1-6
Shopping Cart with Image Sidebox
zen_lightbox-v1.6.4_1.20120428
Image Handler 4
Sitemap XML

Thanks a lot!

[moksha]

Update: apparently the sidebox has appeared on my site, but only in the English version of it, not the Italian (my site has 2 languages), and it's strange because I did copy all the language files to my Italian folders... there must be something I'm missing here... perhaps that something is obvious and I can't seem to think straight at the moment...

[moksha]

Update 2: Solved, I simply added a new category in the link_categories.php via the admin and the sidebox finally appeared on the Italian version of the site ... as there was only one category added by default in the mod ("Zen Cart Development" with a link to Mr. Clyde Jones' site) and it was not showing in my italian admin. Still hoping someone will come up with an idea on how to make the Links Manager links appear in the admin panel. Cheers.

[picandnix]

Still hoping someone will come up with an idea on how to make the Links Manager links appear in the admin panel. Cheers.

Is it just the Links Manager area under configuration that you are lacking or do you still need to gain the controls that are in the 'Extras' menu as well?

[gxjenkins]

Is it just the Links Manager area under configuration that you are lacking or do you still need to gain the controls that are in the 'Extras' menu as well?

I would like to know how to add the Links Manager links to admin as well.
I've been using the mod since I moved to 1.50 by logging into the store admin and then in another browser tab typing in:

https://your-domain.com/your-admin/links.php

https://your-domain.com/your-admin/link_categories.php

Hope this helps you out.

[DivaVocals]

I would like to know how to add the Links Manager links to admin as well.
I've been using the mod since I moved to 1.50 by logging into the store admin and then in another browser tab typing in:

https://your-domain.com/your-admin/links.php

https://your-domain.com/your-admin/link_categories.php

Hope this helps you out.

and a tiptoe through the FAQs yeild this: http://www.zen-cart.com/content.php?...e-v1-5-0-admin

[picandnix]

and a tiptoe through the FAQs yeild this: http://www.zen-cart.com/content.php?...e-v1-5-0-admin

Who stole my thunder?
@ moksha, you can also simply registerthe pages that appear under 'Extras'.

[moksha]

Picandnix, yes, I needed to gain the controls that are in the 'Extras' menu as well, but I managed to solve that, DivaVocal's link was very helpful - thanks Diva! - so, if this can help gxjenkins or anyone else, here's how I added the 3 items to the 'Extras' section in the admin panel:

admin-> admin access management-> admin page registration (tool available only for zc 1.5.x, as I read somewhere)... a page with a form to compile will appear. I compiled the form as follows:

for Links:
Page Key= links
Page Name= BOX_LINKS
Page Filename= FILENAME_LINKS
Page Parameters= leave blank
Menu= select 'Extras' from the dropdown
Display on Menu?= check the display box
Sort Order= 6 (or whatever order number you would like to assign to this item)
... then press 'insert'

for Link Categories:
Page Key= linkcategories
Page Name= BOX_LINK_CATEGORIES
Page Filename= FILENAME_LINK_CATEGORIES
Page Parameters= leave blank
Menu= select 'Extras' from the dropdown
Display on Menu?= check the display box
Sort Order= 7 (or whatever order number you would like to assign to this item)
... then press 'insert'

for Links Contact:
Page Key= linkscontact
Page Name= BOX_LINKS_CONTACT
Page Filename= FILENAME_LINKS_CONTACT
Page Parameters= leave blank
Menu= select 'Extras' from the dropdown
Display on Menu?= check the display box
Sort Order= 8 (or whatever order number you would like to assign to this item)
... then press 'insert'

Now I have all 3 links in the 'Extras' section of the admin. However, still could not solve for the Links Manager link under the 'Configuration' section, the only admin Links Manager files I found in the mod's folder are these:

admin/includes/extra_datafiles/links_manager.php
admin/includes/functions/extra_functions/links_manager.php

... and there are no defines in there for Page Name and Page Filename... could these be created in some way or added perhaps to the existing files?