Required attribute function works no longer

[fepb]

Hallo Walzen,

Are you using the Google Sitemap module by Andrew Berezin? If so, that module does have an uninstall SQL file (http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&cPath=40_60&products_id=544).

Even if it's not the same module, I believe you can still uninstall your sitemap module by removing all of its files from your server (but make sure that if the sitemap module's files overwrote any original Zen Cart files that you put back your originals) and deleting any of rows added by the module from your database using phpMyAdmin probably in "Table: configuration"... but I am not an expert yet, so be careful.

Still, I hope we can figure out the solution soon because I would like to keep the Google Sitemap module too.

Viel Gluck! Und danke fur Ihre Antwort,
Aubrey

[jmellon]

I have just installed google maps and observed this problem also.

Currently, I am evaluating options to implement solution; this is what has lead me to this thread. It looks like a difficult problem to reconcile; thus google maps may have to go. Not an appealing trade off, but new products can not be added without attibute functionality. And the contrary is obvious, without the ability to map and submit to the search engine, those new products do not get noticed.

[jmellon]

As stated earlier, my attribute page in product catagories no longer works. This was noticed after I installed Google site map. Being smart I backed up my data before installing Google site map, Therefore I did a roll back of the directory image before Google site map and found that the attributes function still does not work, i.e. I get a white page.

Upon review of activities in the past I suspect a recent server migration to Linux environment with php 5.0.4-10.5 is the reason. MySQL 4.1.20-1.FC4.1 is also different from when originally installed the Zen-cart. This error went unnoticed for a good while because I did not have to add any products to the site since the time I migrated. But once I tried to edit and or add products the necessary attributes page error became apparent

I think then that I have a compatibility problem between my Zen Cart 1.3.6 and the php . I am debating to move to Zen Cart 1.3.7; it looks as though this will not be effective. Contemplating my next move as I gather more research.

[fepb]

Hi there, sorry to hear you're having problems too. I thought I'd let you guys know, I uninstalled Goolge Sitemap from my test store (I have a live store and test store, and the attributes are broken in both) and the attributes are still broken. So I am re-installing from a fresh install. Sigh.

[aaelghat]

walzen or anyone else - have you found a resolution to the problem? I have the same issue. I don't think I installed Google Site Map, but I do have Google Checkout installed, as well as the Ask A Question mod. Could it be one of those that's causing a problem?

[fepb]

walzen or anyone else - have you found a resolution to the problem? I have the same issue. I don't think I installed Google Site Map, but I do have Google Checkout installed, as well as the Ask A Question mod. Could it be one of those that's causing a problem?

Hi aaelghat,

Sorry, I haven't found the solution to this problem; am just living with it for now. I don't have any of the same modules you have installed, so maybe the problem is elsewhere.

[aaelghat]

Thanks, FEPB. Do you happen to have JROX Affiliate Manager installed? What Mods do you have installed (trying to find some commonality) Do you know if you are running PHP 4 or 5?

[fepb]

Hi,

I don't have JROX Affiliate Manager installed, but I've got the following installed (21 in total - I know, maybe not a great idea, but I really did need/want them. The list is quoted from another thread where I posted the mods I've got installed to see if anyone knew of any that affected the required attributes). Along with the quoted ones, I've now also since installed:

- Google/Froogle Feeder
- Blank Sidebox
- Ty Package Tracker

My server info:
Server OS: Linux 2.6.14.7
PHP Version: 4.3.11 (Zend: 1.3.0)
Database: MySQL 4.1.20-max-log
HTTP Server: Apache

Hi Zenners,

I would really appreciate it if anyone could help me out by telling me if/which of any of the following contributions/modules that I have installed could possibly be affecting my attributes?

First of all, the problem I'm having is this: Customers can add items to the cart without inputting required text attributes. If they do not select a display only required dropdown attribute, they get the warning message to select the required display only attribute, but then the required text attribute boxes are gone and they can add the item to the cart without the text attributes as long as they select the dropdown one. (We sell custom pet clothes and therefore attributes are very important). Example Here

So I've been going through my store looking to see if any of the following contributions that I've installed could have caused this problem but so far am coming up empty. I'm fairly certain that this problem occurred quite recently and I do know for sure that this all functioned properly once upon a time, so I'm listing the contributions in reverse order (as best I can remember) starting from most recently installed in the hopes that someone might be able to help me identify the root of my problem:

- Add Phone Number & Subject to Contact Us (I combined elements from 2 separate contributions)
- Email Archive Manager (by Frank Koehl)
- Google XML Sitemap (by Andrew Berezin)
- Backup mySQL Database Plugin (by Dr. Byte)
- *Cross Sell (updated by Dr. Byte)
- *Cart Upsell (by TooLateSmart)
- Bestsellers Thumnail Images (by PaulS)
- Image Handler 2 (by Tim Kroeger)
- PayPal Sessions Viewer (by Dr. Byte)
- Google Translate Sidebox
- Login Sidebox (by Linda McGrath)
- Custom Templates (by Merlin)
- Newsletter Subscribe (by Sara Jacobson)
- Encrypted Master Password (by Dennis Sayer)
- Easy Populate (by Nicholas Keown)
- About Us Page
- EZ Pages on Sitemap (by Gerard)
- Add Customer from Admin (by Aerodynamic_hippo)

* I've tried removing the coding for these 2 contributions (Cart Upsell & Cross Sell) from my tpl_product_info_display.php but it did not fix the problem.

Our store is still fairly new but we are getting increased traffic, so any help at all would be most appreciated because attributes play a huge role in our ordering system with as about 90% of our products are custom.

Thank you all very much! (Even if you didn't come up with anything, thank you for reading! )

Aubrey

[aaelghat]

OK - for what it's worth, the only mod we match up on is that we both have Image Handler 2. I have different versions of OS, PHP, etc. I did try uninstalling Image Handler 2 through the Admin menu, but that didn't fix the issue. This is maddening - this is a huge step backwards that the text validation no longer works and there are no good leads of how to resolve the issue!

My details are below:

Operating system Linux
Kernel version 2.6.19-1_3.BHsmp
Apache version 1.3.37 (Unix)
PHP version 4.4.6
MySQL version 4.1.21-standard-log

[fepb]

Now that you mention it, I've been having strange issues with Image Handler. Sometimes when I go into Image Handler in my store admin (I'm thinking this is after I've installed a new contribution), I have to click on the install link to re-install Image Handler under "Admin" (from within Image Hadler) before I can add/edit photos under "Manage". This happened just yesterday after I installed Google/Froogle Feeder, and I remember having to do this at least 2 other times in the recent past. This got me thinking yesterday and wondering if it was Image Handler affecting my attributes.