Admin-Editable Sidebox - Support Thread

[brancasalvo]

I'm sorry for my english
Hello, I have installed zencart: http://brancasalvo.site50.net/index.php, the admin side: http://brancasalvo.site50.net/adminn/
login: salvo2013
password: help2013

I ask for help to bring up something on the form Editable Sidebox.zip

thanks

[DivaVocals]

I'm sorry for my english
Hello, I have installed zencart: http://brancasalvo.site50.net/index.php, the admin side: http://brancasalvo.site50.net/adminn/
login: salvo2013
password: help2013

I ask for help to bring up something on the form Editable Sidebox.zip

thanks

I hope to HECK that this is a test store.. Because posting your admin login and password exposes your site to a whole worldful of crazy.. Not sure why you think this is preferable to simply posting the information you were asked to supply.. but to each his own.. (not to mention.. not everyone here speaks/reads Italian and the whole site is in Italian.. so I'm not sure a bunch of English speakers are gonna be able to get around after logging in)

Even with this information you STILL have not indicated what Facebook code you SHOULD be using and WHERE you are entering it.. It's honestly the ONLY way to figure out WHY your Facebook code isn't working with the Admin-Editable sidebox.

[brancasalvo]

hello, there are problems with login and password the site is just for testing.
I put the code on the website (login: pass salvo2013: help2013) to display facebook but nothing changes. The code now can be seen from the admin side.

[godt]

I have two sideboxes set using this module, but neither responds to any box-specific css. So, I have #editablesidebox.leftBoxContainer and #editablesideboxw.leftBoxContainer showing in Chrome develop tools, but whiat ever css I set up for these, the boxes only respond to the standard .leftBoxContainer.

Is there somewhere in the files where I need to indicate the box name? I cannot see such a thing.

[gjh42]

When you view the page sourrce, what exactly is the id of each of these sideboxes? Capitalization matters.
Can we see the site live?

[godt]

Thanks for your reply gjh42. You are right of course. And in my state, I added a reply here, and failed that as well. I realised after some time that where I was assiduous in backing up my css file before I messed about, I was making changes to my test file but copying over my backup file through ftp.

I know what you're thinking. There isn't even much to learn here for someone else. My angst is heightened by my noticing that you replied at 3.30am.

[gjh42]

Actually, it was 9:31 pm for me when I responded:)

If you were copying over your backup file, that would indicate that it was on the server as a CSS file. This can lead to untold headaches, as any style*.css file in the /css/ folder will be autoloaded and applied, so your backup could keep changes to the "real" file from taking effect. If you need to keep a backup on your server, rename it from .css to .css-bak or anything else that will not be processed as code. (".bak" is discouraged by I think PCI for security reasons.)

[godt]

Kind of working in reverse. Whenever I work on site files, I copy the current file to a backup directory on my PC by ftp, as well as to my working directory. That way, I can always go back to the beginning. The problem is that, happily - or otherwise working on changes to my working file, I can blindly copy over the backup file if it was the last I accessed through ftp.

Guess what? My changes have no effect. Sometimes it takes me a while...

And of course, it must be more complex than that.

[shags38]

zc 1.3.9h
Hello,

I am having trouble with an 'additional' sidebox (the original sidebox is fine). Sidebox_2 is showing up on the page OK and the box header title is correct and the box shows up under Admin>Define Page Editor however the 'content' for the box will not load - it does show up correctly on includes/languages/english/html_includes/define_editable_sidebox_2_content.php - I have checked and rechecked the 'duplicated' files for errors and cannot see any - I think maybe it is a naming convention or something with the second box - here are the files for sidebox_2;
includes/languages/english/extra_definitions/define_editable_sidebox_2_content.php
// Enter your preferred header for the sidebox (or leave it blank) by editing between the 2nd set of single quotes below.
// If you have multiple editable sideboxes, you will also need to change the 1st parameter
// e.g. BOX_HEADING_EDITABLE_SIDEBOX_2 or something more memorable if you prefer
define('BOX_HEADING_EDITABLE_SIDEBOX_2', 'Xmas Discount');[this does show up correctly on header]

// If you change the name of the html_include file with the sidebox content, put the new name,
// without the ",php" suffix between the 2nd set of single quotes below.
// If you have multiple editable sideboxes, you will also need to change the 1st parameter
// e.g. DEFINE_EDITABLE_SIDEBOX_NAME_2
define('DEFINE_EDITABLE_SIDEBOX_NAME_2', 'define_editable_sidebox_2_content');[probelm?]

includes/modules/sideboxes/editable_sidebox_2.php

// test if box should display
$show_editable_sidebox_2 = true;

$define_sidebox_2 = zen_get_file_directory(DIR_WS_LANGUAGES . $_SESSION['language'] . '/html_includes/', DEFINE_EDITABLE_SIDEBOX_2_NAME, 'true');

if ($show_editable_sidebox_2 == true) {
require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_editable_sidebox_2.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'sideboxes'). '/tpl_editable_sidebox_2.php');
$title = BOX_HEADING_EDITABLE_SIDEBOX_2;
$title_link = false;
require($template->get_template_dir($column_box_default, DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'common') . '/' . $column_box_default);
}
?>

includes/templates/template_default/tpl_editable_sidebox_2.php

*/

$content = '';
$content .= '<div id="' . str_replace('_', '-', $box_id . 'Content') . '" class="sideBoxContent">';

// this is where the content that you have via the Admin is pulled in.
$content .= file_get_contents($define_sidebox_2);

$content .= '</div>';
?>

Looking forward to some assistance please.

cheers, Mike

[godt]

I recall similar issues and in the end sidestepped them by using the Blank Sidebox:

http://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=80