Admin-Editable Sidebox - Support Thread

[user2345]

Another question then:
How to remove the whole header block for this sidebox?

[Craft Magick]

I just installed the Editable sidebox mod but the contents do not show up (it's a java script for newsletter subscription).

The header title I renamed it to is "Newsletter Sign-up" (per the README file) in the includes/languages/english/extra_definitions/editable_sidebox_defines.php file doesn't show up, either. The title of the box is "Your header in Here"

It also REPLACED my wish list box which I don't understand.

It seemed like a simple install and I followed directions.

Here is a link to the website: http://www.ZenCrystals.com

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Connie


P.S. on a side note -- i chose NOT to use the Zen Cart newsletter program because I need the STATS on views/clicks, etc. as well as a program that will automatically handle unsubscribes, and includes autoresponders. If anyone knows of a fairly simple to use (I am NOT a programmer) newsletter program that is open source and will work with Zen Cart I would be welcome to suggestions.

[Craft Magick]

I fixed the box header name issue (apparently there are TWO places that it needed to be updated)

Still couldn't get the javascript to show up in the sidebox, though.

As a work-around I put the newsletter sign-up script into a sidebox2 bannerbox and that seems to work fine.

I would still be interested in learning what I did wrong with the editable-sidebox mod since it seems like a very valuable mod and I would like to be able to use it.

Have a great weekend!

[ckosloff]

This is a style issue.
I installed the sidebox without a problem and just want to show an image in there.
The image shows a little bit skewed to the right.
I tried to center it like so, in my main stylesheet:
#editablesideboxContent .sideBoxContent {
text-align: center;
padding: 0px;
}
However, didn't quite achieve the effect; probably because there are two other instances of .sideBoxContent, one of them with padding: 0.4em.
How can I center the image in the sidebox?
Thanks.

[kuroi]

This is a style issue.
I installed the sidebox without a problem and just want to show an image in there.
The image shows a little bit skewed to the right.
I tried to center it like so, in my main stylesheet:
#editablesideboxContent .sideBoxContent {
text-align: center;
padding: 0px;
}
However, didn't quite achieve the effect; probably because there are two other instances of .sideBoxContent, one of them with padding: 0.4em.
How can I center the image in the sidebox?
Thanks.

Question would have been better off in the stylesheet section, as it's not specific to the admin-editable sidebox and there are more more people dealing with stylesheet issues over there, than answering questions about this sidebox.

But since I know a little bit about CSS What you are doing is correct. So why doesn't it work? Impossible to say without seeing the site (can't see it on the site in your link). The paddding: 0.4em shouldn't really have an adverse effect, since it pads both sides evenly. However, if that styling comes after the padding: 0px (no need for the px when padding or any other setting is 0) and when added to your image width would overflow the sidebox width that you have allowed, then in some browsers the image would be off center. Other styling, such as margins or relative positioning could also be a cause of this problem.

There's a lot of ifs and buts in there, which is why seeing the problem in context and knowing which browser to view with is essential for this type of issue.

[ckosloff]

Kuroi,
Thanks for comprehensive response.
The reason you cannot see this online is that I am working on a test site that will have a completely different look and feel from the one online.
I am showing credit cards images (merged into one) inside the editable sidebox.
I started out with an image 150px wide, which is the max width allowed for sidebox, and, yes, it did overflow, probably for the reasons you explained.
So I cropped image to 141px and now it is inside the sidebox.
Still don't understand why I cannot center it exactly, will continue testing settings.
The padding 0.4em is inserted in there by the standard Zen Cart stylesheet, and if I change that setting it will have site-wide effects.
I am enclosing a screenshot of the image.

[AdamTOW]

Folks,
I have an editable sidebox and through define page manager I am trying the following code:

<?php
// Important! You have to include it before your html code
include_once "/home/nutrili/public_html/shoppoll/poll_cookie.php";
?>

<html>
<body>
<?php
include_once "/home/nutrili/public_html/shoppoll/booth.php";
echo $php_poll->poll_process(5);
?>
</body>
</html>

The only thing that appears in the sidebox is poll_process(5);

But when I use this code in say Page 2 the poll shows up fine. Obviously there is a conflict in the code I am using in a sidebox area.

How can I adjust the code above and get the poll to work?

Thanks in advance.

[kuroi]

Kuroi,
Thanks for comprehensive response.
The reason you cannot see this online is that I am working on a test site that will have a completely different look and feel from the one online.
I am showing credit cards images (merged into one) inside the editable sidebox.
I started out with an image 150px wide, which is the max width allowed for sidebox, and, yes, it did overflow, probably for the reasons you explained.
So I cropped image to 141px and now it is inside the sidebox.
Still don't understand why I cannot center it exactly, will continue testing settings.
The padding 0.4em is inserted in there by the standard Zen Cart stylesheet, and if I change that setting it will have site-wide effects.
I am enclosing a screenshot of the image.

In so far as its possible to tell from a screenshot, it looks to me as though the image and padding already defined when added together do exceed the width of the box, so the image is actually centered but in a box larger than the one you#re looking at, that protrudes invisibly from the right of the visible sidebox.

You need to either reduce the size of the image, or reduce the size of the padding (or take it off altogether since you don't need horizontal padding if you are also centering).