Sidebox Anywhere mod - Please Help

[TJR Stores]

Hmmm ... your tjrstores site is different from your iwacstores site.
They need to be on the same server ... and ideally on the same hosting account.

ahh just seen this replay.

sorry for previous posts.

So I can't actually have this anywhere.

Is there a way to get this working so i can have this on any website?

[DrByte]

For the images ... this gets more challenging ...
You can try adding the following define() into your index.php file that calls single_sidebox:

<?php
$zcSBmodule='whats_new.php';
define('DIR_WS_IMAGES' , 'http://www.tjrstores.com/images/');
require('/path/to/single_sidebox.php');
?>

[TJR Stores]

hahahaha

you read my mind..

/*
 * Determine working directory
 */
  $startingDir = getcwd();
  $zcDir = realpath(dirname(__FILE__));
  chdir($zcDir);
    define('STRICT_ERROR_REPORTING', false);
/*
 * Set default image dir, which overrides the usual Zen Cart settings in case the working dir is not the same
 */
//  define('DIR_WS_IMAGES', $zcDir . '/images/'); 

You just gave me the code to sort the images.


What is this bit for?

/**
 * Load common library stuff 
 */
  require('includes/application_top.php'); 

[DrByte]

What is this bit for?

/**
 * Load common library stuff 
 */
  require('includes/application_top.php'); 

That part of the code, and all the way to the end, is what runs the Zen Cart core and reads data and builds appropriate output based on the module selected.

[TJR Stores]

For the images ... this gets more challenging ...
You can try adding the following define() into your index.php file that calls single_sidebox:

<?php
$zcSBmodule='whats_new.php';
define('DIR_WS_IMAGES' , 'http://www.tjrstores.com/images/');
require('/path/to/single_sidebox.php');
?>

OK. I have added the piece of code into every file that is relevant to what we are trying to do here and still no images showing.

[DrByte]

It's still trying to use the default of 'images/'

ie:
<img src="images/img4622040.jpg" alt= ...

I'm not sure if that's a result of the files being on separate domains/accounts, or if the change just wasn't uploaded to the server completely.

It's probably the separate domains issue

Did you do the stylesheet part too?

[TJR Stores]

It could well be. Which is a real shame because if we could get this working so it will work on separate server sites etc then it would be of great use for a lot of things in the future.

Alot of members on IWAC Stores have Zen Carts and this woudl be a great tool for them to use to cross promote etc.

[DrByte]

Hmmm ... I just did the DIR_WS_IMAGES thing, using a full URL, and it seems to pull the images from the other domain just fine ... and they're on servers on opposite sides of the continent.

So that makes me wonder if the new line got uploaded right.

[DrByte]

You've got it working, with full URL for images, on your new_stock.php script, but not on the iwac site.

What's the code look like now, on the server, for the iwac site's setup?

[TJR Stores]

You've got it working, with full URL for images, on your new_stock.php script, but not on the iwac site.

What's the code look like now, on the server, for the iwac site's setup?

This is what is in the page where i want the side box to show.

<?php
  $zcSBmodule = 'whats_new.php';
  $zcSBlayout = 'left';
  define('DIR_WS_IMAGES', 'http://www.tjrstores.com/images/');
  require ("http://www.tjrstores.com/single_sidebox.php");
?>