News Box Manager v3.0.0 [Support Thread]

[Nick1973]

Cindy do you have the version of the module you are installing please? Just in case something is different.

Hi Cindy, I have done a clean install of 1.5.6c locally on my Macbook Pro and I am still getting the same issue after installing newsbox manager.

The news title isn't following the articles title. See attached using responsive classic.

You can see Test 1 has the correct title. And Test 2 has the title for Test 1.

[Nick1973]

Nick, I can't explain either of these two issues. I've applied the code that I posted to my local version of my website with no issue. Ditto on the $news_title not following an article's title.

I've also installed it on 1.5.7 and get the same issue.

The news title isn't following the articles title. See attached using responsive classic.

You can see 1.5.7 Test 1 has the correct title. And 1.5.7 Test 2 has the title for 1.5.7 Test 1.

[lat9]

I've also installed it on 1.5.7 and get the same issue.

The news title isn't following the articles title. See attached using responsive classic.

You can see 1.5.7 Test 1 has the correct title. And 1.5.7 Test 2 has the title for 1.5.7 Test 1.

That screenshot helped a bunch, Nick.

The issue is that the same variable names are being used for both the sidebox and page-content rendering, so the selected article's name was being overwritten by that left-side sidebox. I've opened this (https://github.com/lat9/news_box_manager_v3/issues/23) issue on the plugin's GitHub repository to track to change required.

Note that the change is to /includes/templates/template_default/sideboxes/tpl_news_box_sidebox.php, so if you've made a template-override version you'll need to merge your changes with the subsequent update.

[Nick1973]

That screenshot helped a bunch, Nick.

The issue is that the same variable names are being used for both the sidebox and page-content rendering, so the selected article's name was being overwritten by that left-side sidebox. I've opened this (https://github.com/lat9/news_box_manager_v3/issues/23) issue on the plugin's GitHub repository to track to change required.

Note that the change is to /includes/templates/template_default/sideboxes/tpl_news_box_sidebox.php, so if you've made a template-override version you'll need to merge your changes with the subsequent update.

Cool. All seems to be working correctly now. Thank you very much Cindy :-)

[lat9]

Cool. All seems to be working correctly now. Thank you very much Cindy :-)

Thanks for the confirmation, Nick. That correction will be part of the forthcoming v3.0.5 of News Box Manager v3.

[Nick1973]

Thanks for the confirmation, Nick. That correction will be part of the forthcoming v3.0.5 of News Box Manager v3.

Cool. In the meantime I can start blogging with Zen Cart now instead of having to use a separate blogging platform. I can see this module in particular having massive potential for store owners that blog to drive traffic through to their stores.

[lat9]

Cool. In the meantime I can start blogging with Zen Cart now instead of having to use a separate blogging platform. I can see this module in particular having massive potential for store owners that blog to drive traffic through to their stores.

Yep, a combination of this and the Zen Product Tags (https://www.zen-cart.com/showthread....upport-Thread) plugin can make a Zen Cart independent of a separate blogging platform.

[Nick1973]

Yep, a combination of this and the Zen Product Tags (https://www.zen-cart.com/showthread....upport-Thread) plugin can make a Zen Cart independent of a separate blogging platform.

Even cooler

I'm just adding this to my site now. This also creates huge benefits for SEO as search engines can then follow each tag, which can of course be a researched keyword or search term.

[lat9]

I've just submitted v3.0.5 of News Box Manager (v3) for the Zen Cart moderators' review; I'll post back here when it's available for download.

This release contains changes associated with the following GitHub issues:

#20: zc157, missing admin's $template_dir.
#21: Correct admin duplicate-constant notice.
#22: zc157, admin-tool 'action' icons don't display correctly.
#23: Individual-article title overwritten if left-sidebox is enabled.

[lat9]

I've just submitted v3.0.5 of News Box Manager (v3) for the Zen Cart moderators' review; I'll post back here when it's available for download.

This release contains changes associated with the following GitHub issues:

#20: zc157, missing admin's $template_dir.
#21: Correct admin duplicate-constant notice.
#22: zc157, admin-tool 'action' icons don't display correctly.
#23: Individual-article title overwritten if left-sidebox is enabled.

Now available for download: https://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=2264