General question about a new install

[jasonshanks]

So i have tried Ezpages Footer Columns and it looks like there might be issues with the most currently zc and my setup. Do any of you know of any other foot column plugins that work with 1.5.7c ?

[keneso]

How about this
https://zenexpert.com/zx-products-carousel

As per the horizontal menu I have been experimenting with this, you need to do some tweaking to adapt it to your needs; it was done for the older bootstrap version, you may compare it to the latest, and eventually update it.

Includes/templates/YOUR_BOOTSTRAP_CLONE/common/tpl_offcanvas_menu.php

<?php
/**
 * Template for Mobile Header Drop Down
 * 
 * BOOTSTRAP v1.0.BETA
 *
 * @package templateSystem
 * @copyright Copyright 2003-2005 Zen Cart Development Team
 * @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce
 * @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0
 * FZ modified to have megamenu - aka keneso
 */
 ?>


<li class="nav-item dropdown">
    <a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" href="#" id="categoryDropdown" role="button" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">
    <?php echo BOX_HEADING_CATEGORIES; ?>
    </a>
    <div class="dropdown-menu fz-megamenu-container" aria-labelledby="categoryDropdown">
    <div class="container-flex">
        <div class="row">
        <div class="col-md-3">
            <span class="text-uppercase text-white fz-megamenu-title"><?php echo BOX_HEADING_CATEGORIES; ?></span>
            <ul class="nav flex-column">
    <?php
    $categories_tab_query = "SELECT c.categories_id, cd.categories_name FROM ".TABLE_CATEGORIES." c, ".TABLE_CATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION . " cd WHERE c.categories_id=cd.categories_id AND c.parent_id= '0' AND cd.language_id='" . (int)$_SESSION['languages_id'] . "' AND c.categories_status='1' ORDER BY c.sort_order, cd.categories_name;";
    $categories_tab = $db->Execute($categories_tab_query);
    while (!$categories_tab->EOF) 
    {
    // currently selected category
        echo '<li><a class="dropdown-item" href="'.zen_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT,'cPath=' . (int)$categories_tab->fields['categories_id']).'">'; 
        if((int)$cPath == $categories_tab->fields['categories_id']) 
         echo '<span class="category-subs-selected">'.$categories_tab->fields['categories_name'].'</span>';
        else 
         echo $categories_tab->fields['categories_name'];
        echo '</a></li>';
        $categories_tab->MoveNext();
    }
    ?>
            </ul>
        </div>
        <!-- /.col-md-3  -->
        <div class="col-md-3">
        <span class="text-uppercase text-white fz-megamenu-title"><?php echo FZ_SNAF_PRODUCTS; ?></span>
            <ul class="nav flex-column">
    <?php
    // specials products link
    if (SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_SPECIALS == 'true') {
    $show_this = $db->Execute("select s.products_id from " . TABLE_SPECIALS . " s where s.status= 1 limit 1");
    if ($show_this->RecordCount() > 0) {
    echo '<a class="dropdown-item" href="'.zen_href_link(FILENAME_SPECIALS) . '">' . CATEGORIES_BOX_HEADING_SPECIALS.'</a>';
    }
    }

// START to show the specials centerbox    
    
//require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_modules_specials_fz.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'centerboxes'). '/tpl_modules_specials_fz.php');

// END to show the specials centerbox

    // new products link
if (SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_PRODUCTS_NEW == 'true') {
// display limits
// $display_limit = zen_get_products_new_timelimit();
$display_limit = zen_get_new_date_range();
    $show_this = $db->Execute("select p.products_id
                                from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p
                                where p.products_status = 1 " . $display_limit . " limit 1");
    if ($show_this->RecordCount() > 0) { 
    echo '<a class="dropdown-item" href="'.zen_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCTS_NEW) . '">' . CATEGORIES_BOX_HEADING_WHATS_NEW.'</a>';
    }
    } 
    // featured products link
    if (SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_FEATURED_PRODUCTS == 'true') {
    $show_this = $db->Execute("select products_id from " . TABLE_FEATURED . " where status= 1 limit 1");
    if ($show_this->RecordCount() > 0) { 
    echo '<a class="dropdown-item" href="'.zen_href_link(FILENAME_FEATURED_PRODUCTS) . '">' . CATEGORIES_BOX_HEADING_FEATURED_PRODUCTS.'</a>';
    }
    }
    // all products link
    if (SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_PRODUCTS_ALL == 'true') {
    echo '<a class="dropdown-item" href="'.zen_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCTS_ALL) . '">' . CATEGORIES_BOX_HEADING_PRODUCTS_ALL.'</a>';
    }
    ?>
            </ul>
        </div>
        <!-- /.col-md-3  -->
        <div class="col-md-3">
        <span class="text-uppercase text-white fz-megamenu-title"><?php echo BOX_HEADING_INFORMATION; ?></span>
            <div class="fz-call-to-action-box">
            <a href="#">
            <img src="https://dummyimage.com/200x100/ccc/000&text=image+link" alt="" class="img-fluid">
            </a>
            <p class="text-white">call to action box</p>
            </div>

<?php
    echo '<ul class="nav flex-column">';
    if (DEFINE_SHIPPINGINFO_STATUS <= 1) {
        echo '<li><a class="dropdown-item" href="'.zen_href_link(FILENAME_SHIPPING) . '">'. BOX_INFORMATION_SHIPPING.'</a></li>';
    }
    if (DEFINE_PRIVACY_STATUS <= 1) {
        echo '<li><a class="dropdown-item" href="'.zen_href_link(FILENAME_PRIVACY) . '">'. BOX_INFORMATION_PRIVACY.'</a></li>';
    }
    if (DEFINE_CONDITIONS_STATUS <= 1) {
        echo '<li><a class="dropdown-item" href="'.zen_href_link(FILENAME_CONDITIONS) . '">'. BOX_INFORMATION_CONDITIONS.'</a></li>';
    }
    if (!empty($external_bb_url) && !empty($external_bb_text)) { // forum/bb link
        echo '<li><a class="dropdown-item" href="'.external_bb_url.'" target="_blank">'. external_bb_text.'</a></li>';
    }
    if (DEFINE_SITE_MAP_STATUS <= 1) {
        echo '<li><a class="dropdown-item" href="'.zen_href_link(FILENAME_SITE_MAP) . '">'. BOX_INFORMATION_SITE_MAP.'</a></li>';
    }
    if (defined('MODULE_ORDER_TOTAL_GV_STATUS') && MODULE_ORDER_TOTAL_GV_STATUS == 'true') {
            echo '<li><a class="dropdown-item" href="'.zen_href_link(FILENAME_GV_FAQ) . '">'. BOX_INFORMATION_GV.'</a></li>';
    }
    if (DEFINE_DISCOUNT_COUPON_STATUS <= 1 && defined('MODULE_ORDER_TOTAL_COUPON_STATUS') && MODULE_ORDER_TOTAL_COUPON_STATUS == 'true') {
            echo '<li><a class="dropdown-item" href="'.zen_href_link(FILENAME_DISCOUNT_COUPON) . '">'. BOX_INFORMATION_DISCOUNT_COUPONS.'</a></li>';
    }
    if (SHOW_NEWSLETTER_UNSUBSCRIBE_LINK == 'true') {
        echo '<li><a class="dropdown-item" href="'.zen_href_link(FILENAME_UNSUBSCRIBE) . '">'. BOX_INFORMATION_UNSUBSCRIBE.'</a></li>';
    }
    if (DEFINE_PAGE_2_STATUS <= 1) {
        echo '<li><a class="dropdown-item" href="'.zen_href_link(FILENAME_PAGE_2) . '">'. BOX_INFORMATION_PAGE_2.'</a></li>';
    }
    if (DEFINE_PAGE_3_STATUS <= 1) {
        echo '<li><a class="dropdown-item" href="'.zen_href_link(FILENAME_PAGE_3) . '">'. BOX_INFORMATION_PAGE_3.'</a></li>';
    }
    if (DEFINE_PAGE_4_STATUS <= 1) {
        echo '<li><a class="dropdown-item" href="'.zen_href_link(FILENAME_PAGE_4) . '">'. BOX_INFORMATION_PAGE_4.'</a></li>';
    }
    echo '</ul>';
?>

        </div>
        <!-- /.col-md-3  -->
        <div class="col-md-3">
            <span class="text-uppercase text-white fz-megamenu-title"><?php echo BOX_HEADING_EZPAGES; ?></span>
<?php
    // test if sidebox should display
    if (EZPAGES_STATUS_SIDEBOX == '1' or (EZPAGES_STATUS_SIDEBOX== '2' and (strstr(EXCLUDE_ADMIN_IP_FOR_MAINTENANCE, $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'])))) {

    echo '<ul class="nav flex-column">';

    if (isset($var_linksList)) {
        unset($var_linksList);
    }
    // BOE - Bootstrap for 1.5.6     
    $page_query = $db->Execute("SELECT e.*, ec.*
                                FROM " . TABLE_EZPAGES . " e,
                                    " . TABLE_EZPAGES_CONTENT . " ec
                                WHERE e.pages_id = ec.pages_id
                                AND ec.languages_id = " . (int)$_SESSION['languages_id'] . "
                                AND e.status_sidebox = 1
                                AND e.sidebox_sort_order > 0
                                ORDER BY e.sidebox_sort_order, ec.pages_title");   
        // old code for 1.5.5:
        //    $page_query = $db->Execute("select * from " . TABLE_EZPAGES . " where status_sidebox = 1 and sidebox_sort_order > 0 order by sidebox_sort_order, pages_title");
        // EOE - Bootstrap for 1.5.6
        if ($page_query->RecordCount()>0) {
            $title =  BOX_HEADING_EZPAGES;
            $box_id =  'ezpages';
            $rows = 0;
            while (!$page_query->EOF) {
            $rows++;
            $page_query_list_sidebox[$rows]['id'] = $page_query->fields['pages_id'];
            $page_query_list_sidebox[$rows]['name'] = $page_query->fields['pages_title'];
            $page_query_list_sidebox[$rows]['altURL']  = "";
            switch (true) {
                // external link new window or same window
                case ($page_query->fields['alt_url_external'] != ''):
                $page_query_list_sidebox[$rows]['altURL']  = $page_query->fields['alt_url_external'];
                break;
                // internal link new window
                case ($page_query->fields['alt_url'] != '' and $page_query->fields['page_open_new_window'] == '1'):
                $page_query_list_sidebox[$rows]['altURL']  = (substr($page_query->fields['alt_url'],0,4) == 'http') ?
                $page_query->fields['alt_url'] :
                ($page_query->fields['alt_url']=='' ? '' : zen_href_link($page_query->fields['alt_url'], '', ($page_query->fields['page_is_ssl']=='0' ? 'NONSSL' : 'SSL'), true, true, true));
                break;
                // internal link same window
                case ($page_query->fields['alt_url'] != '' and $page_query->fields['page_open_new_window'] == '0'):
                $page_query_list_sidebox[$rows]['altURL']  = (substr($page_query->fields['alt_url'],0,4) == 'http') ?
                $page_query->fields['alt_url'] :
                ($page_query->fields['alt_url']=='' ? '' : zen_href_link($page_query->fields['alt_url'], '', ($page_query->fields['page_is_ssl']=='0' ? 'NONSSL' : 'SSL'), true, true, true));
                break;
            }

            // if altURL is specified, use it; otherwise, use EZPage ID to create link
            $page_query_list_sidebox[$rows]['link'] = ($page_query_list_sidebox[$rows]['altURL'] =='') ?
            zen_href_link(FILENAME_EZPAGES, 'id=' . $page_query->fields['pages_id'] . ($page_query->fields['toc_chapter'] > 0 ? '&chapter=' . $page_query->fields['toc_chapter'] : ''), ($page_query->fields['page_is_ssl']=='0' ? 'NONSSL' : 'SSL')) :
            $page_query_list_sidebox[$rows]['altURL'];
            $page_query_list_sidebox[$rows]['link'] .= ($page_query->fields['page_open_new_window'] == '1' ? '" target="_blank' : '');
            $page_query->MoveNext();
            }

            $title_link = false;

            $var_linksList = $page_query_list_sidebox;

        }

        for ($i=1, $n=sizeof($var_linksList); $i<=$n; $i++) { 
            echo '<li><a class="dropdown-item" href="' . $var_linksList[$i]['link'] . '">' . $var_linksList[$i]['name'] . '</a></li>';
        } // end FOR loop

        echo '</ul>';

        } // test for display
 ?>
        </div>
        <!-- /.col-md-3  -->

        </div>
    </div>
<!--  /.container-flex  -->
</div>
</li>

[carlwhat]

How about this
https://zenexpert.com/zx-products-carousel

...

i don't want to be a wet rag, but...

if you go to the above link, you will see:

Based on Owl Carousel and using jQuery

now if you want any info on the owl carousel you can go here:

https://github.com/OwlCarousel2/OwlCarousel2

i would completely recommend against using anything with owlcarousel; project has no been maintained for 3 years, and has numerous issues.

in addition, in both carousels, the author is the same person, ie zenexpert is balihr, who in my few dealings with him is a very lovely person and a very talented coder.

one might be able to reach out to him for his thoughts on a carousel or perhaps hire him for a new one.

best.

[keneso]

i don't want to be a wet rag, but...

Not at all, thank you for your infos.
I posted it as I haven't had any issue with it, I have jquery3.5

[balihr]

while that slider may work great, i do not recommend it.

it makes use of jquery 1.7.1. you can see the version history here: same for the ZCA bootstrap template.

Nope, it was updated to jQuery 3 over a year ago. Unfortunately, a minor edit is required and you must delete the included jscript_jquery-1.7.1.min.js before uploading to server.

[balihr]

How about this
https://zenexpert.com/zx-products-carousel

Actually also available in the Plugins section, but for some reason most of my plugins don't show up in search results...

As for OwlCarousel - although abandoned, I dare say (and think) the last production version was pretty good and does the job as it's supposed to. I won't argue about better alternatives being available, but personally I feel this is quite good. The numerous issues were not security related but were mostly feature or support requests so I'm still using it...

[carlwhat]

Nope, it was updated to jQuery 3 over a year ago. Unfortunately, a minor edit is required and you must delete the included jscript_jquery-1.7.1.min.js before uploading to server.

well that's what threw me! you had that file included in the download...

[keneso]

Unfortunately, a minor edit is required and you must delete the included jscript_jquery-1.7.1.min.js before uploading to server.

I gather that edit is referred to the ZX Slideshow, as I don't recall making edits, save some minor layout ones, for ZX Products Carousel.

but for some reason most of my plugins don't show up in search results...

Indeed I looked for it, but couldn't find it, tried various keyword combinations ...