Page Editor Content In Sidebox?

[DivaVocals]

I found this thread: http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21384

Will this still work in the current version of Zen Cart??

Make a copy of includes/modules/sideboxes/information.php and modify so the content is this:

 $define_my_sidebox = zen_get_file_directory(DIR_WS_LANGUAGES . $_SESSION['language'] . '/html_includes/', FILENAME_DEFINE_MY_SIDEBOX, 'false');

 if (filesize($define_my_sidebox) > 0) {
  require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_my_sidebox.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'sideboxes'). '/tpl_my_sidebox.php');

  $title = BOX_HEADING_MY_SIDEBOX;
  $left_corner = false;
  $right_corner = false;
  $right_arrow = false;
  $title_link = false;
  require($template->get_template_dir($column_box_default, DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'common') . '/' . $column_box_default);
 }

save the modified file as includes/modules/sideboxes/my_sidebox.php

Now make a copy of includes/templates/template_default/sideboxes/information.php and change the content to be just this:

$content = require($define_my_sidebox);

Add the sidebox heading define to your english.php:

define(BOX_HEADING_MY_SIDEBOX,'your heading text');

Create the file for the defined content: includes/languages/english/html_includes/define_my_sidebox.php (make sure when you upload it to your server that the properties are set to 777 so you can modify it from Admin with the define pages editor)

and the last thing: create a new file includes/extra_datafiles/my_sidebox_filenames.php with this content:

<?php 
define(FILENAME_DEFINE_MY_SIDEBOX,'define_my_sidebox');
?>

One more question.. If this works I need to know how to give this box a different background than the other boxes on my site.. This box will have NO background graphics and will have a different colored font than all of the other site boxes..

My Site: http://divawebdzine.com/clients/TreeLifePublishing

[DivaVocals]

Okay.. so I've been looking at this old thread and the Blank Sidebox contribution.. I tried to combine the two, and I'm afraid I'm making a mess outta this.. So here's the question... How can I use content which can be edited via the Page Editor function within my newly created blank sidebox???