Admin-Editable Sidebox - Support Thread

[DivaVocals]

Sorted after messing around a bit with the css.

***Off topic post***

Nice looking site!!!

Now back to our normal programming.. Carry on..

[shanesoine]

Hi I have this installed and working stripeyfrog dot com - sell your books. Now trying to install a second box. But appear to be too stupid to follow what seem like quite simple instructions. So although both boxes are showing they are showing the same content. I have changed my extra definitions/editable_sidebox2_defines file as follows, What am I missing???

1st parameter
// e.g. BOX_HEADING_EDITABLE_SIDEBOX_2 or something more memorable if you prefer
define('BOX_HEADING_EDITABLE_SIDEBOX2', 'Great Companies in Tanzania');

// If you change the name of the html_include file with the sidebox content, put the new name,
// without the ",php" suffix between the 2nd set of single quotes below.
// If you have multiple editable sideboxes, you will also need to change the 1st parameter
// e.g. DEFINE_EDITABLE_SIDEBOX_NAME_2
define('DEFINE_EDITABLE_SIDEBOX2', 'define_editable_sidebox2_content');

?>

[shanesoine]

Solved with a bit of thought - made name changes in the modules file

[First Action]

Hi,

I have just installed this mod but for some reason it is not showing up on my site.

You can see when you double click the white space underneath the categories on the left hand side that something is there, but it just doesn't display

Does anyone have any ideas? I reinstalled it but still nothing. Also, ive set the permission to 755.

www.firstactionarticles.com/highly_recommended

Thanks

[hara]

Questions:

1. How to change the header's bar color?
2. Is this the one "@version $Id: blank_sidebox.php 2007-08-10 kuroi $" for change header? Example: good_sidebox.php ? After change this, what other files also need to be changed too?
3. How to place image instead of just a text headline in sidebox?

Thanks!

[navido]

Hi everyone..i have installed this addon but it does not appear on my page when i enable it from my sidebox controller in admin. I have installed it in right template (blue) so the files are there and every update or edit is okey when i do it in the sidebox controller but nothing shows.

Also i dont see the file in the define pages editor. What am i missing here? I use 1.3.8a.

[ab4c]

I installed the Editable Sidebox. It worked great. I want multiple editable sideboxes so I copied each of the 4 files and renamed them ending in a _2. I also changed the items in the editable_sidebox_2_defines.php as the readme file said. It didn't work. I was getting a duplicate sidebox that had the same title and content as the first one. There were a few people in the forum that had the same problem and I wasn't able to find the "answer". I finally figured it out so I wanted to post "the answer" here so others won't have to either give up or take hours to figure it out.

I will assume that the reader is using "_2" to rename the files. I haven't "added" the CUSTOM/override file name. If you are installing it into your CUSTOM template you will need to change the file names below accordingly.

Step 1: There are 4 files to COPY and RENAME. They should be:

1. /languages/english/extra_definitions/editable_sidebox_2_defines.php
2. /languages/english/html_includes/define_editable_sidebox_2_content.php
3. /templates/template_default/sideboxes/tpl_editable_sidebox_2.php
4. /modules/sideboxes/editable_sidebox_2.php

Step 2: Do as the Readme file says: In languages/english/extra_definitions/editable_sidebox_2_defines.php
Starting at line 15:
define('BOX_HEADING_EDITABLE_SIDEBOX_2', 'Insert Your Box Title Here');

// If you change the name of the html_include file with the sidebox content, put the new name,
// without the ",php" suffix between the 2nd set of single quotes below.
// If you have multiple editable sideboxes, you will also need to change the 1st parameter
// e.g. DEFINE_EDITABLE_SIDEBOX_NAME_2
define('DEFINE_EDITABLE_SIDEBOX_NAME_2',
'define_editable_sidebox_2_content');

Step 3: There are 6 different areas that you need add "_2" to in:
/modules/sideboxes/editable_sidebox_2.php
(lines 13 - 19):
$show_editable_sidebox_2 = true;

$define_sidebox = zen_get_file_directory(DIR_WS_LANGUAGES . $_SESSION['language'] . '/html_includes/', DEFINE_EDITABLE_SIDEBOX_NAME_2, 'false');

if ($show_editable_sidebox_2 == true) {
require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_editable_sidebox_2.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'sideboxes'). '/tpl_editable_sidebox_2.php');
$title = BOX_HEADING_EDITABLE_SIDEBOX_2;
Step 4 & 5: Remember to customize the header and the content per the readme instructions.

Step 6: Remember to TURN ON the sidebox in Admin>Tools>Layout Box Controller

I hope this helps someone!

[hara]

I successfully installed the Editable Sidebox and worked great.
I have problem with 2nd sidebox:
When I turn off the 1st sidebox, the 2nd sidebox also get implicated turn off. I can't find why? I will try harder. If someone can help would be appreciated.

[hara]

I do not know my problem if relate it with replacing the text that says Blank Sidebox Header? also how to replace it?

[ScottDB]

Hi, I cant seem to get this to work. I have followed the instruction for putting this into my custom template and have tripple checked everything.

The selection does show up in my Layout box controller and it is turned on. On the site it shows the box with the heading with nothing in it. But when I go to the define page editor there is nothing there. The name that I edited it to in the editable_sidebox_defines.php is not there.