Social Networking Sidebar

This is the support thread for the Social Networking Sidebar that can be found in the Add-on section at http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&cPath=40_62&products_id=1958

If anyone needs help, please ask here.

Social Networking Sidebar dont work with popup image.

Could you post the url to your site so I can see how you tried to implement it? or at least explain a little on what settings you used to try to implement the sidebar with a popup image?

I have not tried this on other browsers but with Firefox 6.0 and its popup blocker enabled, this works fine. Thank you for a great mod.

I am using https://www.zenflavor.com and it uses jquery.
This mod kills the slideshow on the front page. Is there a way to fix this?

I guess not.

Is this compatible with v1.5?

Does anyone know this will work on the latest version 1.5?

I would like to let everyone know that this mod will work on v1.5

Hello :-)

I just submitted a major update to this module including:

• Added new html readme file
• Moved inline styles to the includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/css/stylesheet_social_header.css file
• Removed need to edit includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/common/html_header.php file
• Moved files from sidebar directory to template override directories
• Added Links/icons for Pinterest, Google Plus, and Blog
• Fixed XHTML Validation Errors
• Moved all hard coded images, urls, titles, and alt tags to a define file, includes/languages/english/extra_definitions/YOUR_TEMPLATE/social_sidebar_defines.php

See a live demo here:

Social Networking Sidebar Demo

Module Features:

• Completely customizable--add links to any social media outlet
• Sidebar stays visible at all times while users scroll your page
• W3C Valid XHTML and CSS
• Cross Browser Compatible
• No changes to core files
• Easy Installation
• Detailed HTML readme file with written instructions and screenshots, and links to videos for the installation and customization steps.
• Fully compatible with versions 1.3.8x, 1.3.9x, 1.5x. Would probably work with lower versions although it has not been tested.

Please post any bugs or questions here.

Thanks,

Anne

I did submit a post on your website Anne, but I think it might be better here for everyone visiting these forums. :-)

Anyway like I said there, I have installed the addon and it is really lovely. I've even added my own buttons & links.

I can NOT get two of the buttons to hide though. I have edited the CSS file in this directory:

/includes/templates/(mytemplate)/css/stylesheet_social_sidebar.css

I used the .facebook{display:none;} string you mention in your readme file so that I could remove the youtube & google plus icons.

I tried this:

.youtube-sh{display:none;}
.google-sh{display:none;}

I also tried it without the '-sh'. I added these on their own lines at the very bottom of the CSS file, a line under all of the other code.

Am I doing something wrong? The buttons still show.

My shop is here: http://meljensdesigns.com

meljen:

I did submit a post on your website Anne, but I think it might be better here for everyone visiting these forums. :-)

Anyway like I said there, I have installed the addon and it is really lovely. I've even added my own buttons & links.

I can NOT get two of the buttons to hide though. I have edited the CSS file in this directory:

/includes/templates/(mytemplate)/css/stylesheet_social_sidebar.css

I used the .facebook{display:none;} string you mention in your readme file so that I could remove the youtube & google plus icons.

I tried this:

.youtube-sh{display:none;}
.google-sh{display:none;}

I also tried it without the '-sh'. I added these on their own lines at the very bottom of the CSS file, a line under all of the other code.

Am I doing something wrong? The buttons still show.

My shop is here: http://meljensdesigns.com

I am sorry about that! I will add these classes in the next package update. For now, if you want to remove the icons you can remove the code directly from the includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/common/tpl_main_page.php file.

So for youtube, remove this:

<a href='<?php echo YOUTUBE; ?>' target='_blank' title='<?php echo YOUTUBE_TITLE; ?>'><img src='<?php echo $template->get_template_dir('',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'images').'/'.YOUTUBE_ICON ?>' class='soico' alt='<?php echo YOUTUBE_ALT; ?>' /></a>

You can shorten the bar by adjusting the stylesheet_social_sidebar.css

Thanks,

Anne

can you direct me to any sites that use the latest version of the social networking sidebar

thank you

jeff harrison
harrisonbros######################

You can see it in the left-hand side of my page. http://meljensdesigns.com

I used the edits mentioned above.

jeffharr:

can you direct me to any sites that use the latest version of the social networking sidebar

thank you

jeff harrison
harrisonbros######################

You can also see it here:

http://www.aydincoins.com

THanks,

Anne

I installed this mod and it looks great but when I edited includes/languages/english/extra_definitions/YOUR_TEMPLATE/social_sidebar_defines.php
links, facebook,twitter & youtube takes me to a page not found on my site.
Any ideas on what I need to do to fix this?

coucho:

I installed this mod and it looks great but when I edited includes/languages/english/extra_definitions/YOUR_TEMPLATE/social_sidebar_defines.php
links, facebook,twitter & youtube takes me to a page not found on my site.
Any ideas on what I need to do to fix this?

It looks like you have some sort of conflict in some old template file that is overriding the current social_sidebar_defines.php. If you have installed anything by bling themes I would recommend removing the unused files in extra_definitions used by any bling theme.

Thanks,

Anne

picaflor-azul:

It looks like you have some sort of conflict in some old template file that is overriding the current social_sidebar_defines.php. If you have installed anything by bling themes I would recommend removing the unused files in extra_definitions used by any bling theme.

Thanks,

Anne

I have never installed a bling theme. I only have zen cart zen template installed. Any ideas?

coucho:

I have never installed a bling theme. I only have zen cart zen template installed. Any ideas?

That's really weird because when I hover on your facebook icon it is pointing to /blingthemes. Maybe it is in your zen cart zen template?

Try just adding your urls to the includes/templates/your template/common/tpl_main_page.php file

You can also do a developers toolkit search for the constant FACEBOOK to find out what files it is in and where the blingthemes is coming from.

Thanks,

Anne

morrisgiftshop:

Is this compatible with v1.5?

Yes, tested and working in V1.5