Single sideboxes in override folders

I've created a new sidebox that will be in the site header. I tried putting the module file in modules/sideboxes/custom_template but quickly discovered that doesn't work. A single sidebox like the search_header has to be placed in the modules/sideboxes directory.

Is it possible to do this with a single file? The regular sideboxes work fine with one only in an override folder. I really prefer to see it in an override directory so that I can find the non-default items easily.

What is the code you're using in the header to "call" the sidebox so that it gets displayed? Maybe that's what needs some adjusting to allow it to work with override folders?

It's just checking to see if certain fields are empty or not. Without any check at all (like removing the check statement from search_header), it just displays whether turned on or off. Totally different from the normal sideboxes.

$check_query = "select count(*) as count
                      from " . TABLE_CONFIGURATION ."
                      where configuration_group_id = ". (int)$smgroupid ." 
					  and ((configuration_key = 'BOX_LINKEDIN_URL' and `configuration_value` != '') .....)";

      $check = $db->Execute($check_query);

      if ($check->fields['count'] > 0) {
        $show_sm_box_header= true;
      }

 if ($show_sm_box_header == true) {
      require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_sm_box_header.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'sideboxes').      '/tpl_sm_box_header.php');
	  $title = '<label>' . BOX_HEADING_SOCIALMEDIA . '</label>';
      $title_link = false;
      require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_box_header.php', DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'common') . '/tpl_box_header.php' .      $column_box_default);
 }

That extra " . $column_box_default" at the end of that last line shouldn't be there.

Then try changing the line in tpl_header.php from this:

<div id="navMainSearch"><?php require(DIR_WS_MODULES .[B] 'sideboxes/[/B]search_header.php'); ?></div>

to this:

<div id="navMainSearch"><?php require(DIR_WS_MODULES . [B]zen_get_module_directory('[/B]search_header.php'[B])[/B]); ?></div>

(of course replacing 'search_header.php' with the name of your sidebox module)

uh, it's a sidebox? That only looks in the module directory, not the subdirectories like sideboxes

delia:

uh, it's a sidebox? That only looks in the module directory, not the subdirectories like sideboxes
And the processing-logic to generate a sidebox is driven by a module in the modules directory. That's why I used the search_header sidebox as an example.

Although I suppose if you've totally skipped using a module file and dropped the module's code directly into your template, then you're bypassing all of that. In which case the change I suggested is irrelevant.

okay, let's go back a bit.

All I want to do is put a sidebox into the sideboxes override directory without loading one also in the sideboxes directory. That doesn't seem possible. I changed the file as you said but it only looks in the modules directory - not the overrides. So it just looks like you have to have one in both places for the overrides directory to work for sideboxes.

If I change the search header to the same code

<?php require(DIR_WS_MODULES .zen_get_module_directory('search_header.php')); ?>

I get: PHP Warning: require(includes/modules/search_header.php) So that logic doesn't work for the search_header sidebox

Hmmm, will have to do some more digging ...

If you have a "copy" of the tpl_sm_whatever.php in the main sideboxes dir (as if it were one of the originals in core), does the override work then?

In your first post in this thread you did talk about putting stuff into the modules directory, but then in post 6 you said you're not using a module.

So now I'm not clear whether this is an override issue with the "template" or with the "module".

actually that's where it is - I'm not using template overrides for this sample site. Everything is in the default_template.

Okay, I'm confused about what exactly you're doing then.

I cloned the search_header "sidebox" and made changes to the output so I knew it was firing, and it works perfectly fine when using overrides.

You deleted the one in the modules/sideboxes directory and only have it in the modules/sideboxes/custom_template directory?

delia:

You deleted the one in the modules/sideboxes directory and only have it in the modules/sideboxes/custom_template directory?

Yes, but that also requires making the change I showed earlier: http://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.php?214130-Single-sideboxes-in-override-folders&p=1254424#post1254424 else the override won't be found.

Okay, I'll try again. I got so tired yesterday that I may just not have done it right.

So went to a fresh install of default 1.5. 3

Changed the header line to ```php

Deleted the search_header.php from modules/sideboxes and placed it in modules/sideboxes/classic instead.

Does not find the sidebox for search header.

The zen_get_module_directory does not look into the modules/sideboxes directory, only the module directory.