Wordpress On ZC [Support Thread]

[busyMom]

Unfortunately I still have this small hiccup I haven't figured out how to fix yet! The title of the wp_cats sidebox is a link directed to the wrong place. The wp_archives sidebox title is not a link, so the problem I'm encountering is only with the wp_cats title. When I try to get to my blog by clicking on the wp_cat sidebox title link, I get a 404 error because the link is navigating to
http://www.example.com/index.php?main_page=1&zenid=xxxx
where xxx is the actual zenid number. How do I make this sidebox title link to go to the right place?

OK, I sorted out what was wrong here... In case anyone else makes the same mistake, here's what you need to know:
1) It doesn't matter which of the sideboxes you choose to use, but if you want the title to be a link, you need to make sure the appropriate file in includes/modules/sideboxes/YOUR_TEMPLATE/*.php has the variable $title_link set properly.
2) Therein lies my mistake. I just assumed that since I didn't want the value to be "false", then I must've wanted it to be "true". The logical value of True was correctly being passed into the link as the link parameter "index.php?main_page=1" instead of "index.php?main_page=wordpress" as it should've been. My wp_sidebar.php had it correct, but since I had that sidebox disabled, it took awhile to trackdown that I had used the wrong value when I changed my sidebox $title_link!!

Now with that corrected, I'll see if I can get permalinks working with Hira's SEO instructions. It does seem like a bit of a disconnect, though -- all the recommendations here say to install the ZC and WP code into the same directory in order to avoid unspecified probable issues, but Hira's instructions indicate that they should be in different directories for the SEO instructions. I'm hoping that is just a detail based on his experimentation, though, and off I go to try to get it working with them both installed in the root directory!

Hope this helps someone following in my (wrong) footsteps!
Karen

[alisammeredith]

OK, I sorted out what was wrong here... In case anyone else makes the same mistake, here's what you need to know:
1) It doesn't matter which of the sideboxes you choose to use, but if you want the title to be a link, you need to make sure the appropriate file in includes/modules/sideboxes/YOUR_TEMPLATE/*.php has the variable $title_link set properly.
2) Therein lies my mistake. I just assumed that since I didn't want the value to be "false", then I must've wanted it to be "true". The logical value of True was correctly being passed into the link as the link parameter "index.php?main_page=1" instead of "index.php?main_page=wordpress" as it should've been. My wp_sidebar.php had it correct, but since I had that sidebox disabled, it took awhile to trackdown that I had used the wrong value when I changed my sidebox $title_link!!

Now with that corrected, I'll see if I can get permalinks working with Hira's SEO instructions. It does seem like a bit of a disconnect, though -- all the recommendations here say to install the ZC and WP code into the same directory in order to avoid unspecified probable issues, but Hira's instructions indicate that they should be in different directories for the SEO instructions. I'm hoping that is just a detail based on his experimentation, though, and off I go to try to get it working with them both installed in the root directory!

Hope this helps someone following in my (wrong) footsteps!
Karen

Thanks for posting! I think I am having a similar issue, but I'm just not getting it. My blog works fine http://twelvesteppets.com/index.php?main_page=wordpress However, the links in the sidebar are not right. For example, category "Puppy Log" takes you to http://twelvesteppets.com/petblog/?cat=7 which obviously isn't quite right. Are you saying there is something in sideboxes/wp_sidebar that needs changing? I'm looking at $title_link = 'wordpress' ; Is that what you had to change?
Thanks in advance!

[thebasher]

Still looking for a way to turn off WP sideboxes on certain ZC pages. I tried using:

if
(in_array($cPath,explode(",",'14,14_1,14_2,14_3,14_19,5,14_6')) ) {
    $show_blank_sidebox= false;
  } else {
    $show_blank_sidebox= true;
  }

and

if (isset($_GET['products_id,shopping_cart'])) {
    $show_blank_sidebox= false;
  } else {
    $show_blank_sidebox= true;
  }

but it only works for ZC sideboxes. I'm at a loss so if anyone has a solution that they could share it would be awesome!
Thanks

ps The blank sidebox isn't the sidebox I'm trying to turn off. It's just an example of code.

[clydejones]

Still looking for a way to turn off WP sideboxes on certain ZC pages. I tried using:

if
(in_array($cPath,explode(",",'14,14_1,14_2,14_3,14_19,5,14_6')) ) {
    $show_blank_sidebox= false;
  } else {
    $show_blank_sidebox= true;
  }

and

if (isset($_GET['products_id,shopping_cart'])) {
    $show_blank_sidebox= false;
  } else {
    $show_blank_sidebox= true;
  }

but it only works for ZC sideboxes. I'm at a loss so if anyone has a solution that they could share it would be awesome!
Thanks

ps The blank sidebox isn't the sidebox I'm trying to turn off. It's just an example of code.

You also need to tell the sidebox what to do if it is set to show

if
(in_array($cPath,explode(",",'14,14_1,14_2,14_3,14_19,5,14_6')) ) {
    $show_blank_sidebox= false;
  } else {
    $show_blank_sidebox= true;
  }

if ($show_blank_sidebox == true;) {

Do whatever its supposed to do

}

[thebasher]

Hey Clyde,
Here is the code I have for my "wp_sidebar" sidebox:

<?php
//
// +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
// |zen-cart Open Source E-commerce                                       |
// +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
// | Copyright (c) 2004 The zen-cart developers                           |
// |                                                                      |
// | http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php                                    |
// |                                                                      |
// | Portions Copyright (c) 2003 osCommerce                               |
// +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
// | This source file is subject to version 2.0 of the GPL license,       |
// | that is bundled with this package in the file LICENSE, and is        |
// | available through the world-wide-web at the following url:           |
// | http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt.                             |
// | If you did not receive a copy of the zen-cart license and are unable |
// | to obtain it through the world-wide-web, please send a note to       |
// | [email protected] so we can mail you a copy immediately.          |
// +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

  if (in_array($cPath,explode(",",'14,14_1,14_2,14_3,14_19,5,14_6')) ) {
    $show_wp_sidebar= false;
  } else {
    $show_wp_sidebar= true;
  }
  
  if ($show_wp_sidebar == true) {
  require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_wp_cats.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'sideboxes'). '/tpl_wp_sidebar.php');

  $title =  BOX_HEADING_WP_SIDEBAR;
  $left_corner = false;
  $right_corner = false;
  $right_arrow = false;
  $title_link = 'wordpress';

  require($template->get_template_dir($column_box_default, DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'common') . '/' . $column_box_default);
?>

But it completely shuts off my right column. Well not shuts off but the only thing that shows up is this:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected $ in /home/content/b/a/s/basherbeatz/html/includes/modules/sideboxes/wp_sidebar.php on line 38

It's obvious that I'm missing something. I just don't know what that something is. Is the code that I'm using even close to what I need?

Thanks Clyde!

[clydejones]

Hey Clyde,
Here is the code I have for my "wp_sidebar" sidebox:

<?php
//
// +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
// |zen-cart Open Source E-commerce                                       |
// +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
// | Copyright (c) 2004 The zen-cart developers                           |
// |                                                                      |
// | http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php                                    |
// |                                                                      |
// | Portions Copyright (c) 2003 osCommerce                               |
// +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
// | This source file is subject to version 2.0 of the GPL license,       |
// | that is bundled with this package in the file LICENSE, and is        |
// | available through the world-wide-web at the following url:           |
// | http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt.                             |
// | If you did not receive a copy of the zen-cart license and are unable |
// | to obtain it through the world-wide-web, please send a note to       |
// | [email protected] so we can mail you a copy immediately.          |
// +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

  if (in_array($cPath,explode(",",'14,14_1,14_2,14_3,14_19,5,14_6')) ) {
    $show_wp_sidebar= false;
  } else {
    $show_wp_sidebar= true;
  }
  
  if ($show_wp_sidebar == true) {
  require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_wp_cats.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'sideboxes'). '/tpl_wp_sidebar.php');

  $title =  BOX_HEADING_WP_SIDEBAR;
  $left_corner = false;
  $right_corner = false;
  $right_arrow = false;
  $title_link = 'wordpress';

  require($template->get_template_dir($column_box_default, DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'common') . '/' . $column_box_default);
?>

But it completely shuts off my right column. Well not shuts off but the only thing that shows up is this:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected $ in /home/content/b/a/s/basherbeatz/html/includes/modules/sideboxes/wp_sidebar.php on line 38

It's obvious that I'm missing something. I just don't know what that something is. Is the code that I'm using even close to what I need?

Thanks Clyde!

You forgot to close the final if statement:

if ($show_wp_sidebar == true) {
  require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_wp_cats.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'sideboxes'). '/tpl_wp_sidebar.php');

  $title =  BOX_HEADING_WP_SIDEBAR;
  $left_corner = false;
  $right_corner = false;
  $right_arrow = false;
  $title_link = 'wordpress';

  require($template->get_template_dir($column_box_default, DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'common') . '/' . $column_box_default);
}

[thebasher]

I'm an idiot!!!

I forgot one "}".

That's it. I still couldn't get the wp sidebox to not show on my main page without it also not showing on my WP pages. So I decided to add the "archives" to the "categories" sidebox and just have them on all the time.

Not exactly what I was looking for but it gets the job done.

[thebasher]

Is there a way to include the contents of WP in the ZC search form?

ie: When you type something in the search box from ZC it will include entries from the WP database. I installed WP in the same database as ZC.