Add a new Sidebox?

[rooisnor]

So the file in extra_definitions would have to be changed to (for my case) blank_sidebox_defines_coming_soon? Want to create three boxes for coming soon, events and samples

..just change the next files to what you like.

blank_sidebox_defines_events

[rhaught]

Within the file this is what I did. Correct or not?
define('BOX_HEADING_COMING_SOON_SIDEBOX', 'Blank Sidebox Header');
define('TEXT_COMING_SOON_SIDEBOX', 'Replace this text with your HTML content.

[rooisnor]

Within the file this is what I did. Correct or not?
define('BOX_HEADING_COMING_SOON_SIDEBOX', 'Blank Sidebox Header');
define('TEXT_COMING_SOON_SIDEBOX', 'Replace this text with your HTML content.

Yes, that's correct! Just change the names with each and every sidebox you need to upload.

[rhaught]

Yes, that's correct! Just change the names with each and every sidebox you need to upload.

Ok, removed it from my files to do over. So the files themselves just add the name at the end but within the file do as I did above? This is the fourth time to try to get it to show.

[gjh42]

Zen Cart uses a system to automatically use the right headings, files. etc. for every sidebox. You need to keep the sidebox name the same everywhere you use it, with standard modifications like all caps for constant names. So
BOX_HEADING_COMING_SOON_SIDEBOX
would correspond to a file named coming_soon_sidebox.php, for example.

[rhaught]

Ok, just did it and everything went blank when I turned it on. No products are showing or anything just the header image, breadcrumbs at the top and the category links under the image and these even show just that when you click on them. When I turn it off everything is back to normal.

[rooisnor]

Ok, removed it from my files to do over. So the files themselves just add the name at the end but within the file do as I did above? This is the fourth time to try to get it to show.

..if you rename your files to 'blank_sidebox_defines_coming_soon' before uploading it you MUST keep the same string when you edit inside the files.

Rename blank to whatever you want to name it... keep the rest of the string because Zen Cart needs to know which files to reconize

You'll then have coming_soon_sidebox_defines

Rename and edit all the files by replacing the word 'blank'

[kobra]

everything went blank when I turned it on.

Check your edited files and if you are not - ONLY use a PLAIN TEXT editor. You can search for blank page but what you will find is that possible extra spaces/lines, usually at the end of a file, are the major cause of this and php does not tolerate them

[rhaught]

Used Crimson Editor to do the changes. Replaced Blank if file names to coming_soon and did the same with in the files. Do not see where the code is wrong since I didn't mess with anything but just the blank sections.

[rooisnor]

Used Crimson Editor to do the changes. Replaced Blank if file names to coming_soon and did the same with in the files. Do not see where the code is wrong since I didn't mess with anything but just the blank sections.

How many boxes have you added by now? Is your first custom box showing? Did you activate the boxes in your admin?