Admin-Editable Sidebox - Support Thread

[integrity_designs]

Thanks for a fantastic module.
I have it installed and am using it for my Payment Methods.

I found it easier to upload the code for the image to
/includes/languages/english/html_includes/
than using the define page editor (for a simple fact, the editor leaves unecessary white spaces at the bottom and top).

Thank-you once again.
Kind Regards

[kuroi]

I want to use this your mod to create sideboxes that pull in WordPress content.
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Is this the right way to execute this?? or would I add this code elsewhere in your module??

Apologies DivaVocals - only just seen your question. Old joke I know ... but if I was doing this I wouldn't start from here! I'd start from the blank sidebox, which was specifically designed to make it easier to add your own content to a sidebox skeleteon. This mod is an extension to blank sidebox to put in place extra code to allow content to be added from the Admin, which for your purposes is unwanted baggage. No matter though, it should work anyway.

The way that you have done this should work, but doesn't really respect the separation between preparing data and displayiong it that is fairly well observed in Zen Cart's sideboxes. They normally load up the content into a variable called (I think) $content in a module, which is then echoed to the browser output in the sidebox template.

That said, if what you've done is working for you, I wouldn't spend time reworking it. I won't tell

[DivaVocals]

Apologies DivaVocals - only just seen your question. Old joke I know ... but if I was doing this I wouldn't start from here! I'd start from the blank sidebox, which was specifically designed to make it easier to add your own content to a sidebox skeleteon. This mod is an extension to blank sidebox to put in place extra code to allow content to be added from the Admin, which for your purposes is unwanted baggage. No matter though, it should work anyway.

The way that you have done this should work, but doesn't really respect the separation between preparing data and displayiong it that is fairly well observed in Zen Cart's sideboxes. They normally load up the content into a variable called (I think) $content in a module, which is then echoed to the browser output in the sidebox template.

That said, if what you've done is working for you, I wouldn't spend time reworking it. I won't tell

I appreciate the response.. and you sir are right.. I ended up (with the help of a friend who's MUCH techier than I) doing exactly what you suggest.. So now I have 6 sideboxes which pull in WordPress content independent of any WordPress embedding solution I may use.. (In this case I will be using Numinix's WordPress embedding solution)

[pdxdoug]

DivaVocals,

Would you mind sharing your solution?
I know there are many of us that would love to have WordPress in a sidebox.

Thanks!

[DivaVocals]

DivaVocals,

Would you mind sharing your solution?
I know there are many of us that would love to have WordPress in a sidebox.

Thanks!

I sent you a PM..

[mewell]

I had a call from a customer saying that my pages were pushed to the far right while being viewed with IE 7. I'm aware that this version of Explorer has issues that most other browsers handle without a problem and I'm also sure that my lack of design knowledge is contributing to this issue. The code required to display "The Find" logo causes this logo to "leak" outside the sidebox and push everything to the right in IE 7 and older. How may I prevent this from happening?

Thank you,
Mark

Version 1.3.7.1, Patched
site: www.remarkablepens.com

[DivaVocals]

I had a call from a customer saying that my pages were pushed to the far right while being viewed with IE 7. I'm aware that this version of Explorer has issues that most other browsers handle without a problem and I'm also sure that my lack of design knowledge is contributing to this issue. The code required to display "The Find" logo causes this logo to "leak" outside the sidebox and push everything to the right in IE 7 and older. How may I prevent this from happening?

Thank you,
Mark

Version 1.3.7.1, Patched
site: www.remarkablepens.com

This question is not on topic for this support thread.. (Admin-Editable Sidebox - Support Thread) Your issue seems to be unrelated to this module.. Suggest starting a new thread in the appropriate section of the forum..

[Maynards]

Having two problems with Editable_Sidebox_1.0. First is that in FF the link I have added to the image does not work and second in IE the image and link does not work. As you can see I am adding a facebook link. I have tried the Facebook addon with no success so I thought I would go this route. www.maynardstackle.com any suggestions and thank you in advance.

[Maynards]

Fixed the problem with the IE issue but still cannot figure out the correct way to add the facebook link.

The IE issue was that there was a empty space in the hyper link.

[ekele]

Kuroi, thanks for excellent side box
And thanks for this thread, I am a complete newbie and it really helped me to install it.