reviews sidebox!? main page problem

Were you able to fix it or am I just not seeing the problem? :unsure:

Ajeh:

Were you able to fix it or am I just not seeing the problem? :unsure:

Nope I haven't been able to fix it. Although not for want of trying with very limited skills!

On this page the manufacturers infor sidebox appears to be a duplicate of the information side box.

Ajeh:

Were you able to fix it or am I just not seeing the problem? :unsure:

Fixed it now. Problem was that I inadvertently corrupted 'tpl_manufacturer_info.php' in includes/template/my_template/sideboxes when I added the 'tp-reviews_random.php' to the same folder.

Nothing wrong with your excellent mod of course just me being clumsy!

I think the other problem effecting the order the side boxes appear has always been there and is due to the ZJ_black template side box over rides and I just hadn't noticed it before.

Ajeh:

Put the 60 back and add a substr around the text ... for example:

substr($random_review_sidebox_product->fields['reviews_text'], 0, 20)

Ajeh I want to do the same thing (limit the amount of the review that shows in the review side box) can you tell me where to add this in tpl_reviews-random.php.

I took a couple of stabs at it but obviously got it wrong.

(as you have guessed by now I am a complete newbie by now)

I also want to have the image centered in the reviews side box but I want the text left justified.

I experimented a little and discovered I can left justify the text by changing 

class="sideBoxContent centeredContent">'; to 

class="sideBoxContent **left**Content">'; 

but unsurprisingly this also left justifies the image.

In the tpl file use this code:

  $content = "";
  $review_box_counter = 0;
  while (!$random_review_sidebox_product->EOF) {
    $review_box_counter++;
    $content .= '<div id="' . str_replace('_', '-', $box_id . 'Content') . '" class="sideBoxContent centeredContent">';
    $content .= '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCT_REVIEWS_INFO, 'products_id=' . $random_review_sidebox_product->fields['products_id'] . '&reviews_id=' . $random_review_sidebox_product->fields['reviews_id']) . '">' . zen_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $random_review_sidebox_product->fields['products_image'], $random_review_sidebox_product->fields['products_name'], SMALL_IMAGE_WIDTH, SMALL_IMAGE_HEIGHT) . '<br />' . zen_break_string(nl2br(zen_output_string_protected(stripslashes($random_review_sidebox_product->fields['reviews_text']))), 60, '-<br />') . ' ..</a><br /><br />' . zen_image(DIR_WS_TEMPLATE_IMAGES . 'stars_' . $random_review_sidebox_product->fields['reviews_rating'] . '.gif' , sprintf(BOX_REVIEWS_TEXT_OF_5_STARS, $random_review_sidebox_product->fields['reviews_rating']));
    $content .= '</div>';
    $random_review_sidebox_product->MoveNextRandom();
  }

at one time the random reviews box scrolled through the items reviewed but now it is stationary.

is there any way to have it scroll again?

or

is there a way to make the review itself NOT be linked..when you click the image you go to the reviews page but the entire review is hotlinked. I would love to have just the image send the customer not the wording.

http://fantasiesrealm.com/market/index.php?main_page=

Customize the sidebox so that just the image has the link ...

Change the line with the link:

  $content .= '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCT_REVIEWS_WRITE, 'products_id=' . $_GET['products_id']) . '">' . zen_image(DIR_WS_TEMPLATE_IMAGES . OTHER_IMAGE_BOX_WRITE_REVIEW, OTHER_BOX_WRITE_REVIEW_ALT) . '<br />' . BOX_REVIEWS_WRITE_REVIEW .'</a>';

Ajeh:

Customize the sidebox so that just the image has the link ...

Change the line with the link:

$content .= '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCT_REVIEWS_WRITE, 'products_id=' . $_GET['products_id']) . '">' . zen_image(DIR_WS_TEMPLATE_IMAGES . OTHER_IMAGE_BOX_WRITE_REVIEW, OTHER_BOX_WRITE_REVIEW_ALT) . '<br />' . BOX_REVIEWS_WRITE_REVIEW .'</a>';

thanks Linda I shall try that right now.

I forgot to ask which file is it the tpl_reviews_random.php in my template fiolder or in a different location.

well i tried changeing things in the tpl_reviews_write.php but the review still remains with the link along with the image. It will not let me set it so the image is the only thing linked.

I feel like a bloody idjut with this one...lol

I DID IT! just moved the </a> up a bit in the tpl_reviews_random.php file. thanks

Yes ... I gave you the line to change ... but you had to decide what you wanted to change on it ...

You didn't actually think I was going to do "everything" for you ... :cool:

Like where I even made you figure out what file it came from?

You did a great job and thanks for sharing your solution with everyone ... :smile:

Ajeh:

Yes ... I gave you the line to change ... but you had to decide what you wanted to change on it ...

You didn't actually think I was going to do "everything" for you ... :cool:

Like where I even made you figure out what file it came from?

You did a great job and thanks for sharing your solution with everyone ... :smile:

ooooo you so mean...LOL ty and yup i figured it out but this is the way to learn this stuff too so all help appreciated.

Hello Ajeh,

includes/templates/Your_template/sideboxes/tpl_reviews_random.php

I'm getting a validation error from the tpl_reviews_random.php. How can I fix this?

When I replace the code from 1.3.9c with the 1.3.8a I have no errors.

I started a thread here: http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=155946

just for reverence we have 2 files that needs upgrading

/includes/modules/sideboxes/reviews.php
includes/templates/your_template/sideboxes/tpl_reviews_random.php

also can this side box rotate? from one review to the next?

i noticed there is only one line of code that is differant on your files compared to the new 1.39d files and becasue it's not working like i want i'm overideing the 1.3.9d files and the templates files that came with my new template i picked up with your files.

and everything works great still curious aboutthe review rotator or scroller? it would be kinda cool and if search bots see all the reviews that are going to scroll or rotate even better :)

I just stumbled onto this thread and made the changes to my store. Huge thanks! :clap: