Featured, New, Special, Upcoming Center Boxes Not Showing On Subcategory Pages

I'm upgrading from 1.5.5e / php 7.0 to 1.5.5f / php 7.1 on Inmotion hosting servers. UPS and FedEx are the only plugins I've added and I am using my own template system.

Both left and right columns are turned off and I am using my own customized css file for my responsive design. Jest Country Stuff - TEST SITE is the test site. Electronics is a category that I have verified Featured and Specials do exist.

I did find a similar post from 2005 but no answers were found...and the post has been closed.

I've hit a snag with the featured, specials, new, and upcoming center boxes not showing on subcategory pages...they are fine on the home page.

It happens in all 3 Template Selections (classic, responsive, and mine), so, I know that my template files are not the cause of the problem.

Admin > Configuration > Index Listing is set to allow featured and specials on subcategory pages.

Show New Products on Main Page - Category with SubCategories
0

Show Featured Products on Main Page - Category with SubCategories
2

Show Special Products on Main Page - Category with SubCategories
3

Show Upcoming Products on Main Page - Category with SubCategories
0

I've also traced the tpl_main_page $body_code back to the tpl_index_default and tried plugging the following code into an area where there are no if's or where's affecting whether it will display or not...it did not help.

<?php require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_modules_featured_products.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/tpl_modules_featured_products.php'); ?>
<?php } ?>

I've also verified that I do have active featured products in my database:

select `products_id` from `products` where `products_status` = 1 and products_id in (select products_id from featured where status = 1) 

I'm at a loss and need help trying to figure this out.

Is anyone else having the same issue? I searched the Forum for about an hour and couldn't find anything.

Thanks.

mikeel100

I just reinstalled a completely unedited version of ZC1.5.5f, on a server with PHP 7.1, no add-ons or changes, and the problem remains...center box featured, special, new, and upcoming do not appear below subcategories even thought admin settings are set to show them.

Home page works fine...

Jest Country Stuff Demo Shop

They are not showing after listings as well.

Posted a bug report: https://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.php?223439-Featured-New-Specials-and-Upcoming-Center-Boxes-Missing-From-Subcat-and-Lists

mikeel100:

Posted a bug report: https://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.php?223439-Featured-New-Specials-and-Upcoming-Center-Boxes-Missing-From-Subcat-and-Lists

Go to the end of the bug report to see the fix.