News Box Manager v3.0.0 [Support Thread]

lat9:

Two file changes needed to provide the required variable clean-up for the multi-use formatting scripts:

1. /includes/modules/news_box_format. Change line 80 to read

unset($news_info[B], $news_and_clause, $max_news_items[/B]);

> 
> 2. /includes/sideboxes/news_box_sidebox.php.  Change line 83 to read
> ```
unset($news_sidebox_num[B], $news_and_clause, $max_news_items[/B]);

Thanks! Made the unset changes, however the issue persists. Screenshots:

VIEWALL-GridTitleDateDesc_doesnt_show_desc: https://rosestarstudio.com/VIEWALL-GridTitleDateDesc_doesnt_show_desc.png
ARTICLE-GridTitleDateDesc_duplicate_desc: https://rosestarstudio.com/ARTICLE-GridTitleDateDesc_duplicate_desc.png
VIEWALL-GridTitleDate_ok: https://rosestarstudio.com/VIEWALL-GridTitleDate_ok.png
ARTICLE-GridTitleDate_shows-duplicate-desc: https://rosestarstudio.com/ARTICLE-GridTitleDate_shows-duplicate-desc.png

RoseStar:

Thanks! Made the unset changes, however the issue persists. Screenshots:

VIEWALL-GridTitleDateDesc_doesnt_show_desc: https://rosestarstudio.com/VIEWALL-GridTitleDateDesc_doesnt_show_desc.png
ARTICLE-GridTitleDateDesc_duplicate_desc: https://rosestarstudio.com/ARTICLE-GridTitleDateDesc_duplicate_desc.png
VIEWALL-GridTitleDate_ok: https://rosestarstudio.com/VIEWALL-GridTitleDate_ok.png
ARTICLE-GridTitleDate_shows-duplicate-desc: https://rosestarstudio.com/ARTICLE-GridTitleDate_shows-duplicate-desc.png
For the missing descriptions, edit /includes/templates/template_default/sideboxes/tpl_news_box_sidebox.php, line 35, correcting the variable name:

        $news_sidebox_content = zen_trunc_string($news[B]_sidebox[/B]_content);

Note, too, that I'm unable to replicate the duplicate descriptions' issue.

lat9:

Note, too, that I'm unable to replicate the duplicate descriptions' issue.

That fixed it! Thank you for your time!

lat9:

For the missing descriptions, edit /includes/templates/template_default/sideboxes/tpl_news_box_sidebox.php, line 35, correcting the variable name:

    $news_sidebox_content = zen_trunc_string($news[B]_sidebox[/B]_content);

That fixed it! Thank you for your time!

RoseStar:

That fixed it! Thank you for your time!
@RoseStar, thanks for your patience and applying those corrections. I'll get an update for News Box Manager v3 going.

lat9:

@RoseStar, thanks for your patience and applying those corrections. I'll get an update for News Box Manager v3 going.
... and I've just submitted v3.1.1 of News Box Manager - v3 for the Zen Cart moderators' review. I'll post back here when it's available for download.

 This release contains changes associated with the following GitHub issues:

#25: Clean up multi-use variables, previous settings being applied to follow-on renderings.
#26: Correct MySQL error when home centerbox display uses Categories setting (for strict MySQL installations).
#27: Correcting 'no description included' when a sidebox uses GridTitleDateDesc layout.

Working with 1.5.7c, is it possible to have more than 4 newsboxes? Ideally, I'd like 8 as I have 8 topics I talk about in my newsletters I publish, and this is the online catalog for each section.

Thanks :-)

Elemi:

Working with 1.5.7c, is it possible to have more than 4 newsboxes? Ideally, I'd like 8 as I have 8 topics I talk about in my newsletters I publish, and this is the online catalog for each section.

Thanks :-)
That looks do-able; I'll get some documentation together to describe how to expand the number of different types of news. That will only affect the news categories, not the number of sideboxes supported.

lat9:

That looks do-able; I'll get some documentation together to describe how to expand the number of different types of news. That will only affect the news categories, not the number of sideboxes supported.

thank you, I only use 1 sidebox so this solution will work for me :-)

Elemi:

thank you, I only use 1 sidebox so this solution will work for me :-)
Documentation now available: https://github.com/lat9/news_box_manager_v3/blob/master/pages/additional_newsbox_types.md

lat9:

Documentation now available: https://github.com/lat9/news_box_manager_v3/blob/master/pages/additional_newsbox_types.md

Thank you - Perfect! :-)

seems there is a mistake in the docs, you forgot to adjust the defines after you copied and pasted ```
Add the names of the additional types (5 through 8):

define('BOX_NEWS_NAME_TYPE1', 'Type1');
define('BOX_NEWS_NAME_TYPE2', 'Type2');
define('BOX_NEWS_NAME_TYPE3', 'Type3');
define('BOX_NEWS_NAME_TYPE4', 'Type4');
define('BOX_NEWS_NAME_TYPE1', 'Type5');
define('BOX_NEWS_NAME_TYPE2', 'Type6');
define('BOX_NEWS_NAME_TYPE3', 'Type7');
define('BOX_NEWS_NAME_TYPE4', 'Type8');

barco57:

seems there is a mistake in the docs, you forgot to adjust the defines after you copied and pasted ```
Add the names of the additional types (5 through 8):

define('BOX_NEWS_NAME_TYPE1', 'Type1');
define('BOX_NEWS_NAME_TYPE2', 'Type2');
define('BOX_NEWS_NAME_TYPE3', 'Type3');
define('BOX_NEWS_NAME_TYPE4', 'Type4');
define('BOX_NEWS_NAME_TYPE1', 'Type5');
define('BOX_NEWS_NAME_TYPE2', 'Type6');
define('BOX_NEWS_NAME_TYPE3', 'Type7');
define('BOX_NEWS_NAME_TYPE4', 'Type8');

Thanks for the report; all better now.

Cindy, this is great, however is there any way to create an index for the articles?, and how do I get them to come up in a search?
Or a list of the different sections in my footer? https://www.AmorAromatherapy.com

Thanks
Tania :-)

Elemi:

Cindy, this is great, however is there any way to create an index for the articles?, and how do I get them to come up in a search?
Or a list of the different sections in my footer? www.AmorAromatherapy.com

Thanks
Tania :-)
Tania, you'll use index.php?main_page=all_articles&t=1 to view all articles of Type1.

lat9:

Tania, you'll use index.php?main_page=all_articles&t=1 to view all articles of Type1.

Thanks Cindy.... ummm, where am I putting that exactly...? Developer Tool Kit didn't find a resemblance of this at all...

Elemi:

Thanks Cindy.... ummm, where am I putting that exactly...? Developer Tool Kit didn't find a resemblance of this at all...
You'd edit your site's footer, creating an anchor tag similar to

<a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_ALL_ARTICLES, 't=1'); ?>">Articles for Type1</a>

I have a couple of questions.. I am using 1.5.7 v3.1.1.
I am trying to change the wording at the top of the "All Articles" page. The heading currently says: "ALL TYPE4 ARTICLES". Can you please tell me how I can change this? The url is:https://coolintentions.com/index.php?main_page=all_articles&t=4.

Also, for some reason the articles use to display at the bottom of the home page and when I upgraded to the more recent version of this module, it no longer will display. Any help would be awesome. Thank you.

chuckrey:

I have a couple of questions.. I am using 1.5.7 v3.1.1.
I am trying to change the wording at the top of the "All Articles" page. The heading currently says: "ALL TYPE4 ARTICLES". Can you please tell me how I can change this? The url is:https://coolintentions.com/index.php?main_page=all_articles&t=4.

Also, for some reason the articles use to display at the bottom of the home page and when I upgraded to the more recent version of this module, it no longer will display. Any help would be awesome. Thank you.

Oh, one more thing....
Just for the record, I did copy over the following to the existing tpl_index_default.php