Deleted banners how do i get back?

I've deleted all but one of the banners in 'Admin>Banner Manager'. Now i only have options for one group "SideBox-Banners"

How can i Add the other groups back in to 'Admin>Banner Manager', so that i can work on them or restore them?

Cheers! :thumbsup:

The banner images exist in your_store_location/images/banners

If the images have actually been deleted you can copy them and ftp to your host from an expanded version of zencart.

Then use the banner manager in admin to re-associate them.

kobra:

The banner images exist in your_store_location/images/banners

If the images have actually been deleted you can copy them and ftp to your host from an expanded version of zencart.

Then use the banner manager in admin to re-associate them.

It's not the images I've deleted, it's the settings in 'Admin>Banner Manager' that are gone. What i need to do is get back these settings or i need a list of the names that the banners are called. Like i say i have one "SideBox Banners" but as for the rest!!!

When you say the settings ... do you mean the default values for the Banner Groups?

These can be any valid Banner Group name that you use in the banner manager ...

To make things simple, the defaults were set to:

Banner Display Groups - Header Position 1
Banner Display Groups - Header Position 2
Banner Display Groups - Header Position 3
Banner Display Groups - Footer Position 1
Banner Display Groups - Footer Position 2
Banner Display Groups - Footer Position 3 Wide-Banners
Banner Display Groups - Side Box banner_box SideBox-Banners
Banner Display Groups - Side Box banner_box2 SideBox-Banners
Banner Display Group - Side Box banner_box_all BannersAll

NOTE: to create a new group in the Admin ... Tools ... Banner Manager ...

Just type in the name in the input box where it reads:
Banner Group:

Once a Banner Group actually exists with a Banner ... it will automatically get added to the Dropdown for next time ...

That's the list i needed.... Great stuff, Many thanks :thumbsup:

You are most welcome ...

Note: you could call your Banner Group names anything up to 15 characters ... and the Banner Groups assigned to each Banner Area in the Layout Setting can be 1 to many Banner Groups ...

You are not limited to the Banner Group names we used, just keep them unique ...

Hi Ajeh,

I read and attempted what you said above, as I did the same thing with deleting all the previously created banners. I wrote in banner_box and banner_box_all in that field but it still doesn't show up. Do I need to change any other files? Sorry I am new to Zen Cart and am still learning. I appreciate any help you can give.

Thank you.

You go to the Banner Manager ... and assign the Banner to a Banner Group ...

You can call that Banner Group anything you want ...

First time, you will not see your Banner Group in the dropdown, type it in the box below ...

Second Time, you will see it in the Dropdown, as the Dropdown for the Banner Group name is self learning ...

Then ... go to the Layout Settings ...

Enter in one of the 8 Banner Group Lists the Banner Group name that you want to use ...

Note: the 9th group is the banner_box_all sidebox which is different than the others as this is not a rotating banner but rather a static banner or banners that always displays ...

Thank you very much I appreciate the help.

Ajeh:

You go to the Banner Manager ... and assign the Banner to a Banner Group ...

You can call that Banner Group anything you want ...

First time, you will not see your Banner Group in the dropdown, type it in the box below ...

Second Time, you will see it in the Dropdown, as the Dropdown for the Banner Group name is self learning ...

Then ... go to the Layout Settings ...

Enter in one of the 8 Banner Group Lists the Banner Group name that you want to use ...

Note: the 9th group is the banner_box_all sidebox which is different than the others as this is not a rotating banner but rather a static banner or banners that always displays ...

I just wanted to thank you again. This worked excellent. I appreciate the time you took to help.

Thanks,

Chris

You are most welcome ... thanks for the update that you have this working once again ... :smile:

Hi Ajeh or anyone

I'm working on this site http://www.serioussecurityonline.com/ and i would like to know how do i create banners on the side under the categories and under the information banner.
Thanks in advance

There are two Sidebox Banners ...

Make sure both:
banner_box.php
banner_box2.php

are turned on in the Tools ... Layout Boxes Controller ...

Then in the Configuration ... Layout Settings ... you need to add the proper Banner Groups that you plan to use for these two sideboxes:

Banner Display Groups - Side Box banner_box
The Banner Display Groups can be from 1 Banner Group or Multiple Banner Groups

For Multiple Banner Groups enter the Banner Group Name separated by a colon :

Example: Wide-Banners:SideBox-Banners
Default Group is SideBox-Banners

What Banner Group(s) do you want to use in the Side Box - banner_box?
Leave blank for none

Banner Display Groups - Side Box banner_box2
The Banner Display Groups can be from 1 Banner Group or Multiple Banner Groups

For Multiple Banner Groups enter the Banner Group Name separated by a colon :

Example: Wide-Banners:SideBox-Banners
Default Group is SideBox-Banners

What Banner Group(s) do you want to use in the Side Box - banner_box2?
Leave blank for none

Then go to the Tools ... Banner Manager ... and add the banners to the proper group(s) for each of these sideboxes ...

Ajeh

Thanks for your help, Really appreciate it,

If I can ask another question how can I modify the main page so instead of the big banners that build in I can just put a few small once that will not change like the other banners.
Hope you understand what I mean

Thanks

Banners have 8 locations plus the 9th for the Banners All which is static and one of the sideboxes ...

Banners can be any size that you want ... so if there is a location that you can use, just change the size ...

Otherwise, I am a tad bit lost on what you are trying to do ... :unsure:

For example

If i want to put few Logos of different manufactures under the info banner, i thought maybe i should put them together in one picture and put it in one banner, but the problem is when i did it the banners keep changing the picture to a different picture from the banner folder, or even worse display the same picture in 2 banners at the same time...
I'm sure you know what to do.

Thanks for your time

You could look at how the banners_all is written and clone that for other locations on your site ...

banners_all was made to hold multiple banners static ...

banners was made to rotate multiple banners, showing one by one ...

banners2 was made to be a clone of banners, showing how to clone a banner sidebox ... :smile:

not sure if i understand but i will try to work with it
thanks for your time

I did the same thing - but I deleted ALL my banners! Now there is no area on the page to let me add a new banner! How do add a new banner or get them back? Please help, thank you!!