gjh42:
That is a defect in the coding for the new products sidebox - it repeats the .sideBoxContent div for each product, instead of having one .sideBoxContent div with three inner divs for the products. I fixed it on my test installation a couple of years ago. You can copy
/includes/templates/template_default/sideboxes/tpl_whatsnew.php to
/includes/templates/your_template/sideboxes/tpl_whatsnew.php, and replace its contents with this:```php
<?php
/**
* Side Box Template
*
* @package templateSystem
* @copyright Copyright 2003-2007 Zen Cart Development Team
* @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce
* @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0
*
@version $Id: tpl_whats_new.php 6128 2007-04-08 04:53:32Z birdbrain $ divs corrected by gjh42 20080930
*/
$content = "";
$content .= '<div id="' . str_replace('_', '-', $box_id . 'Content') . '" class="sideBoxContent centeredContent">';
$whats_new_box_counter = 0;
while (!$random_whats_new_sidebox_product->EOF) {
$whats_new_box_counter++;
$whats_new_price = zen_get_products_display_price($random_whats_new_sidebox_product->fields['products_id']);
$content .= '<div class="sideBoxContentItem">';
$content .= '<a href="' . zen_href_link(zen_get_info_page($random_whats_new_sidebox_product->fields['products_id']), 'cPath=' . zen_get_generated_category_path_rev($random_whats_new_sidebox_product->fields['master_categories_id']) . '&products_id=' . $random_whats_new_sidebox_product->fields['products_id']) . '">' . zen_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $random_whats_new_sidebox_product->fields['products_image'], $random_whats_new_sidebox_product->fields['products_name'], SMALL_IMAGE_WIDTH, SMALL_IMAGE_HEIGHT);
$content .= '<br />' . $random_whats_new_sidebox_product->fields['products_name'] . '</a>';
$content .= '<div>' . $whats_new_price . '</div>';
$content .= '</div>';
$random_whats_new_sidebox_product->MoveNextRandom();
}
$content .= '</div>';
?>
Okay, so I am trying to do the same for 'specials, taking Glenn's code and using it for tpl_specials.php this is the code I came up with...
```php
<?php
/**
* tpl_specials.php
*
* @package templateSystem
* @copyright Copyright 2003-2007 Zen Cart Development Team
* @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce
* @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0
* @version $Id: tpl_specials.php 6128 2007-04-08 04:53:32Z birdbrain $ divs corrected by gjh42 20080930
*/
$content = "";
$content .= '<div id="' . str_replace('_', '-', $box_id . 'Content') . '" class="sideBoxContent centeredContent">';
$specials_box_counter = 0;
while (!$random_specials_sidebox_product->EOF) {
$specials_box_counter++;
$specials_box_price = zen_get_products_display_price($random_specials_sidebox_product->fields['products_id']);
$content .= '<div class="sideBoxContent">'; $content .= '<a href="' . zen_href_link(zen_get_info_page($random_specials_sidebox_product->fields["products_id"]), 'cPath=' . zen_get_generated_category_path_rev($random_specials_sidebox_product->fields["master_categories_id"]) . '&products_id=' . $random_specials_sidebox_product->fields["products_id"]) . '">' . zen_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $random_specials_sidebox_product->fields['products_image'], $random_specials_sidebox_product->fields['products_name'], SMALL_IMAGE_WIDTH, SMALL_IMAGE_HEIGHT);
$content .= '<br />' . $random_specials_sidebox_product->fields['products_name'] . '</a>';
$content .= '<div>' . $specials_box_price . '</div>';
$content .= '</div>';
$random_specials_sidebox_product->MoveNextRandom();
}
$content .= '</div>';
?>
```and below is the result I get... I'm not actually so bothered about it, just showing one special is enough, it was more a learning exercise than anything, but if anyone could work it out I'd be grateful for the tips :smile:
