How do EZ-Pages work?

Is it possible to define language constants for the ez pages template tpl_page_default?
I can't find any language file which is called by an ez-page.
I tried languages/english/extra_definitions/ez_pages_definitions.php, languages/english/page_default.php or page.php. Or the general english.php
Nothing worked.
I use multilanguage ez-pages and want to use some kind of navigation header with an own text in the template. So i have to use something like this in the template:

In which language file can i put my
define('TITLE_EZPAGE_MAIN','BlaBlaBla');

I don' t want to put this section at the top of every ez-page.

I found a solution. Had to create a includes/extra_datafiles/page_filenames.php and the the definition from a page.php was shown.

Hi all,

This is an EZ-Pages question with respect to the breadcrumb links.

I have a site: http://africanworks.mss.co.ke/ (currently protected, username: ed password: cross)

On the top-left I have the EZ-Pages box. In there is a link called "African Artists" which is an EZ-Page with a Side Box value, so that's why it automatically appears in the sidebox... good!

Now, if you read that EZ-Page, under the title "Richard Onyango" you'll see a link that says "Read more..." To achieve this I have created an EZ-Page called Richard Onyango which itself is an EZ-Page and I have linked the "Read more..." link to point to this page. How did I do it? well this part might be considered a messy hack :unsure: but all I did was notice that EZ-Pages are linked by a URL with the EZ-Page ID in it, like this: index.php?main_page=page&id=7

Alright, now that works perfectly... except for the breadcrumbs!
What I'd like to see is:
Home -> African Artists -> Richard Onyango
But I'm getting:
Home -> Richard Onyango

What mechanism does Zen Cart provide for making EZ-Pages look like sub-pages of other EZ-Pages?
for ex: index.php?main_page=page&id=7&parentPath=1

or is there a proper zen way of doing this that I have overlooked?

Thanks!!

How can you stop the EZ-Page title from appearing in the top of the main content area? I have my EZ-Page’s titles in my header so theres no need for the title to be repeated.

Ive found a few people with this problem while searching the forums so if someone can help me out i will post links to to the answer in there forums.

The only solution Ive come up with is making the title div not display with CSS but this seems to cause some layout problems. Is there a way of commenting out the PHP?

thanks
james

I have another EZ-page question.

I'm using the Internal Link URL option in EZ-pages to link to an html document that ive created, when I click on the link in my site, the html document is open by itself in a new page without the header, footer and side-boxes.

How can I make html linked EZ-pages open in the main content area of my site (so you can see the heater, footer and side-boxes).

I know that one way to do this is to copy the html content and paste it into the EZ-page creator in the admin, but I will be updating these pages frequently and would like to be able to use dreamweavers template function. Having to copy and paste the new code in to the admin for each page individually will be very time-consuming.

thanks
james

Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V. How time consuming can it be?

Probably quicker than uploading your updated page.

Unless of course you're updating lots of pages, in which case it'd be much quicker to forget dreamweaver and edit the content directly through admin

How do you edit content directly through admin?

What are you trying to edit. If you need to make EZ PAGES you can do that from admin/tools/ez-pages.

I have a number of pages that are all have common elements, so ive used a template in dreamweaver to control them. I want to have these pages in my site. I would just copy the html code and paste it into Admin/ Tools/ EZ-Pages/ New File, but I am going to want to update these files often.

I can update these files easily from one page with dreamweaver using the template function, but I would then have to copy and paste each page into the EZ-Page bit in the Admin. Doing this once is not a problem, but having to go through the whole process each time I update the template is not an option (updates will be frequent).

I could use dreamweaver to update the html files, and have them linked thought the EZ-Page creator with Internal Link URL. The only problem with this is zen cart opens linked files differently to ones you create by pasting code into the Admin. Linked files open in a new window, without the header, footer and side boxes. I want Internal Link URL EZ_Pages to be opened in the main content area, so the header, etc is still visible. This is the way EZ-Pages work if you create them by copying html into the creator.

I know this is a problem I have issues also in one of my web sites. Maybe you could use one of the page2, page3, page4 rename it and keep it updated from
admin/tools/ Define Pages Editor that may be an option for you.

Thanks, that will be a bit quicker.

You could always make the header, footer and sideboxes in dreamweaver, but make them identical to the ones in zencart. That would work if you were not going to update your zen cart menu that often, or if the changes were CSS.

Would you have to do this manually or is there a way of getting dreamweaver to read the php from zen cart and generate the html that way?

james

I have heard of people connecting to there shop with dreamweaver but I couldn't tell you how. If you are asking me it you have to change page2, manually yes you do. You also need to put it in your override folder. I know it a pain but this is the only for now.

Ok, thanks for you help. Its nice to know that this can be done. I will have to look into it at some point in the future, bit too much of a newbie a the mo!

I am having problem with listing EZ Pages on my Footer. I have them working fine and displaying in the footer. However, the problem is that the links dispplay straight across the page (see link to my site). I would like them to wrap around in the footer instead of one line across.

I placed <br> in the title of a couple of ez pages to get this effect. But, it was causing validation errors.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

http://www.couplespice.com

Never mind, I got it now.

http://www.couplespice.com

:clap:

may I ask where to change the category title of "important links" after creating new e-z pages?

thanks

timzhou:

may I ask where to change the category title of "important links" after creating new e-z pages?This FAQ Entry is applicable to all side boxes

Up until now I've been able to solve my ZC problems by searching the forum, but this time I give up. I'm tired. Just tired.

The site is http://www.shopjustvintage.com

Two EZ Pages problems.

First, I had changed the box heading to "Pages of Interest" (that's all I could think of right then) and it showed up as that in the sidebox. That was several days ago. I can't remember what I've done since then - I know I deleted the EZ page I'd created, or tried to create. Left it alone for a few days and tried again today, but the box heading does not show Pages of Interest. Instead, it shows BOX_HEADING_TITLE. What in the world did I unknowingly change???
Here's the code in includes/languages/english/CUSTOM_TEMPLATE/ez_pages_definitions.php

What am I missing? Do I need to change something somewhere else?

Second............

I've created a test EZ Page called Test. It shows up in the sidebox. It's clickable, but opens up a blank page. A page that should have the words, "Testing 1-2-3". I put those words in the html area. Nothing in the internal or external links boxes.

http://www.shopjustvintage.com

I do hope someone has the answers!

Thanks,

Wanda

You will be better off to upload the original file ez_pages_definitions.php, and then follow these instructions. Hope this helps.
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=43675&page=22

Shoot. I used Fantastico, so don't have a copy of the file. Typical of me, since all I had to do was change a couple of words, I didn't make a copy of the file. I mean, really! There was nothing to it! I knew what it was supposed to look like. Sigh. I will, certainly, if that's the only way, but I'd rather not have to download the whole program for that itty bitty file. I truly appreciate the suggestion, but do we have another?

Wanda