banners types (groups)

I would like to know the difference between the banner groups:
BannersAll
Wide-Banners

the sidebox-banners are only displayed on the sidebox, I get that! :)

The other banners... where are those placed? what are their sizes? And how does the groups work?
I noticed in the images/banners directory a square banner 125x125 that says "our favorite feature product". So I get that I need to save the image to that directory, and create this banner under what group???

Couldn't find any info in the wiki.

TIA

Laney

A Banner Group name is just a reference to placing like banners together ...

BannersAll was created to distinguish it as the Banner Group name that would appear in the Banner sidebox that can display multiple static banners at one time in a static sort order ...

This banners sidebox is:
sideboxes/banner_box_all.php

These banners always show and do not rotate like the other Banner sideboxes and Banners in the header and footer area ...

The Layout Settings allows you to enter the Banner Group name that should display in one of the 8 locations plus the Banners All sidebox ...

This allows you to put Banners in multiple groups but still display multiple groups of banners in the same location ...

The size distinction in the names is again a reference for clarity ... they could of been named:
Red
Blue
Green

But that did not have as much meaning as:
BannersAll
Wide-Banners

As you create new Banner Group names, they will automatically appear in the dropdown the next time you add/edit a banner ...

NOTE: the titles of the Banner sideboxes are again just text ...

You could call them anything ...

I am sorry for being so dense.
Here's what I did. I created a new banner at the banner manager (I have turned all the others off). Put it in the bannersall group. The banner is 543x85 px.
It didn't show up. So I get that bannersall and sidebox-banners are just for the sideboxes, right?

I changed the group for that banner to wide-banners. Now what I get on the very end of my pages is just the name of the banner, not the graphic.

Laney

ok, re-reading your reply now I get what tells the banners to show up where... heehehehee... the layout setttings!!!

now I am starting to understand this.

You think my banner won't show up because of the size? is size set anywhere?

Laney

Ajeh:

A Banner Group name is just a reference to placing like banners together ...

BannersAll was created to distinguish it as the Banner Group name that would appear in the Banner sidebox that can display multiple static banners at one time in a static sort order ...

This banners sidebox is:
sideboxes/banner_box_all.php

These banners always show and do not rotate like the other Banner sideboxes and Banners in the header and footer area ...

The Layout Settings allows you to enter the Banner Group name that should display in one of the 8 locations plus the Banners All sidebox ...

This allows you to put Banners in multiple groups but still display multiple groups of banners in the same location ...

The size distinction in the names is again a reference for clarity ... they could of been named:
Red
Blue
Green

But that did not have as much meaning as:
BannersAll
Wide-Banners

As you create new Banner Group names, they will automatically appear in the dropdown the next time you add/edit a banner ...

Just an update.... I got it to work... A slash was missing in the banner location when I added it.

thanks for you help! If there's anything else that you think I should know, please tell me! :)

hugs,

Laney

Ajeh:

NOTE: the titles of the Banner sideboxes are again just text ...

You could call them anything ...

Would it be possible to put three different banners in the footer at the same time? Thus, to have 3 ´static´ multiple banners in position 3 of the footer.

I tried to use BannersAll, but found out that that one only will work to place multiple banners in a sidebox.... a lot of shops do have banners in their footer to display partners, payment banners etc.

So, how should I position multiple banners in the footer?

I wanna do this too! Is it possible to use BannersAll in Footer Position 1 instead of in a sidebox? Can anyone help??

carol:

Would it be possible to put three different banners in the footer at the same time? Thus, to have 3 ´static´ multiple banners in position 3 of the footer.

I tried to use BannersAll, but found out that that one only will work to place multiple banners in a sidebox.... a lot of shops do have banners in their footer to display partners, payment banners etc.

So, how should I position multiple banners in the footer?

You would have to look at the code differences in the various banner positions and adapt them to the area that you wish to use them ...

Zen Cart is pretty flexible with the code and if you utilize the code in the correct format it can be moved anywhere ...

Ajeh:

You would have to look at the code differences in the various banner positions and adapt them to the area that you wish to use them ...

Thanks, Ajeh. Can you point me to the files containing the relevant code? What am I looking for in those files?

Footer Position 3 is:
SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET6

And located in:
/includes/templates/template_default/common/tpl_main_page.php

Banners All sidebox is:
SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET_ALL

And located in:
/includes/modules/sideboxes/banner_box_all.php

You would need to customize these with your templates and overrides and alter the code to reflect the change ...

Thanx, Ajeh. I'll check it out and report on the outcome. I appreciate your expertise and willingness to share it.

I'm fickle and on a deadline, and this task is above my head today. I punked out and made a composite WideBanner instead. Maybe I'll try again when someone else does it? Thanks for the help.