Testimonial Manager Support Thread

clydejones:

Have you checked the cache directory for any Mydebug log files.

Didn't think of that...I get this one over and over:

[11-Oct-2010 14:49:03] PHP Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /includes/templates/lite_red/sideboxes/tpl_static_rss_sidebox.php on line 64

I turned off the sidebox for the rss and still had the same problems submitting things.

Doodlebuckets:

Didn't think of that...I get this one over and over:

[11-Oct-2010 14:49:03] PHP Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /includes/templates/lite_red/sideboxes/tpl_static_rss_sidebox.php on line 64

I turned off the sidebox for the rss and still had the same problems submitting things.

You might want to check the support thread for the lite_red template to see if this issue has occurred before with the template.

I don't think it's the template. It's something I've done. I may need to redo the whole thing piece by piece and figure out what I boogered up! Thanks for the help tho :)

I don't know if it's a coincidence or not, but it seems that since the Zen Cart upgrade of 1.3.9g, we are getting a lot of SPAM in the testimonials. That is, we're seeing a lot of testimonials with some obvious spam message about visiting some website, etc.

Anyone else experiencing this as well?

I have yet to upgrade to the latest version of the Testimonial Module, so if this has been addressed in the latest release, I would like to know that as well. Just curious if anyone else has noticed a rise in submitted testimonial SPAM lately.

i've noticed a possible bug in the manager, when i go to view an individual post, the TITLE tag appears as code

I just upgraded to the latest version and still the same thing happens:

this is what shows up: <title>META_TAG_TITLE_PAGE_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGERI will tell all my friends</title>

instead it should just be

any ideas on a fix on this one?

Thanks

John

ethical:

i've noticed a possible bug in the manager, when i go to view an individual post, the TITLE tag appears as code

I just upgraded to the latest version and still the same thing happens:

this is what shows up: <title>META_TAG_TITLE_PAGE_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGERI will tell all my friends</title>

instead it should just be

<title>I will tell all my friends</title>

any ideas on a fix on this one?

Thanks

John

I'm assuming that you've add this to your includes/modules/YOUR_TEMPLATE/meta_tags.php

Just replace the defines in that file with the following:

    define('META_TAG_TITLE', $page_check->fields['testimonials_title']);
    define('META_TAG_DESCRIPTION', zen_trunc_string($page_check->fields['testimonials_html_text'],TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH));
    define('META_TAG_KEYWORDS', $page_check->fields['testimonials_title']);  

Hi Clyde

thanks for the reply that solved it. i guess i had some OLD code i had this

    define('META_TAG_TITLE', META_TAG_TITLE_PAGE_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER . $page_check->fields['testimonials_title']);
    define('META_TAG_DESCRIPTION', META_TAG_TITLE_PAGE_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER . zen_trunc_string($page_check->fields['testimonials_html_text'],TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH));
    define('META_TAG_KEYWORDS', META_TAG_TITLE_PAGE_TESTIMONIALS_MANAGER . $page_check->fields['testimonials_title']);

Hi,

Has anybody worked out how to make this mod into a scrolling one.

I have been trying for ages this morning but with no results. I've got the JScroller sidebox package but am unsure about what I need to change to make the testimonial side box into a scrolling one.

Would anybody like to have a go?

Kindest Regards,

Brett Rogers

now that would be awesome! great idea, anyone out there able to make it work?

myth3_16:

Hi,

Has anybody worked out how to make this mod into a scrolling one.

I have been trying for ages this morning but with no results. I've got the JScroller sidebox package but am unsure about what I need to change to make the testimonial side box into a scrolling one.

Would anybody like to have a go?

Kindest Regards,

Brett Rogers

ethical:

now that would be awesome! great idea, anyone out there able to make it work?

The testimonial manager sidebox is not included in the JScroller sidebox package.

revising/changing the testimonial manager sidebox so that it will scroll would require re-writing the code for the sidebox and is not currently on my list of things to be done for the testimonial manager add-on.

(maybe in a future release)

i've just recently installed the testimonials manager onto my site, but in my zencart admin/tools i can't find the testimonials manager so i can edit what's there now... any ideas on what i've done wrong?

(i'm fairly new at zencart, and installing modules.. i had someone build my site for me but need to do some tweaks on my own)

paperbliss:

i've just recently installed the testimonials manager onto my site, but in my zencart admin/tools i can't find the testimonials manager so i can edit what's there now... any ideas on what i've done wrong?

(i'm fairly new at zencart, and installing modules.. i had someone build my site for me but need to do some tweaks on my own)

Did you make sure to rename the YOUR_ADMIN folder to match the name of your admin folder.

i just went through all of my folders looking for a "YOUR_ADMIN" folder and couldn't find one... where is it?

never mind, got it. so now my issue is when i click on a testimonial that i've just entered, i get a page 404.... if you go to https://www.paperbliss.ca/index.php and click on the testimonial, you'll see what i mean...

paperbliss:

never mind, got it. so now my issue is when i click on a testimonial that i've just entered, i get a page 404.... if you go to https://www.paperbliss.ca/index.php and click on the testimonial, you'll see what i mean...

make sure you've changed ALL instances of the YOUR_TEMPLATE folder to match the name of the template you are using.

includes/languages/english/YOUR_TEMPLATE
includes/languages/english/extra_definitions/YOUR_TEMPLATE
includes/languages/english/html_includes/YOUR_TEMPLATE
includes/modules/sideboxes/YOUR_TEMPLATE
includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE

yeah —##i've gone through it a few times to make sure that they've all been changed, but it seems like i've changed them all to my template name. to be clear, i can click on "view all testimonials" and they'll all show up, but if you click on a testimonial's title in the sidebox, you get the 404.

also, is there any way to edit the way the testimonials are displayed? like, if i don't want the quotation image and the box around each testimonial...

paperbliss:

yeah —##i've gone through it a few times to make sure that they've all been changed, but it seems like i've changed them all to my template name. to be clear, i can click on "view all testimonials" and they'll all show up, but if you click on a testimonial's title in the sidebox, you get the 404.

also, is there any way to edit the way the testimonials are displayed? like, if i don't want the quotation image and the box around each testimonial...

double check to make sure you've uploaded the following:

includes/modules/pages/testimonials_add
includes/modules/pages/testimonials_manager
includes/modules/pages/display_all_testimonials

open includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/css

testimonials_manager.css
display_all_testimonials.css

find the following declaration and delete the highlighted portions.

blockquote {
margin:0 !important;
padding:0 !important;
background: url(../images/lftblockquote.png) top left no-repeat;
border:1px solid navy;
height:1%;
}

blockquote div {
padding:38px 56px;
background: url(../images/rgtblockquote.png) bottom right no-repeat;
height:1%;
}

deleted the highlighted stuff, worked fine! last question about modifying the look — i've managed to left align it, but the image size is still small. is that changeable?

also, i have all of those folders uploaded, and i still get the same error.

paperbliss:

deleted the highlighted stuff, worked fine! last question about modifying the look — i've managed to left align it, but the image size is still small. is that changeable?

also, i have all of those folders uploaded, and i still get the same error.

check the cache folder on your site for any error log files.

admin -> configuration -> testimonial manager

sorry —##i didn't find any error log files. i checked my cache folder (located outside my admin folder), i also went to admin/config/testimonial manager in zencart, but (this may sound stupid but i'm new) there was no error log there...

i'm completely lost, and have no idea what to do.