blank sidebox -- add photo

:clap: Wow, thanks, it worked to get my image working as I needed it to work! And, gave me a better understanding of using images this way.

I'm still having the problem with the additional image appearing above the paypal verification logo in the box. This really confuses me because I didn't add any coding that would put that there!

That extra image appeared immediately after I changed the string I explained above.

Any help or direction with this issue would be greatly appreciated.

Sabastina

You say you added this code below the code that shows the image and link for paypal verification?

What is the whole code in that area now? I can only see the HTML output your code generates:```html

<!--// bof: paypallogo //--> <div class="leftBoxContainer" id="paypallogo" style="width: 150px"> <h3 class="leftBoxHeading" id="paypallogoHeading">Our Validations</h3> <div id="paypallogoContent" class="sideBoxContent"> <div class="wrapper"> <img src="includes/templates/classic/images/eBayCertDesigner.gif"><center> <!-- Begin Official PayPal Seal --> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.paypal.com/verified/[email protected]"><img src="includes/templates/classic/images/verification_seal.gif" alt="Click to Verify" title=" Click to Verify " width="100" height="100" /></a> <!-- End Official PayPal Seal --> <!-- Begin eBay Certified Designer Seal --> <a target="_blank" href="http://pages.ebay.com/storefronts/designdirectory.html"><div id="paypallogoContent" class="sideBoxContent"> <div class="wrapper"> <img src="includes/templates/classic/images/eBayCertDesigner.gif"></div> </div></div> <!--// eof: paypallogo //--> ```which has some weird stuff going on.

The eBay designer logo is coded to output twice (obviously); you have the correct

<div id="paypallogoContent" class="sideBoxContent"> just below the heading, but then after the paypal logo you have <div id="paypallogoContent" class="sideBoxContent"> again, with your designer logo repeated. We'll need to see the original code to sort this out.

Again, I thank you for your help :smile:

Here is the entire tpl_paypal_logo.php file which [other than the change to the language file] was the only file I altered for this mod:

<?php
//
// +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
// |zen-cart Open Source E-commerce                                       |
// +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
// | Copyright (c) 2007 The zen-cart developers                           |
// |                                                                      |
// | http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php                                    |
// |                                                                      |
// | Portions Copyright (c) 2003 osCommerce                               |
// +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
// | This source file is subject to version 2.0 of the GPL license,       |
// | that is bundled with this package in the file LICENSE, and is        |
// | available through the world-wide-web at the following url:           |
// | http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt.                             |
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// | to obtain it through the world-wide-web, please send a note to       |
// | [email protected] so we can mail you a copy immediately.          |
// +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
// $Id: tpl_paypal_logo.php,          v 1.0.6 2007/04/25 DrByte $
//
  define('MODULE_PAYPAL_SEAL_LOGO_IMAGE_FILENAME', 'verification_seal.gif');
  define('MODULE_PAYPAL_SEAL_VERIFIED_URL', 'https://www.paypal.com/verified/pal=');

  $content = '';
  $content .= '<div id="' . str_replace('_', '-', $box_id . 'Content') . '" class="sideBoxContent">' . "\n";
  $content .= '<div class="wrapper">' . "\n";

  $content .=
'<center>
<!-- Begin Official PayPal Seal -->
<a target="_blank" href="'.MODULE_PAYPAL_SEAL_VERIFIED_URL . $paypalID . '">' .
zen_image(DIR_WS_TEMPLATE_IMAGES . MODULE_PAYPAL_SEAL_LOGO_IMAGE_FILENAME, MODULE_PAYPAL_SEAL_ALT_TEXT, 100, 100) .
'</a>
<!-- End Official PayPal Seal -->
<!-- Begin eBay Certified Designer Seal -->
<a target="_blank" href="http://pages.ebay.com/storefronts/designdirectory.html">' .
$content .= '<img src="' . DIR_WS_TEMPLATE . 'images/eBayCertDesigner.gif">';
'</a>
<!-- End eBay Certified Designer Seal -->
</center>';
  $content .= '</div>' . "\n";
  $content .= '</div>';

?>

I'm sure it's possible that I inadvertantly did something while in the editor (I have cut or pasted accidentally before, when working on other coding - so it's possible I did that here...I really appreciate your help in sorting this out!

Sabastina

You're explicitly adding your designer seal image to $content while still inside a $content .= statement.
The ; at the end of your addition may terminate the original statement early.

So eliminate the $content .= and the ; around your added image. Most of your added code should run on from the pp seal html; where you use the php constant, use the dot joins as you had them.

$content .=
'<center>
<!-- Begin Official PayPal Seal -->
<a target="_blank" href="'.MODULE_PAYPAL_SEAL_VERIFIED_URL . $paypalID . '">' .
zen_image(DIR_WS_TEMPLATE_IMAGES . MODULE_PAYPAL_SEAL_LOGO_IMAGE_FILENAME, MODULE_PAYPAL_SEAL_ALT_TEXT, 100, 100) .
'</a>
<!-- End Official PayPal Seal -->
<!-- Begin eBay Certified Designer Seal -->
<a target="_blank" href="http://pages.ebay.com/storefronts/designdirectory.html"><img src="' . DIR_WS_TEMPLATE . 'images/eBayCertDesigner.gif"></a>
<!-- End eBay Certified Designer Seal -->
</center>';

Thank you SOOO much!:clap:

It worked perfectly.

I think see what you meant... by using the additional $content.= statement, I was basically commanding the code through twice and also causing the statement to end to soon by ending it with the additional ; When in reality, all I needed to do was to simply add my link and image code using the DIR_WS_TEMPLATE .

This makes sense because I was confused about the $content.= statement to begin with.

I'll go ahead and do some research on this statement (as well as php file pathing) so that I can use them properly from now on!

Thanks so very much for your time, it means alot.

Sabastina

Since many Zen Cart php files only prepare content to be handled by another file later in the process, it is common to accumulate html output in a $content .= statement which can be passed on easily.

The .= means "add the following to the end of this variable".

I'm definately bookmarking this thread for a while. Thank you, that information helps me immensely.

Kimberly