Can this be possible?????

ok I have moved the shop from:

https://www.mydomain.com to https://www.mydomain.com/zen

my question is can it be possible to put a What's New "What's new for Month" module as an Element to put into an HTML for the main domain? I hope anyone understands what I am talking about......

You may want to take a look at the following to get started with some ideas.

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=50118&highlight=include+sidebox+external+page

or

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=39964&highlight=include+sidebox+external+page

econcepts,

that isn't what I am looking for. what this is a sideboxes for your zen cart store itself.

my main web page is http://www.mtechama.com uses C.M.S. e107 and I want to put an whats new element there in the middle? that is what I want to do.

Several options.

1. use the information I posted previously and CREATE your own include for the what's new section (that is what I meant when I sent over that last link and said you could start here). That post isn't a sidebox for your store, it shows you HOW to include a side box on an EXTERNAL page (outside of the zen cart structure). There are a few other tutorials ("Ideasgirl" does a good job of showing it) on the zen site.

2. Hard code a section called what's new into the home page (if that page resides outside of zen cart)

3. Use your zen cart admin to simply tell the cart to include the whats new onto the home page (if it resides within the zen cart structure). Admin > Configuration > Index Listing will get you there.

Good luck!

econcept,

I have tried all that but It didn't work any other suggestions....
here is the PHP inside of a HTML code that I am using.

<?php
<font size="3"><span style="font-weight: bold;">
Welcome to Morris Technologies and Gift Shop. Please </span><a href="http://www.mtechama.com/signup.php" style="font-weight: bold;">register here</a></font><span style="font-weight: bold;"><font size="3"> to recieve the following e-mails:<br /><br />*E-News<br />*E-Promotions<br />*E-Specials<br />*E-Site Updates<br />*E-New Products & Services <br />and much more<br /><br />If you need Technical Support please <a href="http://www.mtechama.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum.php">click here</a> to go our support forum.</font><br /></span>
<br><br>
<table border="1" width="49%">
$zcSBmodule = 'whats_new.php';	<tr>
		<td width="181">
		<p align="center">
		<a href="http://www.mtechama.com/gift_shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=6&products_id=5">
		<img border="0" src="http://www.mtechama.com/gift_shop/images/70900.jpg" width="101" height="101"><br>
		World Of Products<br>
		$6.75</a></td>
		<td width="179">
		<p align="center">
		<a href="http://www.mtechama.com/gift_shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=1">
		<img border="0" src="http://www.mtechama.com/gift_shop/images/34830.jpg" width="107" height="107"><br>
		3pc. Fabric Xmas Bears<br>
		$119.95</a></td>
		<td> </td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td width="181"> </td>
		<td width="179"> </td>
		<td> </td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td width="181"> </td>
		<td width="179"> </td>
		<td> </td>
	</tr>
</table>
<p><center>
<img border="0" src="http://www.mtechama.com/gift_shop/images/ClearwireWhite.jpg" width="213" height="101">   <img border="0" src="http://www.mtechama.com/gift_shop/images/Microsoft_Windows_logo.jpg" width="147" height="101">  <img border="0" src="http://www.mtechama.com/gift_shop/images/p4_logo.jpg" width="77" height="101">   <img border="0" src="http://www.mtechama.com/gift_shop/images/semp-amd-logo.jpg" width="124" height="102"></p></center>
<p> </p>
?>

Wade

The only actual PHP in the code you posted is
$zcSBmodule = 'whats_new.php';
which simply sets a variable equal to a string. The <?php ?> tags should be just around that, not around the whole HTML code; but it will not accomplish anything anyway.

What you have tried here is #2 (hardcode a what's new section). Exactly how does it not work? What results do you get? What error messages do you get?

gjh42,

I am using a CMS of e107 here is my main page http://www.mtechama.com and my zen cart area is http://www.mtechama.com/gift_shop/index.php you can see it in the middle of the page.

This is actually working exactly as you are telling it to. All of the HTML is functioning, and it doesn't understand what to do with the <?php and $zcSBmodule = 'whats_new.php';, so it simply outputs them as text. What file is the code contained in? Does it have a .php extension?

Glenn what do you mean php extistion....

Wade

I did everything but I haven't accomplished anything.

in order for the file to read the <?php and actually treat it as php and not text the file needs to be named .php

Marlin are you fimilar with CMS e107?

Nope,
but Im assuming that you are trying to use the code listed above in an index.html
this wont work since the machine needs to know that it needs to use php

OK, so e107 is a PHP/mySQL based CMS... It should not have any inherent problems with a php file. You need to learn from e107 how to use PHP in files in their system. They seem to have an active forum that should be able to help you.

I am creating a PHP file call test.php here is the code:

<?php
require('gift_shop/includes/application_top.php');
$zcSBmodule = 'new_products.php';
$zcSBlayout = 'left';
require('gift_shop/single_sidebox.php');
?>

can someone tell me what I am doing wrong?

Ok I got the single side box to work with no images. but that mod. is for sideboxes only that isn't what I am looking for I want to pull an element for Whats New in January module like these files (includes/modules/new_products.php)........... can anyone help me please..

can anyone help me on this????

mtechama:

Ok I got the single side box to work with no images.The images aren't showing ... because they're being pointed to the wrong location: "/home/content/m/o/r/morristech/html/gifts/images/38881.jpg"

Try commenting out this line in your single_sidebox.php script, by adding 2 slashes, as shown:```
[B]//[/B] define('DIR_WS_IMAGES', $zcDir . '/images/');

DrByte

Is it possible to have the New Products Module like the big box in the middle of the store that has 9 products in module box. outside zen cart. has this ever been done?

Wade