Desktop Data [support thread]

Steven300:

Clicking either the homepage or the admin button will open up these links in your default browser window, so the mod doesn't change appearance at all. Same goes for the download button.

I added the download button so it's easy to check if there's a new version available. It just opens up the mod's page in the Free Software Add Ons section.

Thanks makes sense for the button functions my confusion :blush:
thought you where doing something wild there...

Here's a temp link to it.

Remember to upload the images as well :smile:

Steven300:

Here's a temp link to it.

Remember to upload the images as well :smile:

Steven300-
updated files, uploaded all working as described, very handy additions :clap: thanks for taking the time to improve on an already nice app!

now if I wanted to change the URL of one of the buttons?

Which button do you want to change the url of? If it's the admin button, there's a setting you can change to specify a location other than "admin".

Steven300:

Which button do you want to change the url of? If it's the admin button, there's a setting you can change to specify a location other than "admin".

the home button I would like to change, in my case I would send it to the livehelp admin page.
something like "mysite.com/livehelp/help.php"

Okay on line 313 there will be this:

//Home button
if ($show_home_button == 1) {
$content4 .= "<a href=\"index.php\"

Change to:

//Home button
if ($show_home_button == 1) {
$content4 .= "<a href=\"http://www.mysite.com/livehelp/help.php\"

Steven300:

Okay on line 313 there will be this:

//Home button
if ($show_home_button == 1) {
$content4 .= "<a href="index.php"

> 
> Change to:
> 
> ```php
//Home button
if ($show_home_button == 1) {
$content4 .= "<a href=\"http://www.mysite.com/livehelp/help.php\"

again spot on instructions Steven300 hats off to you for making it painless and easy. :flex:
Works great!

Glad to help. Since everything seems to be working as expected, I'll upload the mod to the Downloads section in a bit. If you think of any other suggestions, just post them here and I'll see what I can do.

I'm using this on an XP SP3 box. When I added the desktop data, following your excellent install directions, all of the links on my desktop now have a dark blue background for the text. Without this installed, the link text background is transparent. Has anyone else experienced this? Is this normal or is something funky going on with my system/setup/configuration?

It's quite normal. This will happen whenever you have any web content displayed on your desktop. I'm not sure whether there's a way to turn this off, at least not without editing the Windows Registry, but you can certainly change the colour. Right-click your desktop, choose properties, select the desktop tab, and choose your desired colour. I'll let you know if I find a way to turn it off.

i get this error after i installed... can anyone help me pls?

1146 Table 'zencart.DESKTOP_DATA_TABLE_WHOS_ONLINE' doesn't exist
in:
[delete from DESKTOP_DATA_TABLE_WHOS_ONLINE where last_page_url = '/desktop_data.php']

Thank you!

Hi, did you upload the following file?

includes/extra_datafiles/desktop_data.php

yep i did. any advice? thank you!

sorry, i uploaded in the wrong directory.. i uploaded to public_html/admin/include/

changed to public_html/include/

and it worked! thank you!

I just wanted to let everybody know that I submitted an update to Addons and Contributed Modules for desktop data.

I found a way to use desktop data with vista by using a sidebar gadget called active desktop.

Inside there is a folder called Vista Active Desktop Gadget.
You will find details inside.

Cheers!

Thank you for this add-on. I have to tell you that I am just setting up my zen cart store now, and I am NOT a technical person by anyone's standards [I really don't even know HTML but can now get done what I have to by reading a "cheat sheet", but I just wanted to let you know that I did it - installed Desktop Data on my VISTA desktop just by following your instructions and adding the "Active Desktop" gadget that beasleybub mentioned in post #95.

Thank you!

Lisa:clap:

Hi Lisa, it's good to hear that the mod is working for you. Good luck with your site.

Oh... My.. Goodness..

You mean I actually helped somebody!? :laugh:

I'm glad I could help.

Hello,

Fantastic gadget got it working great on Vista but I can't get it working on the XP desktop.

I am right clicking the desktop choosing Properties > Desktop > Customise Desktop > Web

I then selected new added the URL of the file in form http://www.mysite.co.uk/my_desktop_file.php and clicked okay it then "syncronised" and then produced a blank desktop with no file on it (nor the original image I had ask my desktop!). I have tried this on two seperate XP machines with the same results. I also tried other websites eg microsoft.com & google.com with the same result so assume its not a problem with the mod directly but anyone got any ideas how to configure XP to work?!

Thanks in anticipation!

I had it on my old computer with XP, but my hard drive died so started from scratch, and the version of XP I am using doesn't allow adding to the desktop.

Corporate XP won't work.

But I do know that XP and XP Pro do work with it.