Custom Header and Session links

[rgarland]

I'm new to osCommerce, so bear with me...

 

I have completely replaced the standard header with a new header that includes a navigation bar. Now, I'm losing session information all over the place. I'm currently just linking to php pages directly, and I know I need to be using the tep_href_link(), but can't quite figure out how to do so.

 

Here is what I have done:

 

1. commented out the default header in the header.php file

2. added this line to that file:

<? Include ("rg_header.htm"); ?>

 

Here is rg_header.htm:

 

 

<center>

<TABLE WIDTH=727 height="100%" BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>

<TR>

<TD background="templates/Original/images/header.gif" WIDTH=727 HEIGHT=186 ALT=""><div style="padding-top:148px; padding-left:4px "><span style="padding-left:8px "></span><span style="padding-left:7px "></span>

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

<tr>

<td><a href="index.php" target="_top" onClick="MM_nbGroup('down','group1','Home','',1)" onMouseOver="MM_nbGroup('over','Home','templates/Original/images/home2.gif','',1)" onMouseOut="MM_nbGroup('out')"><img src="templates/Original/images/home.gif" alt="Home" name="Home" width="102" height="36" border="0" onload=""></a></td>

<td><a href="index.php" target="_top" onClick="MM_nbGroup('down','group1','Products','',1)" onMouseOver="MM_nbGroup('over','Products','templates/Original/images/products2.gif','',1)" onMouseOut="MM_nbGroup('out')"><img src="templates/Original/images/products.gif" alt="Products for Sale" name="Products" width="104" height="36" border="0" onload=""></a></td>

<td><a href="specials.php" target="_top" onClick="MM_nbGroup('down','group1','Specials','',1)" onMouseOver="MM_nbGroup('over','Specials','templates/Original/images/specials2.gif','',1)" onMouseOut="MM_nbGroup('out')"><img src="templates/Original/images/specials.gif" alt="Specials and Coupons" name="Specials" width="103" height="36" border="0" onload=""></a></td>

<td><a href="index.php" target="_top" onClick="MM_nbGroup('down','group1','Coming_Events','',1)" onMouseOver="MM_nbGroup('over','Coming_Events','templates/Original/images/coming_events2.gif','',1)" onMouseOut="MM_nbGroup('out')"><img src="templates/Original/images//coming_events.gif" alt="Coming Events" name="Coming_Events" width="104" height="36" border="0" onload=""></a></td>

<td><a href="contact_us.php" target="_top" onClick="MM_nbGroup('down','group1','About_Us','',1)" onMouseOver="MM_nbGroup('over','About_Us','templates/Original/images/about_us2.gif','',1)" onMouseOut="MM_nbGroup('out')"><img src="templates/Original/images/about_us.gif" alt="About Us" name="About_Us" width="105" height="36" border="0" onload=""></a></td>

<td><a href="shopping_cart.php" target="_top" onClick="MM_nbGroup('down','group1','My_Cart','',1)" onMouseOver="MM_nbGroup('over','My_Cart','templates/Original/images/my_cart2.gif','',1)" onMouseOut="MM_nbGroup('out')"><img src="templates/Original/images/my_cart.gif" alt="Shopping Cart" name="My_Cart" width="104" height="36" border="0" onload=""></a></td>

<td><a href="checkout_shipping.php" target="_top" onClick="MM_nbGroup('down','group1','Checkout','',1)" onMouseOver="MM_nbGroup('over','Checkout','templates/Original/images/checkout2.gif','',1)" onMouseOut="MM_nbGroup('out')"><img src="templates/Original/images/checkout.gif" alt="Go to Shopping Cart Checkout" name="Checkout" width="98" height="36" border="0" onload=""></a></td>

</tr>

</table>

 

</div></table></center>

 

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The rollover effects via javascript are working fine...

 

How do I modify this code to make use of the proper function wrapper to maintain session IDs?

 

Help is MUCH appreciated.