adding a new page?

[mooresmusic]

Hey, I'm pretty new to Oscommerce and just need a quick tip as to how to add a new page to the site. I don't want to add it through a contribution or really mess with adding extra code to my index.php file or any kind of infobox editing,...

 

really all i need is help trying to get a page built and be able to link it from say a picture of normal hyper link on the index page. I need to know what extra tags i need to put in the hyperlink on my index page to have it open up in that section and not a new window. and i also need to know if I can just build a standard html page without PHP and if that will work.

 

I made it out to sound bigger than it is, but it just sounds simple and I should be able to get an answer pretty fast on here :-)

 

really these extra pages will just be used for mainly like something along the lines of a quick news update or something like that, just random pages really.

 

thanks in advance for all your wonderful help.

[mooresmusic]

any help at all would be great.

 

thanks!

[socal_kid]

You can build just regular html pages, but your session id will be broken if you leave the current php page and then come back to it. I use standard links in my php pages to html pages that are for info only, like colors, articles and such. I bring them up in a new window and customer can read them and close them and their session is still intact with the php pages.

 

Hope this helps.

Tom

[TerryK]

It's actually really easy to do this...

 

Copy an existing page, say, /catalog/conditions.php. Save it with your new file name, say news.php.

 

In your new file, look for:

 

 ?$Id: conditions.php,v 1.22 2003/06/05 23:26:22 hpdl Exp $

 

Change to:

 

 ?$Id: news.php,v 1.22 2003/06/05 23:26:22 hpdl Exp $

 

Look for:

 

 ?require(DIR_WS_LANGUAGES . $language . '/' . FILENAME_CONDITIONS);

?$breadcrumb->add(NAVBAR_TITLE, tep_href_link(FILENAME_CONDITIONS));
?>

 

Change to:

 

 ?require(DIR_WS_LANGUAGES . $language . '/' . FILENAME_NEWS);

?$breadcrumb->add(NAVBAR_TITLE, tep_href_link(FILENAME_NEWS));
?>

 

Now copy an existing language page, say, /catalog/includes/languages/english/conditions.php. Save it with your new file name, say news.php.

 

In your new file, look for:

 

 ?$Id: conditions.php,v 1.4 2002/11/19 01:48:08 dgw_ Exp $

 

Change to:

 

 ?$Id: news.php,v 1.4 2002/11/19 01:48:08 dgw_ Exp $

 

Update the other text in the language file as needed.

 

Now, open /catalog/includes/filenames. Look for:

 

 ?define('FILENAME_CONDITIONS', 'conditions.php');

 

Underneath it, add:

 

 ?define('FILENAME_NEWS', 'news.php');

 

Add a link to your site on whatever page/box you want it in. If adding it to the 'Information' box, for example, go to /catalog/includes/boxes/information.php. Look for:

 

 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_CONDITIONS) . '">' . BOX_INFORMATION_CONDITIONS . '</a><br>' .

 

Right underneath that, add:

 

 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_NEWS) . '">' . BOX_INFORMATION_NEWS . '</a><br>' .

 

Then open up, /catalog/includes/languages/english.php. Look for:

 

// information box text in includes/boxes/information.php
define('BOX_HEADING_INFORMATION', 'Information');
define('BOX_INFORMATION_PRIVACY', 'Privacy Notice');
define('BOX_INFORMATION_CONDITIONS', 'Conditions of Use');
define('BOX_INFORMATION_SHIPPING', 'Shipping & Returns');
define('BOX_INFORMATION_CONTACT', 'Contact Us');

 

Add your new define somewhere in there, like so:

 

// information box text in includes/boxes/information.php
define('BOX_HEADING_INFORMATION', 'Information');
define('BOX_INFORMATION_PRIVACY', 'Privacy Notice');
define('BOX_INFORMATION_CONDITIONS', 'Conditions of Use');
define('BOX_INFORMATION_NEWS', 'News');
define('BOX_INFORMATION_SHIPPING', 'Shipping & Returns');
define('BOX_INFORMATION_CONTACT', 'Contact Us');

 

Upload the files to your server and, if I've written this up correctly, you should now have a new link and page on your site. :)

 

HTH,

 

Terry

[Jack_mcs]

Or use the PageMaker contribution and do it in a few clicks.

 

Jack

[mooresmusic]

Or use the PageMaker contribution and do it in a few clicks.

 

I was just trying to avoid adding a new contribution right now is all, I'm pressed for time here at my job so i don't have much time to work on this project as I'd like to, so i was just looking for shortcuts.

 

i think for right now i'm gonna go with Socal_kid's ideas,..(actually what i was thinking anyways, just didnt know if it would work in Oscommerce or not)

 

and then down the road when i have time I'll either get the contribution or use TerryK's idea....I just dont have the time to test out the bugs of a contribution and all that fun stuff right now.

 

thanks all!

[TerryK]

Jay,

 

Though the steps seem long, it's actually a breeze to add an additional page using the instructions I provided -- takes a matter of minutes. I've added about 150 extra pages this way with no trouble at all. And there's no problem with losing session IDs...

 

Terry

[mooresmusic]

if i did that, where at on the index.php page would i go about putting in the information?

(ie: below)

// information box text in includes/boxes/information.php

define('BOX_HEADING_INFORMATION', 'Information');

define('BOX_INFORMATION_PRIVACY', 'Privacy Notice');

define('BOX_INFORMATION_CONDITIONS', 'Conditions of Use');

define('BOX_INFORMATION_NEWS', 'News');

define('BOX_INFORMATION_SHIPPING', 'Shipping & Returns');

define('BOX_INFORMATION_CONTACT', 'Contact Us');

 

would there be somewhere else on the index.php page that i could put it in,...or could i just hyperlink straight to a php page?

[TerryK]

The code above is for adding it to your 'Information' box. If just linking to it from somewhere on the front page, I *think* a regular link within your text would work:

 

<a href="news.php"><b>News</b></a>

 

(Someone else please chime in if I'm wrong...)

 

Terry

[mooresmusic]

Now if i did that, would i also still have to add a new page in /catalog/news.php , /catalog/includes/languages/english/news.php , and still change /catalog/includes/filenames and then that would be it right? I'd just have to finish it up by adding the hyperlink to the index.php....sounds correct to me at least? eh?

 

The code above is for adding it to your 'Information' box. If just linking to it from somewhere on the front page, I *think* a regular link within your text would work:

 

<a href="news.php"><b>News</b></a>

 

Terry

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[TerryK]

Yes, you would have to do the steps as noted above first.

 

Terry

[mooresmusic]

well thats cool then, it cuts it down to only three steps,...thanks for the help man, it's highly appreciated!!!

[butterflyguy]

TerryK,

 

I have tried everything to add on extra pages including unlimited pages contrib and no i have tried your suggestion as well. the page is added on but i always get the following errors:

Warning: session_start(): Cannot send session cookie - headers already sent by (output started at /home/ray/public_html/test2/includes/filenames.php:65) in /home/ray/public_html/test2/includes/functions/sessions.php on line 67

 

Warning: session_start(): Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at /home/ray/public_html/test2/includes/filenames.php:65) in /home/ray/public_html/test2/includes/functions/sessions.php on line 67

 

any idea how to get it running correctly or atleast what may be causing the problem?

 

thanks,

ray

[Jack_mcs]

I was just trying to avoid adding a new contribution right now is all, I'm pressed for time here at my job so i don't have much time to work on this project as I'd like to, so i was just looking for shortcuts.

 

i think for right now i'm gonna go with Socal_kid's ideas,..(actually what i was thinking anyways, just didnt know if it would work in Oscommerce or not)

 

and then down the road when i have time I'll either get the contribution or use TerryK's idea....I just dont have the time to test out the bugs of a contribution and all that fun stuff right now.

 

thanks all!

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It's called a contribution since it was contributed to oscommerce but it is not something you install into your shop. It is a stand-alone program. You unzip it, point it to where your files are and create the page. It prevents all of the problems you are now experiencing but I realize it is not for everyone.

 

Jack