Adding a Box!

[erniethemilk]

I'm wanting to add a box on my store to put in a reciprocal link to another site.

 

Can someone explain in easy terms ( :lol: ) how I go about doing it

 

Thanks :)

[Jack_mcs]

Try this:

 

Make a copy of the information infobox.

Name it what ever you want.

Make an entry for it in the includes/filenames.php.

Add the definitions in english.php.

Add a link in one of the column files.

Edit the box to have the link you want.

 

Jack

[Bushmaster]

I'm wanting to add a box on my store to put in a reciprocal link to another site.

 

Can someone explain in easy terms ( :lol: ) how I go about doing it

 

Thanks :)

 

The documentation makes it about as easy as it can get.

http://www.oscommerce.info/kb/osCommerce/Catalog_Area/Boxes

[erniethemilk]

OK, so I now have a box based on the information box as per the above link, but I can't figure out how to change the box heading or populate it with reciprocal links :(

 

Anyone able to offer single syllable advice to a complete baffoon :lol:

[rrrhythm]

Anyone able to offer single syllable advice to a complete baffoon :lol:

 

"baffoon" would that be a baffled buffoon, or a befuddled baboon. ok, now that i got that silliness out of my system.

 

going from jack's advice:

 

1. Make a copy of the information infobox.

2. Name it what ever you want.

3. Make an entry for it in the includes/filenames.php.

4. Add the definitions in english.php.

5. Add a link in one of the column files.

6. Edit the box to have the link you want.

 

what have you done? i'm assuming you have sucessfully done #'s 1, 2, 3, and 5 if you have got the box appearing on your site. so that leaves you #'s 4 and 6.

 

start with number 6 by opening the file: catalog/includes/boxes/yourNewBox.php. if you based it on information.php, it will look like this:

<?php
/*
 $Id: information.php,v 1.6 2003/02/10 22:31:00 hpdl Exp $
 osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions
 http://www.oscommerce.com
 Copyright (c) 2003 osCommerce
 Released under the GNU General Public License*/
?>
<!-- information //-->
<tr><td>
<?php
 $info_box_contents = array();
 $info_box_contents[] = array('text' => BOX_HEADING_INFORMATION, 'params' => ' id="headingInformation"'); 
 new infoBoxHeading($info_box_contents, false, false);  //create an instance of infoBoxHeading
 $info_box_contents = array();
 $info_box_contents[] = 
array('text' =>	'<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_CONTACT_US) . '">' . BOX_INFORMATION_CONTACT . '</a><br>' . 
			'<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRIVACY) . '">' . BOX_INFORMATION_PRIVACY . '</a><br>' .
				'<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_SHIPPING) . '">' . BOX_INFORMATION_RETURNS . '</a><br>' .
			'<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_SHIPPING) . '">' . BOX_INFORMATION_SHIPPING . '</a><br>' .
			'<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_SITE_MAP) . '">' . ALL_PRODUCTS_LINK . '</a>',
		 'params' => 'id="textInformation"');
 new infoBox($info_box_contents); //create an instance  of infoBox
?>
</td></tr>
<!-- information_eof //-->

 

now, everywhere you see something written in all caps with underscores, rename it to something else. change BOX_HEADING_INFORMATION to BOX_HEADING_LINKS, and change FILENAME_PRIVACY to FILENAME_LINK_ONE, and BOX_INFORMATION_PRIVACY to BOX_LINKS_LINK_ONE.

 

now you have to do step 4, which means open catalog/includes/languages/english.php and make sure each thing you changed in the previous step is defined. for example: define ('BOX_HEADING_LINKS', 'Links'); and define('FILENAME_LINK_ONE', 'www.linkone.com'); etc.

 

this really is all laid out in the documentation.

[erniethemilk]

Thanks rrrythmn :)

 

I actually followed the documentation, so far I have a box, but not much else...

 

I'll give it a shot, thanks for the help :)

 

I'll no doubt be back :lmao: