ErkDog Posted May 7, 2008 Posted May 7, 2008 I can't find anything in the configuration to do this, but basically I want to add some links to the left and/or right of the main store pages. If there is no way to do this in the configuration I assume I would basically have to use the headers and footers to "wrap" content around the main store pages. The only problem with this is that I don't see header or footers in the configuration either!!! Please advise!!
spax Posted May 7, 2008 Posted May 7, 2008 It's quite simple to add a new box for your links. This will show you how. http://www.oscommerce.info/kb/osCommerce/C...g_Area/Boxes/66
ErkDog Posted May 7, 2008 Author Posted May 7, 2008 Thank you very much for pointing me to this information <3
ErkDog Posted May 8, 2008 Author Posted May 8, 2008 OK Guys... here's whats going on now... I have test.php in the /includes/boxes folder. Here is its contents <tr> <td> <hr> omg.test.lol <hr> </td> </tr> Here is my /includes/column_left.php <?php /* $Id: column_left.php,v 1.15 2003/07/01 14:34:54 hpdl Exp $ osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions [url="http://www.oscommerce.com"]http://www.oscommerce.com[/url] Copyright © 2003 osCommerce Released under the GNU General Public License */ if ((USE_CACHE == 'true') && empty($SID)) { echo tep_cache_categories_box(); } else { include(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'categories.php'); } if ((USE_CACHE == 'true') && empty($SID)) { echo tep_cache_manufacturers_box(); } else { include(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'manufacturers.php'); } require(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'whats_new.php'); require(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'search.php'); require(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'information.php'); require(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'test.php'); ?> Now shouldn't omg.test.lol show up somewhere? Also I don't see any of these other boxes anywhere!@#! Please help!!!!
spax Posted May 9, 2008 Posted May 9, 2008 Looks like column_left.php has been removed/commented. Is this a template you are using?
ErkDog Posted May 9, 2008 Author Posted May 9, 2008 I'm picking up an OSCommerce site from another business as they no longer dealing with "small" clients. Where would it be removed/commented? The file certainly isn't removed as I have the above code sitting in it!! Where is the code where I can "re enable" the side links? Thanks, Matt
spax Posted May 9, 2008 Posted May 9, 2008 Apart from a couple of files, like popup_image.php, the call for the left column is in every root level file: <!-- left_navigation //--> <?php require(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'column_left.php'); ?> <!-- left_navigation_eof //-->
ErkDog Posted May 9, 2008 Author Posted May 9, 2008 OK that code is nowhere in my root files. I assume by root files you also mean index.php? Where in the index.php and other 'root' files should this be located?' Thanks alot spax.
spax Posted May 10, 2008 Posted May 10, 2008 Yeah, index.php is one of the files. In a stock index.php, the first few lines of code look like this: <body marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" topmargin="0" bottommargin="0" leftmargin="0" rightmargin="0"> <!-- header //--> <?php require(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'header.php'); ?> <!-- header_eof //--> <!-- body //--> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3"> <tr> <td width="<?php echo BOX_WIDTH; ?>" valign="top"><table border="0" width="<?php echo BOX_WIDTH; ?>" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"> <!-- left_navigation //--> <?php require(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'column_left.php'); ?> <!-- left_navigation_eof //--> </table></td> <!-- body_text //--> You can see the call for column_left.php is quite early so if your code is much different, you only need to work in a cell <td> in the containing table to open a nested table for column_left.php. You will also see that the nested table only needs the <table></table> tags. The rows and cells are generated from the actual box files.
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