Help Needed to install Manufacturers info box

[comfyzone.com]

Hello everyone...

 

i am new to all this, so please forgive me if i am not quite clear to what i need help with...

 

here we go..

 

i have removed the Manufacturers info box from my website and now i want to put it back on..

 

the problem is that all the files are their but am not sure which file and which line i have edited to make it dispear from my site.. Please check my site so you know what i mean..www.comfyzone.com

 

 

can someone please help me?

 

Thank you

[germ]

Stock osC has it in /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');
 }

[color="#FF0000"][b]  if ((USE_CACHE == 'true') && empty($SID)) {
   echo tep_cache_manufacturers_box();
 } else {
   include(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'manufacturers.php');
 }[/b][/color]

 require(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'whats_new.php');
 require(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'search.php');
 require(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'information.php');
?>

[comfyzone.com]

thank you for quick reply, but this did not work, this file is fine, it is exactly the way you have written..

 

any other suggestions?

 

i was thinking, why don't i just delete all the filese related to manufacturer info box and then add the files back in by downloading from os-commerce contribution site?

 

what do you think?

[germ]

You didn't do it right.

:huh:

 

You now have two information boxes instead.

:o

[comfyzone.com]

i have took it off, i was just testing it...but manufacturer would not come on..

[germ]

Consult your template supplier.

[comfyzone.com]

Consult your template supplier.

 

 

i would but he has dispeared...so am stuck..

[comfyzone.com]

can anyone please help me??

 

i would realy appreciate it...

 

thank you

[germ]

So put the code back in there.

 

In yoiur admin set "Use Cache" to false.

 

Save it.

 

Then view the site.

 

Any better?

:unsure:

[satish]

boxes are included in oscommerce bu placing an include link in the col left file or col right file.

 

Plus by checkingthat a code for boxes is there in includes/boxes folder.

 

Satish

[germ]

When you want to "remove" code that does something it's always best to leave it there, but render it ineffective. That way if you wish to reactivate it at a later date the code is still there.

 

In programmers terms it's called "commenting out" the code.

 

For instance this block of code in question:

 

  if ((USE_CACHE == 'true') && empty($SID)) {
echo tep_cache_manufacturers_box();
 } else {
include(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'manufacturers.php');
 }

Two ways to render it ineffective but leave the code intact:

 

/*
 if ((USE_CACHE == 'true') && empty($SID)) {
echo tep_cache_manufacturers_box();
 } else {
include(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'manufacturers.php');
 }
*/

Or

 

//  if ((USE_CACHE == 'true') && empty($SID)) {
//	echo tep_cache_manufacturers_box();
//  } else {
//	include(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'manufacturers.php');
//  }

I usually use the // method for one or maybe two lines of code, and the /* */ method for longer blocks of code, but either works.