News Section Addon

[Heckza]

Hi everyone,

 

I've just installed the NEWS SECTION Add-on (http://addons.oscommerce.com/info/4394).

 

I followed the instruction file perfectly and re-check many time that everything is ok ... and it is!!

 

My problem is on the Front End. Everything works, except one thing... the READ MORE link appear like this :

 

http://website.com/FILENAME_NEWS

 

If I click on it, its a 404 Error.

 

I guess the catalog/include/filenames.php must have something missing...! I added this myself to try : define('FILENAME_NEWS', 'news'); to refer to the news.php in the catalog root! doesn't work.

 

I also tried to edit the news.php and replace this

<a href="<?=tep_href_link(FILENAME_NEWS)?>" class="column_link">Read more<br>

with

<a href="news.php" class="column_link">Read more<br>

 

When I click on it, it gives me a Blank Page.

 

The Setup.txt file read like this :

copy all files in same folder

 

make the table the sql in ur database

 

1. add the line in admin/includes/boxes/tools/

 

'<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_NEWS_SECTION) . '" class="menuBoxContentLink">' . BOX_TOOLS_NEWS_SECTION . '</a><br>' .

 

CONFIRMED/DONE :

  if ($selected_box == 'tools') {
   $contents[] = array('text'  => '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_NEWS_SECTION) . '" class="menuBoxContentLink">' . BOX_TOOLS_NEWS_SECTION . '</a><br>' .
                                  '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_BACKUP) . '" class="menuBoxContentLink">' . BOX_TOOLS_BACKUP . '</a><br>' .

 

2. add the box at front end any where u want

 

catalog/includes/column_left.php

 

require(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'news.php');

 

CONFIRMED/DONE :

  Released under the GNU General Public License
*/
require(DIR_WS_BOXES . 'news.php');
 if ((USE_CACHE == 'true') && empty($SID)) {

 

Any suggestion contact me :

 

dhiman_pawan@yahoo.co.in

dhiman_pawan@hotmail.com

 

3. Add to admin/includes/languages/english.php

 

define('BOX_TOOLS_NEWS_SECTION', 'Site News');

 

CONFIRMED/DONE - Also done in french.php :

define('BOX_TOOLS_NEWS_SECTION', 'Site News');

?>

 

4. Add to admin/includes/filenames.php

 

define('FILENAME_NEWS_SECTION', 'news_section.php');

 

CONFIRMED/DONE :

  define('FILENAME_NEWS_SECTION', 'news_section.php');

?>

 

5. Add to admin/includes/databse_tables.php

 

define('TABLE_NEWS_SECTION', 'news');

 

CONFIRMED/DONE :

define('TABLE_HOLDING_ORDERS_PRODUCTS_DOWNLOAD', 'holding_orders_products_download');
 define('TABLE_HOLDING_ORDERS_STATUS_HISTORY', 'holding_orders_status_history');
 //fin de l'ajout

 define('TABLE_NEWS_SECTION', 'news');
?>

 

6. Add to includes/databse_tables.php

 

define('TABLE_NEWS', 'news');

 

CONFIRMED/DONE :

  define('TABLE_HOLDING_ORDERS_PRODUCTS_DOWNLOAD', 'holding_orders_products_download');
 define('TABLE_HOLDING_ORDERS_STATUS_HISTORY', 'holding_orders_status_history');
 // fin de l'ajout

 define('TABLE_NEWS', 'news');
?>

 

The files to upload are :

 

news.php (uploaded)

include/boxes/news.php (uploaded)

admin/news_section.php (uploaded)

admin/include/languages/english/images/buttons/button_add_new.gif (uploaded)

 

The SQL Command is (DONE):

CREATE TABLE `news` (
 `newsID` int(250) NOT NULL auto_increment,
 `newsDate` date NOT NULL default '0000-00-00',
 `newsTitle` text,
 `newsDescription` text,
 `newsAuthor` varchar(250) NOT NULL default '',
 PRIMARY KEY  (`newsID`)
);

 

Anyone have an idea what can be wrong ??

 

Thx

Edited June 30, 2010 by Heckza

[xbusymom]

the first thing I see is the missing 'end-anchor'

 

if you have a start anchor

<a

 

with the link-to information behind it

<a href= link codes- etc.>text that people see

 

you need a stop anchor

</a>

 

so you get...

<a href=linkcodes>text people see</a>