Cant install Excel Populate

[nickjansen]

Hi team,

 

I am trying to install Excel Populate into my OsCommerce 2.4.3.1 installation. However I cannot get it going as the instructions say that I must add the following line into the catalog/admin/includes/boxes/catalog.php

'<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_EXCEL, '', 'NONSSL') . '" class="menuBoxContentLink">Excel Populate</a><br>' .

 

The issue I am having is that I cannot see the after line which is '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCTS_ATTRIBUTES, '', 'NONSSL') . '" class="menuBoxContentLink">' . BOX_CATALOG_CATEGORIES_PRODUCTS_ATTRIBUTES . '</a><br>'

because there is no HTML code in the PHP file. Is this for a php file or should I still add it and will it be translated?

 

Please help!

 

Thanks in advance. 

[nickjansen]

Can anyone help?

[clustersolutions]

@nickjansen Try this. It's just an anchor. I hope you get the idea of it being in an array form. Don't shoot me, I think I am changing core codes.

 

<?php
/*
  $Id$
  osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions
  http://www.oscommerce.com
  Copyright (c) 2010 osCommerce
  Released under the GNU General Public License
*/
  $cl_box_groups[] = array(
    'heading' => BOX_HEADING_CATALOG,
    'apps' => array(
      array(
        'code' => FILENAME_CATEGORIES,
        'title' => BOX_CATALOG_CATEGORIES_PRODUCTS,
        'link' => tep_href_link(FILENAME_CATEGORIES)
      ),
      array(
        'code' => FILENAME_PRODUCTS_ATTRIBUTES,
        'title' => BOX_CATALOG_CATEGORIES_PRODUCTS_ATTRIBUTES,
        'link' => tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCTS_ATTRIBUTES)
      ),
      array(
        'code' => FILENAME_EXCEL,
        'title' => 'Excel Populate',
        'link' => tep_href_link(FILENAME_EXCEL)
      ),
      array(
        'code' => FILENAME_MANUFACTURERS,
        'title' => BOX_CATALOG_MANUFACTURERS,
        'link' => tep_href_link(FILENAME_MANUFACTURERS)
      ),
      array(
        'code' => FILENAME_REVIEWS,
        'title' => BOX_CATALOG_REVIEWS,
        'link' => tep_href_link(FILENAME_REVIEWS)
      ),
      array(
        'code' => FILENAME_SPECIALS,
        'title' => BOX_CATALOG_SPECIALS,
        'link' => tep_href_link(FILENAME_SPECIALS)
      ),
      array(
        'code' => FILENAME_PRODUCTS_EXPECTED,
        'title' => BOX_CATALOG_PRODUCTS_EXPECTED,
        'link' => tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCTS_EXPECTED)
      )
    )
  );
?>

 

[nickjansen]

Hey thanks for your reply!!

 

I made those changes, but now I get the attached error. Not sure if it is something I am still doing wrong. 

 

Thanks so much for your help!

 

 

[241]

from your image there is no define for FILENAME_EXCEL in admin/includes/filenames.php

[ArtcoInc]

@nickjansen

1 hour ago, 241 said:

from your image there is no define for FILENAME_EXCEL in admin/includes/filenames.php

 

or, you could hard code it into the menu code itself. For example:

      array(
        'code' => FILENAME_EXCEL,
        'title' => 'Excel Populate',
        'link' => tep_href_link('excel.php')
      ),

(adjust the file name, and directory structure, as needed)

Edited April 27, 2018 by ArtcoInc

[clustersolutions]

Ah, IIS, what!? Just kidding, your definitely missing some steps during your hack. In the old OSC, that should be defined in the filenames.php file.

 

17 hours ago, nickjansen said:

Hey thanks for your reply!!

 

I made those changes, but now I get the attached error. Not sure if it is something I am still doing wrong. 

 

Thanks so much for your help!

 

 

 

[Schizolocal]

I've got the installation finished, but I cannot get the user docs - the link  http://www.advancewebsoft.com/downloads/documentation/excel-populate-manual-p.html   just leads to a blank page

Edited August 31, 2018 by Schizolocal