ezflow : adding new zones to existing frontpage objects

Monday 29 November 2010 11:22:22 pm

Hi Alex,

"When new zones are added to a layout in zone.ini,"

Please post your custom zone config code that present in the zone.ini.

"existing frontpage objects with that layout don't look like containing those zones"

may be it is bez you didn't applied the css styling in the right way for newly created zones.

Post the comeplete zone block code.

Second thing check the block array retrived in zones that are in right order as you expect.

Reagrds

Romeo

Tuesday 30 November 2010 3:29:20 am

Hi Alex, from your reply I understand like, after adding zones to a custom zone template you are unable to see it.

for instance in zone.ini , it should be like this . I am creating a custom zone called 4ZonesLayout4.

[4ZonesLayout4]
ZoneTypeName=4 zones (layout 4)
Zones[]=lft
Zones[]=midle_lft
Zones[]=midle_rht
Zones[]=rht
ZoneName[lft]=Left zone
ZoneName[midle_lft]=Middle Left zone
ZoneName[midle_rht]=middle Right zone
ZoneName[rht]=Right zone
ZoneThumbnail=4zones_layout4.gif
Template=4zoneslayout4.tpl
AvailableForClasses[]=frontpage

above zone template contain 4 zones, preview like

4 columns ,

4zoneslayout4.tpl will be like follwoing

<div class="zone-layout-{$zone_layout|downcase()}">
<div class="float-break content-columns">
<div class="leftcol-position">
<div class="leftcol">
<!-- ZONE CONTENT: START -->
<div class="border-box">
<div class="border-ml"><div class="border-mr"><div class="border-mc">
<div class="border-content">
{if and( is_set( $zones[0].blocks ), $zones[0].blocks|count() )}
{foreach $zones[0].blocks as $block}
{if or( $block.valid_nodes|count(),
and( is_set( $block.custom_attributes), $block.custom_attributes|count() ),
and( eq( ezini( $block.type, 'ManualAddingOfItems', 'block.ini' ), 'disabled' ), ezini_hasvariable( $block.type, 'FetchClass', 'block.ini' )|not ) )}
<div id="address-{$block.zone_id}-{$block.id}">
{block_view_gui block=$block}
</div>
{else}
{skip}
{/if}

{/foreach}
{/if}
</div>
</div></div></div>
<div class="border-bl"><div class="border-br"><div class="border-bc"></div></div></div>
</div>
<!-- ZONE CONTENT: END -->
</div>
</div>
<div class="mainleftcol-position">
<div class="mainleftcol">
<!-- ZONE CONTENT: START -->
<div class="border-box">
<div class="border-ml"><div class="border-mr"><div class="border-mc">
<div class="border-content">
{if and( is_set( $zones[1].blocks ), $zones[1].blocks|count() )}
{foreach $zones[1].blocks as $block}
{if or( $block.valid_nodes|count(),
and( is_set( $block.custom_attributes), $block.custom_attributes|count() ),
and( eq( ezini( $block.type, 'ManualAddingOfItems', 'block.ini' ), 'disabled' ), ezini_hasvariable( $block.type, 'FetchClass', 'block.ini' )|not ) )}
<div id="address-{$block.zone_id}-{$block.id}">
{block_view_gui block=$block}
</div>
{else}
{skip}
{/if}

{/foreach}
{/if}
</div>
</div></div></div>
<div class="border-bl"><div class="border-br"><div class="border-bc"></div></div></div>
</div>
<!-- ZONE CONTENT: END -->
<!-- COLUMNS TWO: START -->
<!-- COLUMNS TWO: END -->
</div>
</div>
<div class="mainrightcol-position">
<div class="mainrightcol">
<!-- ZONE CONTENT: START -->
<div class="border-box">
<div class="border-ml"><div class="border-mr"><div class="border-mc">
<div class="border-content">
{if and( is_set( $zones[2].blocks ), $zones[2].blocks|count() )}
{foreach $zones[2].blocks as $block}
{if or( $block.valid_nodes|count(),
and( is_set( $block.custom_attributes), $block.custom_attributes|count() ),
and( eq( ezini( $block.type, 'ManualAddingOfItems', 'block.ini' ), 'disabled' ), ezini_hasvariable( $block.type, 'FetchClass', 'block.ini' )|not ) )}
<div id="address-{$block.zone_id}-{$block.id}">
{block_view_gui block=$block}
</div>
{else}
{skip}
{/if}

{/foreach}
{/if}
</div>
</div></div></div>
<div class="border-bl"><div class="border-br"><div class="border-bc"></div></div></div>
</div>
<!-- ZONE CONTENT: END -->
</div>
</div>
<div class="rightcol-position">
<div class="rightcol">
<!-- ZONE CONTENT: START -->
<div class="border-box">
<div class="border-ml"><div class="border-mr"><div class="border-mc">
<div class="border-content">
{if and( is_set( $zones[3].blocks ), $zones[3].blocks|count() )}
{foreach $zones[3].blocks as $block}
{if or( $block.valid_nodes|count(),
and( is_set( $block.custom_attributes), $block.custom_attributes|count() ),
and( eq( ezini( $block.type, 'ManualAddingOfItems', 'block.ini' ), 'disabled' ), ezini_hasvariable( $block.type, 'FetchClass', 'block.ini' )|not ) )}
<div id="address-{$block.zone_id}-{$block.id}">
{block_view_gui block=$block}
</div>
{else}
{skip}
{/if}

{/foreach}
{/if}
</div>
</div></div></div>
<div class="border-bl"><div class="border-br"><div class="border-bc"></div></div></div>
</div>
<!-- ZONE CONTENT: END -->
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>

do css styling for div classes like zone-layout-4zonelayout4,leftcol-position,leftcol, for every div classes and check through firebug . First you should create a frame for this zonetemplate using css then , style it later on.

Reagrds

Romeo.

Tuesday 30 November 2010 7:40:06 am

yes .you are correct the same thing happend to me also. In such cases for me the only solution is to remove the frontpage and re publish the frontpage again with the new zones. Hope someone with good experience in ezflow can help you.