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zbunn24 Total Posts: 28 Joined: 2008-05-20 Ignore user	I’ve seen countless posts on the topic and hardly any answers. What files to you go to and how to do you get their to edit both the left and the right sidebars? I’ve already changed the images, but I want to change what they link to. I know the answer cannot be that hard, but when you go messing around in the files you can really mess things up. For instance, I went to this file: /html/app/design/frontend/default/default/template/callouts/right_col.phtml and changed the alternate text to the company name, Covenant TCG!. For some reason now, on my browser the right call out box no longer appears, instead it is the alternate text. On another computer, the images is there. On all computers, the poll has disappeared from my pages. I would love to undo what I did, but not matter what I enter the poll won’t come back. Here is my url: http://store.teamcovenant.com Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, God Bless, Zach Signature Covenant TCG - Guaranteed best prices online for all your gaming needs!
	Posted: May 29 2008 \| top

zbunn24 Total Posts: 28 Joined: 2008-05-20 Ignore user	Alright, so I figured out how to change the link to the left call out image. I went here: html/app/design/frontend/default/default/template/callouts/left_col.phtml and changed the following code: <div class="box"> <?php if (strtolower(substr($this->getLinkUrl(),0,4))==='http'): ?> <a href="<?php echo $this->getLinkUrl() ?>"> <?php elseif($this->getLinkUrl()): ?> <a href="http://teamcovenant.com"> <?php endif ?> <img src="<?php echo $this->getSkinUrl($this->getImgSrc()) ?>" width="195" alt="<?php echo $this->__($this->getImgAlt()) ?>" style="display:block;" /> <?php if ($this->getLinkUrl()): ?> </a> <?php endif ?> </div> to this: <div class="box"> <?php if (strtolower(substr($this->getLinkUrl(),0,4))==='http'): ?> <a href="<?php echo $this->getLinkUrl() ?>"> <?php elseif($this->getLinkUrl()): ?> <a href="[b]http://ENTERYOURSITE.com[/b]"> <?php endif ?> <img src="<?php echo $this->getSkinUrl($this->getImgSrc()) ?>" width="195" alt="<?php echo $this->__($this->getImgAlt()) ?>" style="display:block;" /> <?php if ($this->getLinkUrl()): ?> </a> <?php endif ?> </div> I am going to imagine that the two files: left_col.phtml and right_col.phtml are the ones you edit to change everything in both the right and left sidebars. My site is still messed up in that when I changed the alt text on the right image it made my poll disappear. Any help would be awesome, God Bless, Zach Signature Covenant TCG - Guaranteed best prices online for all your gaming needs!
	Posted: May 29 2008 \| top \| # 1

I'm Done Total Posts: 32 Joined: 2008-05-08 Ignore user	I might have an answer to this issue… Go to: app/design/frontend/default/default/template/callouts/left_col.phtml or right_col.phtml Open file and let’s say for the left_col file, replace… `<div class="box"> <img src="<?php echo $this->getSkinUrl($this->getImgSrc()) ?>" width="195" alt="<?php echo $this->__($this->getImgAlt()) ?>" style="display:block;" /> </div>` with… `<div class="box"> <img src="<?php echo $this->getSkinUrl('images/media/col_left_callout.jpg') ?>" width="195" alt="<?php echo $this->__('Place your alt text here') ?>" style="display:block;" /> </div>` Don’t forget to replace your image(s) in skin/frontend/default/default/images/ with your new image. ...and if you want to link to this image, do such as... `<div class="box"> <a href="/linkhere.htm"><img src="<?php echo $this->getSkinUrl('images/media/col_left_callout.jpg') ?>" width="195" alt="<?php echo $this->__('Place your alt text here') ?>" style="display:block;" /></a> </div>`
	Posted: July 2 2008 \| top \| # 2

groupthing Total Posts: 36 Joined: 2007-12-24 Ignore user	Alternatively, you can go with getURL, just beware that it adds a slash (/) to the end: `<div class="box"> <a href="<?php echo $this->getUrl('products') ?>"><img src="<?=$this->getSkinUrl('images/media/image.gif')?>" width="200" alt="<?=$this->__('Your Alt Text.')?>" style="display:block;" /></a> </div>`
	Posted: July 17 2008 \| top \| # 3

kingkao Total Posts: 50 Joined: 2008-04-02 Toronto Ignore user	Ugh...I am having problems with my sidebar as well. http://kingkao.com/magento My compare items does not show up and previously view does not show until you click on something, which is kind of cool, except that its not its expected behaviour. Lol.
	Posted: July 18 2008 \| top \| # 4

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