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[dollpage +]

v4.0.9 Developer

I'm new at this.

I wanted to try the recently_viewed plugin, so I downloaded and unzipped the file and put in includes/classes/smarty/plugins

Then I put {last_viewed number=5 cols=1} in home.tpl just below the Featured Listings div. like this:

(default/home.tpl)

<div id="newlistings">
<h2>{$smarty.const.LANG_FEATURED_LISTINGS}</h2>
{feature_listings_horizontal number=8 cols=4 table_attr='width="100%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3"' td_attr='style="border-top: 1px dashed #999;"'}
</div>
<br />
{last_viewed number=5 cols=1}


I refresh my home page and see nothing at all

Any suggestions on what I'm missing?

Thanks!

[Maffo +]

You say you see nothing, you mean a blank screen? Or your page as normal but without the plugin?

[dollpage +]

Sorry... I meant I saw no change at all. The page did load OK.

Actually, that's not quite accurate. I put a <br /> above the {last_viewed number=5 cols=1} and I could tell that there was another line in the page, so the <br /> worked fine. But no othet change was apparent.

I read the readme file which didn't mention that any changes were required to the style sheet or the admin panel or anything else, and it just doesn't feel right. Although I've had some experience with HTML and PHP, I'm just starting with smarty and don't have a grasp on it yet. I have the feeling that I'm missing some step that is just 'assumed'

Thanks!

[Lhotch +]

Originally Posted by dollpage

Sorry... I meant I saw no change at all. The page did load OK.

Actually, that's not quite accurate. I put a <br /> above the {last_viewed number=5 cols=1} and I could tell that there was another line in the page, so the <br /> worked fine. But no othet change was apparent.

I read the readme file which didn't mention that any changes were required to the style sheet or the admin panel or anything else, and it just doesn't feel right. Although I've had some experience with HTML and PHP, I'm just starting with smarty and don't have a grasp on it yet. I have the feeling that I'm missing some step that is just 'assumed'

Thanks!

does your site have any ads that have been viewed? Did you clear the contents of /templates_c?

[dollpage +]

Aha!

Yes, I have several ads that I've viewed several times... but I haven't heard a word about templates_c I've seen the templates_c folder in the directory but haven't looked in there yet. I've also been wondering what they were but haven't had a chance to research them yet. I'll do that now.

So do templates_c have something to do with plugins?

Thanks again!

[Mike-N-Tosh +]

Originally Posted by dollpage

So do templates_c have something to do with plugins?

The templates_c directory doesn't have anything to do with the plugins, but has to do with the Smarty templating system. The directory is basically a cache directory. Once a page has been "rendered" it is saved in this directory. This theoretically makes the site faster to the each page view doesn't have to be rendered dynamically each time.

Try deleting the files within the templates_c directory and then view your page again. Since there won't be a pre-rendered page in the directory the page will be rendered again when you view it.

-Mike

[dollpage +]

Thanks Mike!

Interesting stuff. I deleted all the files in the templates_c dir but it didn't change my results at all.

I'll figure it out eventually... I just can't help thinking that I'm overlooking something really stupid, because the help on these forums is really great and I haven't seen too many other folks having this problem.

Thanks!

[Eric Barnes +]

Sorry for jumping in late but you said you are using the last viewed plugin.

I think the code you need is just:
{last_viewed number=5}

Also nothing will show until you actually go to the viewlisting page of a listing. That is where the listing is saved as a cookie or session.

[dollpage +]

Thanks Mike!

I'm still not having any luck, though.

I placed your code {last_viewed number=5} in home.tpl just above the featured listings section:

</table>
<br />
{last_viewed number=5}
<div id="newlistings">
<h2>{$smarty.const.LANG_FEATURED_LISTINGS}</h2>
{feature_listings_horizontal number=8 cols=4 table_attr='width="100%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3"' td_attr='style="border-top: 1px dashed #999;"'}


Then cleared templates_c, then clicked on a half dozen or so of my listings, but stilll nothing shows up

TheDollPage.com Show & Sell Site

I also tried it logged in as a user, admin, and as guest, and in IE6 and FireFox.

Are you sure that I don't need to add some css or create a table for it, put it in a div, or something like that?

Thanks!

[bowers01 +]

Hi,
Did you actually upload the files you unzipped? it happened a few times heer were users didnt actually upload the files.
Nick