How to clone home.php for additional homepage notice block

[ngross]

Hi Folks,

I want to add another text/message area to the homepage - more or less - identical to the current homepage message (../admin/docs/home.php).

I've done quite a bit of development work using procedural php (not professional!) but this OOP leaves me completely bewildered.

I guess I should be able to

a. add a new column to the DB (I can do this).

b. copy 'home.php' and rename it to (say) 'news.php'. Then revise the code to relate to 'news' rather than 'homepage' ?

c. I'd also expect to copy/revise the SQL for the requests -- but where to find them?

d. then I need to be able to integrate the new procedure into the admin menu

e. finally I need to integrate the output into the front page - template ?

I've tried searching the forum but I haven't come up with anything quite specific.

Any help much appreciated.

Neil

[ngross]

Hi Folks,

I want to add another text/message area to the homepage - more or less - identical to the current homepage message (../admin/docs/home.php).

I've done quite a bit of development work using procedural php (not professional!) but this OOP leaves me completely bewildered.

I guess I should be able to

a. add a new column to the DB (I can do this).

b. copy 'home.php' and rename it to (say) 'news.php'. Then revise the code to relate to 'news' rather than 'homepage' ?

c. I'd also expect to copy/revise the SQL for the requests -- but where to find them?

d. then I need to be able to integrate the new procedure into the admin menu

e. finally I need to integrate the output into the front page - template ?

I've tried searching the forum but I haven't come up with anything quite specific.

Any help much appreciated.

Neil

Just reporting back -

I think I've found a mod at cubecartforums org that will do the trick - Extra site documents .

<<thirdparty URL removed>>

Neil