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Hi Everyone,
 
I've been looking to put together an addon to add support for a different slider other than owl carousel for CS-Cart.  I "thought" i had don't everything correctly, however have no idea how to add a new option to the current "banners" module.  Basically CS-Cart out of the box has the banner templates of:

• Original
• Carousel

I'd like to add a third option.  Currently I have the following making up the addon:
 
 
app/addons/addon_name/schemas/block_manager/blocks.post.tpl
 

<?php
 
$schema['banners']['templates']['addons/addon_name/blocks/addon_name.tpl'] = array();
 
return $schema;

app/addons/addon_name/addon.xml
 

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<addon scheme="3.0">
	<id>addon_name</id>
    <version>1.0</version>
	<name>Addon Name</name>
    <default_language>en</default_language>
	<status>active</status>
	
	<language_variables>
		<item lang="en" id="addon_name">Addon Name</item>
	</language_variables>
    <compatibility>
        <dependencies>banners</dependencies>
    </compatibility>
</addon>

app/addons/addon_name/func.php
 

<?php
if (!defined('BOOTSTRAP')) { die('Access denied'); }

js/addons/addon_name/js_name.js
- containing the js needed
 
design/themes/responsive/css/addons/addon_name/styles.css
- containing the css needed
 
design/themes/responsive/templates/addons/addon_name/blocks/addon_name.tpl
- containing the front end code needed
 
design/themes/responsive/templates/addons/addon_name/hooks/scripts.post.tpl
- containing the link to the aforementioned js
 
design/themes/responsive/templates/addons/addon_name/hooks/styles.post.tpl
- containing the link to the aforementioned css
 
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What am I missing? (the list of templates for the banner block still only shows original and carousel not the new template I am trying to add).  Any help is much appreciated and once complete the addon will be released free of charge here.
 
Have a wonderful New Year!
 
Rob

[harmsmitsdev]

It is `block_manager` not `block-manager`. Besides that, you should also clear your cache after changing those files or enable development mode and disable block caching.

app/addons/addon_name/schemas/block_manager/blocks.post.tpl

Furthermore, your schema should look as follows:

<?php

$schema['banners']['templates']['addons/addon_name/blocks/addon_name.tpl'] = array();

return $schema;

 

[UK Promotion]

 

It is `block_manager` not `block-manager`. Besides that, you should also clear your cache after changing those files or enable development mode and disable block caching.

app/addons/addon_name/schemas/block_manager/blocks.post.tpl

Furthermore, your schema should look as follows:

<?php

$schema['banners']['templates']['addons/addon_name/blocks/addon_name.tpl'] = array();

return $schema;

 

Thanks for the comments, I was using block_manager I just wrote it wrong when putting together the post (edited now to reflect the correct path).  Also I have changed the schema (tried this one previously and edited my post to reflect the latest "attempt") and still not working for me - cache cleared and dev mode has been one since I started.

 

If anyone else has any recommendations to why it's not displaying I would be grateful!  Thanks again harmsmitsdev.

[UK Promotion]

QUICK UPDATE: Think I have found the problem, by adding:

<priority>5000</priority>

to addon.xml - everything seems to have kicked in!

[landdeld]

Hi everyone! Thanks for the great info here. 

I was wondering, can someone help me understand the specific steps to creating a new banner type. Just a carousel based on the basic one which looks different and has arrow nav options?  I know that there are addons that offer other options for banners but I need to make my own. I want mine to look more like the one on amazon's home page. 

 

I have reviewed the docs and get the basics of addon creation, but need someone to draw the process together for me. 

Thanks for any help in advance.