Custom Text Blocks allows only single instance in 1.7

[MRost 6]

Hi,

 

i have the following problem: the build-in ps_customtext module ( also named Custom Text Blocks, CMS Block, etc..) allows me to create only single instance. I'm running a clean, updated installation of prestashop 1.7.

 

When i want to add more blocks - by navigating from list of modules and choosing 'Configure', it leads directly to editing of the single CMS block instance -instead of offering a list of created instances like Link Widget does.

 

Same problem goes for Banner widget - i distinctly remember that this wasn't a problem in prestashop 1.5, i could have multiple CMS blocks.

 

Have these modules been downgraded to single instance? Is this a bug? If this cannot be fixed, could You suggest a module that provides this function (multiple custom html blocks) ?

 

I apologize in advance if this has been answered before - i have failed to find anything related to my problem with google.

Edited February 13, 2017 by MRost (see edit history)

[MRost 6]

In the end i have solved this by creating a new module which merges classes and functions from ps_customtext and ps_linklist.

 

Finally i can create multiple different text or html blocks for any hook ...

 

Edit: Message me if anyone would like to have it. I haven't put it up because not all of the code is mine...

 

Edit 2: Because there have been many people asking about the module, here is a link to it on my google drive: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_uyCHgQ-ZNGdjNPZWFTX1NjZ0k

 

I don't know if it works on Prestashop 1.6. It probably does not, since the modules ps_customtext and ps_linklist are coded differently there. However there are many modules offering this function for 1.6.

 

I hope that one day someone from Prestashop team will take time to integrate this vital function into the original ps_customtext module.

Edited April 12, 2017 by MRost (see edit history)

[web-design-milano 2]

So there is still really no simple way in 2017 to add multiple text blocks in basic PS or am I missing something?

[g0a 6]

Thank you MRost for sharing your module. That's exacly what I was looking for.
I can also recommend modules from Vekia

Free HTML box https://mypresta.eu/modules/front-office-features/html-box.html

Paid HTML box PRO https://mypresta.eu/modules/front-office-features/html-box-pro.html

 

I haven't used them with 1.7, but they were very helpful on my previous project with 1.6

Edited April 14, 2017 by g0a (see edit history)

[Blessy_Preferred 0]

This is perfect!!! Thank you so much. Exactly what I need.

[Killian 0]

Hi!

Thanks for your zip archive, that's great!

I'm running PS 1.7 on a MAMP server, it uploaded OK, but when I try accessing the configuration panel of the module, I have an error 500.
Any idea of how I can fix this?

Thanks!

[jeffaries 0]

Hi,

@MRost, I also have a bug when acessing the edit form(no bug when I create a new content)

Symfony\Component\Debug\Exception\ContextErrorException:
Notice: Undefined offset: 6

  at var/cache/dev/smarty/compile/30/de/68/30de6866b5ee4335652f37f7ceb3066339e2045f_0.file.form.tpl.php:909
  at Block_17476902695bdf8c8fdacab9_55862765->callBlock(object(Smarty_Internal_Template))
     (vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_runtime_inheritance.php:247)
  at Smarty_Internal_Runtime_Inheritance->callBlock(object(Block_17476902695bdf8c8fdacab9_55862765), object(Smarty_Internal_Template))
     (vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_runtime_inheritance.php:183)
  at Smarty_Internal_Runtime_Inheritance->process(object(Smarty_Internal_Template), object(Block_17476902695bdf8c8fdacab9_55862765))
     (vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_runtime_inheritance.php:157)
  at Smarty_Internal_Runtime_Inheritance->instanceBlock(object(Smarty_Internal_Template), 'Block_17476902695bdf8c8fdacab9_55862765', 'input', 1)
     (var/cache/dev/smarty/compile/30/de/68/30de6866b5ee4335652f37f7ceb3066339e2045f_0.file.form.tpl.php:1470)
  at Block_15639054845bdf8c8fda7226_94902090->callBlock(object(Smarty_Internal_Template))
     (vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_runtime_inheritance.php:247)
  at Smarty_Internal_Runtime_Inheritance->callBlock(object(Block_15639054845bdf8c8fda7226_94902090), object(Smarty_Internal_Template))
     (vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_runtime_inheritance.php:183)
  at Smarty_Internal_Runtime_Inheritance->process(object(Smarty_Internal_Template), object(Block_15639054845bdf8c8fda7226_94902090))
     (vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_runtime_inheritance.php:157)
  at Smarty_Internal_Runtime_Inheritance->instanceBlock(object(Smarty_Internal_Template), 'Block_15639054845bdf8c8fda7226_94902090', 'field', 1)
     (var/cache/dev/smarty/compile/30/de/68/30de6866b5ee4335652f37f7ceb3066339e2045f_0.file.form.tpl.php:1505)
  at Block_13177499905bdf8c8fd849d7_48845545->callBlock(object(Smarty_Internal_Template))
     (vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_runtime_inheritance.php:247)
  at Smarty_Internal_Runtime_Inheritance->callBlock(object(Block_13177499905bdf8c8fd849d7_48845545), object(Smarty_Internal_Template))
     (vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_runtime_inheritance.php:231)
  at Smarty_Internal_Runtime_Inheritance->callParent(object(Smarty_Internal_Template), object(Block_9654378495be029143e5016_15361295), '{$smarty.block.parent}')
     (var/cache/dev/smarty/compile/9f/5c/de/9f5cdea73625a19b667c1a09fa83234b3d31c958_0.file.form.tpl.php:249)
  at Block_9654378495be029143e5016_15361295->callBlock(object(Smarty_Internal_Template))
     (vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_runtime_inheritance.php:247)
  at Smarty_Internal_Runtime_Inheritance->callBlock(object(Block_9654378495be029143e5016_15361295), object(Smarty_Internal_Template))
     (vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_runtime_inheritance.php:183)
  at Smarty_Internal_Runtime_Inheritance->process(object(Smarty_Internal_Template), object(Block_9654378495be029143e5016_15361295), object(Block_13177499905bdf8c8fd849d7_48845545))
     (vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_runtime_inheritance.php:185)
  at Smarty_Internal_Runtime_Inheritance->process(object(Smarty_Internal_Template), object(Block_13177499905bdf8c8fd849d7_48845545))
     (vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_runtime_inheritance.php:157)
  at Smarty_Internal_Runtime_Inheritance->instanceBlock(object(Smarty_Internal_Template), 'Block_13177499905bdf8c8fd849d7_48845545', 'input_row', 1)
     (var/cache/dev/smarty/compile/30/de/68/30de6866b5ee4335652f37f7ceb3066339e2045f_0.file.form.tpl.php:1663)
  at Block_14402741245bdf8c8fd66f20_66197582->callBlock(object(Smarty_Internal_Template))
     (vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_runtime_inheritance.php:247)
  at Smarty_Internal_Runtime_Inheritance->callBlock(object(Block_14402741245bdf8c8fd66f20_66197582), object(Smarty_Internal_Template))
     (vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_runtime_inheritance.php:183)
  at Smarty_Internal_Runtime_Inheritance->process(object(Smarty_Internal_Template), object(Block_14402741245bdf8c8fd66f20_66197582))
     (vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_runtime_inheritance.php:157)
  at Smarty_Internal_Runtime_Inheritance->instanceBlock(object(Smarty_Internal_Template), 'Block_14402741245bdf8c8fd66f20_66197582', 'fieldset', 1)
     (var/cache/dev/smarty/compile/30/de/68/30de6866b5ee4335652f37f7ceb3066339e2045f_0.file.form.tpl.php:1830)
  at Block_4210089755bdf8c8fcd17e9_57289595->callBlock(object(Smarty_Internal_Template))
     (vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_runtime_inheritance.php:247)
  at Smarty_Internal_Runtime_Inheritance->callBlock(object(Block_4210089755bdf8c8fcd17e9_57289595), object(Smarty_Internal_Template))
     (vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_runtime_inheritance.php:183)
  at Smarty_Internal_Runtime_Inheritance->process(object(Smarty_Internal_Template), object(Block_4210089755bdf8c8fcd17e9_57289595))
     (vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_runtime_inheritance.php:157)
  at Smarty_Internal_Runtime_Inheritance->instanceBlock(object(Smarty_Internal_Template), 'Block_4210089755bdf8c8fcd17e9_57289595', 'defaultForm')
     (var/cache/dev/smarty/compile/30/de/68/30de6866b5ee4335652f37f7ceb3066339e2045f_0.file.form.tpl.php:39)
  at content_5bdf8c901e5a99_21157914(object(Smarty_Internal_Template))
     (vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_template_resource_base.php:123)
  at Smarty_Template_Resource_Base->getRenderedTemplateCode(object(Smarty_Internal_Template))
     (vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_template_compiled.php:114)
  at Smarty_Template_Compiled->render(object(Smarty_Internal_Template))
     (vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_template.php:206)
  at Smarty_Internal_Template->render()
     (vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_template.php:365)
  at Smarty_Internal_Template->_subTemplateRender('helpers/form/form.tpl', null, null, 0, 3600, array(), 2, false, null, null)
     (vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_runtime_inheritance.php:127)
  at Smarty_Internal_Runtime_Inheritance->endChild(object(Smarty_Internal_Template), 'helpers/form/form.tpl')
     (var/cache/dev/smarty/compile/9f/5c/de/9f5cdea73625a19b667c1a09fa83234b3d31c958_0.file.form.tpl.php:44)
  at content_5be0291440a7c5_76688195(object(Smarty_Internal_Template))
     (vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_template_resource_base.php:123)
  at Smarty_Template_Resource_Base->getRenderedTemplateCode(object(Smarty_Internal_Template))
     (vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_template_compiled.php:114)
  at Smarty_Template_Compiled->render(object(Smarty_Internal_Template))
     (vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_template.php:206)
  at Smarty_Internal_Template->render(false, 0)
     (vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatebase.php:232)
  at Smarty_Internal_TemplateBase->_execute(null, null, null, null, 0)
     (vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatebase.php:116)
  at Smarty_Internal_TemplateBase->fetch()
     (classes/helper/Helper.php:113)
  at HelperCore->generate()
     (classes/helper/HelperForm.php:272)
  at HelperFormCore->generate()
     (classes/helper/HelperForm.php:67)
  at HelperFormCore->generateForm(array(array('form' => array('tinymce' => true, 'legend' => array('title' => 'Edit the link block.', 'icon' => 'icon-edit'), 'input' => array(array('type' => 'hidden', 'name' => 'id_html_block'), array('type' => 'text', 'label' => 'Name of the HTML block', 'name' => 'name', 'required' => true), array('type' => 'select', 'label' => 'Point d\'accroche', 'name' => 'id_hook', 'class' => 'input-lg', 'options' => array('query' => array(array('id' => '19', 'name' => 'displayAfterBodyOpeningTag'), array('id' => '70', 'name' => 'displayAfterCarrier'), array('id' => '132', 'name' => 'displayAfterProductThumbs'), array('id' => '217', 'name' => 'displayApSC'), array('id' => '92', 'name' => 'displayAttributeForm'), array('id' => '79', 'name' => 'displayAttributeGroupForm'), array('id' => '86', 'name' => 'displayAttributeGroupPostProcess'), array('id' => '46', 'name' => 'displayAuthenticateFormBottom'), array('id' => '209', 'name' => 'displayBanner'), array('id' => '20', 'name' => 'displayBeforeBodyClosingTag'), array('id' => '69', 'name' => 'displayBeforeCarrier'), array('id' => '119', 'name' => 'displayCarrierExtraContent'), array('id' => '59', 'name' => 'displayCarrierList'), array('id' => '110', 'name' => 'displayCartExtraProductActions'), array('id' => '222', 'name' => 'displayCartTotalPriceLabel'), array('id' => '220', 'name' => 'displayCheckoutSubtotalDetails'), array('id' => '226', 'name' => 'displayCheckoutSummaryTop'), array('id' => '224', 'name' => 'displayCMSDisputeInformation'), array('id' => '223', 'name' => 'displayCMSPrintButton'), array('id' => '11', 'name' => 'displayContentWrapperBottom'), array('id' => '10', 'name' => 'displayContentWrapperTop'), array('id' => '45', 'name' => 'displayCreateAccountEmailFormBottom'), array('id' => '168', 'name' => 'displayCrossSellingShoppingCart'), array('id' => '42', 'name' => 'displayCustomerAccount'), array('id' => '47', 'name' => 'displayCustomerAccountForm'), array('id' => '63', 'name' => 'displayCustomerAccountFormTop'), array('id' => '114', 'name' => 'displayCustomerLoginFormAfter'), array('id' => '194', 'name' => 'displayDashboardToolbarIcons'), array('id' => '193', 'name' => 'displayDashboardToolbarTopMenu'), array('id' => '129', 'name' => 'displayDashboardTop'), array('id' => '82', 'name' => 'displayFeatureForm'), array('id' => '87', 'name' => 'displayFeaturePostProcess'), array('id' => '88', 'name' => 'displayFeatureValueForm'), array('id' => '89', 'name' => 'displayFeatureValuePostProcess'), array('id' => '35', 'name' => 'displayFooter'), array('id' => '210', 'name' => 'displayFooterAfter'), array('id' => '165', 'name' => 'displayFooterBefore'), array('id' => '27', 'name' => 'displayFooterProduct'), array('id' => '204', 'name' => 'displayGDPRConsent'), array('id' => '13', 'name' => 'displayHome'), array('id' => '28', 'name' => 'displayInvoice'), array('id' => '37', 'name' => 'displayInvoiceLegalFreeText'), array('id' => '12', 'name' => 'displayLeftColumn'), array('id' => '56', 'name' => 'displayLeftColumnProduct'), array('id' => '229', 'name' => 'displayLeoCartAttribute'), array('id' => '227', 'name' => 'displayLeoCartButton'), array('id' => '228', 'name' => 'displayLeoCartQuantity'), array('id' => '234', 'name' => 'displayLeoCompareButton'), array('id' => '236', 'name' => 'displayLeoProducReviewCompare'), array('id' => '233', 'name' => 'displayLeoProductListReview'), array('id' => '230', 'name' => 'displayLeoProductReviewExtra'), array('id' => '231', 'name' => 'displayLeoProductTab'), array('id' => '232', 'name' => 'displayLeoProductTabContent'), array('id' => '215', 'name' => 'displayLeoProfileProduct'), array('id' => '235', 'name' => 'displayLeoWishlistButton'), array('id' => '2', 'name' => 'displayMaintenance'), array('id' => '97', 'name' => 'displayMyAccountBlock'), array('id' => '103', 'name' => 'displayNav'), array('id' => '160', 'name' => 'displayNav1'), array('id' => '190', 'name' => 'displayNav2'), array('id' => '22', 'name' => 'displayNavFullWidth'), array('id' => '39', 'name' => 'displayOrderConfirmation'), array('id' => '167', 'name' => 'displayOrderConfirmation2'), array('id' => '71', 'name' => 'displayOrderDetail'), array('id' => '104', 'name' => 'displayOverrideTemplate'), array('id' => '111', 'name' => 'displayPaymentByBinaries'), array('id' => '218', 'name' => 'displayPaymentEu'), array('id' => '5', 'name' => 'displayPaymentReturn'), array('id' => '76', 'name' => 'displayPaymentTop'), array('id' => '36', 'name' => 'displayPDFInvoice'), array('id' => '51', 'name' => 'displayProductAdditionalInfo'), array('id' => '121', 'name' => 'displayProductExtraContent'), array('id' => '212', 'name' => 'displayProductInformation'), array('id' => '102', 'name' => 'displayProductListFunctionalButtons'), array('id' => '3', 'name' => 'displayProductPageDrawer'), array('id' => '219', 'name' => 'displayProductPriceBlock'), array('id' => '191', 'name' => 'displayReassurance'), array('id' => '7', 'name' => 'displayRightColumn'), array('id' => '23', 'name' => 'displayRightColumnProduct'), array('id' => '186', 'name' => 'displaySearch'), array('id' => '60', 'name' => 'displayShoppingCart'), array('id' => '44', 'name' => 'displayShoppingCartFooter'), array('id' => '21', 'name' => 'displayTop'), array('id' => '100', 'name' => 'displayTopColumn'), array('id' => '9', 'name' => 'displayWrapperBottom'), array('id' => '8', 'name' => 'displayWrapperTop')), 'id' => 'id', 'name' => 'name')), array('type' => 'text', 'label' => 'Position', 'name' => 'position'), array('type' => 'textarea', 'label' => 'Content - Français (French)', 'name' => 'content', 'lang' => true, 'cols' => 40, 'rows' => 10, 'class' => 'rte', 'autoload_rte' => true)), 'buttons' => array('cancelBlock' => array('title' => 'Annuler', 'href' => 'http://dev.amareni.com/admin2603/index.php?controller=AdminHTMLBlocks&token=79b57cde01544ebd1dfde92c2d230dc4', 'icon' => 'process-icon-cancel')), 'submit' => array('name' => 'submitHTMLBlock', 'title' => 'Enregistrer')))))
     (modules/htmlblocks/controllers/admin/AdminHTMLBlocksController.php:186)
  at AdminHTMLBlocksController->renderForm()
     (classes/controller/AdminController.php:2067)
  at AdminControllerCore->initContent()
     (classes/controller/Controller.php:255)
  at ControllerCore->run()
     (classes/Dispatcher.php:428)
  at DispatcherCore->dispatch()
     (adminxxxxx/index.php:99)

 

On 19/02/2017 at 5:49 PM, MRost said:

In the end i have solved this by creating a new module which merges classes and functions from ps_customtext and ps_linklist.

 

Finally i can create multiple different text or html blocks for any hook ...

 

Edit: Message me if anyone would like to have it. I haven't put it up because not all of the code is mine...

 

Edit 2: Because there have been many people asking about the module, here is a link to it on my google drive: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_uyCHgQ-ZNGdjNPZWFTX1NjZ0k

 

I don't know if it works on Prestashop 1.6. It probably does not, since the modules ps_customtext and ps_linklist are coded differently there. However there are many modules offering this function for 1.6.

 

I hope that one day someone from Prestashop team will take time to integrate this vital function into the original ps_customtext module.

 

[hstrom 3]

On 2017-04-12 at 10:14 AM, web-design-milano said:

So there is still really no simple way in 2017 to add multiple text blocks in basic PS or am I missing something?

 

Check this free module, it does what you are looking for, I guess: ContentBox: link

[Loic Roux 0]

I have rewrite some parts of the module because html content wasn't escaped correctly during SQL insert or update.

Now you can fully use html content with single quotes in your html blocks.

The function i've used are natives from prestashop 1.6 so i think the compatibility is ok.

 

htmlblocks.zip

Edited October 31 by Loic Roux (see edit history)

[Electols 0]

Work like a charm on last version.

Thanks a lot for sharing

 

[Pedro73 0]

Hello. I installed it in PS 1.6.1.19 and get [PrestaShop] Fatal error in module file (htmlblocks.php). Had to remove it. Isn't it compatible with Prestashop 1.6?

Thanks.

[Loic Roux 0]

On 10/30/2019 at 10:59 AM, Pedro73 said:

Hello. I installed it in PS 1.6.1.19 and get [PrestaShop] Fatal error in module file (htmlblocks.php). Had to remove it. Isn't it compatible with Prestashop 1.6?

Thanks.

Use that at your own risk

htmlblocks.zip

Edited October 31 by Loic Roux (see edit history)

[Pedro73 0]

Thanks.