How do EZ-Pages work?

[Kim]

I'd rather not have to download the whole program for that itty bitty file. I truly appreciate the suggestion, but do we have another?

Short answer? Nope. You should have a copy of all the files on your desktop, just for such problems.

[ivorytklr]

OK. Downloaded the whole shebang, uploaded the file and the title problem is solved which leaves problem #2. (And I really do feel better having those files on my desktop.)

The link opens up a blank page. The EZ Page file was created, named Test, and the words Testing 1-2-3 are in the html area. The page opens, but is totally blank. Just a big, white, nothing. No internal or external links were specified. This one really has me baffled.

http://www.shopjustvintage.com

Thanks,

Wanda

[ckosloff]

Hello,

When I type a description for my EZ page it wraps around the TOC.
I would like to have it neatly display below it.
I suppose that I need a br.clearBoth somewhere.
The question is: where?
Is there a template that governs the display of the description?
The template for the sidebox dosn't help for this.
Thanks.

[Ajeh]

Not sure if this would help, but there is an add-on sidebox for the TOC to show only when on the EZ-Pages with TOCs ...

[ckosloff]

Thanks for quick answer.
I suppose you refer to the EZ-Pages TOC Sidebox authored by you, right?
I will test it later, although I don't think this is what I meant.
I'll try to answer my own question: there is no template for EZ pages because they are stored in database, they can however be manipulated via CSS, is that correct?
I am getting by putting several <p>&nbsp;</p> in the beginning of the EZ pages in order to prevent the wrap-around, just thought it would be better to re-arrange a template to my liking, but apparently this is impossible at present.
One more question: I am using FCK in EZ pages, but this thing has a very weird behavior: it asks me to upload images to the server (I develop on a local XAMPP), and then stores them in /myfiles/image/example.jpg.
This folder is at the same level as the root of the store, in other words when I upload the store the images won't be there, so I will have to change the path.
Now, here's the question: since EZ pages reside in the database, I don't see the folder structure and don't know the path.
For example, suppose an image is in store_root/images/accessories/example.jpg, what would be the relative path to that image in the EZ page?
Thanks.

[ckosloff]

I tested Ajeh's contrib. without a glitch.
However, I confirm that this is not what I meant.
The contrib moves the TOC to a sidebox, I just wanted more control of the way the content displays in the pages, guess I'll have to settle for HTML and CSS.
Still waiting for an answer to my other question...

[Kim]

Yes, there is a template to edit for EZ-Pages it is called tpl_page_default.php

[ckosloff]

Thanks Kim, found the template includes/templates/template_default/templates/
I see that I could eventually use the override system too, sweet.
Now, this raises another question: I see some ids there like id="ezPagesHeading", or id="ezPageDefault"
I can't find those ids in the main stylesheet.
Where are they?
Thanks.

[kuroi]

They're probably not there. If every possible ID and class was included in the stylesheet, even when they weren't in use, it would cause pages to load more slowly in visitor's browsers.

Therefore items are generally (though not always) included only when in use. If you want to use one that isn't needed for the classic template design, then just add it yourself and you're good to go.

[ckosloff]

Thanks Kuroi, that confirms what I was thinking.
Only I don't understand why add an id to the template if you are not going to use it.
I am planning on creating a separate stylesheet for EZ pages and overriding the template, then I would use those ids (at least some), don't know if many people would though.