Cherry Zen Template Support Thread

Hi
I love this template - use it and many variants of it on a few of my sites. It is so well documented and the individual files have useful and meaningful 'notes' to help in customising. A fine job all round.

I have a question:

On the demo site at cherryzen . sagefish . com, when i click the 'All Products' link at the bottom of the Categories list there is a 'Buy Now' button under every product which when clicked adds that product but never leaves the page. This is great. However on all my cherry zen installs this button does not show at all. How do I get the button to show and how do I set my sites to function like the demo by staying on page and not changing to the shopping cart Page after every product is added.

I hope this makes sense. I will settle for seeing the Buy Now buttons on my sites!

Cheers

Rob

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Originally Posted by robsnowden

Hi
I love this template - use it and many variants of it on a few of my sites. It is so well documented and the individual files have useful and meaningful 'notes' to help in customising. A fine job all round.

I have a question:

On the demo site at cherryzen . sagefish . com, when i click the 'All Products' link at the bottom of the Categories list there is a 'Buy Now' button under every product which when clicked adds that product but never leaves the page. This is great. However on all my cherry zen installs this button does not show at all. How do I get the button to show and how do I set my sites to function like the demo by staying on page and not changing to the shopping cart Page after every product is added.

I hope this makes sense. I will settle for seeing the Buy Now buttons on my sites!

Cheers

Rob

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Do your products have options? If so, they have to go to the product in order to be able to choose an option.

You can also check "configuration", "All Products" to see if you have the buy now button on.

There's a shopping cart setting as well, somewhere around in the admin, to make it not go to the cart.

Yep my products all have attributes - well done. It seems logical now you point that out. Thanks.

Rob

OK, after about to hours of looking I just need to ask. I am having a hard time getting CSS Flyout Menu 1-3-8 to work with this tempate on my test site that is set up with 1.3.8a. The categories box is displaying in tree form like a site map. I have looked over the files a dozen times and searched both support threads for hours. The Flyout support thread recommended that I ask here and says that I do not have a flyout menu installed. Please take a look and let me know what you think it might be.

www. needlejig.com/test

Marc

Ok, I have a new problem. I was just running a test order through the new site and the checkout_success page looks a little jumbled. Can anyone explain why and offer a solution on how to fix it.

image attached

Marc

I am pretty sure that I can fix it with a <br class="clearBoth"> between the <!--eof -gift certificate- send or spend box--> and the <h1 id="checkoutSuccessHeading"> like in the image below but hopefully one of you has a definite answer as to how to do this the right way.

Marc

Hello, Trying to expand the site so it eliminates the blue at the top of the page. Can someonne tell me how to do this?

Attached is an image showing the blue.

The site is www.cccandlesupply.com

Thanks

In 'stylesheet.css' find this:

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body {
    font-family: "Lucida Grande", tahoma, verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size:73.5%;
    margin-top:20px;
    }

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and change it to this:

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body {
    font-family: "Lucida Grande", tahoma, verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size:73.5%;
    margin-top:0px;
    }

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Then in the 'stylesheet_dropshadow.css' file find this:

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#s {
      background: url("../images/shadow_s.png") bottom repeat-x;
      padding-bottom: 10px; /* border thickness */
    padding-top: 10px; /* border thickness */
    }

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and change it to this:

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#s {
      background: url("../images/shadow_s.png") bottom repeat-x;
      padding-bottom: 10px; /* border thickness */
    padding-top: 0px; /* border thickness */
    }

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Marc

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Originally Posted by ihateporkroast

I answered my own question and thought I'd post the response here. From what I understand, you cannot use Safari 3.1.1 to upload to a Linux server. Hence why I was seeing the same error message from my PC. :)

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I was wondering if any of you found out exactly what causes this. I am using Cyberduck to upload files to the server. Is it possibly encoding the files differently? Any help would be great.....

Apologies if this has been covered already, I've hunted for any posts but not found.

I have cherry zen template and in IE7 it works fine but in IE8 and Firefox the central column is larger and shifts the right sideboxes off the main page, however the right sidebox shouldn't even be on this page.

This happens on the categories pages.
http://tinyurl.com/l3zuub

On the products pages with extra photos the photos move to the right: http://tinyurl.com/knjckj

And on all pages, the 'Our products' sidebox is white and should be grey.

Has anyone seen this problem before and can help?

Many Thanks
Suekay

Hi.

My Name is Jeff Stone. I use your Cherry Zen template and love it! Thank you!

I've been using it for about 4 or 5 months now.

I've recently discovered something that I cannot find a solution for anywhere online, and I've looked for a few weeks now.

I'm hoping you can help. I know you've got a ton of other things to do, but if you get a moment, here's the problem. It's regarding the "sign up for newsletter" check box:

If I set the default display to show the box as checked, when the user creates an account, unchecking it still inserts a value of 1 in the customers_newsletter field.

However, if I set the default display to show the box as unchecked, then it works as it should (checking is inserts a 1 and leaving it unchecked inserts a 0).

I'm a mid-level php programmer, and I've dug through the files and cannot figure it out. Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks. The site is:

www.stonecoldmagic.com

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Originally Posted by StoneColdMagic

Hi.

My Name is Jeff Stone. I use your Cherry Zen template and love it! Thank you!

I've been using it for about 4 or 5 months now.

I've recently discovered something that I cannot find a solution for anywhere online, and I've looked for a few weeks now.

I'm hoping you can help. I know you've got a ton of other things to do, but if you get a moment, here's the problem. It's regarding the "sign up for newsletter" check box:

If I set the default display to show the box as checked, when the user creates an account, unchecking it still inserts a value of 1 in the customers_newsletter field.

However, if I set the default display to show the box as unchecked, then it works as it should (checking is inserts a 1 and leaving it unchecked inserts a 0).

I'm a mid-level php programmer, and I've dug through the files and cannot figure it out. Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks. The site is:

www.stonecoldmagic.com

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This is a good question for the general forum, as my template doesn't adjust any of that. I would think this is something that would have been noticed already, if it is indeed a zen cart bug? Sorry, but I'm not sure!

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Originally Posted by suekay

Apologies if this has been covered already, I've hunted for any posts but not found.

I have cherry zen template and in IE7 it works fine but in IE8 and Firefox the central column is larger and shifts the right sideboxes off the main page, however the right sidebox shouldn't even be on this page.

This happens on the categories pages.
http://tinyurl.com/l3zuub

On the products pages with extra photos the photos move to the right: http://tinyurl.com/knjckj

And on all pages, the 'Our products' sidebox is white and should be grey.

Has anyone seen this problem before and can help?

Many Thanks
Suekay

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You say "however the right sidebox shouldn't even be on this page".

Why should the right sidebox not be on this page?

I am having trouble figuring out how to have the description on top then the options and then the checkout... a logical way for people to navigate through the site.

Right now the description is lost on the bottom (with over 50 options pictures) and one could easily not get the description of the item unless they scrolled all the way to the bottom.

Thanks

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Originally Posted by jettrue

This is a good question for the general forum, as my template doesn't adjust any of that. I would think this is something that would have been noticed already, if it is indeed a zen cart bug? Sorry, but I'm not sure!

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Thank you. I just posted it to the "bug" section. Wish me luck. :smile:

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Originally Posted by anamestore

I am having trouble figuring out how to have the description on top then the options and then the checkout... a logical way for people to navigate through the site.

Right now the description is lost on the bottom (with over 50 options pictures) and one could easily not get the description of the item unless they scrolled all the way to the bottom.

Thanks

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This seems to only happen in this template (not in the classic template). Have no idea where to change what goes where.

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Originally Posted by jettrue

You say "however the right sidebox shouldn't even be on this page".

Why should the right sidebox not be on this page?

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The right side is almost completely off my screen at 1280x800... I would think that is what he was referring to.

To fix this problem add

padding:0 1px;

to css .vDotLine


web28

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Originally Posted by jettrue

You say "however the right sidebox shouldn't even be on this page".

Why should the right sidebox not be on this page?

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Thanks for your reply. It shouldn't be on this page because in IE7 it isn't. I set the shop up using IE7

thanks
Suekay

Hi,

I'm sure you've answered this somewhere but I just can't find it.

I noticed that the center column always starts below the logo.

If I have a logo that is no wider than the left sidebar, is there an easy way to get rid of the white space in the center column so that it starts right at the top, aligned with the top of the logo in the sidebar?

Thanks, Susie

Hello jettrue. I would like to give my thanks to you for creating an awesome template. Like many others before me I did not just come here to thank you for the template although maybe I should have thanked you long ago.
I was strolling along for several months on the information super highway sporting my new cherry zen cart template just as happy as can be until one day IE8 came around. It would appear that IE8 does not like my background colors on the side panels or in the center. I am running the latest ver of ZC 1.3.8a . I have switched my browser to compatibility mode which seems to fix it. Also the template works fine in firefox, IE7, and even on a blackberry. The problem seems to be isolated to IE8 exclusively.
Could ya maybe point me in the general direction of where the problem may be?

Here is the normal view:
http://invisismoke.com//images/samples/normal.jpg

Here is the IE8 view:
http://invisismoke.com/images/samples/IE8.jpg

if you want to check it out here is the url: www.invisismoke.com

any other help, criticism, ideas, suggestions, etc.. are always welcome.

Thank you,

nerdovision

I know to get rid of the "Congratulations!..." text I need to edit the index.php file.. however if I go to where everyone says it's suppose to be languages/english/index.php it's not there. I have re-extracted the zip file to make sure I didn't accidently delete it.. it is not there. I looked in my site directory as well but do not see this file anywhere I've really tried to not delete anything and don't think I did but I can't find it.. how would I get another copy of this? I don't understand why the Congratulations would show if this file wasn't there to define it?

Thanks in advance.
site: www.scrapthiskit.com/shop

Tami

ignore my previous post

i have a big problem with long description of the products.
as you can see at http://www.buranchetto.com/rampone-dartwin-p-461.html the description go out from the lower border.
why? is it possible to float down the border? where? how? thank you

Ok, i have a problem.
First i wanted to have Categories - Always Show on Main Page so i turned it on.
But i did not like the look and i turned it of again ( 0 ) But now it keeps showing.... I can't seem to turn it off.


What can i do to have it turned off again. I do not want them showing on the main page.

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Originally Posted by nerdovision

Hello jettrue. I would like to give my thanks to you for creating an awesome template. Like many others before me I did not just come here to thank you for the template although maybe I should have thanked you long ago.
I was strolling along for several months on the information super highway sporting my new cherry zen cart template just as happy as can be until one day IE8 came around. It would appear that IE8 does not like my background colors on the side panels or in the center. I am running the latest ver of ZC 1.3.8a . I have switched my browser to compatibility mode which seems to fix it. Also the template works fine in firefox, IE7, and even on a blackberry. The problem seems to be isolated to IE8 exclusively.
Could ya maybe point me in the general direction of where the problem may be?

Here is the normal view:
http://invisismoke.com//images/samples/normal.jpg

Here is the IE8 view:
http://invisismoke.com/images/samples/IE8.jpg

if you want to check it out here is the url: www.invisismoke.com

any other help, criticism, ideas, suggestions, etc.. are always welcome.

Thank you,

nerdovision

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Your link isn't working.

Try turning off sideboxes until the problem goes away, it could be a sidebox issue.

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Originally Posted by jettrue

You say "however the right sidebox shouldn't even be on this page".

Why should the right sidebox not be on this page?

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Originally Posted by nerdovision

Hello jettrue. I would like to give my thanks to you for creating an awesome template. Like many others before me I did not just come here to thank you for the template although maybe I should have thanked you long ago.
I was strolling along for several months on the information super highway sporting my new cherry zen cart template just as happy as can be until one day IE8 came around. It would appear that IE8 does not like my background colors on the side panels or in the center. I am running the latest ver of ZC 1.3.8a . I have switched my browser to compatibility mode which seems to fix it. Also the template works fine in firefox, IE7, and even on a blackberry. The problem seems to be isolated to IE8 exclusively.
Could ya maybe point me in the general direction of where the problem may be?

Here is the normal view:


Here is the IE8 view:


if you want to check it out here is the url: www.invisismoke.com

any other help, criticism, ideas, suggestions, etc.. are always welcome.

Thank you,

nerdovision

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I too have similar IE8 issues with the background of sideboxes and sideboxes appearing on pages that they shouldn't be on.
Any info to solve would be much appreciated.

Thank you
Suekay

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Originally Posted by suekay

I too have similar IE8 issues with the background of sideboxes and sideboxes appearing on pages that they shouldn't be on.
Any info to solve would be much appreciated.

Thank you
Suekay

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When that happens, generally it is not the fault of the template.

There could be a third party sidebox that you added causing issues.

If it only happens on certain pages, then it means there's something different on that page that is causing the issue. Usually its a missing </div> or one to many </div>.

I'll need to see a link of a page with the issue.

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Originally Posted by jettrue

Your link isn't working.

Try turning off sideboxes until the problem goes away, it could be a sidebox issue.

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:clap:
That was exactly the problem. Thank you. I had created a side box to display my hosts ssl certificate seal and something within that IE8 did not like. Many thanks for your help.

Just curious, you mentioned that my link wasn't working. Did you mean the url to my site? or the images?

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Originally Posted by jettrue

When that happens, generally it is not the fault of the template.

There could be a third party sidebox that you added causing issues.

If it only happens on certain pages, then it means there's something different on that page that is causing the issue. Usually its a missing </div> or one to many </div>.

I'll need to see a link of a page with the issue.

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This happens on the categories pages.
http://tinyurl.com/l3zuub

On the products pages with extra photos the photos move to the right: http://tinyurl.com/knjckj

Thanks Jade,
Suekay

I need assistance with figuring out how to get my quantity discounts table to show up correctly. Not sure if it because I am using Tabbed Products Pro or not... I am attempting to get it to just show up somewhere on the Add to Cart tab of TPP - not off the right side of the screen. Thanks for any and all help! :D

http://tinyurl.com/nvcqtx

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Originally Posted by centexguy

I need assistance with figuring out how to get my quantity discounts table to show up correctly. Not sure if it because I am using Tabbed Products Pro or not... I am attempting to get it to just show up somewhere on the Add to Cart tab of TPP - not off the right side of the screen. Thanks for any and all help! :D

http://tinyurl.com/nvcqtx

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I guess I should mention I am using the Cherry Zen template too! It appears funny in FF but looks "OK" in IE8...any ideas?

Any answer on this?
Thanks.

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Originally Posted by susb8383

Hi,

I'm sure you've answered this somewhere but I just can't find it.

I noticed that the center column always starts below the logo.

If I have a logo that is no wider than the left sidebar, is there an easy way to get rid of the white space in the center column so that it starts right at the top, aligned with the top of the logo in the sidebar?

Thanks, Susie

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Originally Posted by susb8383

Any answer on this?
Thanks.

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Please post a link to your site.

Good Morning everyone, I have used the cherry zen template in a couple of applications of my store, It has worked with no problems except now I have created a development section of my store so I can make changes and not have it affect my sales until I want to push all of the changes.

What I have done is completed a full clean install of zen with a completely new database that is not the same as my production DB. I applied the latest security patch for zen, and then copied the entire includes folder that came with the cherry zen template. I have completed all of the steps on in the read me file and all I get is a blue screen with nothing on it. I have seen where someone has gotten the same thing on here but I did not see that there was a resolution for that person.

on another note I have also tried to copy the entire file structure from my prod site to my dev site and I am getting the same thing. This "seems" to be a problem with the new security patch but I cannot seem to get the issue resolved.

you can see the current Dev site at
http://www.gottoys.biz/dev

I am currently not using the template on my production site but you can view that site at http://www.gottoys.biz please note that this site is an adult toy company so no one under that age of 18 should go to this link.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you
Gottoys.

Oh, sorry, didn't think of that:
http://www.critterwheels.com

So to sum up, what I'm really asking for is a way to get rid of the white space that is reserved at the top of the center column for the banner. I don't use a banner and I'd rather push the content up higher so more is above the fold.

Thanks, Susie

Hi. I am using Cherry Zen and like it very much. I am just having a few issues I was wondering if anyone could help me with.

At the very bottom where there is the "home" link, I was wondering what the best way to either put a background image behind that or simply change the background color of it would be?

And also how to make sure it is the same width of the rest of the site (mine is 900px) and also how to make sure whatever the background color or image is is flush with the bottom of the main content, so there are no spaces showing the site background.

I'd also like to know the same information for the copywrite section.

And how do you add to those links down there and make more than just home?:dontgetit

Also how do you make the entire site flush with the top of the page so there is no background showing at the top?

Also at the bottom where there is the banner link I would like to change that banner to one of my own and have it link to another site of mine, how would I go about doing that?

Any help at all with any of these issues would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
:frusty:

(BTW, I am using the most current versions of Zencart and the Cherry Zen Template)

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Originally Posted by amberlollie

Hi. I am using Cherry Zen and like it very much. I am just having a few issues I was wondering if anyone could help me with.

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Please include a link to your website.

Hello --

I'm hoping to be able to add image (small flower or butterfly) inside the sidebox header... so I know that that area is filled with sideboxbg.gif, but I would like to also add a small image next to the box title (categories, information, etc) - I hope that my description of what I want to do makes sense and isn't too difficult?

hi

sorry for the newbie question, but i am having problems trying to figure out how to install this template...i have read the readme file, etc.
in the readme it says to upload the includes folder to my site ( i am currently just trying to install on my local copy of zencart), and that no files need to be overwritten, but if i copy/paste the includes folder from cherry zen to my existing site it wants to overwrite...
if i try to copy/paste the subfolders included in the cherry includes folder into the existing includes folder it wants to overwrite those files...
how and where exactly do i put the cherry zen includes folder in order to install this template?
do i open each individual file in the template and copy those individual files into the apprpriate subfolders of my exisitng includes folder...?

many thanks

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Originally Posted by hadje

if i try to copy/paste the subfolders included in the cherry includes folder into the existing includes folder it wants to overwrite those files...
how and where exactly do i put the cherry zen includes folder in order to install this template?
do i open each individual file in the template and copy those individual files into the apprpriate subfolders of my exisitng includes folder...?

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Give us an example of the files being overwritten.
You should be creating a lot of new 'cherry_zen' folders.

thanks for the reply

i am trying to install the template to my local copy of zencart. i am using xampp on my C drive. in the readme it says to "copy the includes folder to your website..there are no files to be overwritten". if i copy the includes file to (in my case) C/xampp/htdocs/zen, then it wants to overwrite the existing includes file. if instead i open the cherry includes file that i have unzipped and try to copy the four folders (functions,modules,languages,templates) to the existing includes folder, then it wants to overwrite those folders. you see where i am going here? if i then open those four folders there are more subfolders,etc...
i am trying to figure out how to copy these template files correctly and at what level in order to avoid overwriting folders/files that i still need.
thanks

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Originally Posted by hadje

thanks for the reply

i am trying to install the template to my local copy of zencart. i am using xampp on my C drive. in the readme it says to "copy the includes folder to your website..there are no files to be overwritten". if i copy the includes file to (in my case) C/xampp/htdocs/zen, then it wants to overwrite the existing includes file. if instead i open the cherry includes file that i have unzipped and try to copy the four folders (functions,modules,languages,templates) to the existing includes folder, then it wants to overwrite those folders. you see where i am going here? if i then open those four folders there are more subfolders,etc...
i am trying to figure out how to copy these template files correctly and at what level in order to avoid overwriting folders/files that i still need.
thanks

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What are you using to copy the cherry zen files? Windows Explorer? WinZip?
It is okay to overwrite the folders - doing so won't change the files within the folders. The Cherry Zen files should not overwrite files.

If we look at one file in the cherry zen zip file - includes\modules\cherry_zen\product_listing.php : this should go into c:\xampp\htdocs\zen\includes\modules\cherry_zen\product_listing.php

apologies!
i am embarassed to admit that i did not know that overwriting folders would leave the inner files intact (unless a file of the same name is included in the new folder of course)
i can't believe i did not know that...but life is for learning.
i am off and running
thanks for your help and patience
peace

Hello Jade. Definately a big thank you for the Cherry Zen template. Your notes made it quite easy to understand how to make modifications - which is why I have included your link in my footer. It has been a while since I have worked on it, except for the new security patch, so I'm a little out of zen-shape. :wacko: This is Zencart version 1.38a +patch


As you can see I have modified quite a bit - http://www.sparklewholesale.com

I would like to add a couple boxes for news or articles in the large blank space that resides below the new products on the home page. Can you please tell me how to go about adding these?

Best Regards,
Diana

I want to modify the file:

includes/template/cherry_zen/sideboxes/tpl_search_header.php

in my site:

www.gamesmart.it

like this:

https://www.gamesmart.it/images/gmsearchheader.png

with Search GIF like pushable search button of course....

Anyone can help me?

Thanks! :blink:

'Add to Cart' button AND a 'More Info' button or link

On the category / product listings pages, how do I have both the 'Add to Cart' button AND a 'More Info' button or link?

It seems to be either one or the other.
If I have the 'Add to Cart' button, I don't get the 'more info' link
If I turn off the 'Add to Cart' button, I get the 'more info' link.

Surely you can have both?

Ideally I would like 'More Info' and 'Add to Cart' buttons side by side.

This is using the column grid addon included with the excellent Cherry Zen template.

Any pointers would be very much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

zen v1.38a

I have a problem with cherry zen and IE6 (don't know if problem is present in IE 7 or 8).
If you click on any catagory, the catagory sidebox drops down and displays after the end of the center box. See screenshots.
It does NOT happen if you click on the last catagory called "Other Products"
See screenshots.

It displays correctly in firefox, google chrome and netscape 6 (I think)

To see it goto http://angiejolee.com/store/

Thanks,
Drunkguy

I am running Zen Cart 1.3.8 and have just installed the cherry_zen template. It looks great and is a great skin, however, when I activate the Cart Upsell module with it, the side boxes are all out of position on the shopping cart page. When I remove the Cart Upsell include (require(DIR_WS_MODULES . zen_get_module_directory(FILENAME_CART_UPSELL)); ) from the tpl_shopping_cart_default.php template file, the side boxes return to normal. Does anyone have any ideas?

I want to alter the product info page to look like the attached screen shot called "newlayout" Also included "default" as a reference.

Can this be done in if so what php file do I make these changes or is it in the css or both?

Url is http://angiejolee.com/store/

zen 1.38

Thanks
Drunkguy

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Originally Posted by Drunkguy

I want to alter the product info page to look like the attached screen shot called "newlayout" Also included "default" as a reference.

Can this be done in if so what php file do I make these changes or is it in the css or both?

Url is http://angiejolee.com/store/

zen 1.38

Thanks
Drunkguy

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Everything is separated into nicely ordered chunks. Move the whole add to cart section to below the <!-- eof Product details list -->
The file is in /includes/templates/your-custom_folder/templates/tpl_product_info_display

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Originally Posted by jbabbling

I am running Zen Cart 1.3.8 and have just installed the cherry_zen template. It looks great and is a great skin, however, when I activate the Cart Upsell module with it, the side boxes are all out of position on the shopping cart page. When I remove the Cart Upsell include (require(DIR_WS_MODULES . zen_get_module_directory(FILENAME_CART_UPSELL)); ) from the tpl_shopping_cart_default.php template file, the side boxes return to normal. Does anyone have any ideas?

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Found the issue. The version of cart_upsell.php I have has the </div> at the end of the file outside of the php if statement, thus inserting an additional </div> html tag in the page and throwing off the css. Here is how it looked before:

<div class="centerBoxWrapper" id="alsoPurchased">
<?php
require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_columnar_display.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'common'). '/tpl_columnar_display.php');
}
}
?>
</div>


Here is how it should be coded:

<div class="centerBoxWrapper" id="alsoPurchased">
<?php
require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_columnar_display.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'common'). '/tpl_columnar_display.php');
?>
</div>
<?php
}
}
?>

My top menu is not in the red where it should be. Can someone please help? I have attached a screenshot.

Thanks
Kaddie

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Originally Posted by dmk909

Hello Jade. Definately a big thank you for the Cherry Zen template. Your notes made it quite easy to understand how to make modifications - which is why I have included your link in my footer. It has been a while since I have worked on it, except for the new security patch, so I'm a little out of zen-shape. :wacko: This is Zencart version 1.38a +patch


As you can see I have modified quite a bit - http://www.sparklewholesale.com

I would like to add a couple boxes for news or articles in the large blank space that resides below the new products on the home page. Can you please tell me how to go about adding these?

Best Regards,
Diana

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can anyone help with this?

Hi, I have upload the Cherry Zen into server, and go to Template selection > cherry zen, then go to tool > layout boxes controller > reset. But my webiste bacame blank, why?
www.fanzela.com.
Please help me and give some advise.

Regards
Jamie

I got it!!!!:laugh:

Does anyone know how to put a go or search button after the search box in the top navigation bar. Right now you have to put something in there then hit enter or return on your keyboard to get it to search.

Some people might not know to do this, it would work better if there was a button to hit instead.

Thanks in advance!

I looked on this thread for an answer in vain;
I would like on my Cherry Zen site to have a box on the right hand side of all pages with both text and logos plus a link to an external site - would that be done with the ez-pages or some other mod or some other way?
Thanx in advance
Rufus in a very sunny Del Mar, CA USA

New install of Zencart 1.3.8 and cherry zen; Following instuctions for a left column sidebox only gives a strange result as the sideboxes show way off the left.
test site: http://zencart.shevchenkomusic.com/
No add ons installed, just getting back to zecart after couple of years...
Cannot figure out what I am doing wrong...
Veronika

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Originally Posted by Veronika7747

New install of Zencart 1.3.8 and cherry zen; Following instuctions for a left column sidebox only gives a strange result as the sideboxes show way off the left.
test site: http://zencart.shevchenkomusic.com/
No add ons installed, just getting back to zecart after couple of years...
Cannot figure out what I am doing wrong...
Veronika

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never mind, I just need new glasses!:blush:

up, no one? :huh:

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Originally Posted by gamesmart

I want to modify the file:

includes/template/cherry_zen/sideboxes/tpl_search_header.php

in my site:

www.gamesmart.it

like this:

https://www.gamesmart.it/images/gmsearchheader.png

with Search GIF like pushable search button of course....

Anyone can help me?

Thanks! :blink:

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For some reason, when you click the larger image button in a listing, the pop up window comes on but the image does not appear in the box. The images are where they should be in the /image directory and the small ones appear. See example below.

http://www.educatorsbookbag.com/stor...roducts_id=134

any help would be appreciated! Thanks

Is it possible to have one of the links across the top set at a wider value?

I'm using a mod so that it shows the customers first name when they are signed in, however, the box doesn't stretch to fit the name.

Is it possible to either set the "My Account" link to a different width, or perhaps have it so all the buttons vary their length to fit the text in them?

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Originally Posted by JeffM

For some reason, when you click the larger image button in a listing, the pop up window comes on but the image does not appear in the box. The images are where they should be in the /image directory and the small ones appear. See example below.

http://www.educatorsbookbag.com/stor...roducts_id=134

any help would be appreciated! Thanks

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I put the page through the W3C Validator - http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=ht...Inline&group=0
I see two problems:
1) There is a comment that starts before the 'function resize()' line but it isn't closed at the end of the function.
2) The resize() function doesn't have a closing brace i.e. '}'

Hello
I have two formatting problems that I am not sure if it is the template or not...I suspect that there is a change that is made in the template files to change this since the Nifty Zen and other template I have used didn't give me this problem.

First is that my image and manufacture show up on the same line in the product listings - seen here -
http://www.monkeyenterprises.com/ind...cPath=66_95_96

Second - I did make some changes to the tpl_product_info_display.php and got close to the style I want. I would like the Add to Cart button more over to the left and the attribute to line up better under the product detail. Seen here -
http://www.monkeyenterprises.com/ind...roducts_id=271

My other wish would be to have the top menu bar (home-login-my account-shopping cart-checkout) to sit on the left side of the page.

Thanks for any help you can give me or lead me to the right direction!
Mona - a beginner at this

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Originally Posted by stxmona

Second - I did make some changes to the tpl_product_info_display.php and got close to the style I want. I would like the Add to Cart button more over to the left and the attribute to line up better under the product detail. Seen here -
http://www.monkeyenterprises.com/ind...roducts_id=271

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In stylesheet.css, look for '#cartAdd' and change 'float:right;' to 'float: left;'

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Originally Posted by stxmona

My other wish would be to have the top menu bar (home-login-my account-shopping cart-checkout) to sit on the left side of the page.

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Look for #navMain in stylesheet.css and, again, change 'float: right;' to 'float: left;'

This will not move it all the way left. I am not sure what is preventing this.

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Originally Posted by daymobrew

In stylesheet.css, look for '#cartAdd' and change 'float:right;' to 'float: left;'
Look for #navMain in stylesheet.css and, again, change 'float: right;' to 'float: left;'

This will not move it all the way left. I am not sure what is preventing this.

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Thank you! that worked. I also turned off Display Product Manufacturer in Configure/Product Listing from the Admin Panel to fix my other problem.

Thanks again for your help daymobrew!
Mona

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Originally Posted by daymobrew

I put the page through the W3C Validator - http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=ht...Inline&group=0
I see two problems:
1) There is a comment that starts before the 'function resize()' line but it isn't closed at the end of the function.
2) The resize() function doesn't have a closing brace i.e. '}'

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Thanks. Forgive me, but what file should I look in? Thanks

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Originally Posted by JeffM

Thanks. Forgive me, but what file should I look in? Thanks

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Nevermind! I found it. Thanks

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Originally Posted by GGVL

'Add to Cart' button AND a 'More Info' button or link

On the category / product listings pages, how do I have both the 'Add to Cart' button AND a 'More Info' button or link?

It seems to be either one or the other.
If I have the 'Add to Cart' button, I don't get the 'more info' link
If I turn off the 'Add to Cart' button, I get the 'more info' link.

Surely you can have both?

Ideally I would like 'More Info' and 'Add to Cart' buttons side by side.

This is using the column grid addon included with the excellent Cherry Zen template.

Any pointers would be very much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

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Anybody got any ideas or suggestions on how to do this?
Many thanks

Hi:

I am having a problem when I click on the "larger image" the image blows up way out of proportion to where it should be.
I have no idea what has happened. Can someone tell me how to fix this? I have looked at other post and I can not find the answer. Thanx

Mark

http://classic-flatware.com/index.ph...&products_id=1

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Originally Posted by Golden Synergy

I am having a problem when I click on the "larger image" the image blows up way out of proportion to where it should be.
I have no idea what has happened. Can someone tell me how to fix this? I have looked at other post and I can not find the answer.

http://classic-flatware.com/index.ph...&products_id=1

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The thumbnail image is MASSIVE. It is a 1.8MB file with dimensions 2256x1496px. It takes an age to load.
You should make the thumbnail version much, much smaller (it is displayed at 150x99px) and the large version smaller too.

Thank you. I appreciate your help. What size should I reduce my photos to? The small image size that my camera saves to is 1504 x 1000.

Mark

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Originally Posted by Golden Synergy

Thank you. I appreciate your help. What size should I reduce my photos to? The small image size that my camera saves to is 1504 x 1000.

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Don't change the settings on the camera, but edit the images after you upload them to your camera.
If you are on Windows you can do basic editing with Paint.
I think you should keep the large image no bigger than 1024x800 (I'm open to other input on this figure) and the small one at 150x100.

Hey everyone i am kind of new to zen cart but for the most part know my way around it but i am using Zen Cart 1.3.8a with the cherry zen template. the website looks and loads just fine on Firefox but when i try and view it on IE it only loads half the site and then just sits there saying it is still loading but never does. I am using IE 8 and the browser is set to all the default setting i havn't touched it because i never use it i was just checking it to see if the site works fine across all browsers. my website is http://www.dannaoshee.com
if anyone has any ideas on how to fix this i would greatly appreciate it.

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Originally Posted by daymobrew

Don't change the settings on the camera, but edit the images after you upload them to your camera.
If you are on Windows you can do basic editing with Paint.
I think you should keep the large image no bigger than 1024x800 (I'm open to other input on this figure) and the small one at 150x100.

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Thank you.
I changed one of my test pictures and every thing is working good. I am using photo shop elements 7. I am finally understanding a bit more about the way Zen cart does things. The next thing I will do is check out why we need large ,medium, and small picture files.

Thanx again
Mark

I am stuck trying to find out where the gif files are for the home, log in, my account, shopping cart, check out tabs. These are the ones on the right side of my site. If you hover over that part of the site they lighten up. I think I have something backwards. Where are these files at?

I have customized my site, but I now need to find those gif files so I can color them to match my site.

www.classic-flatware.com

Mark

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Originally Posted by Golden Synergy

I am stuck trying to find out where the gif files are for the home, log in, my account, shopping cart, check out tabs. These are the ones on the right side of my site. If you hover over that part of the site they lighten up. I think I have something backwards. Where are these files at?

I have customized my site, but I now need to find those gif files so I can color them to match my site.

www.classic-flatware.com

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At the top of http://classic-flatware.com/includes...stylesheet.css

Code:

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/* This section controls the colors for the site. Change red (default) to one of these options: orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, or grey) */
input#searchTop {
        background: url("../images/blue/rounded-search-input-top.gif") top left no-repeat;
}
#navMainWrapper {
        background:url("../images/blue/header.gif");
}
h3.leftBoxHeading, h3.rightBoxHeading {
        background: url("../images/blue/sideboxbg.gif");
}
#navMain a {
        background:url("../images/blue/tableftE.gif") no-repeat left top;
}
#navMain a span {
        background:url("../images/blue/tabrightE.gif") no-repeat right top;
}
#navMain a span.last {
        background:url("../images/blue/tabrightE_last.gif") no-repeat right top;
}
/* end main color changes */

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The images are http://classic-flatware.com/includes...e/tableftE.gif etc

Yes, Thank you,but I colored those files and I seemed to need to change the color on more. If you go to my site ,the tabs on the upper right are the wrong color. www.classic-flatware.com

I re-colored rounded-search gif, header.gif, sideboxbg.gif, tablefte.gif, tabrighte.gif, and tabrighte_last.gif.

Can anyone tell me the name of the gif files on the upper right? The ones that say: home, log in, my account, shopping cart, and check out.

Mark

It all works now. Here is what happened. I uploaded it to the site and nothing worked. The next day (today) I uploaded the same files again. This time they worked. :clap:

Thanks for your help.
Mark

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Originally Posted by Golden Synergy

Thank you.
I changed one of my test pictures and every thing is working good. I am using photo shop elements 7. I am finally understanding a bit more about the way Zen cart does things. The next thing I will do is check out why we need large ,medium, and small picture files.

Thanx again
Mark

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You might want to check out Image Handler 2 in the downloads section (IH2). It will automatically resize images for you into three sizes. Though, you still don't want to upload raw full size images from your camera. For one, it takes a long time to upload, and 2, you use a lot of space on your server. :)

Thank you Jade.
I now have it loaded. And looking forward to using it.

Mark:D

Hello

Could you please help me with this :

http://tuscanydistributors.com/catal...Path=104_78_83

I would like the price to be under the model, not next to it.

Please advise or point in the right direction! Thank you in advance :)

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Originally Posted by xmisspurrfect

I would like the price to be under the model, not next to it.

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You should turn off the requirement to login to see the price if you want help. I won't be creating an account just to check this out.

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Originally Posted by daymobrew

You should turn off the requirement to login to see the price if you want help. I won't be creating an account just to check this out.

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Sorry. I didn't know it created an issue. I turned it off. Thank you in advance for any of your help. :smile:

hi,

anyone know how to add a search button (like the one in the sidebox) next to the search box in the header?

thanks.

ok never mind. i figured it out. pardon the interruption. :blush:

hey every i am trying to figure out how to remove the text description underneath the thumbnail image and also enlarge the thumbnail because the image is way to small to see the products. a link to one of the subcategories is : http://www.dannaoshee.com/index.php?...3476b9b155bed4 anyone have any ideas i would be grateful

I am using the cherry Zen template on my site.

Can anyone tell me where i can insert the google verification tag to get verified?

Thanks

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Originally Posted by amebb

Can anyone tell me where i can insert the google verification tag to get verified?

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It would be easier to use the file verification method - it will be a file with a name like: googleae26be6998efdcda.html

Hi

Thanks for your reply.

That method of HTML verification does NOT work on Subdomains.

I have a Domain name that is redirected to a subdomain where the files are hosted.

I need to get my domain name verified by Google. Using the tags would be the only possible choice.

Anymore suggestions ????

Thanks

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Originally Posted by amebb

Can anyone tell me where i can insert the google verification tag to get verified?

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You can add the code to includes\templates\template_default\common\html_header.php.

You may be able to add it to includes\languages\english\meta_tags.php.

Hi there

I have tried those two methods but they dont work. I still cant get Google to verify the site.

The template that i am using is Cherry Zen........ and i have tried inserting the verification tag into that script etc but still no success.

Anymore suggestions anyone ......??



thanks

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Originally Posted by amebb

I have tried those two methods but they dont work. I still cant get Google to verify the site.

The template that i am using is Cherry Zen........ and i have tried inserting the verification tag into that script etc but still no success.

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Can you post a link to your site and post the contents of html_header.php and meta_tags.php files here.

I would like to increase the width and height of the images that are the multiple images under a product on the product info page. I haven't been able to tell if it is determined by CSS or by the PHP. Any help determining where I can adjust that would be wonderful. thanks.

Hi.
I have 1 question.
How can I increase row numbers on front page?
I want to show 3*6=18 items per page.
For now default is just 9 item per page.
Thank you.

Hi Jade,

What is the correct application of code for centering the main image, border and drop shadow?

margin: 0 auto;
display:block;
float:none;

Code:

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#productMainImage {
    float:left;
    background: url("../images/shadowAlpha.png") no-repeat bottom right !important;
    background: url("../images/shadow.gif") no-repeat bottom right;
    margin: 10px 0 0 10px !important;
    margin: 10px 0 0 5px;
    }

#productMainImage img {
    display: block;
    position: relative;
    background: #ffffff;
    margin: -3px 6px 6px -3px;
    border: 1px solid #a9a9a9; /* defines the border for the product image. To remove the border delete or comment out this line, AND padding: 4px; below */
    padding: 4px;
    }

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thanks!

I also, I have downloaded a free template from zen cart onto my computer...Once I unzip the file...what do I do next? How do I incorporate it onto my site? I have just got zen cart and really have no clue how to edit anything! I see everyone talking about these different files, but where do I find these? and how do I edit them? Do I have to save them again?
Please help!
Thanks!!!:clap:

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Originally Posted by tinjaw

I would like to increase the width and height of the images that are the multiple images under a product on the product info page. I haven't been able to tell if it is determined by CSS or by the PHP. Any help determining where I can adjust that would be wonderful. thanks.

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I found it. It is determined by the CONFIGURATION>> IMAGES >> Small Image Width and Small Image Height.

Hello sir

Thanks for the nice template.
I have some problems regarding this template .

The link of my website is :
http://ezprint.com.my/

My problem is that :

i) I cant put the layout boxes on both the right and left side . May i know what 's wrong ?

I try to on the 'Search-header ' , and the whole website appear in blue colour .

I try to on the 'search sidebar ' , but it appear at the bottom of the left corner /

Tried to on other boxes , but non appear .

Hope that you could help me to solve this

Hope to hear from you soon
Thanks