Aberdeen Neutral Template Support Thread

While I would understand why you would think there were some changes or alterations, there were not.

It is strange that it works perfectly on single item categories but when there are sub categories the index information appears.

I have done a complete reinsall on a brand new zencart, with a new zip download directly from your site.
Same thing happens.

I have worked with zencart for years so I do know a thing or two and can usually fix things such as this, but nothing seems to work.. which is very strange.

Dan

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Originally Posted by bubbadan

While I would understand why you would think there were some changes or alterations, there were not.

It is strange that it works perfectly on single item categories but when there are sub categories the index information appears.

I have done a complete reinsall on a brand new zencart, with a new zip download directly from your site.
Same thing happens.

I have worked with zencart for years so I do know a thing or two and can usually fix things such as this, but nothing seems to work.. which is very strange.

Dan

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I can take a look at your site but this is not a problem inherent in the template package. See the demo here. The hardware category has sub categories:

Aberdeen Neutral Free Zen Cart Template Demo

Thanks,

Anne

OK don't know why it is that way but will figure it out.

Thanks
Dan

Hi. Does anyone know why my "additional images" (which I believe are in the proper format: image_1.gif, image_2.gif) overwrites my "Add to Cart" button?

This example: http://tyentsales.com/index.php?main...&products_id=8

Is it my settings?

(I'm new to all of this -- so thanks!)

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Originally Posted by donzi

Hi. Does anyone know why my "additional images" (which I believe are in the proper format: image_1.gif, image_2.gif) overwrites my "Add to Cart" button?

This example: http://tyentsales.com/index.php?main...&products_id=8

Is it my settings?

(I'm new to all of this -- so thanks!)

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Add this:

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#productAdditionalImages{clear:both;}

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to the bottom of your stylesheet.css file.

Thanks,

Anne

the images on the home page are scrolling to fast for my website. i cant read what i put there before it starts to scroll to the next picture. do you mind letting me know how to fix this? i need to slow the counter down or at least make it longer.

the URL is http://fightautismandwin.com/

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Originally Posted by wartht

the images on the home page are scrolling to fast for my website. i cant read what i put there before it starts to scroll to the next picture. do you mind letting me know how to fix this? i need to slow the counter down or at least make it longer.

the URL is http://fightautismandwin.com/

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You'll need to edit the javascript file in includes/modules/pages/index/jscript_easySlider.php

Thanks,

Anne

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Originally Posted by picaflor-azul

You'll need to edit the javascript file in includes/modules/pages/index/jscript_easySlider.php

Thanks,

Anne

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thanks so much :clap: this helps a ton.

one more thing. do you mind letting me know what files (and/or code) i would need in order to put the slider on another website of mine? i like the template i already have for it but would like to put the slider in it.

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Originally Posted by wartht

one more thing. do you mind letting me know what files (and/or code) i would need in order to put the slider on another website of mine? i like the template i already have for it but would like to put the slider in it.

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You can do a google search for javascript slide show and get tons of results for slide shows you add to other sites.

Thanks,

Anne

ok thanks :)

First off, love this template!

I have done some slight mods for our needs and was just starting to get the main page all set up. Had our slides set and went into define page editor to set up the text on the define_main_page.php and stupid me deleted the "stock" text using the HTMLarea and when I refreshed our page, the slider is there but the images won't show now.... I've tried to simply put the code for the define_main_page.php page back in with the same results, text shows, slider is there but images are not??

Any idea what we did and how to get the slider showing the pics again? I'd hate to have to start all over now....

Thanks!

site: www. eccolights.com/shop

Try using the plain text editor to enter the slideshow code..

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Originally Posted by justmerob

First off, love this template!

I have done some slight mods for our needs and was just starting to get the main page all set up. Had our slides set and went into define page editor to set up the text on the define_main_page.php and stupid me deleted the "stock" text using the HTMLarea and when I refreshed our page, the slider is there but the images won't show now.... I've tried to simply put the code for the define_main_page.php page back in with the same results, text shows, slider is there but images are not??

Any idea what we did and how to get the slider showing the pics again? I'd hate to have to start all over now....

Thanks!

site: www. eccolights.com/shop

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After trying a few things I did get it back up and going =) Weirdly I just copied the html from the define-main-page part of the template and it works... swear I tried that before and it didn't. Either way, were good for now =) Thanks again for your help and the OP for designing this too!

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Originally Posted by justmerob

After trying a few things I did get it back up and going =) Weirdly I just copied the html from the define-main-page part of the template and it works... swear I tried that before and it didn't. Either way, were good for now =) Thanks again for your help and the OP for designing this too!

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Yes, the define_main_page.php file contains php code and must be edited with a plain text editor. There are instructions about this in the detailed readme.html file.

Thanks,

Anne

I have been working with your template now for a few days and appreciate that it is a complete template and not "half baked" like so many other free templates are. That being said I have changed a lot simply because of personal preference.

There are 3 things I am having difficulty with:

The first and most important to me is removing the "About Us" link from the Information side box and footer. I have found several references in the code but I don't want to "break" anything so would prefer to know which I should comment out or remove to be safe. I have looked in Configuration - > Define Page Status to see if it added an option for turning it off in the Information side box there but it does not. It is also not in the database at all even though it calls for a status:

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if (DEFINE_ABOUT_US_STATUS <= 1) {

    $information[] = '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_ABOUT_US) . '">' . BOX_INFORMATION_ABOUT_US . '</a>';

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Second in priority is how to downsize the footer to just 3 columns. Can this safely be done in footer_menu_defines.php and tpl_footer_menu.php? My site is simplistic and at this time doesn't need a lot of link space.

Last and least important but still a formatting issue added with this template. Is there a way to move the AddThis button to where the Tell a Friend button normally is. At this time I have completely removed the Tell a Friend button as I don't see a need to have both.

Thank you in advance for any assistance.

I just remember after posting that for the Information box I could just delete the template specific information.php in includes/modules/sideboxes/TEMPLATE/.

However that still leaves the second priority to remove the "About Me" from the footer as well as my other 2 questions.

Thank you.

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Originally Posted by dwdragon

Second in priority is how to downsize the footer to just 3 columns. Can this safely be done in footer_menu_defines.php and tpl_footer_menu.php? My site is simplistic and at this time doesn't need a lot of link space.

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Yes, edit those files and possible stylesheet.css. Refer to the footer menu module thread for more details (it is this module that creates the footer menu).

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Last and least important but still a formatting issue added with this template. Is there a way to move the AddThis button to where the Tell a Friend button normally is. At this time I have completely removed the Tell a Friend button as I don't see a need to have both.

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Edit the includes/templates/aberdeen_neutral/templates/tpl_product_info_page.php fle.

Thanks,

Anne

Thank you for the information on the footer menu module I will check into that. I do apologize I was under the impression it was something custom you had put in.

As for the Share button I understand to edit the includes/templates/aberdeen_neutral/templates/tpl_product_info_page.php file. I'm sorry for not being more specific the problem I am running into is that this is the only code that when I start trying to move it around brings up some very serious unexpected formatting issues. I thought I would ask on the off chance that you possibly already had experience putting it in place of the tell a friend button.

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Originally Posted by dwdragon

Thank you for the information on the footer menu module I will check into that. I do apologize I was under the impression it was something custom you had put in.

As for the Share button I understand to edit the includes/templates/aberdeen_neutral/templates/tpl_product_info_page.php file. I'm sorry for not being more specific the problem I am running into is that this is the only code that when I start trying to move it around brings up some very serious unexpected formatting issues. I thought I would ask on the off chance that you possibly already had experience putting it in place of the tell a friend button.

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If you are moving all of the lines of code associated with the AddThis to the proper spot in the file there should be no problems. You need to move this:

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<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN -->
<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style ">
<a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a>
<a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a>
<a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#pubid=xa-4e29ddd060f29e4f"></script>
<!-- AddThis Button END -->

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You will probably also need to add css styles in the stylesheet.css file.

Thanks,

Anne

I'll apologize in advance if this has been asked, but I've been searching for an answer for weeks now.

My site went live last week, and your template is exactly what we were looking for!

I've managed to enlarge all of the text I need via the stylesheet, but I can't figure out how to make the text in the header search box larger.

Can you point me in the right direction please? Thanks in advance.

John

PS. If you want to see how beautiful your template can be, take a peek at www_OhWowThatsCool_com

Just a suggestion, but it doesn't look like you've turned off the right column.. (Configuration > Layout Settings > Column Right Status - Global)

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Originally Posted by jlizotte

I'll apologize in advance if this has been asked, but I've been searching for an answer for weeks now.

My site went live last week, and your template is exactly what we were looking for!

I've managed to enlarge all of the text I need via the stylesheet, but I can't figure out how to make the text in the header search box larger.

Can you point me in the right direction please? Thanks in advance.

John

PS. If you want to see how beautiful your template can be, take a peek at www_OhWowThatsCool_com

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Thanks, Diva. I double checked...it's off (zero).

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Originally Posted by jlizotte

Thanks, Diva. I double checked...it's off (zero).

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hmmmmmm... Your home page content looks "off".. Double check your containers that they don't have a width attribute which is causing them to leave all that white space on the right..

wohoo! I found it. In the stylesheet...FORM, SELECT, INPUT. Just upped it to 1.1em and it works perfectly.

Thanks again, Diva....I'm going to follow up on the container issue. Its only on the main page.

John

Thanks, Diva. You were right! Got the homepage fixed. The width for that text was only 550. :huh:

Thank you for your help :hug:

hey im having some problems with some of the links and editing some of the pages.

here is my URL inorder to see what im talking about if needed.

first, the about us page isnt in the define pages editor(no clue why).
second, the menu in the footer i cant seem to get rid of. i dont
need it. its fine if the grey area covers the copyright words and the
rest of the footer. but i want the sections gone...
actually if i can get rid of the menu in the footer i dont care about the about us page.im just getting quite frustrated about this particular site.... :wacko:

anyway if you can help that would be great and i would really appreciate it.

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Originally Posted by jlizotte

Thanks, Diva. You were right! Got the homepage fixed. The width for that text was only 550. :huh:

Thank you for your help :hug:

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You're welcome.. You can probably take the width out altogether..

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Originally Posted by wartht

hey im having some problems with some of the links and editing some of the pages.

here is my URL inorder to see what im talking about if needed.

first, the about us page isnt in the define pages editor(no clue why).
second, the menu in the footer i cant seem to get rid of. i dont
need it. its fine if the grey area covers the copyright words and the
rest of the footer. but i want the sections gone...
actually if i can get rid of the menu in the footer i dont care about the about us page.im just getting quite frustrated about this particular site.... :wacko:

anyway if you can help that would be great and i would really appreciate it.

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Hello ;-) The footer menu is created by a module called footer menu. If you download it from the free software add ons section you can uninstall the module.

If you are missing the about us page in the define pages editor, copy the define_about_us.php file from:

includes/languages/english/html_includes/aberdeen_neutral

to:

includes/languages/english/html_includes

Thanks,

Anne


Thanks,

Anne

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Originally Posted by jlizotte

I'll apologize in advance if this has been asked, but I've been searching for an answer for weeks now.

My site went live last week, and your template is exactly what we were looking for!

I've managed to enlarge all of the text I need via the stylesheet, but I can't figure out how to make the text in the header search box larger.

Can you point me in the right direction please? Thanks in advance.

John

PS. If you want to see how beautiful your template can be, take a peek at www_OhWowThatsCool_com

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Your site looks great :smile: I am so happy that you are using the template for your website.

Thanks,

Anne

I knew this was the template to use the moment I saw it. And I've learned alot lurking here and over on your site ;)

Thank you so much for a beautiful template. I always did WordPress. I just started with ZC 6 weeks ago, and even though my wife hasn't seen me leave my computer, I think the store came out pretty nice.

I just got a call from our newspaper....they are going to run a feature story on our website since we try to feature local artists. I'll make sure I give your site & services a good plug :D

Thanks Anne.

John

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Originally Posted by jlizotte

I knew this was the template to use the moment I saw it. And I've learned alot lurking here and over on your site ;)

Thank you so much for a beautiful template. I always did WordPress. I just started with ZC 6 weeks ago, and even though my wife hasn't seen me leave my computer, I think the store came out pretty nice.

I just got a call from our newspaper....they are going to run a feature story on our website since we try to feature local artists. I'll make sure I give your site & services a good plug :D

Thanks Anne.

John

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Thank you so much! Best wishes on your busineses :smile:

Thanks,

Anne

Hello!
Is there a way to change the brown color in the aberdeen template to Red, and the light green to light brown (Or black)?

Thanks!

Frank

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Originally Posted by FrankinWV

Hello!
Is there a way to change the brown color in the aberdeen template to Red, and the light green to light brown (Or black)?

Thanks!

Frank

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Yes, this is no problem. You will need to do a combination of changing images and styles in the stylesheet.css file.

Thanks,

Anne

I installed a spanish language pack, which kinda threw a few things out of place, I'm now trying to fix things. My main concern right now is that when it's in English, everythings fine, but when I switch to spanish, the nice slide show disappears and the default big ad about buying the ZenCart user manual takes its place. How would I get the slideshow to run when I'm using spanish?

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Originally Posted by cobarde

I installed a spanish language pack, which kinda threw a few things out of place, I'm now trying to fix things. My main concern right now is that when it's in English, everythings fine, but when I switch to spanish, the nice slide show disappears and the default big ad about buying the ZenCart user manual takes its place. How would I get the slideshow to run when I'm using spanish?

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You have not installed the language pack correctly. To make the slide show and any other things work and look correct in the spanish side you will have to copy the override files in the various engilsh directories into the spanish directories. So for example:

includes/languages/english/html_includes/aberdeen_neutral/define_main_page.php

to
includes/languages/spanish/html_includes/aberdeen_neutral/define_main_page.php

etc.

Thanks,

Anne

Hi, your templates is very nice, I have installed it.
but I have some question.
Firstly Should I upload all your package to my server?
or I only need upload the /includes/templates/aberdeen_neutral?

My problem was that 1) when I upload all your package then my
zen cart "admin---tools---templates selection" can not show your
template at the pull down menu. 2) if I only upload /includes/templates/aberdeen_neutral folder then I can edit it but when I click "online catalog" button, it will show my white page, and " ..../index.php?main_page=" on the address bar.

How I solve this problem?

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Originally Posted by robert12

Hi, your templates is very nice, I have installed it.
but I have some question.
Firstly Should I upload all your package to my server?
or I only need upload the /includes/templates/aberdeen_neutral?

My problem was that 1) when I upload all your package then my
zen cart "admin---tools---templates selection" can not show your
template at the pull down menu. 2) if I only upload /includes/templates/aberdeen_neutral folder then I can edit it but when I click "online catalog" button, it will show my white page, and " ..../index.php?main_page=" on the address bar.

How I solve this problem?

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Please read the readme.html file included in the template package for detailed installation instructions including links to video tutorials.

Thanks,

Anne

picaflor-azul, hi.

in reading the 34 pages of threads, it seems that 98% of the could be resolved by all of the classic_template change to your_template and to read (thoroughly read) your install.txt

i love the design. i just started 2 new websites and intend to use your template on both.

i have only one question. i would like the "slider" images to be my free products offers (ie free bottle with your first order) for the #1 slot then the 4 additional slots the other 4 ways to get free stuff. could i get the image size and formats that i can use for those images. i am limited on my choices of editors, so as many formats as you can name.

87% of visitors to a website spends under 30 seconds on a page. choose one that stands out from the crowd, like this one. great job!!!:hug:

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Originally Posted by 510ego

picaflor-azul, hi.

in reading the 34 pages of threads, it seems that 98% of the could be resolved by all of the classic_template change to your_template and to read (thoroughly read) your install.txt

i love the design. i just started 2 new websites and intend to use your template on both.

i have only one question. i would like the "slider" images to be my free products offers (ie free bottle with your first order) for the #1 slot then the 4 additional slots the other 4 ways to get free stuff. could i get the image size and formats that i can use for those images. i am limited on my choices of editors, so as many formats as you can name.

87% of visitors to a website spends under 30 seconds on a page. choose one that stands out from the crowd, like this one. great job!!!:hug:

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I am happy that you like the template. You can use whatever format or size for the images that you like. See the readme.html file for instructions on using images that are different sizes than those that come with the slider.

The slider is set to use .jpg files but you can use anything you like. You will change the code in the define_main_page.php up at the top if you want to use a different image type or different image names.

Thanks,

Anne

thanks for the answer. i installed the template, and it was seamless.

about 10 minutes after i sent my question i found in the readme.txt the size of the .jpg for the sliders.

hope to have it up and running in a week.

Hi there;

First off thank you for a great template. I've never used one before and it looks great.
Second I really apologize if this question has been asked and answered a million times before, but have been reading over the support thread and my eyes have blurred LOL
I would like to change the color of the side boxes and the header navigation from the rust red to something else.
I assume this is done in the stylesheet but I don't know which code to change. Newbie to Zen.

Thanks in advance
Karen

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Originally Posted by ladyk

Hi there;

First off thank you for a great template. I've never used one before and it looks great.
Second I really apologize if this question has been asked and answered a million times before, but have been reading over the support thread and my eyes have blurred LOL
I would like to change the color of the side boxes and the header navigation from the rust red to something else.
I assume this is done in the stylesheet but I don't know which code to change. Newbie to Zen.

Thanks in advance
Karen

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The parts you want to change are images. What I do is download them edit and overwrite them keep same size and re upload over the existing image while I keep a un edited image in a secondary file in case I mess up. The files you are looking for are in includes/templates/aberdeen_neutral/images. You can right click on your site in fire fox hit page info then click on the media file and see all the images, names and paths on your site. Hope this helps.

Thanks culbeson. I'll give that a try :D

Hi again
I'm baaack. It's been so long LOL
Ok, I'm going to play with the buttons later for changing colors.
I found a tutorial to remove the Twitter and Facebook links from the footer. But now the copyright right line is crowding into the links above. Here is my site so you can take a look
http://bride-azzled.com

I don't know if it matters or not, but in the tutorial it says to look for this code in the stylesheet

<div id="social-media">
<a href="<?php echo TWITTER; ?>"><img src="includes/templates/a_pink_boutique/images/twitter.png" class="twitter-image" alt="twitter link" /></a>
<a href="<?php echo FACEBOOK; ?>"><img src="includes/templates/a_pink_boutique/images/facebook.png" class="facebook-image" alt="facebook link" /></a>
</div>

In my stylesheet this code shows as this ( div is span )

<span id="social-media">
<a href="<?php echo TWITTER; ?>" target="_blank"><img src="includes/templates/aberdeen_neutral/images/twitter.png" class="twitter-image" alt="twitter link" /></a>
<a href="<?php echo FACEBOOK; ?>" target="_blank"><img src="includes/templates/aberdeen_neutral/images/facebook.png" class="facebook-image" alt="facebook link" /></a>
</span>

Help?

And while I'm here I have another question .... I'm trying to locate where to turn on Tell A Friend. I found a tutorial where to look in Admin/Tools/Design Layout or something ( I forget off the top of my head exactly ) but I don't see anything there. I found the buttons in images.
Was something missed in the install or am I finally blind ? :blink:

Thanks again

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Originally Posted by 510ego

thanks for the answer. i installed the template, and it was seamless.

about 10 minutes after i sent my question i found in the readme.txt the size of the .jpg for the sliders.

hope to have it up and running in a week.

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That's great news!

Thanks,

Anne

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Originally Posted by ladyk

Hi there;

First off thank you for a great template. I've never used one before and it looks great.
Second I really apologize if this question has been asked and answered a million times before, but have been reading over the support thread and my eyes have blurred LOL
I would like to change the color of the side boxes and the header navigation from the rust red to something else.
I assume this is done in the stylesheet but I don't know which code to change. Newbie to Zen.

Thanks in advance
Karen

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If you post a link to your site, I can take a look.

Thanks,

Anne

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Originally Posted by culbeson

The parts you want to change are images. What I do is download them edit and overwrite them keep same size and re upload over the existing image while I keep a un edited image in a secondary file in case I mess up. The files you are looking for are in includes/templates/aberdeen_neutral/images. You can right click on your site in fire fox hit page info then click on the media file and see all the images, names and paths on your site. Hope this helps.

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This is exactly correct ;-)

Thanks,

Anne

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And while I'm here I have another question .... I'm trying to locate where to turn on Tell A Friend. I found a tutorial where to look in Admin/Tools/Design Layout or something ( I forget off the top of my head exactly ) but I don't see anything there. I found the buttons in images.
Was something missed in the install or am I finally blind ?

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This has been removed in version 1.5 so if that is the version you have installed it is why you can't find it.

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I found a tutorial to remove the Twitter and Facebook links from the footer. But now the copyright right line is crowding into the links above. Here is my site so you can take a look
http://bride-azzled.com

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In your stylesheet_footer.css file change this:

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#siteinfoLegal {padding: .5em 0 0;font-size: 0.9em;text-align:left;width:80%;line-height:normal;clear:both;color:#000;margin-left:50px;float:left;margin-top:-20px;}

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to this:

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#siteinfoLegal {padding: .5em 0 0;font-size: 0.9em;text-align:left;width:80%;line-height:normal;clear:both;color:#000;margin-left:50px;float:left;margin-top:0px;}

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Thanks,

Anne

Hi Anne

Thanks for getting back with me.
Ahhhh, that explains on the Tell A Friend. Thought I'd finally lost it LOL
I changed to code as you said and it moved the copyright line down out of the links above.
I was wondering, is there a way by chance? to have the line move lower? I played with the px number but couldn't get it to go any lower.
Oh, by the way .... I live for your tutorials. Thank you soooo much for having them. Gigantic help :clap:

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Originally Posted by ladyk

Hi Anne

Thanks for getting back with me.
Ahhhh, that explains on the Tell A Friend. Thought I'd finally lost it LOL
I changed to code as you said and it moved the copyright line down out of the links above.
I was wondering, is there a way by chance? to have the line move lower? I played with the px number but couldn't get it to go any lower.
Oh, by the way .... I live for your tutorials. Thank you soooo much for having them. Gigantic help :clap:

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Just change the margin-top on the #siteinfoLegal to where ever you want the line to show.

Thanks,

Anne

Hi Anne;

Thanks again for getting back. I'll play with it and see what happens.
Oh, I have another question for you. I'd like to put Volusion Live Chat in the left side of my site. Can I do that? If so, exactly what file should I put the snippet of code in and where?
Thanks again so much for your help Anne. Most appreciated :D

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Originally Posted by ladyk

Hi Anne;

Thanks again for getting back. I'll play with it and see what happens.
Oh, I have another question for you. I'd like to put Volusion Live Chat in the left side of my site. Can I do that? If so, exactly what file should I put the snippet of code in and where?
Thanks again so much for your help Anne. Most appreciated :D

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You can add any stable module to the template. I am not familiar with that module so you will have to post to the module support thread for help.

Thanks,

Anne

Hi Anne;

Thanks again for putting up with me.
Is this the right line of code to change the margin ?

#siteinfoLegal {padding: .5em 0 0;font-size: 0.9em;text-align:left;width:80%;line-height:normal;clear:both;color:#000;margin-left:50px;float:left;margin-top:0px;}

I think 0 is as low as I can get it :smile:

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Originally Posted by ladyk

Hi Anne;

Thanks again for putting up with me.
Is this the right line of code to change the margin ?

#siteinfoLegal {padding: .5em 0 0;font-size: 0.9em;text-align:left;width:80%;line-height:normal;clear:both;color:#000;margin-left:50px;float:left;margin-top:0px;}

I think 0 is as low as I can get it :smile:

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Yes, that is correct. You can add any negative or positive number to the margin.

Thanks,

Anne

Hi Anne;

Got it .... Yippie :clap:
Thanks for your help and all your hard work for us.
Hopefully I'll leave you alone now LOL

Take care,
Karen

Ok ..... I lied. I'm back LOL
Could you tell me which file and where to change the width of the site? I uploaded an image onto one of the More Information pages and it threw the width out on the page. Here's a look

http://bride-azzled.com/index.php?main_page=page_2

Oh just had another thought (ouch) How do I change the url to reflect the actual page name instead of page_2?
All these iddy bitty details :wink:

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Ok ..... I lied. I'm back LOL
Could you tell me which file and where to change the width of the site? I uploaded an image onto one of the More Information pages and it threw the width out on the page. Here's a look

http://bride-azzled.com/index.php?main_page=page_2

Oh just had another thought (ouch) How do I change the url to reflect the actual page name instead of page_2?
All these iddy bitty details :wink:

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You can change the width in the stylesheet.css.

Please do a forum search for changing the url as this question has been asked and answered many times.

Thanks,

Anne

hi anne,

i am ready to go live but for 2 issues.

i did not find any posts about changing the facebook and twitter links on the product pages. i was sucessful on changing them on the footer.

in spite of the directions, i was not able to add the about_us page to the site map. i spent a few hours on going over the instructions and trying it many times.

the about us page is there and edited via my cpanel, but i could not pull it up with admin. i am fine to edit from cpanel if i must. i just think it should be in the site map..again i followed the instructions. (even did a few mods and still nothing)

also, i found out the hard way not to edit the main page from the admin. after saving, it would not function as designed. all edits had to be done in cpanel..and were sucessful.

http://eliquidwest.com for your review

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Yes, if you read the detailed readme.html file you will see that it says not to edit this file using a wysiwyg editor because it contains php code. it also says that the file can be edited in the admin but you have to select the "plain-text" editor.

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i did not find any posts about changing the facebook and twitter links on the product pages. i was sucessful on changing them on the footer.

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There is nothing to customize with the add this code on the product info page. If somone clicks on the facebook or twitter links there it logs them into their account so that they can post to their account.

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in spite of the directions, i was not able to add the about_us page to the site map. i spent a few hours on going over the instructions and trying it many times.

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You either haven't followed the instructions correctly or maybe you are not editing the tpl_site_map_default.php file that is in your override directory.

Thanks,

Anne

"There is nothing to customize with the add this code on the product info page. If someone clicks on the facebook or twitter links there it logs them into their account so that they can post to their account."

that is true of the twitter link it allows a twitter follower to post about the products, but not of the facebook link. that code has to be somewhere, or it would not be on the page.

the issue is that the facebook link on the product page shows Http://eliquidwest.com/# if i could just find out what page that was on. or even the folder, i could edit it. if it not in your template, please advise me so i can look elsewhere!

i did follow the directions on the about us page..several times. i even came to the point of adding the line of code from your website in the proper place in the site_map_template (it was just showing up as the line of code on the live store. i edited it so i looks like all of the other lines as a last resort) . i guess i do not care if it is listed on my site map.

i will just take the about_us to do off of my to do list.

wonderful template. completed my site in record time with out too many issues.:clap:

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"There is nothing to customize with the add this code on the product info page. If someone clicks on the facebook or twitter links there it logs them into their account so that they can post to their account."

that is true of the twitter link it allows a twitter follower to post about the products, but not of the facebook link. that code has to be somewhere, or it would not be on the page.

the issue is that the facebook link on the product page shows Http://eliquidwest.com/# if i could just find out what page that was on. or even the folder, i could edit it. if it not in your template, please advise me so i can look elsewhere!

i did follow the directions on the about us page..several times. i even came to the point of adding the line of code from your website in the proper place in the site_map_template (it was just showing up as the line of code on the live store. i edited it so i looks like all of the other lines as a last resort) . i guess i do not care if it is listed on my site map.

i will just take the about_us to do off of my to do list.

wonderful template. completed my site in record time with out too many issues.:clap:

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The code for the social bookmarking is from the addthis.com site. You can go there and copy fresh code. But the code in the template is functioning properly.

Thanks,

Anne

in scanning this thread, I did not see an answer to my question. I downloaded and installed the latest version of Aberdeen Neutral today. I see in the slider images 1 and 1a - 2 and 2a etc. WHY is there 2 images of the same thing? If I put in different images in 1 and 1a only slide1 shows? Guess I am asking why do we need 2 images of the same thing and why doesn't the a slides show?

Thanks,
Lou Brown

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in scanning this thread, I did not see an answer to my question. I downloaded and installed the latest version of Aberdeen Neutral today. I see in the slider images 1 and 1a - 2 and 2a etc. WHY is there 2 images of the same thing? If I put in different images in 1 and 1a only slide1 shows? Guess I am asking why do we need 2 images of the same thing and why doesn't the a slides show?

Thanks,
Lou Brown

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I didn't notice this. I will delete the additional images in a future update.

Please read the aberdeen_neutral_readme.html file for complete instructions on how to add your images to the slider.

Thanks,

Anne

How do I move things around when the product detail listing is displayed?
ie..I want to move the Add to cart button below the product option selection.
I've played around in the stylesheet.css with disastrous results.
I don't fully understand how to position things accurately within the stylesheet.
It seems that the slightest changes cause major screen changes.
Is this just with aberdeen_neutral or how zen-cart works overall?
Are there other places (php's) that need modified at the same time and if so where are they?
I've scanned all my php's for commonality of field names etc.. buy can't seem to piece this together using my pee sized brain.:frusty:
Thanks for any help.

I have followed the instructions very carefully - got just about everything working well - but there's some "wonky" formatting in the sidebars, particularly on check out.
www. free and easy fundraising.com/PARTY

thanks in advance.

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How do I move things around when the product detail listing is displayed?
ie..I want to move the Add to cart button below the product option selection.
I've played around in the stylesheet.css with disastrous results.
I don't fully understand how to position things accurately within the stylesheet.
It seems that the slightest changes cause major screen changes.
Is this just with aberdeen_neutral or how zen-cart works overall?
Are there other places (php's) that need modified at the same time and if so where are they?
I've scanned all my php's for commonality of field names etc.. buy can't seem to piece this together using my pee sized brain.:frusty:
Thanks for any help.

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You can edit the includes/templates/aberdeen_neutral/templates/tpl_product_info_page.php file to move things around the product info page.

I would recommend doing a google search for a beginning css tutorial.



Thanks,

Anne

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I have followed the instructions very carefully - got just about everything working well - but there's some "wonky" formatting in the sidebars, particularly on check out.
www. free and easy fundraising.com/PARTY

thanks in advance.

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You need to follow the layout settings in the readme.html file, particularly for the sidebox column widths.


Thanks,

Anne

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You can edit the includes/templates/aberdeen_neutral/templates/tpl_product_info_page.php file to move things around the product info page.

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tpl_product_info_page.php does not exist in any of my folders.
The closest php I have is includes/templates/aberdeen_neutral/templates/tpl_product_info_display.php

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I would recommend doing a google search for a beginning css tutorial.

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I've done some of this and I have a handle on margins and colors etc..
I just don't know how to link it up with the proper php code for positioning or why it needs to be so disjointed.
PHP is a whole other thing and I don't have the time to learn alot to programming. I just want to tweek my site here and there an need to be pointed in the right direction. Thank you for any further help with this.

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tpl_product_info_page.php does not exist in any of my folders.
The closest php I have is includes/templates/aberdeen_neutral/templates/tpl_product_info_display.php




I've done some of this and I have a handle on margins and colors etc..
I just don't know how to link it up with the proper php code for positioning or why it needs to be so disjointed.
PHP is a whole other thing and I don't have the time to learn alot to programming. I just want to tweek my site here and there an need to be pointed in the right direction. Thank you for any further help with this.

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Sorry for the typo it is the tpl_product_info_display.php file.

Thanks,

Anne

Thanks for the info above. I had edited the column widths, but didn't put the "px" after the digits. Once I did that, everything is now fine. :-)

Another issue - when I posted the link to a facebook page, it shows up with your name and info instead of mine. I've searched around, and can't figure out where that's coming from.

Thanks again! http://www.freeandeasyfundraising.co...lor-header.jpg

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Thanks for the info above. I had edited the column widths, but didn't put the "px" after the digits. Once I did that, everything is now fine. :-)

Another issue - when I posted the link to a facebook page, it shows up with your name and info instead of mine. I've searched around, and can't figure out where that's coming from.

Thanks again! http://www.freeandeasyfundraising.co...lor-header.jpg

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You need to customize the browser bar text in includes/languages/english/aberdeen_neutral/meta_tags.php

Thanks,

Anne

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You need to customize the browser bar text in includes/languages/english/aberdeen_neutral/meta_tags.php

Thanks,

Anne

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I have done that. The title tag on the actual website is fine. It's only on the Facebook Post that the header is showing up wonky...

ok. That's weird.I had already changed the metatags file in includes/languages/english/aberdeen_neutral/meta_tags.php. I just went in and changed /includes/languages/english/meta_tags.php - the one NOT in the override directory - and it's showing up fine. Why would FB find a different title tag than the store itself?

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ok. That's weird.I had already changed the metatags file in includes/languages/english/aberdeen_neutral/meta_tags.php. I just went in and changed /includes/languages/english/meta_tags.php - the one NOT in the override directory - and it's showing up fine. Why would FB find a different title tag than the store itself?

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They aren't. It just took some time for the chagne to take effect with facebook.

Thanks,

Anne

how to move the wrapper to the top,and where can I change the font style for the wrapper
please see the picture I want to change
Attachment 10633, thanks

I setup a new site using your template, but I donot know how to move the the headwrapper to the top. I just want it put on top most position. upper than the logo. is control by the css file or which php file. thanks

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I setup a new site using your template, but I donot know how to move the the headwrapper to the top. I just want it put on top most position. upper than the logo. is control by the css file or which php file. thanks

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You can edit the includes/templates/aberdeen_neutral/common/tpl_header.php and includes/templates/aberdeen_neutral/css/stylesheet.css file.

Thanks,

Anne

Hi Ann, I want to remove any information about the Gift Certificate FAQs and Discount Coupons from our Footer Menu, as it's something that we will not be using for the time being. How do I do this? I've attached the picture in case this helps. Thanks
Tanya

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Hi Ann, I want to remove any information about the Gift Certificate FAQs and Discount Coupons from our Footer Menu, as it's something that we will not be using for the time being. How do I do this? I've attached the picture in case this helps. Thanks
Tanya

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Please do a search on the forum for the solution as these questions have been asked and answered many times.

Thanks,

Anne

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Please do a search on the forum for the solution as these questions have been asked and answered many times.

Thanks,

Anne

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Thanks Anne, sorry to ask but the forum is so huge it's hard to find things how. I did look but didn't find anything. I'll keep looking.
T

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Thanks Anne, sorry to ask but the forum is so huge it's hard to find things how. I did look but didn't find anything. I'll keep looking.
T

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If you do an advanced search on the forum you will find the posts. Search for " remove gift certificate faq's coupons footer menu".

Thanks,

Anne

Hi,

I am trying to add google analytics to my website. I need to place code on the tpl_main_page.php page, but it isn't located in the includes/templates/aberdeen_neutral/common folder. Where has it been moved to??

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Hi,

I am trying to add google analytics to my website. I need to place code on the tpl_main_page.php page, but it isn't located in the includes/templates/aberdeen_neutral/common folder. Where has it been moved to??

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This file is not included in the template pacakge because no changes were made to it. If you need to edit this file you should create an override for it.

Thanks,

Anne

my shopping cart is showing

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Shopping Cart - count_contents();?> item(s) - format($_SESSION['cart']->show_total());?>

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my shopping cart is showing

how do I fix it?

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You need to switch from a wamp server to a xamp server.

Thanks,

Anne

I'm a little old school and just getting back into this I compiled apache2.2 myself, I manually installed php, and mysql5, phpmyadmin.

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You need to switch from a wamp server to a xamp server.

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When I googled wamp and xamp it look like they are 2 different stacks with the same in servers in the stack. It and the only real difference I could see is that xamp has a .bat file to turn everything on in apache and php ( big no no for security).

a little more info and advice would be great!

Thanks,
Dan

P.S. I haven't done anything like this since about 2004 so please bare with me I'm a little out dated.

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I'm a little old school and just getting back into this I compiled apache2.2 myself, I manually installed php, and mysql5, phpmyadmin.



When I googled wamp and xamp it look like they are 2 different stacks with the same in servers in the stack. It and the only real difference I could see is that xamp has a .bat file to turn everything on in apache and php ( big no no for security).

a little more info and advice would be great!

Thanks,
Dan

P.S. I haven't done anything like this since about 2004 so please bare with me I'm a little out dated.

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I actually do not know all of the technicalities, but if you do a search on the forum for wamp you will find dr byte's informed answer on why to use xamp instead ;-)

Thanks,

Anne

Thank you for your assistance.

I was wondering if you knew where the file was that had the shopping cart so i could remove it.

Attachment 10862
I want to remove what is in the black box!

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I was wondering if you knew where the file was that had the shopping cart so i could remove it.

Attachment 10862
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This is in the includes/temlates/aberdeen_neutral/common/tpl_header.php file.

Thanks,

Anne

I would like to change the color scheme from the burgundy to a blue. There are so many hex numbers in the css file I am not sure what line to look for. what is the hex code # for the burgundy / red that I would need to change in the CSS file. Many Many Thanks :blush:

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I would like to change the color scheme from the burgundy to a blue. There are so many hex numbers in the css file I am not sure what line to look for. what is the hex code # for the burgundy / red that I would need to change in the CSS file. Many Many Thanks :blush:

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In this template, the bugandy is made mostly by background images so you will have to edit the images in your image editing software and instert them back into the template.

Thanks,

Anne

How do I put the product options above the add to cart button in the product info page?
My customers have to scroll down to see the product options.
I've tried manipulating the style sheet but that just messed other things up.
Obviously I'm not adjusting the proper lines of code.
I would also like to take out some of the rather large gaps of white space here and there throughout the template but that can be done at a later time.
I need a simple quick solution. Thank you.

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How do I put the product options above the add to cart button in the product info page?
My customers have to scroll down to see the product options.
I've tried manipulating the style sheet but that just messed other things up.
Obviously I'm not adjusting the proper lines of code.
I would also like to take out some of the rather large gaps of white space here and there throughout the template but that can be done at a later time.
I need a simple quick solution. Thank you.

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You need to edit the tpl_product_info_display.php file and may also need to adjust positioning in the stylesheet.css file.

Thanks,

Anne

I am trying to change the sponsors box to a different sponsor. It shows the Zen Cart book. Where can I find how to change that box

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I am trying to change the sponsors box to a different sponsor. It shows the Zen Cart book. Where can I find how to change that box

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This is a banner in the admin--tools--banner manager

Thanks,

Anne

Hi, I have installed your template and and I have found the answer to my question in post #372. So there you have it, no question from me, just Thank You for the free template it has made my Free Download Store look very neat and tidy.

Instructions were verbose and easy to follow for a novice like me and my update to 1.5.1 was probably worse than setting up the template. I have not noticed anything that needs attention and my visitors are happy with the new look.

:hug:

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Hi, I have installed your template and and I have found the answer to my question in post #372. So there you have it, no question from me, just Thank You for the free template it has made my Free Download Store look very neat and tidy.

Instructions were verbose and easy to follow for a novice like me and my update to 1.5.1 was probably worse than setting up the template. I have not noticed anything that needs attention and my visitors are happy with the new look.

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Great! I am happy that you found the answer to your question. Best wishes for your site!

Thanks,

Anne

I am just finding my way with my first zen cart installation (1.5.1) and think the Aberdeen template is absolutely brilliant! (I downloaded the latest version) Thank you Anne!

I ran into a little problem, my own fault really, I should have read the readme text file all the way through instead of step by step like I was doing.

(I made my slider images too large and for a while there got a bit confused......)

I began reading this thread to see what was going on (I know it was plain common sense that was needed in the end, I should have just read the code for the actual size of the slider first or even just a few lines further in the instructions LOL!) anyway I got up to about page 30 or so in this thread before thinking I should really read on a little more in the text file then I realize there is a minor typo in the text readme file (Probably left over from an update or something.):

A. Create your images for the slideshow. The demo slideshow image dimensions are 740 pixels by 430 pixels.


Hah! if only I bothered to read a few lines further LOL!

default width 700px height 250px

Anyway, rather than read the whole thread to the end just to see if this has been posted, I thought I would save a little time, post it here and offer A GREAT BIG THANK YOU!! to Anne, honestly, reading through this thread made me so angry time and time again.

A person gives up their time and puts in amazing effort to create something of such excellent quality, then gives it away for FREE and then offers support for FREE just to help people and honestly, some people are just plain lazy not to mention rude with their posts. I want, I want, but I just want.............. unbelievable, just PLEASE read the instructions like I didnt. :D

Anne I have to say your approach to zen cart support in order to support your business is absolutely first class, if anyone is wondering the best way to offer free products and help people (As well as generating interest in their services of course.) Then just look at how Anne has put the time and effort in here to set up, and on top of that, what a lovely lady, so polite and helpful in her posts no matter what the time wasting question may be!

Anne, in my opinion, you have nailed it! :thumbsup: Thank you. Thanks to the others involved with this great cart package! & Thanks again!

I will be donating when business begins to flow once more!



Take it easy,

Dave