Andover Modern Template Support Thread

Oopps sorry,
my mistake, there is missing step . . .
thanks for your answer, its very usefull
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Hi,

Please, help me to find where in CSS pages to change the color of the product detailed description body text?

At the moment it is light grey and is very difficult to read on some monitors...

Thanks

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Hi,

Please, help me to find where in CSS pages to change the color of the product detailed description body text?

At the moment it is light grey and is very difficult to read on some monitors...

Thanks

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

Thanks,

Anne

Hi, I'm new to zencart, I downloaded your template and it looks good. Everything looks fine in Firefox, but the styles, fonts and layout is so off in IE8.
Have you experience this problem before? Do you have a style sheet that work for IE?

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Hi, I'm new to zencart, I downloaded your template and it looks good. Everything looks fine in Firefox, but the styles, fonts and layout is so off in IE8.
Have you experience this problem before? Do you have a style sheet that work for IE?

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The template has been cross browser tested for ie8, ie7, ie6, safari, chrome, and firefox. All ils perfect if you use the template using all of the default settings. If you have made changes to the template then you will have to cross browser test again. Post a link to your site and I will take a look.

Thanks,

Anne

I reinstalled the template and it worked in IE8 now. Thanks for your great template.

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I reinstalled the template and it worked in IE8 now. Thanks for your great template.

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Yes, the template has been cross browser tested and is compatible in ie7, ie8, ie9, firefox, opera, chrome, safari.

Thanks,

Anne

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Originally Posted by picaflor-azul

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

Thanks,

Anne

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I do have the same problem, my website is www.caltechcomputer.com
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I do have the same problem, my website is www.caltechcomputer.com
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If you detail the problem, I would be happy to try and help you out.

Thanks,

Anne

Anyone know how I can get the links for the scrolling flash images to pen in a new browser window. I have tried various ways to implement the "target=_blank" but apparently not getting it in the right place or method for the php.

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Anyone know how I can get the links for the scrolling flash images to pen in a new browser window. I have tried various ways to implement the "target=_blank" but apparently not getting it in the right place or method for the php.

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In your define_main_page.php replace this:

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<div id="slider">
                        <ul>                           
                                <li><a href="<?php echo URL1 ?>"><img src="<?php  echo $template->get_template_dir('',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'images').'/'.IMAGE1 ?>"  alt="first slide image" /></a></li>
                                <li><a href="<?php echo URL2 ?>"><img src="<?php  echo $template->get_template_dir('',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'images').'/'.IMAGE2 ?>"  alt="second slide image" /></a></li>
                                <li><a href="<?php echo URL3 ?>"><img src="<?php  echo $template->get_template_dir('',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'images').'/'.IMAGE3 ?>"  alt="third slide image" /></a></li>
                                <li><a href="<?php echo URL4 ?>"><img src="<?php  echo $template->get_template_dir('',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'images').'/'.IMAGE4 ?>"  alt="fourth slide image" /></a></li>
                                <li><a href="<?php echo URL5 ?>"><img src="<?php  echo $template->get_template_dir('',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'images').'/'.IMAGE5 ?>"  alt="fifth slide image" /></a></li>                       
                        </ul>
                </div>

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with this:

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<div id="slider">
                        <ul>                           
                                <li><a href="<?php echo URL1 ?>" target="_blank"><img src="<?php  echo $template->get_template_dir('',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'images').'/'.IMAGE1 ?>"  alt="first slide image" /></a></li>
                                <li><a href="<?php echo URL2 ?>" target="_blank"><img src="<?php  echo $template->get_template_dir('',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'images').'/'.IMAGE2 ?>"  alt="second slide image" /></a></li>
                                <li><a href="<?php echo URL3 ?>" target="_blank"><img src="<?php  echo $template->get_template_dir('',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'images').'/'.IMAGE3 ?>"  alt="third slide image" /></a></li>
                                <li><a href="<?php echo URL4 ?>" target="_blank"><img src="<?php  echo $template->get_template_dir('',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'images').'/'.IMAGE4 ?>"  alt="fourth slide image" /></a></li>
                                <li><a href="<?php echo URL5 ?>" target="_blank"><img src="<?php  echo $template->get_template_dir('',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'images').'/'.IMAGE5 ?>"  alt="fifth slide image" /></a></li>                       
                        </ul>
                </div>

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Originally Posted by picaflor-azul

In your define_main_page.php replace this:

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<div id="slider">
                        <ul>                           
                                <li><a href="<?php echo URL1 ?>"><img src="<?php  echo $template->get_template_dir('',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'images').'/'.IMAGE1 ?>"  alt="first slide image" /></a></li>
                                <li><a href="<?php echo URL2 ?>"><img src="<?php  echo $template->get_template_dir('',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'images').'/'.IMAGE2 ?>"  alt="second slide image" /></a></li>
                                <li><a href="<?php echo URL3 ?>"><img src="<?php  echo $template->get_template_dir('',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'images').'/'.IMAGE3 ?>"  alt="third slide image" /></a></li>
                                <li><a href="<?php echo URL4 ?>"><img src="<?php  echo $template->get_template_dir('',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'images').'/'.IMAGE4 ?>"  alt="fourth slide image" /></a></li>
                                <li><a href="<?php echo URL5 ?>"><img src="<?php  echo $template->get_template_dir('',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'images').'/'.IMAGE5 ?>"  alt="fifth slide image" /></a></li>                       
                        </ul>
                </div>

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with this:

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<div id="slider">
                        <ul>                           
                                <li><a href="<?php echo URL1 ?>" target="_blank"><img src="<?php  echo $template->get_template_dir('',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'images').'/'.IMAGE1 ?>"  alt="first slide image" /></a></li>
                                <li><a href="<?php echo URL2 ?>" target="_blank"><img src="<?php  echo $template->get_template_dir('',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'images').'/'.IMAGE2 ?>"  alt="second slide image" /></a></li>
                                <li><a href="<?php echo URL3 ?>" target="_blank"><img src="<?php  echo $template->get_template_dir('',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'images').'/'.IMAGE3 ?>"  alt="third slide image" /></a></li>
                                <li><a href="<?php echo URL4 ?>" target="_blank"><img src="<?php  echo $template->get_template_dir('',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'images').'/'.IMAGE4 ?>"  alt="fourth slide image" /></a></li>
                                <li><a href="<?php echo URL5 ?>" target="_blank"><img src="<?php  echo $template->get_template_dir('',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'images').'/'.IMAGE5 ?>"  alt="fifth slide image" /></a></li>                       
                        </ul>
                </div>

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Perfect. Thanks for the answer.

No problem!

Thanks,

Anne

I am trying out this template, very nice, like it a lot... but I dont think is reading the meta_tags.php file, I had the site working properly with another template and this file has not changed...
any ideas...

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I am trying out this template, very nice, like it a lot... but I dont think is reading the meta_tags.php file, I had the site working properly with another template and this file has not changed...
any ideas...

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This is not a problem with the template. It sounds like you have not used the overrides properly and did not edit the correct meta tags file:

includes/languages/english/andover_modern/meta_tags.php



Thanks,

Anne

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Originally Posted by picaflor-azul

This is not a problem with the template. It sounds like you have not used the overrides properly and did not edit the correct meta tags file:

includes/languages/english/andover_modern/meta_tags.php



Thanks,

Anne

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right on! thanks.

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right on! thanks.

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No problem :smile:

Thanks,

Anne

I'm trying to change the color on the top-nav-bk.jpg image from maroon to a soft grey. I actually accomplished it...mostly...but I'm having problems with 5 things. (http://www.debrasglasscraft.com/shopping-cart if you'd like to take a quick look. I'm trying to get the design work done first, before I add items...so it's really bare right now.)

1) I lost the rounded edges and have no idea how to get them back. They really make the page elegant. :smile:

2) I want to change the font colors from white to black, or at least a dark grey that matches the background. Also I want to change the hover color to something other than yellow.

3) Somewhere in the midst of trying to do this, I lost the footer for the home page. It's there on all the other pages, but it's disappeared on the home page. (BTW, how can I change "Home" to "Index"?)

4) How can I get rid of the Home::Contact Us, etc., on the secondary pages?

5) I'd like to center the Copyright 2011...etc. line on the bottom bar that I managed to erase.

Sorry to hit so many things at once...but I figured if I did it this way, I'd get everything answered at once, and wouldn't need to keep pestering you. :wacko:

Thanks in advance for your help!

Please disregard the second part of question 3...I just figured out how to change Home to Index. :clap:

Now I just need to figure out how to make the rest of the changes............ :unsure:

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Please disregard the second part of question 3...I just figured out how to change Home to Index.

Now I just need to figure out how to make the rest of the changes............

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It looks like your site is not working properly. Check your cache folder for error logs.

Thanks,

Anne

Anne, the site is working just fine. I've been working on it all morning. Could it be that you looked at it just as I was testing something that didn't work? By trial and error, I've solved a couple of the problems I listed above, but there are still a few I need help with.

This is the last thing I need to figure out...

I changed the color on the top-nav-bk.jpg image from maroon to a soft grey, and renamed the image top-nav-bk-grey.jpg. I uploaded the image to includes/templates/andover-modern/images. It shows up on the header bar...but I lost the rounded edges, and have no idea how to get them back. The original image didn't have rounded edges...how did you make them appear in the template??

www.debrasglasscraft.com/shopping-cart/

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This is the last thing I need to figure out...

I changed the color on the top-nav-bk.jpg image from maroon to a soft grey, and renamed the image top-nav-bk-grey.jpg. I uploaded the image to includes/templates/andover-modern/images. It shows up on the header bar...but I lost the rounded edges, and have no idea how to get them back. The original image didn't have rounded edges...how did you make them appear in the template??

www.debrasglasscraft.com/shopping-cart/

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The image is rounded.

Thanks,

Anne

Which image? top-nav-bk.jpg is a squared-off rectangle. Did I change the wrong one?

No, the image is rounded. Look closer.

Thanks,

Anne

I did. It's very clearly squared off. No rounding whatsoever. Now the sidebox-header.jpg, that has rounded corners. But not the top-nav-bk.jpg. I'm baffled.

http://www.debrasglasscraft.com/shop...screenshot.jpg

Here is the image:

http://www.picaflor-azul.com/free-de...top-nav-bk.jpg

download it, enlarge it in your image editing program, look at the corners, and you will see that yes, the corners are rounded.

Thanks,
Anne

Okay, I think I see what happened. I had the percentage set too high when I changed the maroon to light gray, and it changed the entire thing by mistake.

Thanks for sending me an original so that I can fix it!! :clap:

Now it looks perfect! Whoo hoo!!

http://www.debrasglasscraft.com/shopping-cart/

Thanks for your patience!!

[FONT=&quot]I downloaded your Zencart template "Andover Modern". Thank you! It is great, I'm very happy with it. [/FONT][FONT=&quot]

You can see my website at http://www.syzygypens.com

[/FONT][FONT=&quot]I made a donation via PayPal. I hope the donation goes a small way towards the time you have put into creating the template. Thank you again :smile:[/FONT]

Thank you very much!

I am happy that you are using the template. Best wishes on your business!

Thanks,

Anne

Hi.
I am using this gorgeous template on version 1.3.9h. It was working correctly on the clean install but after I imported the database table from another install, I lost my nifty slider. I reinstalled the template with no luck but I'm pretty sure it was a configuration setting that killed the slider.

If anyone had any idea what happened, I'd love to hear it.

http://www.joyhollywood.com/store
(features :censored: text, no images though)

Thanks!
Amy

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Hi.
I am using this gorgeous template on version 1.3.9h. It was working correctly on the clean install but after I imported the database table from another install, I lost my nifty slider. I reinstalled the template with no luck but I'm pretty sure it was a configuration setting that killed the slider.

If anyone had any idea what happened, I'd love to hear it.

http://www.joyhollywood.com/store
(features text, no images though)

Thanks!
Amy

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There are no configuration settings in the admin for the slider. There is no way that importing your database broke it. It is a lot more likely that something else you did caused the problem. Did you edit the define_main_page.php with anything other than the "plain-text" editor?

Thanks,

Anne

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Originally Posted by picaflor-azul

There are no configuration settings in the admin for the slider. There is no way that importing your database broke it. It is a lot more likely that something else you did caused the problem. Did you edit the define_main_page.php with anything other than the "plain-text" editor?

Thanks,

Anne

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Thanks for the quick response! I only used the plain text editor. Here is my code from my define_main_page.php

<div id="indexDefaultMainContent" class="content"> <script type="text/javascript" src="includes/templates/alysa_rounded/jscript/jscript_easySlider.js"></script>

<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){

$("#slider").easySlider({
auto: true,
continuous: true,
numeric: true
});

});
</script>



<div id="slider">
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.picaflor-azul.com"><img src="includes/templates/andover_modern/images/slide1.jpg" alt="first slide image" /></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.picaflor-azul.com"><img src="includes/templates/andover_modern/images/slide2.jpg" alt="second slide image" /></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.picaflor-azul.com"><img src="includes/templates/andover_modern/images/slide3.jpg" alt="third slide image" /></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.picaflor-azul.com"><img src="includes/templates/andover_modern/images/slide4.jpg" alt="fourth slide image" /></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.picaflor-azul.com"><img src="includes/templates/andover_modern/images/slide5.jpg" alt="fifth slide image" /></a></li>
</ul>

</div>


</div>

Thanks again Anne,
Amy

Amy,

I would recommend restoring the define_main_page.php file from the template zip package.

Thanks,

Anne

Anne,

Just tried that, then loaded the whole "language" directory just to be sure, no luck there.

Thanks,
Amy

Post a link to your site and I will take a look.

Thanks,

Anne

Hi Anne,

Sorry for the Delay. I am in the process of moving and I've been off the grid for a couple of days.

Here is our site:
http://www.joyhollywood.com/store/

We have some NSFW text on the site but otherwise it's still in development.

Thanks Anne,
Amy

Your define_main_page.php code is not there. Upload the includes/languages/english/html_includes/andover_modern/define_main_page.php file from the original template zip package to your server. As it says in the install.txt file, when editing this page only use the "plain-text" option under editors.

Thanks,

Anne

Hi Anne,

I've done that a few times already (and again just now) and I've had no luck. I'm totally at a loss.

This is the thing. I had it up, it was loaded and working until I uploaded a database. Then it stopped. I completely confused.

Thanks for you help though. If you think of anything else, let me know.
Amy

Check the settings in your admin-- configuration to see if there is any thing preventing the define_main_page.php content from loading. But, this really should not be the case. There should not be any database info that would cause the define_main_page.php content to not be loaded.

Thanks,

Anne

Bingo! That's it, so simple but sometimes you need someone else to point it out to you.

Here's the fix:
Configuration>Define Page Status>Define Main Page>Edit "1"

It must have been a hold over from the last installation of the store.

I feel like an idiot but I appreciate the help more than you know. Thanks for your time Anne.:clap:
Amy

I have been using this theme and I love it. I now have a problem google chrome is now complaining on ssl pages of insecure items is there and easy fix for this?

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I have been using this theme and I love it. I now have a problem google chrome is now complaining on ssl pages of insecure items is there and easy fix for this?

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This is happening because images and/or links you have added do not have relative path names but absolute path names. All path names used in the template are relative and would not cause any error or ssl warning, so you should look at all images and links that you have added.

Thanks,

Anne

Thank You but its a bad cookie or certifcate in my browser a different computer works fine. I feel Like such an idiot I know better.

Thank You,
Shawn

I know this is a free template but I am trying to add a help page like the about us us page and have it show up after check on the nav up top. I tried to add everything just like the about us page but I am still missing something because it does not show up on nav or define pages editor. I would be very great for your help.

website is http://www.justrains.com

Disregard my previous post I fixed it mys self.

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Disregard my previous post I fixed it mys self.

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Whenever you fix something it is nice if you post your solution so that others can benefit from your experience.

Thanks,

Anne

I don't know if anyone had this issue, but my right column is shown in a teal background, and shifted to the right, I mean instead of being wrapped inside the 950px constraint is overflowing 100px or more.

The background color is an easy fix but I don't know why is this happening as I tried both in a live server(although the site is not live) and with a local server, and had the same problem, I thought it might had to do with sideboxes on the right so I turned them all off but it still showing that nasty overflow ... that looks terrible ...

Please note the local version is a fresh ZC 1.3.9h installation, completely empty and without changes, as I was testing your templates, and the live server one, is an updated copy of of my real store(with all products and categories), and the template was applied exactly as instructed ... so these are too different situations, and the configuration and dbs are completely different, yet the issue appears to be the same.

Thank you and great template!

This template is designed as a 2 column template. You should read the install.txt file and follow the configuration settings. If you want a 3 column layout you will have to copy the styles from the left to right column. In a future update I will be making the free templates 2 or 3 columns.

Thanks,

Anne

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Originally Posted by picaflor-azul

This template is designed as a 2 column template. You should read the install.txt file and follow the configuration settings. If you want a 3 column layout you will have to copy the styles from the left to right column. In a future update I will be making the free templates 2 or 3 columns.

Thanks,

Anne

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ok, but it's weird why the third column is shown by default, I just wanted to recreate the default looks ... I went through the install.txt, and checked everything but the Home page still shows the nasty 3rd column.

Now the problem is with Home only.

If you send a link to your site I will take a look.

Unless you have added something to one of your php pages to force the third column to show on the home page, if you have followed the configuration settings you would have in configuration -- layout settings --Column Right Status - Global set to 0.

Thanks,

Anne

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Originally Posted by picaflor-azul

If you send a link to your site I will take a look.

Unless you have added something to one of your php pages to force the third column to show on the home page, if you have followed the configuration settings you would have in configuration -- layout settings --Column Right Status - Global set to 0.

Thanks,

Anne

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That solved it. I copied all the settings but apparently missed that one ...

I am used to edit CSS myself as ZC uses Db parameters to modify some of these, it was confusing ... therefore, even though I went through all the parameters one by one as they were on your PNG, I probably missed that one ... Thanks for the swift response. I am going to modify your template to suit my needs, and add a few things.

Great! Good luck! Please feel free to post a link to your site when you are finished if you want a site review or constructive criticism.

Thanks,

Anne

Hello again Anne, everybody. I have another question, a css question this time.

I'm showing new products on the home page but depending on the length of the product name, the Price and Product Details button are all over the place. I would like them to all just align to the bottom of table in a nice orderly row. What would I look for in the css to achieve that?

This is an adult novelties site and has nsfw content:
http://www.joyhollywood.com/store/

Thanks,
Amy

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Hello again Anne, everybody. I have another question, a css question this time.

I'm showing new products on the home page but depending on the length of the product name, the Price and Product Details button are all over the place. I would like them to all just align to the bottom of table in a nice orderly row. What would I look for in the css to achieve that?

This is an adult novelties site and has nsfw content:
http://www.joyhollywood.com/store/

Thanks,
Amy

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The class controlling the title is .product_title


Thanks,

Anne

Thanks Anne. I'll try that. What class is controlling the product details button?
Amy

.product_detail

Thanks,

Anne

Hi Anne,

Awesome template.. Is there a way to control the slider speed?
I would like to slow it down.

Thanks
Peter

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Hi Anne,

Awesome template.. Is there a way to control the slider speed?
I would like to slow it down.

Thanks
Peter

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Look in the javascript file for the default configuration property for speed.

Thanks,

Anne

Thanks.. still a newbie...so what file would that be?
or best way to edit it?

Peter

It is includes/templates/aberdeen_neutral/jscript/jscript_easySlider.js. Always edit in a plain text editor.

Thanks,

Anne

got it.. thanks... just bump up to 3000 and 4000 and it slowed it down just enough.

So can you add slides?

Turn off the "numbers" being shown on site.. just to have the slides move across?

Thanks again, great template!
Peter

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got it.. thanks... just bump up to 3000 and 4000 and it slowed it down just enough.

So can you add slides?

Turn off the "numbers" being shown on site.. just to have the slides move across?

Thanks again, great template!
Peter

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Instructions are in the install.txt

Thanks,

Anne

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Originally Posted by picaflor-azul

Instructions are in the install.txt

Thanks,

Anne

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Hi Anne,

May I know whether is it possible to change the center background into other color instead of white?
Thank you. jean

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Hi Anne,

May I know whether is it possible to change the center background into other color instead of white?
Thank you. jean

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I wish to have a image background instead of color background.. I h found following thread, but still dun have any ideas to change the background.

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showth...ckground+color

Waiting your soonest advice.

Thank you.:blink::lookaroun

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I wish to have a image background instead of color background.. I h found following thread, but still dun have any ideas to change the background.

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showth...ckground+color

Waiting your soonest advice.

Thank you.

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You can change the background to whatever you like using the stylesheet.css file.

Thanks,

Anne

Hi!
I tried to look from the forums, but didn't found the answer.
I just installed the latest version of androver modern template and going to make it multi language. But I can't found a way to make those search buttons multi language. All buttons appears only in english as the link points to english directory:
src="includes/templates/andover_modern/buttons/english/button_search.gif"
How can I modify those template files (tpl_search and tpl_search_header) to display buttons as current language?
I have latest version of Zen cart.

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Hi!
I tried to look from the forums, but didn't found the answer.
I just installed the latest version of androver modern template and going to make it multi language. But I can't found a way to make those search buttons multi language. All buttons appears only in english as the link points to english directory:
src="includes/templates/andover_modern/buttons/english/button_search.gif"
How can I modify those template files (tpl_search and tpl_search_header) to display buttons as current language?
I have latest version of Zen cart.

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Please search in the zen cart wiki for instructions on adding multiple languages to your zen cart.

Thanks,

Anne

Hi there!
I am so glad that I found your awesome Zen Cart Template. :clap:
I seem to be having some trouble positioning my logo and removing the brown background behind it.

Can you please tell me what I have done incorrectly?

www.naturallyspeakingfoods.com

Thanks

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You can change the background to whatever you like using the stylesheet.css file.

Thanks,

Anne

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Hi Anne, thank you for reply, managed to change the background... ::hug: .. BTW, Im not sure why my website didnt show the sideboxes, can your advice? here is my website http://fidelioflorals.com/
Thank you. :blink:

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Hi Anne, thank you for reply, managed to change the background... : .. BTW, Im not sure why my website didnt show the sideboxes, can your advice? here is my website http://fidelioflorals.com/
Thank you.

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If you follow the installation steps in the install.txt file your problem will be solved.

Thanks,

Anne

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Hi there!
I am so glad that I found your awesome Zen Cart Template.
I seem to be having some trouble positioning my logo and removing the brown background behind it.

Can you please tell me what I have done incorrectly?

www.naturallyspeakingfoods.com

Thanks

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In the stylesheet.css file on line 46 remove the padding for the #logo selector.

Thanks,

Anne

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If you follow the installation steps in the install.txt file your problem will be solved.

Thanks,

Anne

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Hi Anne, Thank you... I feel so silly, i just need to press "Reset" in Layout Boxes Controller... hahahaha :D:hug:

It's a miracle! Thanks so much.

Love this template!:hug:
I am not great at coding but am willing to try anything that doesn't go over my head. I wish to add a text area between the image slide and my Featured products. Can you please explain how I would do this. Thanks.
My site is: http://www.oddsnsods.com.au/
Thanks!!!!

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Love this template!
I am not great at coding but am willing to try anything that doesn't go over my head. I wish to add a text area between the image slide and my Featured products. Can you please explain how I would do this. Thanks.
My site is: http://www.oddsnsods.com.au/
Thanks!!!!

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Go to admin--tools--define pages editor--define_main_page.php be sure that you set "plain-text" for the text editor drop down. After the last </div> tag add this:

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<div id="homePageText">
Add  your home page text here
</div>

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Then go to the stylesheet and style the text using the #homePageText.

Thanks,

Anne

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Originally Posted by picaflor-azul

Go to admin--tools--define pages editor--define_main_page.php be sure that you set "plain-text" for the text editor drop down. After the last </div> tag add this:

Code:

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<div id="homePageText">
Add  your home page text here
</div>

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Then go to the stylesheet and style the text using the #homePageText.

Thanks,

Anne

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:shocking:
My slide show disappeared. What did I do wrong?

Woohoo! Thanks , that worked.
Ok, problem solving number 2. I have read through the forum and the install notes and I cannot figure out how to change the grey area behind the logo. I have changed the page background (bk.jpg and background colour), uploaded and changed new logo(logo.jpg), but wish to change the grey (stated as #3e4146 in install notes) to a colour matching my logo image.
Can you please point me in the right direction.
Thanks!!!

Never mind - fixed it! If anyone else has this problem, the stylesheet has the colour listed at #3e4147 (instead of #3e4146 as stated on the install page)

I guess it would help if I provided more detail...

My slide show disappeared from my home page.

I went to admin--tools--define pages editor--define_main_page.php set "plain-text" for the text editor drop down. However, instead of inserting:
<div id="homePageText">
Add your home page text here
</div>

after the last </div> tag I added it in front of the first div tag. I did end up with text above the slide as I wanted it but still wanted there to be a space between text and slide. This is where I think I went wrong: I went to add a space and change the text size through HTML Text instead of Plain Text.
I tried copying and pasting the area that I messed up from the original andover_modern main page php file but still no images. Please help.

http://www.naturallyspeakingfoods.com

Thanks

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This is where I think I went wrong: I went to add a space and change the text size through HTML Text instead of Plain Text.

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Yes, this is where you went wrong. This page contains php code and can not be edited with a wysiwyg editor. You can only edit with the plain text editor. Restore the main page by uploading the includes/languages/english/html_includes/andover_modern/define_main_page.php file from the template package to your server.

Add space between the text and slideshow by stylilng the div in your stylesheet.css file.

Thanks,

Anne

Thanks Anne! It worked of course. You get an "A" for awesome.

Thanks :smile:

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Originally Posted by picaflor-azul

Go to admin--tools--define pages editor--define_main_page.php be sure that you set "plain-text" for the text editor drop down. After the last </div> tag add this:

Code:

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<div id="homePageText">
Add  your home page text here
</div>

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Then go to the stylesheet and style the text using the #homePageText.

Thanks,

Anne

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Didn't realise at the time but the "Monthly Specials" and the "Featured Products" text is big compared to other pages. Would inserting this code have changed hat???? I cannot figure out how I did it, nor how to correct it.
Thanks in advance.

Also, is there a way to change the subcategory text colour in the navigation menu/column on the left of all pages. I just want to distinguish the category pages from the subcategories.
Cheers
Raquel

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Didn't realise at the time but the "Monthly Specials" and the "Featured Products" text is big compared to other pages. Would inserting this code have changed hat???? I cannot figure out how I did it, nor how to correct it.
Thanks in advance.

Also, is there a way to change the subcategory text colour in the navigation menu/column on the left of all pages. I just want to distinguish the category pages from the subcategories.
Cheers
Raquel

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

Thanks,

Anne

www.oddsnsods.com.au

I seem to be having some trouble changing the color of one of my boxes/table header? I'd like to change it from the gray color to a black.
I also would like to delete the hyphen that's next to "Item Name"

Image: Attachment 9508

My Site: http://www.naturallyspeakingfoods.co...=index&cPath=3

Thanks

Hi Anne,

Firstly may i thank you for sharing your great zen-cart template.

I have installed the script OK and everything seems to be working OK.

however, allthough everything onsite is working correctly, when i try to validate my site for valid XHTML i'm getting many errors in my markup.

The errors seems to be mostly related to javascript errors in the markup which the validator does'nt like.

If i post my site would you be kind enough to have a quick look to see if you can tell me whats happening please?

my site is http://vintagesilver.co.uk/

and the XHTML validator results: http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=ht...alidator%2F1.2

many thanks.

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I seem to be having some trouble changing the color of one of my boxes/table header? I'd like to change it from the gray color to a black.
I also would like to delete the hyphen that's next to "Item Name"

Image: Attachment 9508

My Site: http://www.naturallyspeakingfoods.co...=index&cPath=3

Thanks

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Have you tried adding this to your stylesheet:

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.productListing-rowheading {background-color:#000;}

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Use the developers toolkit in your zen cart admin to search for text that you want to change.

Thanks,

Anne

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Hi Anne,

Firstly may i thank you for sharing your great zen-cart template.

I have installed the script OK and everything seems to be working OK.

however, allthough everything onsite is working correctly, when i try to validate my site for valid XHTML i'm getting many errors in my markup.

The errors seems to be mostly related to javascript errors in the markup which the validator does'nt like.

If i post my site would you be kind enough to have a quick look to see if you can tell me whats happening please?

my site is http://vintagesilver.co.uk/

and the XHTML validator results: http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=ht...alidator%2F1.2

many thanks.

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The template has been validated with no errors for w3c xhtml and css. You have made a change that is causing the errors. Go to your jscript_easySlider.php file and wrap the javacript in comments.

Thanks,

Anne

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Didn't realise at the time but the "Monthly Specials" and the "Featured Products" text is big compared to other pages. Would inserting this code have changed hat???? I cannot figure out how I did it, nor how to correct it.
Thanks in advance.

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When you added the home page text you neglected to close font tags or font size tags.

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Also, is there a way to change the subcategory text colour in the navigation menu/column on the left of all pages. I just want to distinguish the category pages from the subcategories.
Cheers
Raquel

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Add this to your stylesheet_betterCategoriesEzInfo.css

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a.category-products{color:#your new font color number;}

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Thanks,

Anne

Hi Anne,

Having a hard time installing ez pages.

I turned it on in the layout controller.
I created a ez page.

The sidebar box does not show at all (EZ page)

Also, can you use CKEditor to create EZpages? or does it have to be plain text. Hoping to use CKEditor or something similar to create pages. I guess Im having a hard time using just plain txt and making it look good.

Thanks!!
Peter

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Hi Anne,

Having a hard time installing ez pages.

I turned it on in the layout controller.
I created a ez page.

The sidebar box does not show at all (EZ page)

Also, can you use CKEditor to create EZpages? or does it have to be plain text. Hoping to use CKEditor or something similar to create pages. I guess Im having a hard time using just plain txt and making it look good.

Thanks!!
Peter

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This is not a problem with the template. Did you specify a sort order for the page you made? And did you make sure to check footer "yes"?

I believe that if you install the editor you can use it to create ez pages.

Thanks,

Anne

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Originally Posted by picaflor-azul

The template has been validated with no errors for w3c xhtml and css. You have made a change that is causing the errors. Go to your jscript_easySlider.php file and wrap the javacript in comments.

Thanks,

Anne

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Hiya Anne, Many thanks for your quick reply.

I have wrapped the jscript_easySlider.php in

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<script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ **JS CODE** //]]> </script>

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and that seemed to have done the trick, and now my site is passing the XHTML markup validation.

Thanks.

My site seems to be loading the JS for the scroller twice into the page source for some reason..? everythings working fine, im just wondering if i should be deleting a file somewhere thats not needed?

Also, could you please tell me how i can change the 'Categories' caption tag to something else. i have searched all the definition files but cant find that one.

Many thanks.

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Hiya Anne, Many thanks for your quick reply.

I have wrapped the jscript_easySlider.php in
Code:

<script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ **JS CODE** //]]> </script>

and that seemed to have done the trick, and now my site is passing the XHTML markup validation.

Thanks.

My site seems to be loading the JS for the scroller twice into the page source for some reason..? everythings working fine, im just wondering if i should be deleting a file somewhere thats not needed?

Also, could you please tell me how i can change the 'Categories' caption tag to something else. i have searched all the definition files but cant find that one.

Many thanks.

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If you have followed the directions here:

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpo...&postcount=248

then it seems like you have forgotten this step:

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Now go back and delete the original jscript_easySlider.js from includes/templates/yourtemplate/jscript

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I am not sure what you mean by "categories caption tag"? but you can use the developers toolkit in the admin to search for any text that you want to change.

Thanks,

Anne

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Originally Posted by picaflor-azul

Have you tried adding this to your stylesheet:

Code:

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.productListing-rowheading {background-color:#000;}

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Use the developers toolkit in your zen cart admin to search for text that you want to change.

Thanks,

Anne

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Hi Anne

Yes, that worked. Whew!

Now what would I have to do to change all of the gray text to black?
I've tried going through the style sheet and looking for grays but all of them seem to be for the borders. I'm fine with gray borders, I'd just like to change the text color.

I would also like to add more spacing on the products list page so the image won't be so cramped. I believe that has something to do with padding but I have no clue where to change that.

At this point I am going to refer you to the w3c schools css tutorials.

http://www.w3schools.com/css/

I don't mind helping out if someone gets stuck, but I do believe that if you are going to try and customize a zen cart template yourself, you should do some leg work so that you can do these basic changes.

Thanks,

Anne

I just submitted an update, hopefully it will be available for download soon!

Version 1.2 fixed slider javascript bug, added html readme file, added 3 column layout, replaced install.txt file with correct readme.txt file, resized slider images, centered slider, set twitter and facebook links to open in a new tab, fixed twitter and facebook links css bug, added home page image and text layout, added custom button to search sidebox, fixed attributes layout in ie6 and ie7, fixed many minor css bugs.

http://www.picaflor-azul.com/pica/im...ndover_325.jpg

Thanks,

Anne

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Originally Posted by picaflor-azul

If you have followed the directions here:

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpo...&postcount=248

then it seems like you have forgotten this step:



I am not sure what you mean by "categories caption tag"? but you can use the developers toolkit in the admin to search for any text that you want to change.

Thanks,

Anne

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Hi Anne,

I had deleted the jscript_easySlider.js, but i somehow managed to replace it with another copy of the jscript_easySlider.php, silly me. I deleted that from includes/templates/yourtemplate/jscript and all is good, many thanks!

The Categories caption (the one above the left nav links box) that i wanted to change was found by searching in the admin developers toolkit section, as you suggested, it was in the /includes/languages/andover_modern/english.php folder

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define('BOX_HEADING_CATEGORIES', 'Categories');

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i changed it to

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define('BOX_HEADING_CATEGORIES', 'Vintage Silver');

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Many thanks again Anne for sharing this great template.