Apparel Boutique Template Support Thread

how to install a template

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Originally Posted by tsan_kafuin

Hi Anne,

I've gone through two of these forum threads that deal with this template and I didn't see any mention of the odd problem I'm having.

I have a two shops and they both do the same thing, one is a 'test' one and the other I intend to use as the 'live' shop.

The problem I'm having is when an item is added to the cart AND/OR when the link next to 'checkout' is clicked, the one that lists the number of items are in the cart and the cost, it's as if this one page isn't pulling the correct css styles. It's especially noticeable for the link styles and everything shrinks a bit. Mostly text. The page formatting is still there and the page is totally usable, it just doesn't quite match the other pages. Any ideas? The only css I changed was font sizes on the version that will go 'live', the version that I consider 'test' I didn't mess with the css at all. I'm at a loss.

This the link to the 'live' site: http://www.kathrynkoozer.com/shop/

This is the link to the 'test' site (for comparison): http://shop.kathrynkoozer.com/

Thanks for your help!

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Do you have ssl enabled?

Thanks,

Anne

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Originally Posted by cinnamon457

how to install a template

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Follow the complete installation instructions in the readme.html file included in the template package.

Thanks,

Anne

I have SSL for the 'live' site only.

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Originally Posted by tsan_kafuin

I have SSL for the 'live' site only.

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If it is not working on your live site it could be a problem with the ssl configuration.

Thanks,

Anne

I don't know much about SSL and how that would affect things.

The 'test' site doesn't have ssl and does the same thing as the 'live' site that does have ssl. I went and disabled the enable ssl in the config files and it didn't change anything (I re-enabled it after I tested that). I also made another subdomain, no ssl, and did a fresh install and the template works fine.

The first 'test' and 'live' sites all work perfectly except for that one page. The actual 'checkout' page in the top navigation, HOME | LOG IN | 0 ITEM(S) - $0.00 | CHECKOUT, doesn't change and neither does the 'login in' page. As far as I can tell it's just that single shopping cart page. All other pages work fine. I have no idea what I must have done to both the 'test' and 'live' site to mess up that one page.

I wonder if I get the original default files, for that shopping cart page only, and copy them over to my server if that might reset something? I'm not really sure which files I would need to do that with since there are files all over the place and I easily get lost in all of the folders.

It really just seems to be the styles for the links that aren't working correctly. I don't understand why everything else works and just those lose their styles? The rollover style that gives the links, at least in the menu, still give that orange background, but the visited links are all that default ugly blue color. I kind of understand why the page seems to get smaller on the 'live' site and not the 'test' site, it's because I made everything larger on the 'live' site and for some reason that page reverts to unedited css or something. It's bizarre.

Thanks for your help. I know answering 40+ pages of questions must be tiring at times.

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Originally Posted by tsan_kafuin

I don't know much about SSL and how that would affect things.

The 'test' site doesn't have ssl and does the same thing as the 'live' site that does have ssl. I went and disabled the enable ssl in the config files and it didn't change anything (I re-enabled it after I tested that). I also made another subdomain, no ssl, and did a fresh install and the template works fine.

The first 'test' and 'live' sites all work perfectly except for that one page. The actual 'checkout' page in the top navigation, HOME | LOG IN | 0 ITEM(S) - $0.00 | CHECKOUT, doesn't change and neither does the 'login in' page. As far as I can tell it's just that single shopping cart page. All other pages work fine. I have no idea what I must have done to both the 'test' and 'live' site to mess up that one page.

I wonder if I get the original default files, for that shopping cart page only, and copy them over to my server if that might reset something? I'm not really sure which files I would need to do that with since there are files all over the place and I easily get lost in all of the folders.

It really just seems to be the styles for the links that aren't working correctly. I don't understand why everything else works and just those lose their styles? The rollover style that gives the links, at least in the menu, still give that orange background, but the visited links are all that default ugly blue color. I kind of understand why the page seems to get smaller on the 'live' site and not the 'test' site, it's because I made everything larger on the 'live' site and for some reason that page reverts to unedited css or something. It's bizarre.

Thanks for your help. I know answering 40+ pages of questions must be tiring at times.

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Since the problem is not present in the template demo, it must be related to a change that you made. If it were me, I would back track through my changes until I found where the problem started.

I just noticed that it is the amazon stylesheet causing the problem on the shopping cart page. You can see it using firefox. I would check that modules support thread to see if there is a way to override this stylesheet.



Thanks,

Anne

Thank you for narrowing down the problem! You have no idea how much I appreciate that. I disabled the module and everything went back to normal then enabled and it went all funky again. Now I just need to investigate a little more into those specific files and get that fixed up.

Thank you!

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Originally Posted by tsan_kafuin

Thank you for narrowing down the problem! You have no idea how much I appreciate that. I disabled the module and everything went back to normal then enabled and it went all funky again. Now I just need to investigate a little more into those specific files and get that fixed up.

Thank you!

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You might ask over on the amazon support thread. I would imagine that others have the similar problem ;)

Thanks,

Anne

I looked around and found an article on adding a link to the header by changing the code in the tplheader.php file :

CAPITALIZED words refer to a folder or language that you choose. We use CUSTOM for your template and ENGLISH for your language by default. These generic terms should be changed to the name of the template/language you are using.

There are two options for adding additional links to the header and footer of your site.

OPTION 1:

Additional links requires editing two files; tpl_header.php and tpl_footer.php.
You can add internal page links as well external links. We'll use tpl_header.php in this article, but the same procedures would apply to tpl_footer.php.

Adding an internal page link (let's use the Contact Us page in this example.)

In your text editor open includes -> templates -> template_default -> common -> tpl_header.php

find the following code:
<!--bof-navigation display-->
<div id="navMainWrapper">
<div id="navMain">
<ul class="back">
<li><?php echo '<?php echo '<a href="' . HTTP_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . '">'; ?><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_CATALOG; ?></a></li>

Add the following code just below the last line in the above code.

<?php if (DEFINE_CONTACT_US_STATUS <= 1) { ?>
<li><?php echo '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_CONTACT_US, '', 'SSL') . '">' . BOX_INFORMATION_CONTACT . '</a>'; ?></li>
<?php } ?>

You would add an external link as outlined above.
<li><a href="http://your_external_link.com">Your Link Text</a></li>

Save the edited file to includes -> templates -> CUSTOM -> common -> tpl_header.php and upload to your server.

OPTION 2:

Make sure the EZ-Pages header or footer are activated - admin -> configuration -> EZ-Pages Settings and turn them on.

Using EZ-Pages - Go to admin -> tools -> EZ-Pages and click the New File Button.

Fill in the Page Title Box (in our example add Contact Us)

Select Where you want the link to appear:
Header -> select Yes and add a Sort Order
Footer -> select Yes and add a Sort Order

Scroll down to the Internal Link URL box
Add your link as follows - index.php?main_page=contact_us (You would follow this procedure for whatever page you are adding)

Click the Insert Button and your finished.


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I am very confused. If I add the code using those specifications to the header php file, do I need to change anything about whats in the lines of code? Where do I put the actual html link: <li><a href="http://your_external_link.com">Your Link Text</a></li> ? I Mean in which file do I put the html link? All I want is a link to my all products listing on my header instead of just in the footer.

-Marie

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Originally Posted by picaflor-azul

You might ask over on the amazon support thread. I would imagine that others have the similar problem ;)

Thanks,

Anne

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I went ahead and looked over the Amazon Payments support forum thread and found that their css page does infact cause a lot of problems with css. There seems to be no real consensus on how to deal with it but I did follow one suggestion to modify the template that you currently use to override the amazon css. That didn't work for me. I figure I would post my solution just in case there are other people who use this template and the amazon payment module.

What I did was download the amazon css file from their website because it isn't a file that comes with the module download. This can be found at https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon..../one-click.css. If you go and look at this you will immediately see the problems.

So I downloaded this file and placed it in my server: checkout_by_amazon folder (this folder is in the base directory of your shop). This makes it a local file and you can edit it however you like. I removed all of the heading styles and the visited link style. To make the module use this file instead of the one on the amazon server you need to modify line 65 in the file: checkout_by_amazon/checkout_by_amazon_constants.php. This is the line of code to be changed:

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define("CBA_STYLE_SHEET", '"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/cba/styles/one-click.css"');

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Everything between the quote marks with the web address need to be changed to

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your shop's website/checkout_by_amazon/one-click.css

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This is what I did and it works perfectly. I hope this will help those who may encounter the same problem in the future.

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Originally Posted by tsan_kafuin

I went ahead and looked over the Amazon Payments support forum thread and found that their css page does infact cause a lot of problems with css. There seems to be no real consensus on how to deal with it but I did follow one suggestion to modify the template that you currently use to override the amazon css. That didn't work for me. I figure I would post my solution just in case there are other people who use this template and the amazon payment module.

What I did was download the amazon css file from their website because it isn't a file that comes with the module download. This can be found at https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon..../one-click.css. If you go and look at this you will immediately see the problems.

So I downloaded this file and placed it in my server: checkout_by_amazon folder (this folder is in the base directory of your shop). This makes it a local file and you can edit it however you like. I removed all of the heading styles and the visited link style. To make the module use this file instead of the one on the amazon server you need to modify line 65 in the file: checkout_by_amazon/checkout_by_amazon_constants.php. This is the line of code to be changed:

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define("CBA_STYLE_SHEET", '"https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/cba/styles/one-click.css"');

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Everything between the quote marks with the web address need to be changed to

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your shop's website/checkout_by_amazon/one-click.css

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This is what I did and it works perfectly. I hope this will help those who may encounter the same problem in the future.

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Thank you so much for posting your solution so that other community members can find the answer when they need it :)

Thanks,

Anne

Scratch this message, I found it was fine to just sort my products into categories and links to those appear on the home page.

Greetings. I am trying to figure out how to change the appearance of the category links which appear on the main page. I tried to consult the style sheet but I dont see parameters for font size pertaining to the category links. If you look at my page they are very small and hard to read. www.labohemianatural.com

help is much appreciated

Marie

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Originally Posted by labohemianatural

Scratch this message, I found it was fine to just sort my products into categories and links to those appear on the home page.

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I am happy that you figured it out ;)

Thanks,

Anne

LOVE LOVE the template, I had no issues with the install and instruction as well as redesign,
everything works perfectly. thank you so much

I have one question though, is it possible to slow down the slider? what file do i need to edit for this?
thank you in advance

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Originally Posted by sweetmade

LOVE LOVE the template, I had no issues with the install and instruction as well as redesign,
everything works perfectly. thank you so much

I have one question though, is it possible to slow down the slider? what file do i need to edit for this?
thank you in advance

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Are you using the responsive version of this template?

Thanks,

Anne

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Originally Posted by picaflor-azul

Are you using the responsive version of this template?

Thanks,

Anne

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I downloaded it from your website
i am not sure but here is where it is located

http://adb-designs.com/shop/

Hi Picaflor, the template is working very smoothly after testing it the last several months. I am ready to expand product offerings and have so set them into different categories. Links to these display on the homepage but are kind of plain. I would like to know how I can better customize only these specifically. I would be willing to pay for time as well if you can help.

Marie

www.labohemianatural.com

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Originally Posted by labohemianatural

Hi Picaflor, the template is working very smoothly after testing it the last several months. I am ready to expand product offerings and have so set them into different categories. Links to these display on the homepage but are kind of plain. I would like to know how I can better customize only these specifically. I would be willing to pay for time as well if you can help.

Marie

www.labohemianatural.com

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I emailed you ;)

Thanks,

Anne

I have been trying to install this template for three days without any success as yet, I either get only part of the template showing or the template doesnt even show up in the template selection in zencart, dont know what to do as I have folllowed the installation steps rigidly and am now ready to pay someone to install it for me if anyone is willing :smile:

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Originally Posted by chrissyann

I have been trying to install this template for three days without any success as yet, I either get only part of the template showing or the template doesnt even show up in the template selection in zencart, dont know what to do as I have folllowed the installation steps rigidly and am now ready to pay someone to install it for me if anyone is willing :smile:

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I have contacted you about this.

Thanks,

Anne

THank you, just writing email now for you :-)

I hope someone could help me. I've installed this great template, but the ez-pages are not showing up in the footer or sidebar. In the sidebar there are small arrows and you can see the links when moving your mouse over the space.
In the admin i already followed the installation step 11, without result.
Side is vissible at www.fretten.nl

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Originally Posted by kali

I hope someone could help me. I've installed this great template, but the ez-pages are not showing up in the footer or sidebar. In the sidebar there are small arrows and you can see the links when moving your mouse over the space.
In the admin i already followed the installation step 11, without result.
Side is vissible at www.fretten.nl

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This is not a problem inherent in the template package. I would check your logs folder for errors and back track through your changes to see if you can find the point at which you broke the links.

Thanks,

Anne

where can i remove the -> from showing up after a category name?

thank you for another nice template

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Originally Posted by sweetmade

where can i remove the -> from showing up after a category name?

thank you for another nice template

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Look in your zen cart admin--configuration--layout settings.

Thanks,

Anne

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Originally Posted by picaflor-azul

Look in your zen cart admin--configuration--layout settings.

Thanks,

Anne

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thank you

Hi, I'm having an issue with some blank space below the home page slider on mobile view. It seems fine on a desktop view. I did shrink the slider size in the tpl_home_slider.php from 590w x 332h to 590w x 150h. I didn't think it would hurt anything. Could you tell me why I'm getting this space.
Thanks.
www.house6naturals.com

Never mind. I figured it out.

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Originally Posted by house6

Never mind. I figured it out.

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I am happy that you figured it out ;)

Thanks,

Anne

hello picaflor-azul,
I'd like to ask a question about responsive apparel boutique,
I used zen cart 1.54 with responsive apparel boutique.I want to install Fast and Easy Check out,I have the question,
after install Fast and Easy Check out,does it need to change responsive apparel boutique for Fast and Easy Check out?
if need ,how to change,could you give help?
thank you very much!