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03 Nov 2008, 05:46

kevinmc3

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Editing Template file for Menu Colors

Where exactly in the CSS template file can I Edit Menu Colors and other important options like "My Shopping Cart", etc?

www.cvtreasures.com

P.S. My cart is ver 1.3.7, however my template is older table based files.

03 Nov 2008, 14:44

haredo

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Re: Editing Template file for Menu Colors

kevinmc3:
Where exactly in the CSS template file can I Edit Menu Colors and other important options like "My Shopping Cart", etc?

www.cvtreasures.com

P.S. My cart is ver 1.3.7, however my template is older table based files.

K,
includes/templates/classic/css/stylesheet.css

You need to step back and read the Tutorials/Faqs tab at the top of this page and read about the override system.
For future upgrades to your site you will half to work way too hard..
1. You are still using the classic template system.
2. Nice popup to log into the site...

03 Nov 2008, 17:36

kevinmc3

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Re: Editing Template file for Menu Colors

Thanks,
I have tried hiring a couple people (from this forum) to upgrade my template with the same or similar look, without much luck. The last guy never finished the job and the template he created looked different in various browsers and browser versions. Yikes! So, one of these days I hope to find someone who is really good at upgrading templates. Hopefully in the next few months.

I had one guy do an add on for me and I asked him if he was interested in doing the upgrade and his reply was "if it ain't broke don't fix it".

03 Nov 2008, 18:01

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Re: Editing Template file for Menu Colors

Haredo wasn't referring to upgrading your template. He was referring to upgrading your site. If you are using the /classic folders/files, all the changes will be overwritten by the next update/upgrade *in other words, LOST).

03 Nov 2008, 18:11

kevinmc3

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Re: Editing Template file for Menu Colors

What would be my options?

03 Nov 2008, 19:10

afo

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Re: Editing Template file for Menu Colors

Create a custom template. You should be able to it from your current template, if you can figure out what files were modified. Simply copy those files to a folder you create. Folders should be on the same level as the existing classic folder.

For example, copy includes/templates/classic/css/stylesheet.css to includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/css/stylesheet.css.

Anywhere you see a /classic/ folder, you can create a folder for your custom template. You can copy the necessary files from either the /classic/ folder, the /template_default/ folder or the parent folder.

Edit includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/template_info.php to give your template identifying information so you'll recognize it in the admin under tools->template selection.

03 Nov 2008, 20:03

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Re: Editing Template file for Menu Colors

First and easiest, copy all /classic/ folders and their files to new /your_template/ folders (whatever name you choose), edit /your_template/template_info.php to give new info, and select your template in Tools > Template Selection. Then reset the sideboxes in Tools > Layout Boxes Controller.
Now you will have a template that will be safe from upgrades.

After this you can consider actually upgrading your template if you want.

Oops, I guess my post sat for too long before I sent it... :)

03 Nov 2008, 20:08

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Re: Editing Template file for Menu Colors

gjh42:
First and easiest, copy all /classic/ folders and their files to new /your_template/ folders (whatever name you choose), edit /your_template/template_info.php to give new info, and select your template in Tools > Template Selection. Then reset the sideboxes in Tools > Layout Boxes Controller.
Now you will have a template that will be safe from upgrades.

After this you can consider actually upgrading your template if you want.

Oops, I guess my post sat for too long before I sent it... :)

More info is better than less. :D