Problems with Sub-Category Pages

[guyhancock]

A quick update to (hopefully) help anyone else looking at this problem.

Having done a bit of quick maths I decided that the problem was, if I want to retain the padding, that the code was allocating too much space to the sub-cats. Therefore, I edited the files category_row.php and new_products.php and amended the calculation of the width from

$col_width = floor(100/$num_categories);

to
$col_width = floor(90/$num_categories);

This seems to have had the desired effect.

cheers
Guy

[beyre]

Sorry to hijack this thread, but I am having the same problem.

The weird thing was, was that my sub-category listings were 3 across since the beginning - the way I wanted it .... and then all of a sudden, they started stacking instead. And the only thing I was doing at the time of the mysterious change, was adjusting font colors in the CSS.

Everywhere you tell it to do 3 sub-category images/listings across is set (as has been since install) .... yet it continues to stack.

I've checked all paddings/margins ... in fact, I've even expanded the mainwrapper and centercolum ... so there is MORE room than there was originally.

I know in the first few categories that there are no sub-category images - accidentally deleted them ... but if you look down in footwear, etc you will see them clearly.

http://www.theironhorseman.com/motorcycle-store/

Thanks in advance for you light you can shed on this.

[guyhancock]

Beyre

Not sure I can help a lot, but two things:
1. replying may help keep this bumped up; and
2. I'm not sure about the width setting you have for each item in the columns. I had a quick browse around your site and in the page for chaps/shorts etc that text for the women's ones looks quite wide. So much that if you multiply that by three (or maybe even two) I don't think it would fit. Have you checked (sorry if this is obvious) the width settings for the images?

cheers
Guy

[beyre]

Heya and thanks for helping out!

Those sub-cats where you just see text ... they originally had the images and they were 3 across just fine. I accidentally deleted the images after they started stacking. The sub-cat images are 150px x 200px ... and are set as such in Admin.

Like I said ... everything was just fine from the beginning ... I changed some font color and viola - images started stacking!

[guyhancock]

I know the feeling, it's how I felt when my three wide started wrapping after two images.

Sorry I can't help more. Good luck.
Guy

[beyre]

Sorry to keep bumping this, but someone has got to have an answer.

The sub-category image stacking only happens in FireFox and Chrome ... it's just fine in IE.

This is the default 3 across layout ... I have not changed the layout.

The images are 150px wide = 450px in a 700px wide space - plenty of room for them ... as you can see in IE.

What is causing the stacking and how can I fix it ???

[tony_sar]

Sorry to keep bumping this, but someone has got to have an answer.

The sub-category image stacking only happens in FireFox and Chrome ... it's just fine in IE.

This is the default 3 across layout ... I have not changed the layout.

The images are 150px wide = 450px in a 700px wide space - plenty of room for them ... as you can see in IE.

What is causing the stacking and how can I fix it ???

what happens if you add following to the style ?? float:left;

.centerBoxContents, .specialsListBoxContents, .categoryListBoxContents, .additionalImages, .centerBoxContentsSpecials, .centerBoxContentsAlsoPurch, .centerBoxContentsFeatured, .centerBoxContentsNew {stylesheet.css (line 538)
margin:2em 0;
}

i can not tell the effect at this time, im having some problem with my display going in and out .

[beyre]

That did it!

Thank you! HUGS!

[tony_sar]

no problemo

[guyhancock]

A quick follow up question....

Having sorted that other stuff out, I know see that when I have multiple images for a product, it suffers from that wrapping. But (probably because I'm stoopid) I don't know which php file to edit. Can someone please tell me the name of the php file that displays the product info page with the additional images?

Thanks for your help.
Guy