How To Display SSL Certificate Image?

[sjmills93]

V1.3.8a

Before posting here I've searched for a solution and found nothing other than advice that you cannot put javascript into a template.

I want to put GoDaddy's certificate code into my website so that I can display the certificate image. GoDaddy's code is javascript:

<span id="siteseal">
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://seal.godaddy.com/getSeal?sealID=iBn5FQln0HURjXCVIJrPpYtmeHpKXlb70obSyqu7BF4U7JJRslDDcM1"></script>
</span>

I tried to place it in the header tpl but it didn't work. I've read other SSL issues where someone had an image and basic href and used HTML to get it into a template and then edited the CSS to dislay the image. But I don't see how that solution would help in my case.

I don't physically have an image. All I have is that javascript line.

What do I do? I don't really want to install another module just to get this to display (I already have four add-on modules installed).

One would think this was a simply solution. But for someone like me with no PHP knowledge, this isn't so simple.

I wish to display the certificate image in the header and footer areas.

Suggestions?

[schoolboy]

Rather use this sidebox

http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...roducts_id=219

(or modify the code to suit header / footer)

[sjmills93]

OK - posting back here to help other PHP no-knowledge folks like me.

I found some PHP help site and used the following code in the tpl_header.php file and it worked:

<?php
  echo "<span id='siteseal'>";
  echo "<script type='text/javascript' src='https://seal.godaddy.com/restOfURL'></script>";
  echo "<span id='siteseal'>";
?>

[sjmills93]

Rather use this sidebox

http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...roducts_id=219

(or modify the code to suit header / footer)

Thanks Schoolboy - but I didn't want to install yet another add-on module for conflict reasons.

[schoolboy]

This is not a module... it's a simple sidebox - like all the other sideboxes.

What conflicts are you expecting? If none of your current sideboxes conflict with anything, why should this one?

[sjmills93]

I have 5 sideboxes already displayed and anything more would make the sidebox look kind of long.

Also, I find that some of the add-ons are not clear in their descriptions of what they actually accomplish.

Plus, I recently had to back-out a module and still have not been able to completely remove the table it added to SQL. So feeling a fit cautious!

This is my first Zen Cart. (www.judysboutique.ca)

[sjmills93]

Schoolboy

What experience have you had with the Sitemap XML and should I install a module to setup user friendly URLs first?

Any recommendations for a newbie?

[schoolboy]

Keep WELL AWAY from these "SEO" modules... They are no longer necessary, nor are they recommended.

Matt Cutts (previous head of Google Search) wrote on his blog about 5 years ago that the major Search Engines now PREFER dynamic content sites to keep their URLs' as they are.

You have a Template Monster template - so you're already treading on precarious ground with add-ons.

Don't use these SEO things - and I would discourage it even more strongly with a TM template.

Zencart's standard URL's are easily recognised by all the important search engines, as the dynamic portion of the URL is relatively short. So just leave things as they are in the SEO dept.

Melanie Prough has an excellent Zencart SEO checklist on her site.

Andrew Berezin's SITEMAPS-XML is extremely valuable and strongly recommended. When used in conjunction with your SE webmaster dashboards it contributes greatly to more efficient collaboration with the SE's

... but SEO modules? I have NEVER used them, NEVER will use them - and my clients' sites all enjoy good SERPS.

[sjmills93]

Hi Schoolboy

Ok, good to know. I'll heed your advice! I can create my own XML sitemap for Google anyway.

I'll also follow up on the Melanie's Zen Cart SEO Checklist URL.

When you mention Template Monster is sounds like you're not so impressed with their product.

Is there a Zen Cart template producer you would recommend?

Since this was an entirely new experience for me, I didn't want to compound the project why deciphering the structure in order to create a custom design in addition to actually setting up and populating the store.

I have just discovered however, that TM does not optimize the graphics for web. So, I've just been through an exercise of web optimizing a ton of image files to try and reduce download time. This should have been unnecessary, but I managed to shave off almost a half MB of graphical data. As well, I optimized the CSS's and managed some savings there.

By the way - good news, the client has agreed to no music ("for now").

Thanks
Susan

[schoolboy]

Template Monster (and other commercial sellers of templates) aim their business at the innocent, ignorant novice, who wants a "good looking site" ahead of reliable and trustworthy functionality.

The developers of these templates will use any technique to force the browser to render a "s e x y" look - even if that means slashing away at important core functionality, removing important procedures and bypassing others.

The novice - unaware of what's happening "under the hood" - parts with cash, and then can't understand why their sites don't work properly - especially when they want to add more functionality, apply software patches and generally make their sites behave properly.

... so they spend many hours on this (and other) forums, tearfully begging for help. The problem is that unless someone knowledgeable has experience with the template that is causing the frustration, there is little that can be done pro bono. I certainly don't have several hours to give away for free, unpicking the intricacies of a TM coder's warped thinking.

So, people who buy these commercial templates have two choices...

1. They abandon the template and use one based on standard ZC structures.
2. They hire (at considerable expense) a skilled ZC expert to put things right.

Steer clear of these commercial templates. They are not worth the hassle. You can get a good-looking site just by making a few, simple tweaks to the classic template (after copying it as a custom template, of course!).

I have about 80 sites (built for clients) that ALL use derivations of the classic template, and/or a few bolt-ons from the free-add-ons section of this forum. All these sites are significantly different in their appearance.

Look HERE, HERE and HERE for 3 examples of sites that use EXACTLY the same template. The differences between them are the graphics, and a few changes to the css.