Sidebar Customization

**coxdabd** · 1 Nov 2010, 05:44 PM

Hi, is there a way for me to customize the sidebar? I don't want to use sideboxes as they don't seem to be behaving how I want. So is this at all possible just to write custom CSS/HTML for the left sidebar?

**stevesh** · 1 Nov 2010, 06:09 PM

Might be easier to let us know how and why the sideboxes aren't behaving, to see if we can fix that.

**gjh42** · 1 Nov 2010, 06:51 PM

Seeing the site live would probably be important for diagnosis.

**coxdabd** · 2 Nov 2010, 12:26 PM

Originally Posted by gjh42

Seeing the site live would probably be important for diagnosis.

Hi, I seem to be having an awful problem trying to take the site live, I'm guessing it's something to do with one of the configure.php files. Anyhow, that's a separate issue.

I've made the header and footer look EXACTLY how I want it to look but I seem to be having a hell of an issue trying to customise the left column? Which file can I edit to customize exactly how I want?

**stevesh** · 2 Nov 2010, 12:53 PM

Sorry, but if we can't see the site, we'd need a lot more information about what you want to do and why it isn't working to even know where to start.

There isn't a single file in a dynamic PHP program like Zencart that controls the side columns.

My new recommendation would be to get your configure file problems fixed first.

**coxdabd** · 3 Nov 2010, 05:17 PM

Originally Posted by stevesh

Sorry, but if we can't see the site, we'd need a lot more information about what you want to do and why it isn't working to even know where to start.

There isn't a single file in a dynamic PHP program like Zencart that controls the side columns.

My new recommendation would be to get your configure file problems fixed first.

Hi there, I have taken the site live so you can get a feel or what I may be able to do. I just want to be able to control the sidebar completely, as I have done in the header and footer.

Please find the site at the following address: http://www.chichairandbeauty.co.uk/bang/

**gjh42** · 3 Nov 2010, 05:48 PM

So you have proven that you can replicate the header functions in your own code (though the links don't go anywhere yet)... you could have done precisely the same header navbar using the built-in ez-pages header nav, but the links would all function automatically already.
The footer did need customized coding as you have done. My EZ-Pages Footer Columns mod, just yesterday finished final testing and to be released imminently, would be able to recreate the set of "SEO" links and have them all automatically function from admin.

I notice that your center column content has a <head> section with embedded styling - that is invalid HTML and should not be there, but when you fix that, it should be good. The whole contentMainWrapper is displaced to the right, as I expect you know, but whatever is causing that should be easily fixable.

That brings us to the sidebar. What do you want to do with it that you feel the standard sideboxes cannot be tweaked to do? Yes, it is possible to build anything from scratch, but what is the benefit of having to write, debug and maintain all of the code?

**gjh42** · 3 Nov 2010, 06:10 PM

You have .headerContainer floated left for some reason; when that float is removed, the content falls back into place.

**coxdabd** · 4 Nov 2010, 10:11 AM

Originally Posted by gjh42

So you have proven that you can replicate the header functions in your own code (though the links don't go anywhere yet)... you could have done precisely the same header navbar using the built-in ez-pages header nav, but the links would all function automatically already.
The footer did need customized coding as you have done. My EZ-Pages Footer Columns mod, just yesterday finished final testing and to be released imminently, would be able to recreate the set of "SEO" links and have them all automatically function from admin.

I notice that your center column content has a <head> section with embedded styling - that is invalid HTML and should not be there, but when you fix that, it should be good. The whole contentMainWrapper is displaced to the right, as I expect you know, but whatever is causing that should be easily fixable.

That brings us to the sidebar. What do you want to do with it that you feel the standard sideboxes cannot be tweaked to do? Yes, it is possible to build anything from scratch, but what is the benefit of having to write, debug and maintain all of the code?

Hi, many thanks for your prompt reply. You have been a massive help with adivce and therefore thank you very much indeed. I've managed to sort out the reason why the content is displaced to the right in Firefox, many thanks again for your help in spotting what what causing it.

In regards to the left columnm, I want it to look exactly the same as the example below - albeit the colours. Any ideas how this can be achieved?

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/...2fb85b11_z.jpg

**gjh42** · 4 Nov 2010, 10:47 AM

All you really want is the categories customized a bit in appearance? Categories Dressing will let you add the intermediate headings, and you can style the category links in your stylesheet.

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