My first time using Zencat

[rspencer1762]

Hello. I have finally found a way i think i can post here thanks to some help from others in this forum....

I am getting the hang of all the features and all. I am using Zencart v1.3.9g with easy populate v1.2.5.4 with the great template done by Ideagirl. I am unable to get the wrapper of the catagories to follow the sid boxes, OR SHOULD I SAy i do not know how ? ...I am all new at this I am use to using FP2000 to make small stuff and this is the first time i am building a real place to sell at. The other websites where like simple templates through FP as nothing more than a front page for a business that could be found on web.
Now i am wanting to change the fonts... Fix the footer.. and wrapper at top of page.... basically i am asking for anyone who can help me with these things so that i might better understand it cause so far once you figure out how things work makes it easier for all... The website i am building is: www.majikalpath.com/zencart I Love the way the easy populate will allow me to insert products into the store. But i am looking at this new easy populate where you can do the attributes from it. My question is " would it be better to do the attributes for each product through the zencart attributes and not spend that $$$$ on something i am just now getting the hang of Plus how can i fix the problems mentioned before in this post. Thanks for all the help.....

[kobra]

I am all new at this I am use to using FP2000

DON'T use it for anything that deals with ZenCart

Now i am wanting to change the fonts... Fix the footer.. and wrapper at top of page

Chang - - but how and/or to what??

The tutorials link above right is a resource
I searched for header and found several this is one
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/i...hp?article=234

I searched for footer
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/i...hp?article=234
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/i...hp?article=131

I searched for fonts
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=43
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/i...hp?article=147

You should get and use FireFox browser to design with and get the web developers tool, firebug, aardvark, and other plugins
as they will assist you in determining what the tags are for items you are wanting to change

would it be better to do the attributes for each product through the zencart attributes and not spend that $$$$ on something

Your call

[rspencer1762]

Thank you kobra... i am all new at this but i was kinda wanting to keep stuff as simple as possible. Thank you for shwing me the search button... had used it some but never find the answer alot of times as to where i understand or the question and answers i dont understand cause as i say i am all new to doing all this but i like this zencart... Thanks again kobra... I am trying to learn this so as not to be such a pain... thanks again..

[rspencer1762]

I Loaded fire fox and the website looks good but in Explorer it looks all messed up... what is the difference ? the browsers ?

[stevesh]

It's messed up in all browsers here, caused by what looks like an error in the template. In your stylesheet, you have this:

.centerBoxHeading {
font-size: 13px;
color: #75B3A6;
background-image: url(../images/centerbox.jpg);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
width: 565px; height: 40px;
padding-top: 13px;
padding-bottom: 10px;
}

That header width is pushing the right sideboxes out to the right. Try changing it to 365px.

[rspencer1762]

I tried to change the file in which you are talking about and website went flying off to right side and most of it wasn't visible. I looks good in firefox. Just in exploror shows the catagories running off the page.. i am all new to this so please bare with me

[stevesh]

We're talking about two different problems. Your issue is with the navCatTabs (category links in the header). Find this in your stylesheet and remove the red part:

#navMain ul li, #navSupp ul li, #navCatTabs ul li {
display: inline;
white-space: nowrap; }

The issue I was talking about is the fact that your right sidebox column is pushed out to the right. It should be under your header like the left column. Changing that width I mentioned to a smaller number will fix it.

[rspencer1762]

hank you stevesh... it worked don't know what I am trying to read up on all this but it is so much to take in at one time. I am trying to get 2 webstores opened ASAP. I am lost with all the stuff you have to set and all for payments shipping... and besides i am still trying to figure how one store looks different and why besides the obvious but that is not the issue..... But i do want to thank you again... What my understanding was that i did was make a change in the "style sheet" or CSS... correct ?

[rspencer1762]

We're talking about two different problems. Your issue is with the navCatTabs (category links in the header). Find this in your stylesheet and remove the red part:

#navMain ul li, #navSupp ul li, #navCatTabs ul li {
display: inline;
white-space: nowrap; }

The issue I was talking about is the fact that your right sidebox column is pushed out to the right. It should be under your header like the left column. Changing that width I mentioned to a smaller number will fix it.

I really want to expand everything to where it fills the entire page instead of having so much space along the side of the side boxes to edge of pages

[kobra]

I really want to expand everything to where it fills the entire page instead of having so much space along the side of the side boxes to edge of pages

Find in the templates stylesheet.css file

#mainWrapper {
	background-color: #747474;
	text-align: left;
	width: 780px;
	vertical-align: top;
	}

You can make it a larger fixed width or a percentage

You will then have to change your head image to one with a wider fixed width or to one that tiles/repeats for the percentage