Attempting to restructure product listings

[bislewl]

ohh ok,
This is what i would do.

Copy the file includes/templates/template_default/templates/tpl_products_new_default.php
Save it to includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/templates/tpl_products_new_default.php and then modify it there, this will override the template_default in case you would want that in the future

[Peter M Dodge]

Good afternoon,
Would simply copying the product listing code copy that formatting, or would it be more complicated than that?
Cheers,
Peter M Dodge

[bislewl]

It is slightly different from my experience. However you could take the stock versions of both do a comparison, and then add your changes to the version you wish.

[torvista]

In my distribution I only had "classic" and "template_default" templates.

That is all there is.

a) template_default - do not touch these files, only copy elsewhere to modify. The source of the structure of every page UNLESS you create a modified version "elsewhere".

b) "classic" - an example of an "elsewhere". A fugly template who's only function is to demonstrate all the bells and whistles that can be displayed.
Also do not touch!
Why? - For when you get white screens of death and odd things happening due to your mods, you can revert back to classic, see if the problems go away and so prove its your modified template file causing the problem. Or not.

c) YOUR_TEMPLATE: your changes to the default css and templates files. Single files copied here only as you need to modify them.

Really the way to go is design your own website style in a graphics program and then implement, not try and tweak classic bit by bit.

The product listing code is very complicated, no doubt about it. I stick <?php echo __LINE__; ?> everywhere to get more idea what bit of code is producing what bit of the page.

[Peter M Dodge]

Good afternoon,
The classic template is no doubt very "90s" design. I copied that template_default design and have so far gotten a design I'm fairly happy with. It has a ways to go and I just got stumped on how to make the "new products" listing the same sort of list format as the general product listings.
Cheers,
Peter M Dodge

[stevesh]

There's this:

http://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=1047

[torvista]

There's this:

http://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=1047

The Single Listing Template....don't do it, I did.
It's still embedded in my site and I get ill when I come across it. It works but....it's very complicated and the mod is not maintained.

Maybe drop it into a test site and it will give you some clues how it all works, in fact I think the readme is useful (I did it!)

There's SNAF which has support

http://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.p...highlight=snaf

[stevesh]

As I usually say when I point to a mod, I haven't used it. SNAF is the better option.