If there is a sort control in admin for the homepage carousel tabs, I've yet to find it. Moving them around in templates/tableau/templates, tpl_index_default.php and switching css classes wasn't enough-- they were rearranged on the homepage but then the carousel of products didn't show until the tab was clicked on. That's where the javascript comes in, I'm guessing.As for rearranging the order of the homepage tabs, that also crossed my mind when testing this template. If you cannot set the sort order in admin as with a regular template (I'm guessing not), then perhaps moving them around in the includes/templates/tableau/templates/tpl_index_default.php might work.
In my install, template shows up correctly in Internet Explorer 9 and up. In lower versions, it starts breaking. Not a big issue for me.
Regarding Image Handler 4: coming pre installed with this template, it doesn't seem to have all the functions normally present. In my install
at least, there is no hover control. Also, at first, the images appeared fuzzy, but after removing the height and width restrictions on the css image stylings, the image clarity improved.
The pagespeed of the site seems relatively fast as is, so I've not yet enabled the CSS/JS loader. Since I've made several CSS modifications of my own, I imagine there might be problems when I do enable it in the future.
Some other findings: the next/previous links don't show up correctly on the product info page, neither does the filter results on the product listing page. Some CSS stylings have been set to display:none to elements that might otherwise show on a normal zencart install.
Also, to use the second product description box (specifications tab on the product info page), you must add it to the code yourself as tableau only seems to have it on the template level.
On a side note, I've tried installing Fast and Easy Ajax Checkout Module after installing Tableau. Almost had it working, but something was a little off with the javascript. Sometime in the future, I'll be working on adding either this module or COWOA (here and there in the code for tableau, there
are references to COWOA already).
According to my findings, this template doesn't support every normal zencart function (at least on my install), but I'm guessing with a little work and digging you can fix these or work around them. The core template structure is there, and it's a good one.


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