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[swguy]

Paulm, are you using the FF Web Developer extension? How did you perform this test? (I know you have a lot of knowledge in this area, and others would benefit from hearing how you figure this sort of stuff out. )

Thanks,
Scott

[paulm]

Hi scott,

Paulm, are you using the FF Web Developer extension?

Yep

How did you perform this test?

By using the web developer extension and editting the CSS (press Ctrl+Shift+e but I assume you already knew about this feature?).

I know you have a lot of knowledge in this area, and others would benefit from hearing how you figure this sort of stuff out.

:-) Very nice to hear that.

More in general it's:

1.) Reading two books about CSS (written by Eric meyer)

2.) Years of trail and error (which is still going on). Not very scientific, I know ;-)

3.) Using tools (approx. 90% using the formentioned web developer tool, 5% using HTML kit (copying and pasting and preview HTML source), 2% using HTML validators and 3% using other tools).

hth

[swguy]

Those who would like to have Paulm's skills are thus advised to:

- download firefox
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/

- download the firefox web developer extension:
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/60/

and get studying!

Good luck,
Scott

[paulm]

Maybe a nice idea for a new thread: "Tell us how you got your skills" ?

(
Oops, I forgot at least one: 4.) Stay up at night, sleep is a waist of time.
)

[markov]

Hi there,
I am a newbie to Zen and no php coder - so apologies for that!

I downloaded the module and added it to my site. All fine.
Then I noticed that the Ask a Question button had disappeared from my site - and after much faffing I noticed ellivir's post no26 on 20th Sept 06 - here is a copy of her text
............................................
I figured a kind of a bug out:
if you have edited in admin the Layout for the Product type by switching off model number, weight etc., the text for Ask A Question will not appear!

Settings when it won't appear:
Product Type Info Page Layout options :: Product - General
Title Value Action
Show Model Number 0 Info
Show Weight 0
Show Attribute Weight 0 Info

So, I do not want model numbers etc. visible, how would we make this add-on working in that case?

................................................



And that was the answer I was looking for! I have a Showcase site and do not want to list Model, Weight, etc - in fact none of those switches. The only thing I am displaying is the Product Name and Product Description. Is there a simple way of making this work for the above? I am afraid I couldn't work out your answer to ellivir as I am somewhat decrepit with my coding skills and need a bit of hand holding?

[swguy]

Paulm - your post is FAQ-worthy - but pending that, I have added links for downloading FF and the Web Developer's Toolkit to the Wiki under the list of Tools.

Thanks,
Scott

[yoniyum]

I made the same mistake as TwistedSteel, but I am unable to figure out where I went wrong. Can someone please help?

Warning: require(includes/templates/template_default/templates/tpl_ask_a_question_default.php) [function.require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in xxxxxxxx/includes/templates/template_default/common/tpl_main_page.php on line 119

Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'includes/templates/template_default/templates/tpl_ask_a_question_default.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/php5/lib/php') in xxxxxxxx/includes/templates/template_default/common/tpl_main_page.php on line 119


Line 119 reads:

require($body_code); ?>

Thanks.

My site is: test.neworleanscraftmafia.com

[yoniyum]

Nevermind! I decided not to use the mod.