Easy embed template

[excalibur]

Hi! I am trying to embed zencart into the native joomla default template.

I put the three-line code into it and everything seems to be fine except two issues:
1) The template navigation part appears TWICE no matter what I modify.
2) I can't put the zencart into the position I want. See attached pictures please.

My template file zen.html is in the attachement as well. My guess is the </tr></td></div> tags are messed up. But I really don't know much about it. Anyone here could help please! Thanks so much!

good luck with it, I embedded my store within joomla using this great template solution, but got lots of trouble with customers not being able to log in due to session id's etc, so had to revert back to normal

[sanguisdesign]

good luck with it, I embedded my store within joomla using this great template solution, but got lots of trouble with customers not being able to log in due to session id's etc, so had to revert back to normal

if you were getting poor URL's and what not then you were not using this template right.
Its for embedding zen cart in a design, not for embedding zen cart in a program.
You can match the look. adn w/ fancy php you can match things out of other CMS's in that bring emalemnts of embeding form other programs. but its still hs to be external. (calling a joomla generated menu in you zen cart for example)

[DivaVocals]

if you were getting poor URL's and what not then you were not using this template right.
Its for embedding zen cart in a design, not for embedding zen cart in a program.
You can match the look. adn w/ fancy php you can match things out of other CMS's in that bring emalemnts of embeding form other programs. but its still hs to be external. (calling a joomla generated menu in you zen cart for example)

ITA.. I looked into trying to embed Zen in Joomla using this template and had all kinds of issues.. So I opted for the option of skinning my ZenCart to match my Joomla site using this template to help make it look seemless.. Maybe one day someone really will build a Zen/Joomla component..

[beggarsbones]

This was referred to me in the hopes of de-framing my website, as i understand they're pretty out of style and all around bad. the site is

www.beggarsbones.com
my cart is at beggarsbones.com/store

would this allow me to ditch my frames and leave the site as-is, or would i basically have to create a new site and then embed the store into it? i am new and totally nervous about moving big chunks of the site around... although its mainly the store part i dont wanna screw up! :)

[DivaVocals]

This was referred to me in the hopes of de-framing my website, as i understand they're pretty out of style and all around bad. the site is

www.beggarsbones.com
my cart is at beggarsbones.com/store

would this allow me to ditch my frames and leave the site as-is, or would i basically have to create a new site and then embed the store into it? i am new and totally nervous about moving big chunks of the site around... although its mainly the store part i dont wanna screw up! :)

If you wanted to keep the navigation in your top frame, while removing the top frame, then YES this tool will help you "de-frame" your store.. BUT this template is only part of the equation in "de-framing" your site.. This template will allow you to embed ZenCart so that your navigation appear above the store WITHOUT the frame.

However there is the matter of de-framing the rest of your site.. There are a few approaches for this. IMO the simplest would involve creating an include using your top navigation and calling this include from your other pages.. This give the same end result of your frames without the frames.. But this solution requires you to know a little bit of simple coding to pull it off. The solution requires some planning, and may require you to do a little research to learn some new stuff to pull it off..

[sanguisdesign]

This was referred to me in the hopes of de-framing my website, as i understand they're pretty out of style and all around bad. the site is

www.beggarsbones.com
my cart is at beggarsbones.com/store

would this allow me to ditch my frames and leave the site as-is, or would i basically have to create a new site and then embed the store into it? i am new and totally nervous about moving big chunks of the site around... although its mainly the store part i dont wanna screw up! :)

if you wanted to continue having your menu being fixed in one on the top of the browsers you can mimic frames w/ css using the overflow property in divs mimicking frames.

Just a thought

[sanguisdesign]

ITA.. I looked into trying to embed Zen in Joomla using this template and had all kinds of issues.. So I opted for the option of skinning my ZenCart to match my Joomla site using this template to help make it look seemless.. Maybe one day someone really will build a Zen/Joomla component..

And maybe someday that person will be you. I have been thinking about writing a wiki article about how to make sang embed work for any project you wanted. but I have not had a chance to, as my paid work hass not been funding my free work enough latley.

JOsh

[DivaVocals]

And maybe someday that person will be you. I have been thinking about writing a wiki article about how to make sang embed work for any project you wanted. but I have not had a chance to, as my paid work hass not been funding my free work enough latley.

JOsh

Yeah.. Except I'm not a coder, so the likelyhood of me building a Zen/Joom bridge is pretty much NIL! I'll leave the coding to the REAL code monkeys like yourself sir!