Simple Zen Template - Support Thread

Get it here.

The download includes the buttons, the images, the css, and the needed files.

I wanted to offer a simple and uncluttered option for a zen cart, without all the clutter. Of course you can add as many sideboxes as you want, and can keep the left and right sideboxes on if you like, but I prefer only having one side on.

Complete instructions are in the download. I would not be surprised if I forgot to include a file or two, so holler at me if it looks grossly different when you install it.

You can see it in action at: http://www.simplezen.sagefish.com

Feel free to ask any questions here, and let me know if you need any different colors for the gradient in the header.

I've already realized a mistake in my upload.. I added a link to the wishlist in my header, since I installed that mod, so if you're not using the wishlist mod, you'll need to remove that link. I'll add that to a subsequent post.

I have NOT tested this in IE, so can someone please send me a screenshot if things look whacked in IE.

Thanks and Enjoy!

Nice template. :yes:

As you suspected, in IE, there is a visual problem on login/signup. One immediate parsing error showed up;

div.order_steps {       /* Is needed for the centering in IE */
    width: 100%;
    padding: 0px;
    margin: 0px;
    margin-top: 10px;
    text-align: center;
}

Add the semicolon(in red).

Being part of the login and something specific for IE, maybe that's to blame.

Very nice, clean, easy to read....like it :-)

Is there a version that has a simpler header, no clickable images?

Thanks :-)

Sketchy:

Nice template. :yes:

As you suspected, in IE, there is a visual problem on login/signup. One immediate parsing error showed up;

div.order_steps {       /* Is needed for the centering in IE */
    width: 100%;
    padding: 0px;
    margin: 0px;
    margin-top: 10px;
    text-align: center;
}

Add the semicolon(in red).

Being part of the login and something specific for IE, maybe that's to blame.

Thanks for finding that error. Though that is not included in the template. The order steps is something I added for myself. Same with the split login. I added the split login mod, which has nothing to do with this template.

Hmmm ... The header area in IE has clickable regions that don't match the images they apply to.

Guess I'll have to get on hubby's windows system and do some IE debugging (big surprise). :laugh:

You might wanna fix the link in the footer.

The URL is http://sagefish.com.com

How are you guys even getting this template to work at all? I installed on 1.3.0.2 cart according to directions.

First error was when I went to admin to select the template:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in /home/xxxx/xxxx/xxxxx/includes/templates/simple_zen/template_info.php on line 1

I took a look at that file and everything was on one long line, so I removed the spaces on either side of all the = signs and returned after each semi-colon.
That took care of that.

Now, I chose the template in admin and when I go to see how the cart looks I have this message in place of my store:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '{' in /home/xxxx/xxxx/xxxx/includes/templates/simple_zen/common/tpl_header.php on line 1

I am looking at that file now and everything in IT is on one loooooong line. I haven't begun to figure out which "{" they are talking about.

How are you all managing to get this working?

thanks for any input!
Signs

DogTags:

Very nice, clean, easy to read....like it :-)

Is there a version that has a simpler header, no clickable images?

Thanks :-)

I'll give you instructions to get rid of that section totally, and how to also just make them text links only.

To get rid of the clickable image header altogether:

Step 1.
Open up includes/templates/simple_zen/css/stylesheet_new.css and delete or comment out this section:

#tagline ul{ 
list-style-type:none; /*removes bullets from the list*/ 
text-align:center; /*aligns the text to what should end up as the center of each graphical button*/ 
} 
#tagline ul li{ 
display:inline; /*extra step to get IE to display link list horizontally*/ 
} 
#tagline ul li a{ 
display:block; /*makes the anchor fill the list item so clicking any part of the graphical button will work, also allows the anchor to take a width*/ 
float:left; /*the key to making the list horizontal*/ 
margin-left:14px;
width:100px; /*set to the width of each button part of the image, make sure the combined width doesn't exceed the total width of the navbar*/ 
height:69px; /*set equal to the height of the navbar image. Using line-height, rather than height, will get the text aligned to the vertical center of the button*/ 
} 
#tagline ul li a:link, #tagline ul li a:visited{text-decoration:none;color:#333} 
#tagline ul li a:link:hover, #tagline ul li a:visited:hover{color:#000;} 
#tagline ul li a i{padding-top:50px; visibility:hidden}

/*end of top navigation buttons*/

Step 2.

In the same file, just above what you just deleted or commented out change this:

#tagline {
  color:#fff;
  font-size: .9em;
  text-align : center;
  background:url(../images/topnav.gif) no-repeat 98% 70%; 
  height:80px;
  z-index:10;
}

to this:

#tagline {
  color:#000;
  font-size: 1.5em;
  text-align : center;
  height:80px;
}

Step 3.

Open up includes/languages/english/simple_zen/header.php and change the define for HEADER_SALES_TEXT to either be blank, or to be a site tagline.

DONE!



To change the clickable header image area to be text links only:

Step 1. Open up includes/templates/simple_zen/css/stylesheet_new.css

and find /*beggining of top navigation buttons (shopping cart/contact us/my account*/

replace that section with this:

/*beggining of top navigation buttons (shopping cart/contact us/my account*/

#tagline {
  color:#000;
  font-size: 1.5em;
  text-align : center; 
  height:80px;
  z-index:10;
}
#tagline ul{ 
list-style-type:none; /*removes bullets from the list*/ 
text-align:center; /*aligns the text to what should end up as the center of each graphical button*/ 
} 
#tagline ul li{ 
display:inline; /*extra step to get IE to display link list horizontally*/ 
} 
#tagline ul li a{ 
float:left; /*the key to making the list horizontal*/ 
margin-left:14px;
width:100px; /*set to the width of each button part of the image, make sure the combined width doesn't exceed the total width of the navbar*/ 
} 
#tagline ul li a:link, #tagline ul li a:visited{text-decoration:none;color:#333} 
#tagline ul li a:link:hover, #tagline ul li a:visited:hover{color:#000;} 
#tagline ul li a i{font-style:normal}

/*end of top navigation buttons*/

DONE!

signs:

How are you guys even getting this template to work at all? I installed on 1.3.0.2 cart according to directions.

First error was when I went to admin to select the template:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in /home/xxxx/xxxx/xxxxx/includes/templates/simple_zen/template_info.php on line 1

I took a look at that file and everything was on one long line, so I removed the spaces on either side of all the = signs and returned after each semi-colon.
That took care of that.

Now, I chose the template in admin and when I go to see how the cart looks I have this message in place of my store:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '{' in /home/xxxx/xxxx/xxxx/includes/templates/simple_zen/common/tpl_header.php on line 1

I am looking at that file now and everything in IT is on one loooooong line. I haven't begun to figure out which "{" they are talking about.

How are you all managing to get this working?

thanks for any input!
Signs

When I re-download the file from the download sections, and look at the files, they are not in one loooooong line. How are you uploading these files? What program do you use? And is anyone else having the same issue?

Hi Jade! Thanks for responding so quickly! First off, I guess I should have mentioned that upon seeing the template in action at your site I was sooo excited because it's the absolute BEST template (in my opinion) that I have yet to see.

That said, it's quite possible that the error is on my end, however I have lots of templates installed and none of them has given me any problems until now.

I d/l the template, unzipped it, FTP'd to my templates directory using overrides. I doublechecked everything and made sure I was doing it correctly. I use ACEftp Pro3 as my ftp program.

when I got the error message at first on the admin side, when trying to select the template

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in /home/xxxx/xxxx/xxxxx/includes/templates/simple_zen/template_info.php on line 1

I used Alleycode version 2.16.2 to open with. Alleycode is what I use for all php editing and it shows the number of lines (designated by a hard return at the end of each) to show the lines of code. It makes it simple to do edits on files which have a known error at specific line numbers.

However, when opening in Alleycode, both the tpl_header file and the template info file show lots of code, but all on apparently "line 1" as there are no hard returns showing. With the template info file I was able to edit in Alleycode, removing the spaces from either side of the = and putting returns after each semi-colon.
I am not adept at php by any means and the fact that I fixed that one was sheer luck. When I looked at the header file it was waaay too much for me to handle.

Well, it was at this point I was going to post a screenshot for you but it had to be something gone screwy between the d/l, unzip, ftp, or opening with Alleycode that went wonky on my end. I was just going to get you a screenshot of what my editor shows and now it looks perfect. :shocking:

I have no clue what happened and I apologize for seeming to have been dissing your template. That's not what I intended and leaving out any compliments in my first post was a gross oversite on my part.

Since it appears that all the code is in order I will attempt to install it again and report back on how it went. I feel like an idiot and I honestly don't have a clue what happened to the code on the last install.

Thanks!
Signs

Okay, now this is too weird. I looked at those files I was talking about and I decided there must have been some messup on my end with installing the template. I have installed 3 other templates today without a single hitch.

I just tried to install again and I am getting the error on the admin page when I go to select the template:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in /home/xxxx/xxx/xxxx/includes/templates/simple_zen/template_info.php on line 1

I give up. I have no idea what's going on but the files in the zip file appeared to look fine.

If I were having the same problem with other templates I would say that there's a definite problem on my end, but the other 3 installed with no problem. Any ideas??

I am dying to get this to work as I have been drooling over your site all day. :D

signs:

Since it appears that all the code is in order I will attempt to install it again and report back on how it went. I feel like an idiot and I honestly don't have a clue what happened to the code on the last install.

Thanks!
Signs

Let me know how it goes. To all others, the site where this template is in action is going to be wacky for a while, till I figure out the IE issue. I'll probably actually be redoing the whole header images/links in a much smarter way.

Thanks for the compliment, BTW, glad you like the template.

Okay, just so you can see...here's the before shot (straight out of the zip file)
http://www.jerisigns.com/screenshots/ScreenShot_beforeFTP.jpg

and here is the after shot. This is after FTPing and then snatching the file from the site and opening:
http://www.jerisigns.com/screenshots/ScreenShot_afterFTP.jpg

the tpl_header file is way more messed up than that.
Any ideas?

So I decided to test FireFTP (which I have installed) and see if the problem was with my FTP program.
Turns out that must have been exactly what it was because the install went off with no errors. Whew! I'm sorry to have hogged this thread (and posted huge images) over something that was end user error.

I think I am staying with FireFTP even though I paid good money for ACE. :lookaroun :cry: :shocking:

LOVE LOVE LOVE the template!!:D

signs:

I decided to test FireFTP (which I have installed) and see if the problem was with my FTP program.
Turns out that must have been exactly what it was because the install went off with no errors. Whew! I'm sorry to have hogged this thread (and posted huge images) over something that was end user error.

I think I am staying with FireFTP even though I paid good money for ACE. :lookaroun :cry: :shocking:

LOVE LOVE LOVE the template!!:D

Glad it worked for you!

Since I'm on a mac, perhaps my line breaks are formatted differently than others, since you said you used Aceftp with other templates.

Hi, I like the template :)

Is this template based off of template_default.. or off of the Classic template bundled with ZC 1.3? I did a website optimization request on it (to compare speeds) and it looks like your stylesheet name is stylesheet_new.css .. so i was wondering :)

getyourgameshere.com:

Hi, I like the template :)

Is this template based off of template_default.. or off of the Classic template bundled with ZC 1.3? I did a website optimization request on it (to compare speeds) and it looks like your stylesheet name is stylesheet_new.css .. so i was wondering :)

It's based off the new 1.3 template. Not the template_default. :cool:

Jettru - I don't know if you saw my post earlier or not- the link in your footer on this template is wrong - just an FYI:yes:

TinaS:

Jettru - I don't know if you saw my post earlier or not- the link in your footer on this template is wrong - just an FYI:yes:

Thanks, I fixed it already.:smartass:

Hi Guys!

i've uploaded an update to this template, that takes care of the IE problem. I also removed the wishlist link. I also made it easy in the stylesheet to change from the images in the header to just plain text links.

For those who have already installed this template, I'd go ahead and just reupload it with the new files.

Changed files:
includes/languages/english/simple_zen/header.php
includes/templates/simple_zen/common/tpl_header.php
includes/templates/simple_zen/css/stylesheet_new.css
includes/templates/simple_zen/images/topnav.gif