Simple Zen Template - Support Thread

[jettrue]

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?

[signs]

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.

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

[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.

[jettrue]

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.

[signs]

Okay, just so you can see...here's the before shot (straight out of the zip file)


and here is the after shot. This is after FTPing and then snatching the file from the site and opening:


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

[signs]

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.

LOVE LOVE LOVE the template!!

[jettrue]

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.

LOVE LOVE LOVE the template!!

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.

[samad64]

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 :)

[1959mvp]

Hello-

I have undertaken an implementation using your template and it is involving some significant customization, I am hoping to get answers to a few questions.

1. I am using horizontal category navigation and each category is represented on my navigation bar. When a category opens, it is opening to a H1 title that is the same as the category name. I need to change the text that appears at the top of the category page above the category description. Can you explain how I would do this?

I have modified the header and am having trouble getting all horizontal navigation buttons to line up properly. I have played with several adjustments, but cannot seem to get control of it. Can you advise?

http://www.donnayonline.com/iit

CSS posted here:

#navCatTabs {
height:30px



}
#navCatTabs ul {
padding-left: 0px;
padding: 0 3px 0 0;
list-style-type: none;
background-image: url('../images/OFF.jpg');
float: left;
width: 100%;
height: 30px;
margin-left: 0px;
}

#navCatTabs ul li {
display:inline
}

#navCatTabs a {
padding: 6px 9px 7px 9px;
display: block;
float: left;
border-right: 1px #666666 solid;
width: 111px;
}
#navCatTabs a:hover {

background-image:url('../images/ON.jpg')
}

#navCatTabs ul li a:hover {
color: #FFFFFF;
}


Very nice template

Thanks for your help!


X-Cart V1.38
Simple Zen Template

[dbltoe]

I know everyone thinks I harp on this a lot, but your code errors are creating most of your problems.

http://tinyurl.com/cmko2z shows your site's errors. Fixing the UL, TR, etc errors will help.