Link Manager 3.0 Support Thread

[dmm2020]

Still no go

Only entry there is the Classic Comtemporary Green

[clydejones]

Still no go

Only entry there is the Classic Comtemporary Green

Sounds like you need to create a "template_info.php" file. and place it in includes/templates/mytemplate/template_info.php

You can copy and paste this example:

<?php
/**
 * Template Information File
 *
 * @package templateSystem
 * @copyright Copyright 2003-2006 Zen Cart Development Team
 * @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce
 * @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0
 * @version $Id: template_info.php 4226 2006-08-24 02:23:25Z drbyte $
 */
$template_name = 'My Template';
$template_version = 'Version 1.0';
$template_author = 'Doug Mewis';
$template_description = 'This template set is designed to be easily modified using only the style sheet to change colors, fonts, and the store logo.';
$template_screenshot = '';
//EOF

[dmm2020]

Still no go.

I do not have the whole override system set up correctly. Something is missing. I get so friggin frustrated with the override sysem that I give up and edit the core files directly. It just is not user friendly enough and no documentation that explains it in detail enough for new people to understand it.

I do visual basic, delphi, and C++ programming and I do not understand the logic of the override system at all yet.

When I do what you suggested, I get nothing but a blank screen when I follow your suggestion to edit the template_info.php file and then reset everything. The reset button also turns sideboxes back on that I had turned off.

[clydejones]

Still no go.

I do not have the whole override system set up correctly. Something is missing. I get so friggin frustrated with the override sysem that I give up and edit the core files directly. It just is not user friendly enough and no documentation that explains it in detail enough for new people to understand it.

I do visual basic, delphi, and C++ programming and I do not understand the logic of the override system at all yet.

When I do what you suggested, I get nothing but a blank screen when I follow your suggestion to edit the template_info.php file and then reset everything. The reset button also turns sideboxes back on that I had turned off.

I don't know if this will help, but here is a quick overview of how the override system should be set up.


includes/languages/english/mytemplate
includes/languages/english/extra_definitions/mytemplate
includes/languages/english/html_includes/mytemplate
includes/modules/mytemplate
includes/modules/sideboxes/mytemplate
includes/templates/mytemplate

Any files that you edit should then be saved into your custom directory.

Within the includes/templates/mytemplate you should have the following directories

includes/templates/mytemplate/template_info.php
includes/templates/mytemplate/common
includes/templates/mytemplate/css
includes/templates/mytemplate/images
includes/templates/mytemplate/templates

You can copy the changes you made in the includes/templates/classic into the appropriate directories in your custom directory

[dmm2020]

I don't know if this will help, but here is a quick overview of how the override system should be set up.


includes/languages/english/mytemplate
includes/languages/english/extra_definitions/mytemplate
includes/languages/english/html_includes/mytemplate
includes/modules/mytemplate
includes/modules/sideboxes/mytemplate
includes/templates/mytemplate

Any files that you edit should then be saved into your custom directory.

Within the includes/templates/mytemplate you should have the following directories

includes/templates/mytemplate/template_info.php
includes/templates/mytemplate/common
includes/templates/mytemplate/css
includes/templates/mytemplate/images
includes/templates/mytemplate/templates

You can copy the changes you made in the includes/templates/classic into the appropriate directories in your custom directory

I got all that. BUT...

again, when I set the template to "custom" which is really what my template directory is named, the whole system crashes and the store front is nothing but blank space.

In addition, when I try to activate the links box at higher sort order than anything these, the links box plus what ever has a higher value in the sort order does not show. If I set the sort order to zero, nothing shows up. If I do that in the left column, the whole page is empty.

It's almost as if I need to start from the beginning with a clean installation of Zen-Cart, but that is an enourmous amount of work and would cause loss of all modifications I made so far.

[clydejones]

I got all that. BUT...

again, when I set the template to "custom" which is really what my template directory is named, the whole system crashes and the store front is nothing but blank space.

In addition, when I try to activate the links box at higher sort order than anything these, the links box plus what ever has a higher value in the sort order does not show. If I set the sort order to zero, nothing shows up. If I do that in the left column, the whole page is empty.

It's almost as if I need to start from the beginning with a clean installation of Zen-Cart, but that is an enourmous amount of work and would cause loss of all modifications I made so far.

We're getting really off topic now. If you'd like additional help with setting up your custom directory send me a PM

[dmm2020]

Thanks for your hints.

I just spent the past hour creating a "test" clean installation using the hints you have given me.

When I install the links manager on a clean installation with the custom template overrides correctly installed according to the Zen-Cart manual I paid for, and according to your hints, everything now works perfectly.

What I have to do now, is complete the third party installations I want to run on the new "clean" installation and then upload the data from the old database to the new one.

I assume I am going to also have to run all the SQLs after I copy the data from the old database over into the new database?

Apologies for voicing my frustrations. Hints for others, if you don't have the overrides correct in the beginning, it can have a domino effect on future third party installations you attempt to install. Anyway, all is well now, and I figured it out finally.