Designer Monthly Boxes

[Woodymon]

Say for example I display Specials on my home page. I would like each individual product box to have a header "Special Offer" for example. Below which I would like to display the product name, picture, short text and price. The objective being to display the products on the home page more like a "Teaser Ad", as you have seen on our competitors site.

I am sure that zen-cart is more than capable of doing what I want, I am just trying to find out how to do it. I thought that using this mod was the right approach, but after spending all day failing miserably I though it was time to ask! And no, I haven't found anyone in the showcase who has done this.

It was impossible to make any assumptions or compare with the 'other' site as no URL to your site was provided. So now I understand you are referring to the various individual product boxes in the center column on the other site.

Qhome knows his mod much more in depth, but as I understand the mod utilizes/extends Zen Cart's existing built in support for New, Featured and Specials Products center boxes. Think of these as group product "category" listing panels displayed in the center column. The mod is not designed for presenting "individual" product boxes, which can be assigned to display in specific locations. I think this is what you are wanting.

If you desire front page custom product boxes, which will not to change very often (no need for dynamic linkage to shop database), it might be best to custom design your own individual boxes and place in the center column on main page.

If you're not sure how to do this best way to learn is to "View source" the page on the other site and see how they are doing it. Probably an embedded table with nested tables with some CSS will get you where you need to go.

However it is difficult to make any intelligent recommends without providing an URL and the version of Zen Cart you have installed.

Post back if you need info on which template file to edit to include your custom boxes. Probably best to start a new thread, maybe on the "Page Layout Changes" board.

Woody

[Still Crazy]

Thanks Woody.

I had just about reached the same conclusion. Should be quite simple to make a non-dynamic template, hoped that it could be controlled from the admin, but never mind!

Mod as it stands is great though, I will continue to use it "as is" elsewhere.

Crazy

[Still Crazy]

Hi, Further to my earlier post [number 49], i have been making a little progress in changing the display of specials in particular - see here: http://www.appliancesfirst.co.uk/index.php

I have been playing with a random text generator to change the box headings such that they do not all say "Special Offers.." I have the code stored in a function folder and it works independantly, but can't get it to display in the site.

All I am trying to do is replace Special Offers... with [FONT=verdana]$random_text[$random];[/FONT]

'<table class="specialsBorder" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" >
<tr><td height="26" bgcolor="#FF0000" ><h2 class="specialsHeading">

Special Offers...

</h2></td></tr><tr class="specialsStyle"><td valign="top" align="center">

Is there any Zen reason why I can't do this, or is it purely down to my lack of php skills :)

Crazy

Ah, suddenly it all works out, i now have the headings changing 'though not as i wanted. All headings now read the same, but change together when the page refreshes.

Back to the drawingboard!

[Robbyn7]

I've installed this module but for some reason it's not working on my Purple Shades template. My background is black could this be the reason I'm not showing the dotted lines?

[Woodymon]

I've installed this module but for some reason it's not working on my Purple Shades template. My background is black could this be the reason I'm not showing the dotted lines?

I suspect you would need to replace /includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/images/delim_v.gif
with an inverted version. (try editing the gif in a graphics editor).

Woody

[cesko78]

Hi, Further to my earlier post [number 49], i have been making a little progress in changing the display of specials in particular - see here: http://www.appliancesfirst.co.uk/index.php

Hi, how you have change in your site the curved border of centerboxcontents and the written "order today" and that line before the name of product?

And also in the page of single product how you have put the bottom of next, prev e listing because in my site appaer just the written prev, next and listing (do you have load some image in css files?)

Thanks. Bye Bye.

[qhome]

Hi, how you have change in your site the curved border of centerboxcontents and the written "order today" and that line before the name of product?

And also in the page of single product how you have put the bottom of next, prev e listing because in my site appaer just the written prev, next and listing (do you have load some image in css files?)

Thanks. Bye Bye.

I'm not sure if DMB is being used for that

[Still Crazy]

Hi, how you have change in your site the curved border of centerboxcontents and the written "order today" and that line before the name of product?

And also in the page of single product how you have put the bottom of next, prev e listing because in my site appaer just the written prev, next and listing (do you have load some image in css files?)

Thanks. Bye Bye.

Hi.

DMB is still used for this.

I used the #specialsDefault class which i think was already present in the code.
Turned off the horizontal and vertical lines in CSS :

#specialsDefault .vDotLine{display: none;}
#specialsDefault .hDotLine{display: none;}

I also added some more classes for styling purposes etc.

The curved corners are a bg image

.specialsContainer{background-image: url(../images/specials_bg.gif);background-repeat: no-repeat; height: 278px;width:206px;}

Text changes at the top are done by a random text generator, 'though it still doesn't work how i want. I would really like the headings to change so that they don't all say the same thing - so i have some more work to do on that.

Prev/next buttons are from the downloads section c/w installation instructions.

regards.

[annadiaz]

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[qhome]

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That is probably not related to this contrib.

That's most likely a spelling bug in the default language files for your language. Use the Admin->Tools->Developer Tools to search all files for April and find where it is set in the languages