Apple Zen Support Thread

[julie.t]

Hi Jade,

I would like to change order in which the links appear in the dropdown navigation menu.

In addition to the regular pages (discount coupons, etc.) under INFORMATION, I have 7 ezpages added.

Also, I would like to move one of the ezpages under the CATEGORIES dropdown menu but it will not be a category, just an information page for the categories.

Is this possible?

Thanks in advance,

Julie

[jettrue]

Hi Jade,

I would like to change order in which the links appear in the dropdown navigation menu.

In addition to the regular pages (discount coupons, etc.) under INFORMATION, I have 7 ezpages added.

Also, I would like to move one of the ezpages under the CATEGORIES dropdown menu but it will not be a category, just an information page for the categories.

Is this possible?

Thanks in advance,

Julie

You want to sort the ezpage links? Have you given them a sort order for the header when you add them?

As far as the ezpage under the categories, I don't think that will work very well... actually wait, we can do a manual work around. Open up includes/classes/categories_ul_generator.php, and change this line:

$parent_group_end_string = '</ul>',

to this:

$parent_group_end_string = '<li><a href="index.php?main_page=page&id=2">YOUR PAGE NAME</a></li></ul>',

Of course replacing "index.php?main_page=page&id=2" with your own link.

[julie.t]

You want to sort the ezpage links? Have you given them a sort order for the header when you add them?

As far as the ezpage under the categories, I don't think that will work very well... actually wait, we can do a manual work around. Open up includes/classes/categories_ul_generator.php, and change this line:

$parent_group_end_string = '</ul>',

to this:

$parent_group_end_string = '<li><a href="index.php?main_page=page&id=2">YOUR PAGE NAME</a></li></ul>',

Of course replacing "index.php?main_page=page&id=2" with your own link.

Thanks Jade! It worked great!

[julie.t]

Hi Jade,

One more question about the Information dropdown menu. Iwas able to change the tpl_drop_menu.php and put the ez pages before the Privacy, Sitempa, etc. pages. I tried working with the header sort order to arrange the links in the order that I need them and they display properly in the horizontal menu but not so in the drop down menu. Is there a way to get the order displayed here too?

Thanks,

Juliet

[jettrue]

Hi Jade,

One more question about the Information dropdown menu. Iwas able to change the tpl_drop_menu.php and put the ez pages before the Privacy, Sitempa, etc. pages. I tried working with the header sort order to arrange the links in the order that I need them and they display properly in the horizontal menu but not so in the drop down menu. Is there a way to get the order displayed here too?

Thanks,

Juliet

Sorry! This was due to an error that I keep SWEARING that I have fixed and uploaded, but yet I haven't!

Open up includes/modules/sideboxes/apple_zen/ez_pages_drop_menu.php and change this:

 $page_query = $db->Execute("select * from " . TABLE_EZPAGES . " where status_header = 1 order by sidebox_sort_order, pages_title");

to ths:

$page_query = $db->Execute("select * from " . TABLE_EZPAGES . " where status_header = 1 order by header_sort_order, pages_title");

[julie.t]

Thank you! Worked great.

[julie.t]

Hi Jade,

I am having a problem with my drops down menu. You helped me with the alterations below and I am wondering if this has anything to do with it.

What I want to do is make a simple change. I renamed the "Categories" section to "Candles" and want to rename it to "Shop Now". I have updated this file: includes/languages/apple_zen/english.php like this:

// categories box text in sideboxes/categories.php
define('BOX_HEADING_CATEGORIES', 'Shop Now');

but the actual category title still shows "Candles".

Do you what I am doing wrong?

Thank you

You want to sort the ezpage links? Have you given them a sort order for the header when you add them?

As far as the ezpage under the categories, I don't think that will work very well... actually wait, we can do a manual work around. Open up includes/classes/categories_ul_generator.php, and change this line:

$parent_group_end_string = '</ul>',

to this:

$parent_group_end_string = '<li><a href="index.php?main_page=page&id=2">YOUR PAGE NAME</a></li></ul>',

Of course replacing "index.php?main_page=page&id=2" with your own link.

[jettrue]

Hi Jade,

I am having a problem with my drops down menu. You helped me with the alterations below and I am wondering if this has anything to do with it.

What I want to do is make a simple change. I renamed the "Categories" section to "Candles" and want to rename it to "Shop Now". I have updated this file: includes/languages/apple_zen/english.php like this:

// categories box text in sideboxes/categories.php
define('BOX_HEADING_CATEGORIES', 'Shop Now');

but the actual category title still shows "Candles".

Do you what I am doing wrong?

Thank you

Yes, you just changed it for the sidebox. To change it in the drop down menu, adjust it in includes/languages/english/extra_definitions/YOUR_TEMPLATE/headermenu.php

[oxxyfx]

Hello Jade,

I am not sure you would be the right person to help us out with this, but I'll try...

I have installed the apple_zen template and it looks and works to my expectations. However later I added the so called FAQ manager module and we have a problem with the FAQ manager not showing up in the main window.

Please take a look at my site: http://www.nghobbies.com/cart/index...._page=faqs_all - all teh FAQ's are on the bottom of the page and not on the main.

In the mean time Starcad has a more standard template and his is showing up in the right place: http://mydesertjade.com/index.php?main_page=faqs_all

It looks like this might be a template related issue - but also might be an FAQ manager related issue.

A few people and myself are kind of stuck here and we don't really know where else to go for help...

Please if you have a moment check this out - maybe it is something we are missing - and we should set by default in the template settings.

Thanks, Ox.

[jettrue]

Hello Jade,

I am not sure you would be the right person to help us out with this, but I'll try...

I have installed the apple_zen template and it looks and works to my expectations. However later I added the so called FAQ manager module and we have a problem with the FAQ manager not showing up in the main window.

Please take a look at my site: http://www.nghobbies.com/cart/index...._page=faqs_all - all teh FAQ's are on the bottom of the page and not on the main.

In the mean time Starcad has a more standard template and his is showing up in the right place: http://mydesertjade.com/index.php?main_page=faqs_all

It looks like this might be a template related issue - but also might be an FAQ manager related issue.

A few people and myself are kind of stuck here and we don't really know where else to go for help...

Please if you have a moment check this out - maybe it is something we are missing - and we should set by default in the template settings.

Thanks, Ox.

Arg, the designer of the mod didn't follow how zen cart template files work. Very frustrating when that happens.

ALL zen cart pages are SUPPOSED to have this before the middle content:

<div class="centerColumn">
and a </div> after the middle content.

If you look at the source of all the other pages on your site, they have that.

All of the faq pages are missing that code.

Any page that goes in includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/templates should always have that code around it. So you can open up ALL the files for that mod that are in the includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/templates folder, add <div class="centerColumn"> right after all the beginning file info:

<?php
//
// +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
// |zen-cart Open Source E-commerce                                       |
// +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
// | Copyright (c) 2003 The zen-cart developers                           |
// |                                                                      |
// | http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php                                    |
// |                                                                      |
// | Portions Copyright (c) 2003 osCommerce                               |
// +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
// | This source file is subject to version 2.0 of the GPL license,       |
// | that is bundled with this package in the file LICENSE, and is        |
// | available through the world-wide-web at the following url:           |
// | http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt.                             |
// | If you did not receive a copy of the zen-cart license and are unable |
// | to obtain it through the world-wide-web, please send a note to       |
// | [email protected] so we can mail you a copy immediately.          |
// +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
// $Id: faq_manager.php 001 2005-03-27 [email protected]
//
?>

and then add a closing div </div> right at the very end of the file.

Please let the creators of the mod know as well.