Apple Zen Support Thread

[schoolboy]

Just a quick thanks to Jade for this great template...

It's so well-structured and logical, and is therefore quite customizable.

I'm trying it on a new site (still in early development), but who would know that:

www.callmecupcakes.co.uk

... is using Apple Zen ?

[suekay]

Hi,

I've just installed apple zen on a clean install (lovely design - thank you) and I can only display the INFORMATION side box, none of the others appear. I've switched it on in layout settings and switched the relevant sidebox in in layout boxes controller.

I tried reinstalling the template just in caase i'd missed anything.

Any ideas?

thank you

[jettrue]

Hi,

I've just installed apple zen on a clean install (lovely design - thank you) and I can only display the INFORMATION side box, none of the others appear. I've switched it on in layout settings and switched the relevant sidebox in in layout boxes controller.

I tried reinstalling the template just in caase i'd missed anything.

Any ideas?

thank you

What sideboxes? Certain ones (like the shopping cart, reviews, tell a friend, etc.) don't turn on at all times, only when somethings added to cart, or on a certain page, etc.

[sethererm]

Hi,
I was curious if it would be possible if I wanted to remove a specific category from the dropdown by session ID - preferably only in the drop down menu template file?

I was wanting to link to it from a different area on the website, but not from the main category.

If it's possible, it would be awesome to exclude it from the category link - and then I can directly link to it from a different link further down on the page.

Thank you for your help!

[jettrue]

Hi,
I was curious if it would be possible if I wanted to remove a specific category from the dropdown by session ID - preferably only in the drop down menu template file?

I was wanting to link to it from a different area on the website, but not from the main category.

If it's possible, it would be awesome to exclude it from the category link - and then I can directly link to it from a different link further down on the page.

Thank you for your help!

That is of course possible, it's just a matter of being able to create the coding for it. Basically you need some php that says
if category_id=(number of category you don't want), then,
Don't show.

If you open up includes/classes/categories_ul_generator.php, you might be able to do something like this:

$categories_query = "select c.categories_id, cd.categories_name, c.parent_id from " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " c, " . TABLE_CATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION . " cd
where c.categories_id = cd.categories_id
and c.categories_id !=3
and c.categories_status=1 " . " and cd.language_id = '" . (int)$_SESSION['languages_id'] . "' " . " order by c.parent_id, c.sort_order, cd.categories_name";

And change the number 3 to the category id number of the category you want to block.

Not sure if it will work, I'm a php hacker, not a php coder.

Good luck, and back a copy of that file up before making changes.

[sethererm]

That is of course possible, it's just a matter of being able to create the coding for it. Basically you need some php that says
if category_id=(number of category you don't want), then,
Don't show.

If you open up includes/classes/categories_ul_generator.php, you might be able to do something like this:

$categories_query = "select c.categories_id, cd.categories_name, c.parent_id from " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " c, " . TABLE_CATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION . " cd
where c.categories_id = cd.categories_id
and c.categories_id !=3
and c.categories_status=1 " . " and cd.language_id = '" . (int)$_SESSION['languages_id'] . "' " . " order by c.parent_id, c.sort_order, cd.categories_name";

And change the number 3 to the category id number of the category you want to block.

Not sure if it will work, I'm a php hacker, not a php coder.

Good luck, and back a copy of that file up before making changes.

Jettrue,
You are a godsend!!! Thank you for your intelligence - your hacking abilities are supreme (as are your designs!)
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Seth

[jettrue]

Jettrue,
You are a godsend!!! Thank you for your intelligence - your hacking abilities are supreme (as are your designs!)
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Seth

You are welcome!

[350125]

That is of course possible, it's just a matter of being able to create the coding for it. Basically you need some php that says
if category_id=(number of category you don't want), then,
Don't show.

If you open up includes/classes/categories_ul_generator.php, you might be able to do something like this:

$categories_query = "select c.categories_id, cd.categories_name, c.parent_id from " . TABLE_CATEGORIES . " c, " . TABLE_CATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION . " cd
where c.categories_id = cd.categories_id
and c.categories_id !=3
and c.categories_status=1 " . " and cd.language_id = '" . (int)$_SESSION['languages_id'] . "' " . " order by c.parent_id, c.sort_order, cd.categories_name";

And change the number 3 to the category id number of the category you want to block.

This works perfectly.

Is it possible also to exclude all subcategories of 3, for example 3_4, 3_5, etc without listing them by name?

[letsmod]

jet true your PM mailbox is full, can u assit me here

http://www.vgcrepairs.biz/zen_store/

need to get it about 2 inches wider in the center, I found a few posts and tried editing the css file and really broke the site so I put the original stylesheet.css back on

[jettrue]

Just a quick thanks to Jade for this great template...

It's so well-structured and logical, and is therefore quite customizable.

I'm trying it on a new site (still in early development), but who would know that:

www.callmecupcakes.co.uk

... is using Apple Zen ?

I use it on most sites I begin development on myself.

I'm using it here:
http://www.greenchicmama.com/
and here:
http://www.monkeypantskids.com/
(both in progress)