Cherry Zen Template Support Thread

[jettrue]

Jade (your awesome)
I'm a zen cart and php newbie, so you'll have to excuse my terminology.
I'm using the latest zen cart and your wonderful Cherry zen template.
I've added three logos to my site and managed to get them all working right, but still have a couple of concerns.
First, I had difficulty sizing them.
I followed directions and tried to do it in header.php.
When I edited this file I was able to change the logo and alt text but entering a different size didn't change things.
Under advice from this site I changed the <div id+"logo"> statement in tpl_header.php to include HEADER_LOGO_WIDTH and HEADER_LOGO_HEIGHT.
That made it all work and everything seems fine.
My concern is that you left those out for a reason and I might be causing myself some grief further down the line.
My other question is about this template being fluid.
What exactly happens when viewed on a lager screen.
For example, my three logos, will just the wrapper increase around them? Will they space further apart or will they(shudder) increase in size and distort.
If it's the later should I be uploading larger files then I am displaying?
I know that's a lot to ask, I appreciate any help you can give.
Thanks a bunch David

Hi There,

Could I see a link to your site?

Why not make the three logos just one logo?

[australican]

Hi There,

Could I see a link to your site?

Why not make the three logos just one logo?

Hi, Jade thanks for the reply.
I had two reasons for the multiple logos.
I wanted to have the freedom to tweak them individually once they were sitting on the page. I'm also considering having one of them rotate once after the page loads.

The main reason was a learning exercise. I'm still trying to get a better understanding of zen cart and php.
More specifically- how all the files work together.
Believe it or not, it took me two days and lots of searching to get them on there as separate adjustable elements, but I learned a few things.

My site is, countrytothecore.net/shop/

Thanks again for your time,
David

[australican]

Hi There,

Could I see a link to your site?

Why not make the three logos just one logo?

Oops, perhaps I should have written that like this

http://countrytothecore.net/shop/

[jettrue]

Oops, perhaps I should have written that like this

http://countrytothecore.net/shop/

First question. Is your grey sidebar supposed to go all the way up to the search bar? It does in Firefox and Camino.

Your idea will work best if the middle logo stays centered, no matter the width, while the left and right logos stay to the left and right, no matter the width.

This is pretty easy to do, but will require you to move #logo2 to AFTER #logo3.

So open up includes/templates/cherry_zen/common/tpl_header.php and change it to this order;

<div id="logo"></div>
<div id="logo3"></div>
<div id="logo2"></div>

It may seem goofy, but it will work.

Then remove

float:left;

from #logo2 in your stylesheet.css.

[CerysCrow]

I have just installed un_wishlist_0.41 on my site.

It is working fine, but I was wondering if there is any way to add either a button in the header or a link on a customer's account page so that they have a link to their wish list as soon as they log in?

I've seen solutions for the classic template, but not for the Cherry Zen template.

I was also wondering if there was a way to change the titles of the banner side boxes.

Thanks.

The link to my store: http://www.miss-crow.com/shop

[Boggled]

I've been fighting a problem all day.
I've searched this thread and I found someone with a similar problem, but the actual fix was never posted.

You said it sounded like a missing </div> tag, but I've looked and looked and can't find one missing. I'm hoping another set of eyes can find it.

I've narrowed it down to being an IE7 problem.
It displays fine in IE8, Firefox, Opera, Safari and Chrome.

When you click on 'My Account' on the navigation bar the dark background is displaying instead of the white center column background. It's doing the same thing once you are logged into your My Account page. (I've attached screenshots.)

It ONLY does it on these pages. If you click 'Log in' on the navigation bar, it displays fine. If you have something in your cart and go to checkout, it displays fine.

If it's doing this on any other page(s), I haven't run across it yet.

Link: www.mybikergear.com

It's a 1.3.8a fresh install, with the following mods (that affect the template):

Categories Dressing
Tabbed Products Pro
Product Filter Search
Logo Sidebox
COWOA (just added and the problem existed before it was installed)

This site still has a ways to go before being completed, but I have to get this issue solved before I go any further.

Also...what do I need to add to my CSS to change the color of the titles on the products in the center? I've tried various things, but so far nothing has worked.

Thank you for this awesome template! I don't know why, but it SEO's better than any template I've ever used.

[Boggled]

I've been fighting a problem all day.
I've searched this thread and I found someone with a similar problem, but the actual fix was never posted.

You said it sounded like a missing </div> tag, but I've looked and looked and can't find one missing. I'm hoping another set of eyes can find it.

I've narrowed it down to being an IE7 problem.
It displays fine in IE8, Firefox, Opera, Safari and Chrome.

When you click on 'My Account' on the navigation bar the dark background is displaying instead of the white center column background. It's doing the same thing once you are logged into your My Account page. (I've attached screenshots.)

It ONLY does it on these pages. If you click 'Log in' on the navigation bar, it displays fine. If you have something in your cart and go to checkout, it displays fine.

If it's doing this on any other page(s), I haven't run across it yet.

Link: www.mybikergear.com

It's a 1.3.8a fresh install, with the following mods (that affect the template):

Categories Dressing
Tabbed Products Pro
Product Filter Search
Logo Sidebox
COWOA (just added and the problem existed before it was installed)

This site still has a ways to go before being completed, but I have to get this issue solved before I go any further.

Also...what do I need to add to my CSS to change the color of the titles on the products in the center? I've tried various things, but so far nothing has worked.

Thank you for this awesome template! I don't know why, but it SEO's better than any template I've ever used.

I also have Cart Sidebox With Button and Free Shipping mod installed.

[australican]

First question. Is your grey sidebar supposed to go all the way up to the search bar? It does in Firefox and Camino.

Your idea will work best if the middle logo stays centered, no matter the width, while the left and right logos stay to the left and right, no matter the width.

This is pretty easy to do, but will require you to move #logo2 to AFTER #logo3.

So open up includes/templates/cherry_zen/common/tpl_header.php and change it to this order;

<div id="logo"></div>
<div id="logo3"></div>
<div id="logo2"></div>

It may seem goofy, but it will work.

Then remove

float:left;

from #logo2 in your stylesheet.css.

Thanks for your help..
No the side bar isn't supposed to go all the way up.
I couldn't find where to stop it it from doing so.
I had a look at the style sheet and other places, even checked the form.
It's covered up with a header background image now, so it doesn't matter, but I'd still like to know how to do it if you could spare the time.

Also, thanks for reminding me to check my pages in other browsers. (the side bar was covered with b-ground image in IE7)I mistakenly assumed that if it looked right in IE7 (since it seems to be the one with all the problems), that it would look right in other browsers.
I'll now check in IE7 and Firefox, any other suggestions?

I made the changes for the logo as advised and it worked great. I also found that changing my display settings will show me how it looks on larger monitors (yes, that should have been obvious.)

Thanks again for the template and continued support,
David

If anyone else has comments on my silly mistakes, please feel free to berate me. Nothing better than constructive criticism.

www.countrytothecore.net/shop/

[Stuff4Toys]

I am getting ready to go live with a site running Cherry Zen. The problem I have is that in IE6 (only) the left column side boxes are pushed down below the main index contents.

Take a look at www.nativitydisplays.com and www.liberty-flag.com/ xstore/index.php

Both sites use Cherry Zen and both sites act the same.

You have to see it in IE6, but I am sure there is a css fix that I have either messed up or don't know about.

Kinya, Kinya help a guy out here?
Thanks
JOhn ><>

[jettrue]

I am getting ready to go live with a site running Cherry Zen. The problem I have is that in IE6 (only) the left column side boxes are pushed down below the main index contents.

Take a look at www.nativitydisplays.com and www.liberty-flag.com/ xstore/index.php

Both sites use Cherry Zen and both sites act the same.

You have to see it in IE6, but I am sure there is a css fix that I have either messed up or don't know about.

Kinya, Kinya help a guy out here?
Thanks
JOhn ><>

Did you follow the instructions on adjusting the sidebox widths in the readme.txt to a "t"? The original left sidebox is 150px wide, but in the css, the original width used for the left sidebox section is 165px (to accommodate padding and such).

So you want a left sidebox that is 190px wide (40 pixels wider), so you'll need to increase the original value of 165px by 40 px more.

Please find the section in the readme on increasing sidebox width.