Specials page not acting right?

[crabdance]

Hi everyone,

If you will look on my site and click on "Specials" in the category menu, you will see that my "specials" page is messed up and not like the "New" and "Featured" products page. I've either never had the correct formating or I lost it due to some edits somewhere.

I would appreciate it if someone could give me some insight or help in this matter.
thanks...

my site is: http://www.tranquillas.com

[kobra]

This is supposed to be laid out similar to the new products for month on the main page

check your admin > config > index listing > Special Products Columns per Row > set to the # you want

[crabdance]

Thank you for replying, but I have already done that. I have the columns per row set at 6. It works on the home page but not when you go to ->categories->specials.

That brings me to another issue that might have something to do with this problem. That is, I have columns per row set to 6. When the system displays the products, it shows 6 items on the first row but only 3 items on the second row. I don't know if these issues could be related but I thought I would add this just in case.

Just found out something else just now. I'm trying to solve the issue myself so even as I write this I'm still trying to find an answer. I put an old "stylesheet.css" file in my CSS directory and "specials" view looked right again. Not sure what part of the file would cause that but I am going to start comparing the files and see what the difference is between them.

I would still appreciate any help.
thanks,

[kobra]

That brings me to another issue that might have something to do with this problem. That is, I have columns per row set to 6. When the system displays the products, it shows 6 items on the first row but only 3 items on the second row.

Check your admin > config > maximums > for things that limit # per page. You probably have this set to 9 and shoud be a multiple of 6

Like New Products Listing- Number Per Page

[crabdance]

Check your admin > config > maximums > for things that limit # per page. You probably have this set to 9 and shoud be a multiple of 6

Like New Products Listing- Number Per Page

Hi Kobra,
Thanks for the help. I now have my main page looking how I want it to look. You were right on about the maximums page. That was exactly what I needed for the look of my main page.
I still, however, have the situation about the categories->specials showing up in a column with only one product per row. If you can think of anything that may cause this please let me know.

thanks you your help!

[kobra]

In your stylesheet find this

#logo, .centerBoxContents, .specialsListBoxContents, .categoryListBoxContents, .centerBoxContentsAlsoPurch, .attribImg {
	/* this is the one where the top of the lace disappears in IE... keep this one BUT IT ALSO CHANGES THE BACKGROUND OF SPECIALS! */
	/* background-image: url(red_lace.gif); */
	/* float: left; */
	text-align: center;
	}

Edit it to look like this

#logo {
	text-align: center;
	}
.centerBoxContents, .specialsListBoxContents, .categoryListBoxContents, .centerBoxContentsAlsoPurch, .attribImg {
	float: left;
	}

[crabdance]

Thanks Kobra! That did it!!!... Thanks so much for your help. I really appreciate it. I thought that it didn't work at first but I just tried it again and everything is working OK.

Thank you for taking the time to help!