designing boxes

[directpc]

hi all,

i have not bought the template and do not intend to, we are wanting to create some similar bits of the template. osc2.template-help.com:8081/14300/index.php

We are looking to create the box with the products inside it, similar to the one in the link and round corner boxes on the actual left hand side for categories etc. Also we are looking to add buttons under or at the side of our logo.

[gjh42]

The short answer to that is that you will want one or more wrapper divs just inside or outside the box in question, each with a part of the box as a background. It used to be done with tables, but divs can accomplish the task much easier and with smaller, neater code.

Google for "sliding door method" for the standard description of exactly how to do this.

[directpc]

Thanks, thats great, its the thing i was after, but never knew what it was called.

The last thing we need to know is, under the logo we want to add store buttons, once we have designed the buttons where do we place them, and can these be done in html?

[gjh42]

Yes, you can create the buttons with HTML, though there are Zen Cart functions and PHP constants that will make the buttons more bulletproof (so they will still work when you transfer the site between a development server and a live server, for example).

Button code for the header area would go in (surprise!) /includes/templates/your_template/common/tpl_header.php. You can look at the "navigation display" block for examples of how to work in links effectively.