Column Divider Pro (CDP) Contrib - Official Thread

New Release.

As with my tabbed products contrib, I've bumped this up to a "Pro" version now too mainly to start fresh with 1.3.8a. I've also done a little bit of merging of "Column Divider Lite" with "Designer Monthly Boxes".

I'm no longer going to support the old contribs and now will support only this one.

For those of you unfamiliar with this contrib, it is a little step if fancying up the grid layouts throughout Zen-Cart. This will make a divider for ALL pages that reference the tpl_columnar_display.php file.

It is quite simple to use. Just add the included tpl_columnar_display.php file to your template folder and it will override the default zen-cart one without changing any core files.

This will give divider lines for the following modules/pages:

- New Products on the main page
- Special Products on the main page
- Featured Products on the main page
- Special Products on the Specials... link
- Additional images on the product page
- Customers Also Purchased on the product page
- Cross Sell on the product page (note that Cross Sell is a separate contrib that would need to be installed separately.)

- I've also added a custom product_listing.php file in the modules area for those who use the ColumnGridLayout contrib. To use it, simply remove the excess text after the filename and it will override.

Note: If you are already using the Designer Monthly Boxes (DMB) contrib or Column Divider Lite, CDP will replace most of the files with the correct files so it should be a painless transition.

Some changes from those previous renditions include fixing the spacing calculations to use a -0.5 so that there is always room for the divider line. And some css additions to prevent hidden horizontal lines.

View a Demo

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Do you have demo for this?

Berserker:

Do you have demo for this?

Additional Demos:

• Main Index
• Category List
• Additional Images - (Click the Additional Images tab)
• Customers Also Purchased - (Click the Customers Also Purchased tab)

qhome:

Additional Demos:

• Main Index
• Category List
• Additional Images - (Click the Additional Images tab)
• Customers Also Purchased - (Click the Customers Also Purchased tab)

Will be using this one as well. Thanks for another great mod!

Hello qhome,

I have installed Column Divider Pro over the 2 previous mods.

I also had already installed the Column Layout Grid mod.

I removed the text at the end of product_listing.php and uploaded over the previous file.

However, when I click on a category, it came up with an error.

I since then deleted the Column Layout Grid mod files and uninstalled from SQL Patches.

I notice that you have the products in a category showing properly at the link here for example:

http://www.unbannable.com/zen138a/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=3_10

Would you be able to explain the process for me now to get the categories pages showing properly?

Do I just reinstall the Column Layout Grid mod now, or should I do something else.

Here is my site to reference to:

http://www.xmanhosting.com.au/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1

Kind regards,
Anthony

xman888:

Hello qhome,

I have installed Column Divider Pro over the 2 previous mods.

I also had already installed the Column Layout Grid mod.

I removed the text at the end of product_listing.php and uploaded over the previous file.

However, when I click on a category, it came up with an error.

I since then deleted the Column Layout Grid mod files and uninstalled from SQL Patches.

I notice that you have the products in a category showing properly at the link here for example:

http://www.unbannable.com/zen138a/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=3_10

Would you be able to explain the process for me now to get the categories pages showing properly?

Do I just reinstall the Column Layout Grid mod now, or should I do something else.

Here is my site to reference to:

http://www.xmanhosting.com.au/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1

Kind regards,
Anthony

Install Column layout grid first.. then install Column Divider Pro... CDP should always be last . What was the error?

Hello,

I re-did the proceedure, and I still get the same error message:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: zen_get_generated_category_path_rev() in ..... /includes/modules/xman/product_listing.php on line 210

You can view it here:

http://www.xmanhosting.com.au/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1

Kind regards,
Anthony

xman888:

Hello,

I re-did the proceedure, and I still get the same error message:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: zen_get_generated_category_path_rev() in ..... /includes/modules/xman/product_listing.php on line 210

You can view it here:

http://www.xmanhosting.com.au/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1

Kind regards,
Anthony

are you using zen-cart 1.3.8?

Hello qhome,

I am using zen cart 1.37

Kind regards,
Anthony

xman888:

Hello qhome,

I am using zen cart 1.37

Kind regards,
Anthony

Ok, the zc1.3.8 version of that file uses a new function that zc1.3.7 didnt have. So i added a version for both 1.3.7 and 1.3.8 to the modules file for product_listing. use the one that matches your zen-cart version

No other files changed, just included a file for zc137 product_listing

question,

on 1.3.7 when i added this for the category listings (main page and subcategories)
the subcategories text is being forced to multiple lined ie width constrained

The cells seem to be ok width wize - it is just not allowing the text to be wide

any idea how to fix?

you can see at:

http://www.secretgardenflowers.com

or on a sub category

http://www.secretgardenflowers.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=331

Note: this did display properly before - & i am using product ColumnGridLayout

sgflowers:

question,

on 1.3.7 when i added this for the category listings (main page and subcategories)
the subcategories text is being forced to multiple lined ie width constrained

The cells seem to be ok width wize - it is just not allowing the text to be wide

any idea how to fix?

you can see at:

http://www.secretgardenflowers.com

or on a sub category

http://www.secretgardenflowers.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=331

Note: this did display properly before - & i am using product ColumnGridLayout

Do you have any other contribs or css changes for this?

It seems to work fine on my zc137 site:
http://www.unbannable.com/zen137/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=3_10

Usually the skinny text means you didn't upload the modules/YOUR_TEMPLATE/product_listing.php file. But it also looks like you have something there making the alignment of the text and image be off-center.

i guess the issue might be with how this works with a contrib called category rows that lists the sub categories underneath the categories

i can't find it on the forum now but something is going goofy with the spacing on the categories

what files should i be looking at?

also how do i adjust the spacing in the product cell & category cell - i want to reduce the space between the content & the dotted seperator

Qhome,

I seem to have the same problem as SGFlowers. Im using version 1.3.8A and the contribs I've installed are Tabbed Products, IH2 and Blank Sidebox so I don't think I have anything that will conflict with this mod.

OK for both of you it seems to be the same problem. The custom product_listing.php file I included is not being loaded. The only change in my custom product_listing.php file is that I force the inner width of the div to use 100% of the div so you don't get the skinny text. In looking at the source code on both of your sites, I can see it is using the default size instead of my size.

Please be sure that you are uploading it into a folder of the same name as the template you are using.

For example. If your template is
/includes/templates/silverfish/
then you need to put the product_listing.php file into:
/includes/modules/silverfish/product_listing.php
for the override to work. You should have to replace the one that Dr Byte included with the Column Grid Layout.

If you still can't get it working, perhaps you can set me up as a temporary ftp access and i can see where the disconnect is.

qhome:

OK for both of you it seems to be the same problem. The custom product_listing.php file I included is not being loaded. The only change in my custom product_listing.php file is that I force the inner width of the div to use 100% of the div so you don't get the skinny text. In looking at the source code on both of your sites, I can see it is using the default size instead of my size.

Please be sure that you are uploading it into a folder of the same name as the template you are using.

For example. If your template is
/includes/templates/silverfish/
then you need to put the product_listing.php file into:
/includes/modules/silverfish/product_listing.php
for the override to work. You should have to replace the one that Dr Byte included with the Column Grid Layout.

If you still can't get it working, perhaps you can set me up as a temporary ftp access and i can see where the disconnect is.

for me it might have something to do with the categories_row being loaded

i definitely have the files in the right place

i'll do some more exploration on that contrib

qhome:

OK for both of you it seems to be the same problem. The custom product_listing.php file I included is not being loaded. The only change in my custom product_listing.php file is that I force the inner width of the div to use 100% of the div so you don't get the skinny text. In looking at the source code on both of your sites, I can see it is using the default size instead of my size.

Please be sure that you are uploading it into a folder of the same name as the template you are using.

For example. If your template is
/includes/templates/silverfish/
then you need to put the product_listing.php file into:
/includes/modules/silverfish/product_listing.php
for the override to work. You should have to replace the one that Dr Byte included with the Column Grid Layout.

If you still can't get it working, perhaps you can set me up as a temporary ftp access and i can see where the disconnect is.

But I thought im not supposed to upload the product_listing.php since im not using the Column Grid Layout contrib?

Hmm... you're right... im not sure how you got that :P I will have to do some more digging. I will also check the category row contrb.. but i think since berserk is also having the problem that it may be something else.

qhome:

Hmm... you're right... im not sure how you got that :P I will have to do some more digging. I will also check the category row contrb.. but i think since berserk is also having the problem that it may be something else.

i pm'd you an ftp login

Ok I think i know what the problem is. I am referencing a variable that is being overwritten on your sites, but not on my site. I have to figure out a way to persist the value. this is a CDP bug. I remember this kinda problem from the Lite version too now that I think about it.

-EDIT- OK i see the problem. And I see why I don't have that problem on my site too. I will add code to ensure that it always uses 100% instead of replacing the value for only certain row counts.