Template Fluorspar

[earthlytreasures2]

My website is here http://earthlytreasures.com.au
I am using the flourspar template
I cant get new (Or old or anything) products to show on the main page when somebody logs on to my website.
How do I get some products to automatically show on the front page?

[HeleneWallis]

My website is here http://earthlytreasures.com.au
I am using the flourspar template
I cant get new (Or old or anything) products to show on the main page when somebody logs on to my website.
How do I get some products to automatically show on the front page?

You can get any specific category to show on the front page by going into Configureation -> Layout Settings -> Main Page - Opens with Category. The category you specify there is the one that will be shown on the main page.

You can show new products in the sidebar by going into Tools -> Layout Boxes Controller and turn on sideboxes/whatsnew.php

[HeleneWallis]

Thought I'd share how to make the Nivo slider images clickable. It's actually quite easy.

In /includes/templates/fluorspar/common/tpl_nivo_slider.php, you want the <div> that begins at line 3:

<div id="slider" class="nivoSlider">
<img src="includes/templates/fluorspar/images/data/image1.jpg" alt="Herbs and Spices" title='<?php echo NIVO_CAPTION_1; ?>'/>
<img src="includes/templates/fluorspar/images/data/image2.jpg" alt="Pet Products" title='<?php echo NIVO_CAPTION_2; ?>'/>
<img src="includes/templates/fluorspar/images/data/image3.jpg" alt="Document Library" title='<?php echo NIVO_CAPTION_3; ?>'/>
</div>

To make those images into links, just enclose each one in a <a href> tag. The example below shows how I did it for my site:

<div id="slider" class="nivoSlider">
<a href="https://www.newnaturalsonline.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2"><img src="includes/templates/fluorspar/images/data/image1.jpg" alt="Herbs and Spices" title='<?php echo NIVO_CAPTION_1; ?>'/></a>
<a href="https://www.newnaturalsonline.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=7"><img src="includes/templates/fluorspar/images/data/image2.jpg" alt="Pet Products" title='<?php echo NIVO_CAPTION_2; ?>'/></a>
<a href="https://www.newnaturalsonline.com/doc_menu.html"><img src="includes/templates/fluorspar/images/data/image3.jpg" alt="Document Library" title='<?php echo NIVO_CAPTION_3; ?>'/></a>
</div>

This is very lightly glossed over in the fluorspar docs, and the 'More Info' link in the docs goes to a blank page. The Zenofobe domain name appears to be parked and for sale, so there apparently won't be any help from the template author.

[dbltoe]

To make those images into links, just enclose each one in a <a href> tag. The example below shows how I did it for my site:

<div id="slider" class="nivoSlider">
<a href="https://www.newnaturalsonline.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2"><img src="includes/templates/fluorspar/images/data/image1.jpg" alt="Herbs and Spices" title='<?php echo NIVO_CAPTION_1; ?>'/></a>
<a href="https://www.newnaturalsonline.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=7"><img src="includes/templates/fluorspar/images/data/image2.jpg" alt="Pet Products" title='<?php echo NIVO_CAPTION_2; ?>'/></a>
<a href="https://www.newnaturalsonline.com/doc_menu.html"><img src="includes/templates/fluorspar/images/data/image3.jpg" alt="Document Library" title='<?php echo NIVO_CAPTION_3; ?>'/></a>
</div>

If your canonical link is set to https://www.newnaturalsonline.com/, then you would remove the info in red above. This makes it a relative verrsus absolute link and avoids a lot of headaches.

Biggest example is in accessibility. If you have a link to the two categories above (2 and 7) in your catgegories column, accessiblity will hit you for links that are ambiguous. https://myzencarthost.com/accessibil...ambiguous_link

Basically, with absolute links, you are forcing the system to leave the cart and come back in to go to the link. Relative links are like "It's right over here on the shelf."

[HeleneWallis]

Yes, correct, I wasn't thinking about that. Thanks for the heads up.

[HeleneWallis]

I'm working on accessibility issues with Fluorspar, and have hit a brick wall with the Down for Maintenance page. I cannot find where the 'home' icon in the breadcrumb line is being sourced from. I can find everything around it, but not that icon tag itself. Anyone know? It is not nddbc.html.

[dbltoe]

perhaps a peak. Otherwise, it's a WAG.

[HeleneWallis]

perhaps a peak. Otherwise, it's a WAG.

Umm, huh?

[dbltoe]

You'll get more help if you give a link. Otherwise, it's a Wild A.. Guess.

[HeleneWallis]

You'll get more help if you give a link. Otherwise, it's a Wild A.. Guess.

Here's a screenshot. It's the home icon below the megamenu in the breadcrumb line.