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[simple]

i put the tpl_product_info_display.php into the templates folder in mytemplate/

i am working with the demo pages included in install. should i first create new category and insert a product into it and then work with that produt page?

trying to get a hold of someone's workable code for this template. happy to post my code here when finished. trying to achieve a very minimal look and feel for product page.

[simple]

Question - Why would you be messing in the template when you can simply turn all those features OFF in the Admin?

Tried that. But for some reson it doesn't turn things off. Here are my settings:

Product Listing
Title Value Action
Display Product Image: 1
Display Product Manufacturer Name: 0
Display Product Model: 0
Display Product Name: 2
Display Product Price/Add to Cart: 3
Display Product Quantity: 0
Display Product Weight: 0
Display Product Price/Add to Cart Column Width 10
Display Category/Manufacturer Filter (0=off; 1=on) 0
Prev/Next Split Page Navigation (1-top, 2-bottom, 3-both) 3
Display Product Listing Default Sort Order
Display Product Add to Cart Button (0=off; 1=on): 1
Display Multiple Products Qty Box Status and Set Button Location: 0
Display Product Description 150
Product Listing Ascending Sort Order: +
Product Listing Descending Sort Order: -


Product Info
Previous Next - Button and Image Status 0
Previous Next - Navigation Includes Category 0
Previous Next - Navigation Bar Position 2
Previous Next - Button and Image Settings 0
Previous Next - Sort Order 1
Previous Next - Image Width? 50
Previous Next - Image Height? 40
Products Info - Products Option Name Sort Order 0
Products Info - Product Option Value of Attributes Sort Order 1
Product Info - Show Option Values Name Below Attributes Image 1
Product Info - Show Sales Discount Savings Status 0
Product Info - Show Sales Discount Savings Dollars or Percentage 2
Product Info - Show Sales Discount Savings Percentage Decimals 0
Product Info - Price is Free Image or Text Status 1
Product Info - Price is Call for Price Image or Text Status 1
Product Quantity Box Status - Adding New Products 0
Product Reviews Require Approval 1
Meta Tags - Include Product Price in Title 1
Meta Tags Generated Description Maximum Length? 50
Also Purchased Products Columns per Row 3
Site Map - include My Account Links? No

I am working with the latest version of zen cart.

[kuroi]

Tried that. But for some reson it doesn't turn things off.

Kim is absolutely right. If all you want to do is suppress these parts of the product info display, it is easiest to use the switches provided. I suspect that the reason this isn't working for you is because you're not turning the right ones off. The switches you need to use are not amongst those you listed in your reply to Kim, but those you will find by going to Catalog > Product Types and then selecting "edit layout" for your product type.

[kuroi]

i put the tpl_product_info_display.php into the templates folder in mytemplate/{/QUOTE]
Another mistake I sometimes make is to edit a file, but then forget to upload it to my webserver leaving the template_default version to run instead.

[QOUTE=simple]i am working with the demo pages included in install. should i first create new category and insert a product into it and then work with that produt page?

To be be strictly accurate, you are working the baseline Zen Cart pages and demo data. As a result adding a category and a product just swells the data without telling us anything about why your Zen Cart isn't functioning as expected.

trying to get a hold of someone's workable code for this template. happy to post my code here when finished. trying to achieve a very minimal look and feel for product page.

With the caveat that this is not the best approach for suppressing items on the product_info page (see another branch of this thread for the preferred approach), I am attaching a version of the file you are trying to edit- tpl_product_info_display.zip. Put this in the correct place on your server and it will, under all circumstances, replace the review and tell a friend buttons with messages in red text.

[simple]

To be be strictly accurate, you are working the baseline Zen Cart pages and demo data. As a result adding a category and a product just swells the data without telling us anything about why your Zen Cart isn't functioning as expected.


With the caveat that this is not the best approach for suppressing items on the product_info page (see another branch of this thread for the preferred approach), I am attaching a version of the file you are trying to edit- tpl_product_info_display.zip. Put this in the correct place on your server and it will, under all circumstances, replace the review and tell a friend buttons with messages in red text.

thanks so much for this (found the product layout).

put your file into mytemplate/template folder. the product pages are shown as before. here is an example: http://clothing-shop.allfavourites.c...products_id=95

[kuroi]

put your file into mytemplate/template folder. the product pages are shown as before.

The folder name is templates

[simple]

The folder name is templates

how silly do i feel now! thanks very much, it solved the problem.

[kuroi]

how silly do i feel now! thanks very much, it solved the problem.

Hey, in the course of getting to this point, I've admitted

• editing original instead of copied files
• putting the copies in the wrong place
• doing everything correctly, then forgetting to upload to my server

We all make these mistakes from time-to-time

[Sermonzone]

• editing original instead of copied files
• putting the copies in the wrong place
• doing everything correctly, then forgetting to upload to my server

Hey!

I thought I was the only one the did that silly stuff.

[chrispopovic]

Kick ###### help! Especially that last part about going to the layout tools and resetting all of the damn boxes. It cost me a good hour plus of troubleshooting until I understood why i needed to do that. Thank you!!!