Simple Zen Template - Support Thread

[jettrue]

Get it here.

The download includes the buttons, the images, the css, and the needed files.

I wanted to offer a simple and uncluttered option for a zen cart, without all the clutter. Of course you can add as many sideboxes as you want, and can keep the left and right sideboxes on if you like, but I prefer only having one side on.

Complete instructions are in the download. I would not be surprised if I forgot to include a file or two, so holler at me if it looks grossly different when you install it.

You can see it in action at: http://www.simplezen.sagefish.com

Feel free to ask any questions here, and let me know if you need any different colors for the gradient in the header.

I've already realized a mistake in my upload.. I added a link to the wishlist in my header, since I installed that mod, so if you're not using the wishlist mod, you'll need to remove that link. I'll add that to a subsequent post.

I have NOT tested this in IE, so can someone please send me a screenshot if things look whacked in IE.

Thanks and Enjoy!

[Sketchy]

Nice template.

As you suspected, in IE, there is a visual problem on login/signup. One immediate parsing error showed up;

div.order_steps {       /* Is needed for the centering in IE */
    width: 100%;
    padding: 0px;
    margin: 0px;
    margin-top: 10px;
    text-align: center;
}

Add the semicolon(in red).

Being part of the login and something specific for IE, maybe that's to blame.

[DogTags]

Very nice, clean, easy to read....like it :-)

Is there a version that has a simpler header, no clickable images?

Thanks :-)

[TinaS]

You might wanna fix the link in the footer.

The URL is http://sagefish.com.com

[signs]

How are you guys even getting this template to work at all? I installed on 1.3.0.2 cart according to directions.

First error was when I went to admin to select the template:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in /home/xxxx/xxxx/xxxxx/includes/templates/simple_zen/template_info.php on line 1

I took a look at that file and everything was on one long line, so I removed the spaces on either side of all the = signs and returned after each semi-colon.
That took care of that.

Now, I chose the template in admin and when I go to see how the cart looks I have this message in place of my store:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '{' in /home/xxxx/xxxx/xxxx/includes/templates/simple_zen/common/tpl_header.php on line 1

I am looking at that file now and everything in IT is on one loooooong line. I haven't begun to figure out which "{" they are talking about.

How are you all managing to get this working?

thanks for any input!
Signs

[jettrue]

How are you guys even getting this template to work at all? I installed on 1.3.0.2 cart according to directions.

First error was when I went to admin to select the template:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in /home/xxxx/xxxx/xxxxx/includes/templates/simple_zen/template_info.php on line 1

I took a look at that file and everything was on one long line, so I removed the spaces on either side of all the = signs and returned after each semi-colon.
That took care of that.

Now, I chose the template in admin and when I go to see how the cart looks I have this message in place of my store:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '{' in /home/xxxx/xxxx/xxxx/includes/templates/simple_zen/common/tpl_header.php on line 1

I am looking at that file now and everything in IT is on one loooooong line. I haven't begun to figure out which "{" they are talking about.

How are you all managing to get this working?

thanks for any input!
Signs

When I re-download the file from the download sections, and look at the files, they are not in one loooooong line. How are you uploading these files? What program do you use? And is anyone else having the same issue?

[signs]

Hi Jade! Thanks for responding so quickly! First off, I guess I should have mentioned that upon seeing the template in action at your site I was sooo excited because it's the absolute BEST template (in my opinion) that I have yet to see.

That said, it's quite possible that the error is on my end, however I have lots of templates installed and none of them has given me any problems until now.

I d/l the template, unzipped it, FTP'd to my templates directory using overrides. I doublechecked everything and made sure I was doing it correctly. I use ACEftp Pro3 as my ftp program.

when I got the error message at first on the admin side, when trying to select the template

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in /home/xxxx/xxxx/xxxxx/includes/templates/simple_zen/template_info.php on line 1

I used Alleycode version 2.16.2 to open with. Alleycode is what I use for all php editing and it shows the number of lines (designated by a hard return at the end of each) to show the lines of code. It makes it simple to do edits on files which have a known error at specific line numbers.

However, when opening in Alleycode, both the tpl_header file and the template info file show lots of code, but all on apparently "line 1" as there are no hard returns showing. With the template info file I was able to edit in Alleycode, removing the spaces from either side of the = and putting returns after each semi-colon.
I am not adept at php by any means and the fact that I fixed that one was sheer luck. When I looked at the header file it was waaay too much for me to handle.

Well, it was at this point I was going to post a screenshot for you but it had to be something gone screwy between the d/l, unzip, ftp, or opening with Alleycode that went wonky on my end. I was just going to get you a screenshot of what my editor shows and now it looks perfect.

I have no clue what happened and I apologize for seeming to have been dissing your template. That's not what I intended and leaving out any compliments in my first post was a gross oversite on my part.

Since it appears that all the code is in order I will attempt to install it again and report back on how it went. I feel like an idiot and I honestly don't have a clue what happened to the code on the last install.

Thanks!
Signs

[jedbase]

Hi,

I am new to this, so I hope I am posting this correctly. I love the template, but so far I am having a problem getting the topnav.gif to show up at the top of the page. In the space this should be showing I am showing 'Get your Baseball Stuff here'. That was what I had keyed in as a test when I was working on the Classic template. I believe I have my override path right:

includes\templates\mysimplezen\english\simple_zen\english.php

When I look at english.php, I see where the links are, but in my FTP Client, where it says Header Sales Text Goes here, it is shaded gray, like it has been commented out. Any idea on how to go about getting the images at the top? Here is a link to the page:

http://web-host-design.com/eugene/catalog/

Thanks in advance,
Eugene

[RKB]

Great Templete, Simple and Clean.

I have some little bits I would like to resolve, if someone out there can help I will be grateful.

When I use Firefox the alignment of the subtotals and totals is out of wack on the "Payment Infomation" Page

When I use IE the above is OK, but the size of the font on the "Graded" Red headed are very small, also the Login details font is small.

I would like the change the Black outer border colour from black, which one in the style sheet and I would like to replace the "outer" rest of screen from grey to an image, which one on the style sheet.

www.thepatchshop.com.au

Ron

[b16_madman]

If anyone can so help me set ezpages up with the simple zen le me know. i've been lurking to find the answer now for a few hours.