Tabbed Products Pro (TPP) Contrib - Official Thread

[satyros]

Just InstalledTabbed products Pro.
works fine but when I use inspect element in Firefox or Chrome, the css seems very long and strange. and the corresponding line is wrong. Before the installation everything was normal.

http://www.koufetakia.gr/eshop

solved thanx to @tony_sar

strange looking css is because of cjloader installation . cj loader allows you to minifiy your css and jscript for faster loading . you can turn that feature off from Configuration > cj loader . ( as far as i remember ) .

[CabernetCat]

Hi. I am having the same problem in that after going through the installation and double checking the steps, the product tabs are still not showing. I have read the Readme file in the css/tp folder and am confused.I tried out the steps but still am unsuccessful. Would be grateful if you could detail out the baby steps you use.
Thank you

Actually took me ages to work this out... ended up sort of regressively reading the code till I worked out that the css files were not in the right place.

- Decide which theme you want to use (example alt_tpp_tabs12.css)
- Move that file to /includes/templates/your_theme/css
- Rename it to stylesheet_alt_tpp_tabs12.css [Make changes to this file to affect how the tabs appear (highlight, active state, etc)]
- Copy tpp.css to /includes/templates/your_theme/css and rename it stylesheet_tpp (not sure what this affects, but hey, better safe than sorry)

Make sure you have the appropriate graphic files in /includes/templates/your_theme/images/tpp (example tableft12.gif, tabright12.gif)
(or just upload the entire /images/tpp to /includes/templates/your_theme)

Also, as suggested, check your file and dir permissions.

Hope this helps

[Vanni]

Actually took me ages to work this out... ended up sort of regressively reading the code till I worked out that the css files were not in the right place.

- Decide which theme you want to use (example alt_tpp_tabs12.css)
- Move that file to /includes/templates/your_theme/css
- Rename it to stylesheet_alt_tpp_tabs12.css [Make changes to this file to affect how the tabs appear (highlight, active state, etc)]
- Copy tpp.css to /includes/templates/your_theme/css and rename it stylesheet_tpp (not sure what this affects, but hey, better safe than sorry)

Make sure you have the appropriate graphic files in /includes/templates/your_theme/images/tpp (example tableft12.gif, tabright12.gif)
(or just upload the entire /images/tpp to /includes/templates/your_theme)

Also, as suggested, check your file and dir permissions.

Hope this helps

Thanks for your reply. I actually solve my problem just before your reply. I read somewhere in the thread to uninstall and reinstall an earlier 1.05 and it works for me. Don't know why.

[DivaVocals]

Thanks for your reply. I actually solve my problem just before your reply. I read somewhere in the thread to uninstall and reinstall an earlier 1.05 and it works for me. Don't know why.

There was never really anything wrong with v1.05 it was stable and worked perfectly. When v1.06X was submitted, the original author of TPP stopped actively supporting this mod. (if I recall correctly he did not agree with the submitted change - the CJ Loader bundling in particular) v1.06X's most significant "change" was the inclusion of the CJ Loader app. Otherwise there was no REAL reason to install v1.06X at all..

IMHO the CJ Loader app should have been submitted as a separate add-on and not "stuffed" into another mod with no REAL benefit to the mod itself.. (what's particularly troubling is that the TPP documentation was not updated to explain why CJ Loader was stuffed in TPP versus being submitted as a separate add-on). Additionally, the version of theCJ Loader included is probably NOT the most recent version of the CJ Loader app...

Kuroi summed this up best here:

Hi Ken

That wasn't a reflection on the quality of the code. It was motivated by concern that it has been extended into areas that feel more the province of core code than a add-on to enhance the product info page.

So all that minification feels like it ought to be a mod in its own right rather than an addendum to the TPP. And the associated html_header changes have the potential to clash with other plugins, several of the free templates and most commercial ones.

On a functional level, I don't like the way that by default the add-to-cart button seems to be hidden inside an inactive tab ... goes against all that we know about e-commerce conversion - but I'm sure that can be changed.

Those are the reasons why I, personally, would hesitate to use it. But equally there will be circumstances and people for whom it's a good approach.

IMHO whomever updates TPP to be Zen Cart v1.5 compatible should SERIOUSLY consider removing the CJ Loader altogether.. The CJ Loader should ALWAYS have been a separate mod, and not stuffed into this mod..

[DivaVocals]

Posted this before.. Will post again..

uninstall v1.07 altogether and install TPP v1.05.. Unless you NEED the CJ Loader add-on which is included in the v.107 files (the addition of the CJ Loader add-on was introduced in TPP v1.06) v1.05 works just fine.. You will need to incorporate any Zen Cart v1.3.9 changes to the product detail page of course.. If you want CJ Loader after that, you can get it from the Rubiks Integration site and install it AFTER you get TPP working all by it's lonesome..

[MortalWombat]

Hi

I was hoping to get TPP to work on pages other than products_info pages - i.e. the home page.

I'm not sure how to do this, or if it is even possible - could someone please confirm this is doable, and what is involved in getting tabs to show on the main page?

Thanks in advance,
Tija

[DivaVocals]

Hi

I was hoping to get TPP to work on pages other than products_info pages - i.e. the home page.

I'm not sure how to do this, or if it is even possible - could someone please confirm this is doable, and what is involved in getting tabs to show on the main page?

Thanks in advance,
Tija

If you look at the source HTML code that makes up the TPP readme, you will see how to structure your HTML to use TPP on other pages.. If you are not familiar with how to write raw HTML, then I'm afraid there really isn't an easy "plug-n-play" type of answer to your question..

[ianhg]

I loaded Tabbed Pro and it's working OK into zencart 1.5 ... however there is nothing in admin/configuration for TPP.
Having spent some time looking thro the forums it looks like I need to use the new Admin Page registration...can someone tell how to use Admin Page Registration in admin and what I need to enter in the fields to make TPP appear in Admin>Configuration
Many Thanks... Excellent contribution

[DivaVocals]

I loaded Tabbed Pro and it's working OK into zencart 1.5 ... however there is nothing in admin/configuration for TPP.
Having spent some time looking thro the forums it looks like I need to use the new Admin Page registration...can someone tell how to use Admin Page Registration in admin and what I need to enter in the fields to make TPP appear in Admin>Configuration
Many Thanks... Excellent contribution

Not sure this is that simple.. Simply getting a mod to register in the admin doesn't make it "v1.5 ready".. The new codebase has many other requirements that many older mods may not meet just yet.. that said I do not think anyone has or is working on a v1.5 compatible version of TPP as of yet..

[ianhg]

Not sure this is that simple.. Simply getting a mod to register in the admin doesn't make it "v1.5 ready".. The new codebase has many other requirements that many older mods may not meet just yet.. that said I do not think anyone has or is working on a v1.5 compatible version of TPP as of yet..

Thanks for the speedy reply... I was hoping it was going to be relatively simple as it 's working OK ... maybe I need to go back to zencart 1.39 although I don't really want to..