Tabbed Products Pro (TPP) Contrib - Official Thread

[kaycee]

Thank you DivaVocals,

kaycee

[anklebiterwoodworks]

They have it set up here that you have to wait like 30 or 45 seconds after your download completes before you can download something else from the site.

[herby]

Hi everyone

Before I go any further I just want to say I know very very little about all of this so if anybody is kind enough to offer an answer please could you reply in simple language!

I have downloaded DivaVocals version of TPP and have installed it to the point where it shows under admin>configuration. However I am at a total loss as to how to get my descriptions tabbed??? Am I right in thinking that I have to add the tags to the product description in admin>catalogue? I have tried this but I don't seem to get any tabs on my description.
Would there be someone who would be kind enough to explain exactly where I need to put the description including tags and also could someone send me a sample description with tags to see if it works ( just a simple desription with 2 or 3 tags so that I can see where everything goes).

Thanks for any help in advance

Herby

[CybaGirl]

Am I right in thinking that I have to add the tags to the product description in admin>catalogue? I have tried this but I don't seem to get any tabs on my description.
Would there be someone who would be kind enough to explain exactly where I need to put the description including tags and also could someone send me a sample description with tags to see if it works ( just a simple desription with 2 or 3 tags so that I can see where everything goes).

Thanks for any help in advance

Herby

Here you go try something like this.

<!--%Product Description%-->
<br />
YOUR DESCRIPTION HERE.
<br /><br />

<!--%Specs%-->
<br />
• PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS.
<br /> 
• What is the products specifications?
<br /><br />

<!--%Content%-->
<br />
YOUR CONTENT.
<br /><br />
For example. What does your product come with?
<br /><br />

<!--%Features%-->
<br />
1. FEATURES TAB.
<br />
2. What features does your product have?
<br /><br />

<!--%Downloads%-->
<br />
DOWNLOADS TAB.
<br /><br />
If your product has a manual for example you might want to place a download link to it here by clicking <a href="http://www.YOURDOMAIN.COM/DIRECTORY/PRODUCT.PDF" target="_blank"><font  color="#0000FF">here</font></a>.
<br /><br />


<!--%Videos%-->
<br />
VIDEO TAB.
<br /><br />
You might want to add a video of your product on this tab see example below.
<p style="text-align: center"><object width= "425" height="276"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qmp8MP7DB4U&ap=%2526fmt%3D18&rel=0&fs=0&color1=0x0E5FF6&color2=0x0E5FF6&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qmp8MP7DB4U&ap=%2526fmt%3D18&rel=0&fs=0&color1=0x0E5FF6&color2=0x0E5FF6&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="false" width="425" height="276"></embed></object></p>
<br /><br />

The code used in this example was taken from one of my clients websites that I developed and still maintain for them. If you would like to see this code in action you can do so by going to the following URL.

http://www.kellettshobbies.com.au/Titan-X50-Torque-Tube

If you have any questions just let me know.

[herby]

Thanks for the code CybaGirl.

Yesterday we did a fresh install using the demo store information and a template that we have chosen to use on our website (at the moment we are just playing around with it so we can get our heads around it before building the actual website).
I have copied and pasted the code that you gave us into one of the product descriptions and it came out looking like this http://www.lily-maes.co.uk/test/inde...products_id=12

Does anybody have any idea what I am doing wrong, the tabs are not showing. Any help would be much appreciated.
Thank you

Herby

[DivaVocals]

Thanks for the code CybaGirl.

Yesterday we did a fresh install using the demo store information and a template that we have chosen to use on our website (at the moment we are just playing around with it so we can get our heads around it before building the actual website).
I have copied and pasted the code that you gave us into one of the product descriptions and it came out looking like this http://www.lily-maes.co.uk/test/inde...products_id=12

Does anybody have any idea what I am doing wrong, the tabs are not showing. Any help would be much appreciated.
Thank you

Herby

First this code:

<!--%Product Description%--> <br /> YOUR DESCRIPTION HERE. <br /><br />

added to the product description will produce a duplicate description tab if you have turned on the description tab in the add-on's admin settings.

Second double check your install.. files that are needed to make tabs display is missing.. you either did not not rename the "includes/custom_template" folder to match your own template folder, or you didn't upload this folder..

[CybaGirl]

First this code:

<!--%Product Description%--> <br /> YOUR DESCRIPTION HERE. <br /><br />

added to the product description will produce a duplicate description tab if you have turned on the description tab in the add-on's admin settings.

That doesn't do that for me. But then again I am not using the latest version nor could I ever get the sub tags to work for some reason.

[DivaVocals]

That doesn't do that for me. But then again I am not using the latest version nor could I ever get the sub tags to work for some reason.

Well it will certainly produce the result I posted if you are using TPP v1.05 or greater.. and that is most certainly the result that will happen in v1.09.. as I indicated, the description tab is turned on via the admin..

[DivaVocals]

v1.09 is now available in the Zen Cart downloads section and is no longer available on my website.

I've updated the Zen Cart v1.5 ready version of TPP that doesn’t REQUIRE the CSS/JS Loader. (Tabbed Products Pro (TPP) v1.09) It will be posted on my site later today, and submitted to the downloads section as soon as I finish cleaning up the rest of the readme file. (Install instructions are complete)

Thanks to examples I "borrowed" from the venerable niccol, I was able to re-work and improve the auto installer. There is no need for any external SQL install or uninstall files.. The auto-installer will now remove previous versions of TPP from the database completely (especially versions 1.06 - 1.08).

You will need to remove all previous versions of TPP and CSS/JS Loader files before installing TPP v1.09. (If you do indeed want to use the the CSS/JS Loader, you should consider downloading the latest version from the current author's site and install it separately from TPP)

I posted this because I thought others would find it useful.. It's been VERY well tested, but your mileage may vary.. I will NOT be providing any support for this..

[DivaVocals]

Minor change as follows:

It has been implied that the bundling of the CSS/JS Loader with prior versions of Tabbed Products Pro was necessary to prevent the Tabbed Product Pro javascripts and stylesheets from loading on ALL pages (ie: limiting them to only load when accessing the product information page).

The CSS/JS Loader add-on actually serves a different purpose, and is not required by Tabbed Products Pro at all. However, Zen Cart does have built in functionality to load the TPP stylesheets and javascripts only when the product information page is accessed. v1.09a makes changes to support this. Upgrading to v1.09a of Tabbed Products Pro will implement the proper structure so that stylesheets and javascripts will now only load when accessing the product information pages.

It will be posted on my site later tonight, and submitted to the downloads section as soon as I finish cleaning up the rest of the readme file. (Install and upgrade instructions are complete)