Abbington Mega Template [Support Thread]

[hguan]

Anne,

First of all, thank you so much for this wonderful template. Great job!

I would like to use this template as the starting point for my site. So I am trying to set it up on my local machine to get familiar with both your template and Zen Cart. I installed the Zen Cart, all goes well. However, when I put your template on it, I am getting issues. I have read through this thread and saw other people got it working, but I could not figure out what I have done wrong. Your help is appreciated.

Unfortunately, this is on my local machine, so I can’t show you the site. Let me share a few screen shots.

My environment is:
- Windows 7 Ultimate
- Zen Cart 1.50
- XAMPP 1.8.0 VC9 (thinking XAMPP might be the cause, I tried 1.72 too and got the same results)
- I used WinZip to unzip the files in includes dir to the proper dirs following the readme

Once the template is installed, the following screen is shown. There is an issue at the very top showing "count contents()...". The navigation bar is missing items. The QUICK LINK is working fine. CATEGORIES is empty, and SHOP BY BRAND is showing some code (see screen 2), and the content from About Us is displayed.

Screen 1

Screen 2


When I scroll down to the middle of the page, I see the content that is supposed to be on the upper part of the page.
Screen 3


The last screen shot shows the bottom of the page. When I click on NEW, FEATURED, SPECIALS, nothing happens.
Screen 4


Thanks.

Harry Guan

[picaflor-azul]

Anne,

First of all, thank you so much for this wonderful template. Great job!

I would like to use this template as the starting point for my site. So I am trying to set it up on my local machine to get familiar with both your template and Zen Cart. I installed the Zen Cart, all goes well. However, when I put your template on it, I am getting issues. I have read through this thread and saw other people got it working, but I could not figure out what I have done wrong. Your help is appreciated.

Unfortunately, this is on my local machine, so I can’t show you the site. Let me share a few screen shots.

My environment is:
- Windows 7 Ultimate
- Zen Cart 1.50
- XAMPP 1.8.0 VC9 (thinking XAMPP might be the cause, I tried 1.72 too and got the same results)
- I used WinZip to unzip the files in includes dir to the proper dirs following the readme

Once the template is installed, the following screen is shown. There is an issue at the very top showing "count contents()...". The navigation bar is missing items. The QUICK LINK is working fine. CATEGORIES is empty, and SHOP BY BRAND is showing some code (see screen 2), and the content from About Us is displayed.

Screen 1

Screen 2


When I scroll down to the middle of the page, I see the content that is supposed to be on the upper part of the page.
Screen 3


The last screen shot shows the bottom of the page. When I click on NEW, FEATURED, SPECIALS, nothing happens.
Screen 4


Thanks.

Harry Guan

I would recommend switching from a wamp server to an xamp server. You can do a search on the forum for all of the specifics of why xamp will work better.

Thanks,

Anne

[hguan]

I would recommend switching from a wamp server to an xamp server. You can do a search on the forum for all of the specifics of why xamp will work better.

Thanks,

Anne

I am using XAMPP, not WAMP. I noticed that you have mentioned XAMP works better than WAMP in previous posts.

[picaflor-azul]

I am using XAMPP, not WAMP. I noticed that you have mentioned XAMP works better than WAMP in previous posts.

Your installation problems are not typical so I am guessing that it is either a server side issue or an incomplete/corrupted template install.

Thanks,

Anne

[Pablo]

I have a problem with my pop-up images I'm not sure how to fix. When you click on the "larger image" the displays shows the product images except it has a black bar and below a grey bar in the background of the image. Is there a setting to correct this?
readingglasses4less"dot"com/store

[picaflor-azul]

I have a problem with my pop-up images I'm not sure how to fix. When you click on the "larger image" the displays shows the product images except it has a black bar and below a grey bar in the background of the image. Is there a setting to correct this?
readingglasses4less"dot"com/store

You can add this to your stylesheet.css:

#popImage {background:none;}

Thanks,

Anne

[Pablo]

You can add this to your stylesheet.css:

#popImage {background:none;}

Thanks,

Anne

It turned out to be #popupimage that needed the fix but that got me in the right locale. All is well now - Thanks Anne

[stevefriedman71]

I have a rather small issue with the template that bugs me for a while and now want it solved
The categories dropdown menu isn't wide enough and makes the category name break into 2 lines. i found in "stylesheet_mega_menu.css" these 2 lines:
line 22 .mega-menu .dropdown_1column {width: 200px;} /*orig 145 */
line 37 .mega-menu .col_1 {width:200px;} /*orig 145 */

As you see i have changed it from 145px to 200 px... that DID made the column get wider BUT the text seems to still "obey the old rules" and still breaks like the column width had not been changed... any ideas on how to adjust the with so the category name stays in one line?
to see it in action go to www.candlemoldvault.ca

[picaflor-azul]

I have a rather small issue with the template that bugs me for a while and now want it solved
The categories dropdown menu isn't wide enough and makes the category name break into 2 lines. i found in "stylesheet_mega_menu.css" these 2 lines:
line 22 .mega-menu .dropdown_1column {width: 200px;} /*orig 145 */
line 37 .mega-menu .col_1 {width:200px;} /*orig 145 */

As you see i have changed it from 145px to 200 px... that DID made the column get wider BUT the text seems to still "obey the old rules" and still breaks like the column width had not been changed... any ideas on how to adjust the with so the category name stays in one line?
to see it in action go to www.candlemoldvault.ca

You need to change the width in the stylesheet_mega_menu.css file:

.mega-menu .levels a

Thanks,

Anne

[countrycharm]

Anne,

First of all, thank you so much for this wonderful template. Great job!

I would like to use this template as the starting point for my site. So I am trying to set it up on my local machine to get familiar with both your template and Zen Cart. I installed the Zen Cart, all goes well. However, when I put your template on it, I am getting issues. I have read through this thread and saw other people got it working, but I could not figure out what I have done wrong. Your help is appreciated.

Unfortunately, this is on my local machine, so I can’t show you the site. Let me share a few screen shots.

My environment is:
- Windows 7 Ultimate
- Zen Cart 1.50
- XAMPP 1.8.0 VC9 (thinking XAMPP might be the cause, I tried 1.72 too and got the same results)
- I used WinZip to unzip the files in includes dir to the proper dirs following the readme

Once the template is installed, the following screen is shown. There is an issue at the very top showing "count contents()...". The navigation bar is missing items. The QUICK LINK is working fine. CATEGORIES is empty, and SHOP BY BRAND is showing some code (see screen 2), and the content from About Us is displayed.

Screen 1

Screen 2


When I scroll down to the middle of the page, I see the content that is supposed to be on the upper part of the page.
Screen 3


The last screen shot shows the bottom of the page. When I click on NEW, FEATURED, SPECIALS, nothing happens.
Screen 4


Thanks.

Harry Guan

I have this exact problem. I running a xamp server and the mega menu is acting the very same way. I'm stumped as whats causing this.