Sheffield Blue Template Support Thread

[mikeel100]

I'm trying to convert my website to Sheffield Blue. It is a great mod...thanks for the detail and hard work! I absolutely want to use this on my website if I can get it to work with my existing plug-ins.

I installed the mod (per packaged instructions) on my test shop which is one folder level into the root directory. The config file is modified to point at the image folder in my live shop directory structure.

Image Handler quit working when I installed Sheffield Blue. The scroll over image enlargement function does not work any more and the .js slide show images are tiny. I searched this thread for "Image" and "Image Handler" and read all related info and didn't see a fix for the issue.

Since my config file is modified to point to a different image directory than the "standard" install, I thought it may be causing the problem with the Image Handler program.

So, I did a fresh install of ZC, Sheffield Blue, and Image Handler 4 into a new test site with no mods to the config files. Well, it fixed the tiny image problem with the .js slideshow, but I still can't get the mouse over picture enlargement to work.

My test shop is v.1.5.1 at GoDaddy with only Image Handler 4 and Sheffield Blue mods applied.

The live shop is using v.1.5.1 at GoDaddy with UPS, USPS, Image Handler 4, EasyPopulate4, and dbBackup mods installed.

Thanks.

Mike

[mc12345678]

I'm trying to convert my website to Sheffield Blue. It is a great mod...thanks for the detail and hard work! I absolutely want to use this on my website if I can get it to work with my existing plug-ins.

I installed the mod (per packaged instructions) on my test shop which is one folder level into the root directory. The config file is modified to point at the image folder in my live shop directory structure.

Image Handler quit working when I installed Sheffield Blue. The scroll over image enlargement function does not work any more and the .js slide show images are tiny. I searched this thread for "Image" and "Image Handler" and read all related info and didn't see a fix for the issue.

Since my config file is modified to point to a different image directory than the "standard" install, I thought it may be causing the problem with the Image Handler program.

So, I did a fresh install of ZC, Sheffield Blue, and Image Handler 4 into a new test site with no mods to the config files. Well, it fixed the tiny image problem with the .js slideshow, but I still can't get the mouse over picture enlargement to work.

My test shop is v.1.5.1 at GoDaddy with only Image Handler 4 and Sheffield Blue mods applied.

The live shop is using v.1.5.1 at GoDaddy with UPS, USPS, Image Handler 4, EasyPopulate4, and dbBackup mods installed.

Thanks.

Mike

So, while this issue is occurring when using this template, there is nothing about this template that disables the functionality of IH4. I would suggest that the thread for IH4 be used/reviewed, but before posting there, I would recommend reading through the associated documentation very carefully. My initial take on wht has been provided is that the plugin was not again installed after the template was and that possibly one or more folders expected to be present to support that installation is not present and therefore when attempting to install on the vanilla version that some of the files did not end up where desired. Which also can happen if a file doesn't get fully written to the server on upload. An additional indication of the "missing" folder might be if additional images do not appear on product page layouts, but yet the source code is present to display the additional image. (Recently saw this situation and again, unrelated to this template.)

[picaflor-azul]

I'm trying to convert my website to Sheffield Blue. It is a great mod...thanks for the detail and hard work! I absolutely want to use this on my website if I can get it to work with my existing plug-ins.

I installed the mod (per packaged instructions) on my test shop which is one folder level into the root directory. The config file is modified to point at the image folder in my live shop directory structure.

Image Handler quit working when I installed Sheffield Blue. The scroll over image enlargement function does not work any more and the .js slide show images are tiny. I searched this thread for "Image" and "Image Handler" and read all related info and didn't see a fix for the issue.

Since my config file is modified to point to a different image directory than the "standard" install, I thought it may be causing the problem with the Image Handler program.

So, I did a fresh install of ZC, Sheffield Blue, and Image Handler 4 into a new test site with no mods to the config files. Well, it fixed the tiny image problem with the .js slideshow, but I still can't get the mouse over picture enlargement to work.

My test shop is v.1.5.1 at GoDaddy with only Image Handler 4 and Sheffield Blue mods applied.

The live shop is using v.1.5.1 at GoDaddy with UPS, USPS, Image Handler 4, EasyPopulate4, and dbBackup mods installed.

Thanks.

Mike

As with any plugins/modules, if you do a new template installation you will need to copy any files in the old override folder to the new override folder or the plugins will not work.

Thanks,

Anne

[mikeel100]

As with any plugins/modules, if you do a new template installation you will need to copy any files in the old override folder to the new override folder or the plugins will not work.

Thanks,

Anne

I was not aware that the order of installation was important. Let me uninstall and reinstall IH4 and see what happens.

Thanks for your help.

[mc12345678]

I was not aware that the order of installation was important. Let me uninstall and reinstall IH4 and see what happens.

Thanks for your help.

For clarity, it's not so much (or not always) about the order of installation depending on what is done to install something. Ih4 happens to "auto"install based on the current template, so at least ZC would have to consider this template the active template in order to install it to this template. Further, some plugins have no dependency on the template but that also depends on what the plugin does. Otherwise, as Anne stated for all plugins to work like they did on a different template, their respective files must be copied over or as I had suggested the plugin reinstalled. Either way, a manual installation may be the best solution as then only the files applicable to the template would need to be installed and not all of the other files and further that manual installation could in most cases occur in any order. As long as something else doesn't overwrite the new changes, etc...

[mikeel100]

Thanks for the insight!

I'm in the process of installing the template to my live store.

I ran into a contradiction in the installation instructions. The html readme file says:

Column Layout Grid

The column layout grid module will give you a product listing page in columns rather than rows. The template pacakge comes with the files already installed. To complete the installation, you will need to patch your database.

Just a few lines down it says to go into "Configuration -> Product Listing" and "Click on "Product Listing - Layout Style", select "rows" and click on the "update" button."

I've highlighted the contradiction in bold letters. Am I supposed to select "rows" or "columns"?

Then it says to go into Configuration -> Define Page Status and define the "About Us" page. Well, there is no "About Us" page listed there so I'm assuming the instructions are telling me to turn on or enable one of the unused pages here. Is that correct? And yes, I did apply the patches before going to Define Page Status.

I currently have my "About" page defined in EZPages.

Thanks for your help.

[mikeel100]

This is the about_us.sql that came with the package.

INSERT INTO configuration (configuration_id, configuration_title, configuration_key, configuration_value, configuration_description, configuration_group_id, sort_order, date_added, use_function, set_function) VALUES
('Define About Us Status', 'DEFINE_ABOUT_US_STATUS', '1', 'Enable the Defined About Us Link/Text?<br />0= Link ON, Define Text OFF<br />1= Link ON, Define Text ON<br />2= Link OFF, Define Text ON<br />3= Link OFF, Define Text OFF', 25, 59, NOW(), NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(''0'', ''1'', ''2'', ''3''),');

I checked my database and performed a search for the "Define About Us Status' in the zen_configuration table and it is not there?

I got a green bar at the top of the page when I ran the patch so I don't know why the db didn't get updated.

I do have a "zen_" prefix on all of my tables. Could that be the problem for it not installing?

If the values above are correct, I'll manually insert them into zen_configuration. But, I need to know if they are correct.

Suggestions?

[mikeel100]

I manually added the 'about_us.sql' to zen_configuration and it is showing up in admin.

[mikeel100]

I manually inserted the "about_us.sql" into zen_configuration and it appears to be functioning...db changes when I make changes in admin.