Responsive Sheffield Blue v2.0

[rufusclc]

Hi:
I was wondering if I could add an image to the top header background whole area instead of the white block; and if so how?
thanx for a great template
Rufus

[picaflor-azul]

Hi:
I was wondering if I could add an image to the top header background whole area instead of the white block; and if so how?
thanx for a great template
Rufus

Yes, this is possible. You will add it using css. Just do a google search for how to add a css background image and you will find instructions.

Thanks,

Anne

[rufusclc]

Thanks a great lot, Anne
Rufusclc

[hivtop]

Fix center box size problem.....

This is my first How-To in 20 years so bear with me...

First...This is the very first time I have EVER used zen cart so I am a Total Newbie (I usually use the Brand-X one). I chose zen cart for it's ease of setup and management, EasyPopulate for updating LOTS of products at once and the RSB template for it's ability to transform for different size browsers. When downloading it I decided what I needed it to do and grabbed all the plug ins I would need. then I installed everything in the following order:

zen-cart-v1.5.4-12302014 (new install)

addons:
Minimum Order (we are a wholesale site)
monthly_sales_and_tax.10 (easy to record & pay our monthly sales tax collected)
MSRP_Display_1_for_ZC_4 (to inform our customers what the price should be & what their markup will be)
Price_Increase_Decrease (so I don't have to increase each and every product 1 by 1)
stats_products_linked-1.0.0 (good info for marketing)
EasyPopulate-4.0-master (my cart is updated via RSS feeds)

I've learned over the years to always install your template LAST, so other addons don't break the layout:

responsive_sheffield_blue_2.0.template (so the cart will work on everything from a mainframe to a wrist phone, yes I had a friend test the site on her Neptune Pine and it looked great)

After installing everything and having a lovely working site with 3 products and 3 categories I stocked it with 3215 products... That's when things started to fall apart... LOL Product names and image names were too long, pictures were not the same size. empty spaces pop up on main page and category pages.

Fixed the name length problem by changing size values in the database directly...

This is how I fixed the problem of having different size center boxes and empty spaces where boxes should be, on my main page and the category pages with guidance from soxophoneplayer.



since my staylesheet.css file had not been changed I found the following line in my:

cartdirectoy/includes/templates/responsive_sheffield_blue/css/stylesheet.css

at line 266 you will find:

.centerBoxContentsAlsoPurch, .centerBoxContentsProducts, .centerBoxContentsNew, .centerBoxContentsFeatured, .centerBoxContentsSpecials{border:1px solid #dbdbce;background:#f7f7f7;padding:20px 0px;width:30% !important;transition:background 2s ease; -webkit-transition:background 2s ease;-moz-transition: background 2s ease;  -o-transition:background 2s ease;text-align:center;margin-left:15px;margin-bottom:20px;min-height:350px;}

at the very end of the line you will find "min-height:350px" (Without the quotes):
I removed.... min-
I changed... 350px to 450px (I have some tall pictures so the 450 worked for me, test different sizes til you get the min height for your site)

New code:

.centerBoxContentsAlsoPurch, .centerBoxContentsProducts, .centerBoxContentsNew, .centerBoxContentsFeatured, .centerBoxContentsSpecials{border:1px solid #dbdbce;background:#f7f7f7;padding:20px 0px;width:30% !important;transition:background 2s ease; -webkit-transition:background 2s ease;-moz-transition: background 2s ease;  -o-transition:background 2s ease;text-align:center;margin-left:15px;margin-bottom:20px;height:450px;}

yes it is that simple, once you know where to look... Thanks soxophoneplayer

hope this helps other newbies...
Hivtop

[picaflor-azul]

I've learned over the years to always install your template LAST, so other addons don't break the layout:

This is not correct. You should always install the template package first, then other plugins. This way any plugins with files in the template override folder will work correctly with no additional copying of files, etc.

Thanks,

Anne

[hivtop]

This is not correct. You should always install the template package first, then other plugins. This way any plugins with files in the template override folder will work correctly with no additional copying of files, etc.

Thanks,

Anne

To start off Anne... "I'm NOT Picking a Fight.. just an old mans observations from building websites for over 25 years... LOL"

I have found, It is Best to install ANY template last Because...
1. most addons, Admin or front-end are less than 20 pages/files (most under 10)
2. Most addons work "out of the box" with few changes to core files
3. Most templates are over 150 pages/files (Your RSP has 199 files in 66 directories) Lots of Hard Work...

Therefore when you install the template last and it breaks one of the addons, you only have 20/or less pages/files to dig through to fix the problem not 200...

Using this formula I had only 2 things to fix after installing the cart, 6 addons and the RSP template. All total it took 27 hours to do a fresh install, add over 3700 products and process my first order via pay pal (most of the time was converting the rss/xml feeds to the right csv layout for propagation of products) I still have some "cosmetic tweaks", like the box sizes, but that is never ending....

I want to THANK You and All the people who are working on Zen cart for your hard work. I have already made the suggestion that 8 others switch to zen cart and your template since it WORKS on any device...

Hivtop

[wmorris]

Hi Anne,

Can you help me! I am having an issue on the column on my product listings. Its on my desktop layout. You can see here:

http://www.morrisgiftshop.biz/index....ndex&cPath=2_3

Please take a look at the last 3 or 4 rows. See it where it breaks?