Tabbed Products ''LITE'' version - Delimiter based

[vsymons]

I am hoping someone reads this over the coming few days,,,, I decided to install the new version of zen,,, and while I like it I also liked this tabbed display...

unfortunately I cant get it to work on 1.3.6.. I have had intermitent success.. but I did have it working once..

I am afriad I am new to this but the documentation for installint this is confusing at best..

How does one get this working with the cross sell product?

it seems like there must be an "order" in which I must do things and so far that order has escaped me.. I have tried..

install cross see 1st..
then added tabbed view

and vice versa and NO results..

the directory called "catalog" perplexes me".. it is not in any of the other tools simialr to this and I think that is part of the problem..

is there anyway someone can call me or we can set up a con call just to discuss the proper implementation procedure??

thanks in advance

[qhome]

I am hoping someone reads this over the coming few days,,,, I decided to install the new version of zen,,, and while I like it I also liked this tabbed display...

unfortunately I cant get it to work on 1.3.6.. I have had intermitent success.. but I did have it working once..

I am afriad I am new to this but the documentation for installint this is confusing at best..

How does one get this working with the cross sell product?

it seems like there must be an "order" in which I must do things and so far that order has escaped me.. I have tried..

install cross see 1st..
then added tabbed view

and vice versa and NO results..

the directory called "catalog" perplexes me".. it is not in any of the other tools simialr to this and I think that is part of the problem..

is there anyway someone can call me or we can set up a con call just to discuss the proper implementation procedure??

thanks in advance

Hi vsymons and welcome to Zen-Cart!

I appologize for my instructions.. they do assume a certain level of understanding I suppose.

1. First off, lets not worry about cross sell.. that is an option you can play with once you get the default tabbed lite setup working. A basic understanding of the contrib is that the code simply uses pre-defined html tag structure to create tabs on the fly. These tags can be setup by you on a per-product basis in the product description area when you are adding a new product (in html source mode only, not HTMLArea or FCKEditor). Or you could use Global tags so they create the tabs even if you don't have the tags in the products and can do all your products at once.

2. First step: Install the SQL file. If you are using a prefix for your database, be sure to prepend it onto the tables "configuration_group" and "configuration". If not using a prefix, you can simply install the sql patch by using the Admin->Tools->Install SQL Patches menu option in the admin area of your store. Verify that you now have Configuration->Tabbed Lite Config menu in your admin area. And verify you see 12 settings.

3. Assuming the SQL completed successfully, you will now upload all the files inside "catalog" folder to your ftp. "Catalog" is just a default stating that this is as far into the root as you need to be to install this. If you are not using "catalog" you might use "shop" or you might just have your store setup in the root public_html directory. You just need to go down to the next level where you see "includes" and upload that folder. BUT FIRST! You need to go into the includes\templates\ folder and change YOUR_TEMPLATE to the template you are using. Assuming you are using the default classic template, you can change this folder name to "classic".

4. upload the files. They have the correct zen-cart directory structure so you can just drag the "includes" folder into your FTP client into the same directory that the zen-cart "includes" folder is at and it will copy the files to their respective places.

5. The default settings should be fine for most stores on initial install. Goto your storefront and view your store. You should see a the products description in the first tab, and at least a reviews tab.

This is success!. Now if you have the Cross Sell contrib installed, you can goto the configuration area and set "Cross Sell is installed" to True and "Global Cross Sell as Tab" to true, now you should see a cross sell tab on your products (but only after you set that product up for cross sell)

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If you are having database install problems, you have a backup option. inside the "includes/modules/" folder.. there is a folder called "Non-AdminEdition" folder. Inside that is a non-database version of the "tabbed_products_lite.php" file. Copy that up one folder level and replace (or rename) the current one. Now instead of changing settings in the admin area, you can change them by editing this file in an editor.

From this point now you can decide if you want custom tabs on your products. Custom tabs are set up from the product description and you can follow the readme file for example on what each set of tags does. Also view the screenshot of the example of the new product area.

Let me know how that works out for you.

[vsymons]

thanks for the reply I will give it a try again in about an hour...

I am using the futue Zen template and have already made the changes to the directory like you said...

so catalog is a whole new directory - I am good with this... (and I would ot have written the comment but I really did like the module when I had it working...and now I have cross sell all installed so I will just give this a try once again..

[Woodymon]

Hey Q-

Right now I'm reading through your "Make Your Own AutoTab.txt" help document. Attempting to use your CrossSell example as a guide in integrating swguy's Ask-A-Question mod into your product info tabs system.

I had this all figured out for your previous v.3.5 version but with the more recent TPL version I discovered I need to relearn the process. (I just installed ZC v.1.36 from scratch and decided to rebuild the site from ground up with TPL v.3.8).

I just noted the above help doc may have some corruption issues in Step 1.

FIND:
$bCustomersAlsoPurchased = strpos($proddata, "<!--#CustomersAlsoPurchased#-->");
if ($bGblCustomersAlsoPurchased == true && $Ignor------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
eGlobals === false) {$bCustomersAlsoPurchased = 1;}

I'm not sure what the long dashed line is for?

AFTER, ADD:
$bCrossSell_Tab = strpos($proddata, "<!--#CrossSell#-->");
if ($bGblCrossSell == true && $IgnoreGlobals === false) {$bCrossSell_Tab = 1;}

FIND:
} else {
$chkTabStart = false;
$chkTabEnd = false;
$bMainImageOnTabs = false;
$bAddToCart = false;
$bAdditionalImages = false;
$bCustomersAlsoPurchased = false;
$bCrossSell_Tab = false;

The instructions for this step appear to end abruptly. There is no "AFTER, ADD:" as was expected.

I just re-downloaded the TPL mod and found the same document corruption. If anyone has a corrected version of this doc handy could you please PM?

BTW it would be very cool if one could load the entire Ask A Question contact form onto a separate product info tab. Then would not even need to display the AAQ button. Anyone with thoughts of that possibility?

Thanks and keep up the good work.

Woody

[vsymons]

Thanks so much it worked and now is installed and functioning properly.. I really like how this simplifiies the webiste so I wanted to use this facility..

Now I notice on your demo site you have your tabs on the left.. (Not the top).. I like that and am wondering if there is an example I can use to change the location of the tabs..(I assume it neds to be in a stylesheet..

Is there a way to get it located like yours on the demosite?? If so is there a set of files I need to replace with a new set?

[n8pbm]

I upgraded from a very old version. I like the admin interface.

I have one small issue that I think may be a css issue. When I have the tab Customers also purchased the white space is not correct on the page. Here is a sample:

http://www.mccampingsupplies.com/tes...oducts_id=6144

Any suggestions on fixing this?

I have ZC 1.3.6 on a windows server. I was using IE6.

Great mod and thanks for adding the reviews to the tab.

[vsymons]

well I tried sorting this outbut no luck so far..

BTW - this is a fabulous edition and should be included in the "main product" next release (My opinion).. otheriwse I would not be spending so much time on it..

it works low but I am trying to get a look & feel like one of your demos.. (fully tabbed..

I have all my navigation on the left...and I like your tabs (on the left)- not on the top... and I also like the way yours "blend into the page" seems cleaner...

I cannot seem to determine how or really "where" to make the change to have the tabs be on the left (and then the product info display to the right"....and in a perfect worl I think I would have put the image on the right as well cause I have all nav on left...

I have attached the html from your website and the one from my laptop which produces the tabes on the top... (

just wondering if there is a simple fix or change to make... (I noticed I have this "lightbox " extension installed (and I have no idea what it does).. but when I try to take it out I get a blank page..

any thoughts or ideas how to get that same layout when I amusing future_zen template??

[mat123slade]

Tabbed products has done miracles for my different website. Great MOD, thks.

I am having troubles tweaking reviews though.

- I would like reviews in the reviews tab to show 100% of the review content, and not just the first line.
- I would also like to enable html for reviews that display on this page.

how much of this is possible ? Any ideas where to start looking ? thks.

[qhome]

Thanks so much it worked and now is installed and functioning properly.. I really like how this simplifiies the webiste so I wanted to use this facility..

Now I notice on your demo site you have your tabs on the left.. (Not the top).. I like that and am wondering if there is an example I can use to change the location of the tabs..(I assume it neds to be in a stylesheet..

Is there a way to get it located like yours on the demosite?? If so is there a set of files I need to replace with a new set?

Heh, thats a new template layout I was working on for the next version... not released yet.. I haven't even got it to work correctly yet. I will see if I can work on that this week if I have time. Its just the tabbed lite layout file, no other feature changes.

I upgraded from a very old version. I like the admin interface.

I have one small issue that I think may be a css issue. When I have the tab Customers also purchased the white space is not correct on the page. Here is a sample:

http://www.mccampingsupplies.com/tes...oducts_id=6144

Any suggestions on fixing this?

Yea this is a CSS issue.. Do your customeralsopurchased css settings have any float settings? I dont remember which setting offhand but it looks like that may be the problem. I made no changes to the customer also purchased module.. so im curious if you set cross sell to be off tab.. does it also have this problem ?

Tabbed products has done miracles for my different website. Great MOD, thks.

I am having troubles tweaking reviews though.

- I would like reviews in the reviews tab to show 100&#37; of the review content, and not just the first line.
- I would also like to enable html for reviews that display on this page.

how much of this is possible ? Any ideas where to start looking ? thks.

I think there may be a setting in admin that sets how many words appear on descriptions and reviews before auto-adding the "......" check around there. The review tabs only supports what the reviews module supports.. i have no other changes or control on other changes like that.

[vsymons]

well let me say this qhome... It is a terrific edition - I reviewed it with one guy I turst on this stuff and he loved it as well.. so I am going to keep charign away...

give me an idea of timesframes when you think this wil be ready cause I have no idea if this is a 1 week or 1 year type of project...

I just want to take what I have and then going to mkt with that tab feature as you show it MAKES a BIG IMPACT on the DEMO so I am not going to show off untill then I think.. but if I can help or be a beta user, let me know..

van