New Products Layout, and Customisation

[qhome]

I found where I needed to edit for that.

includes/modules/new_products.php the "text" array is set up here.

[dvasdekis]

I found where I needed to edit for that.

includes/modules/new_products.php the "text" array is set up here.

Any insights from there that you've been able to dig up? I've looked through it and there seems to be the flexibility to do something like this, but actually pulling it off is going to be beyond my abilities, as I don't know php and all my code so far has been assisted or through trial and error.

I'll also look into the SSL issue, and try and dig up some links as to why it would be a bad thing. The only con I can think of is with possible SEO issues, but all pages are available both secured and unsecured.

[qhome]

Any insights from there that you've been able to dig up? I've looked through it and there seems to be the flexibility to do something like this, but actually pulling it off is going to be beyond my abilities, as I don't know php and all my code so far has been assisted or through trial and error.

I'll also look into the SSL issue, and try and dig up some links as to why it would be a bad thing. The only con I can think of is with possible SEO issues, but all pages are available both secured and unsecured.

Well I'm not sure how far you are lookin to go. I mainly wanted the text on the right side instead of underneath. I got that far. I am now trying to get a separator in between the tables and Im working thru making sure it works programmatically based on row/col amount selection. I got it workin almost perfect but one of my tables is still broken and im too tired to figure it out so im goin to bed :)

I do have some intermediate php knowledge so Im getting to where I want to be. What else are you trying to get? The only other thing I see is adding the "Add to cart" button to the box which i will work on after i get the programmatic tabling done.

[dvasdekis]

Well I'm not sure how far you are lookin to go. I mainly wanted the text on the right side instead of underneath. I got that far.

To be honest I'd be happy with anything. A separator in between the table, so there's some sort of grid alignment would be fantastic, and if there's a way to get it to work programatically, all the better. To fill in some of the spare space below the product name with the beginnings of a description would be overwhelmingly awesome, but if that's too hard then I'm not overly fussed. I think that an add-to-cart button would be superflous though. People will read the description before hitting buy.

If you are happy to share your code, (and from your past efforts it seems like you are! Tabbed products looks awesome and really suits my line of sales, so integrating that is the next job for me) I'd be more than happy with whatever you manage to implement for yourself. Bringing some semblance of neatness to the front page is my overall goal for this bit of work.

[qhome]

To be honest I'd be happy with anything. A separator in between the table, so there's some sort of grid alignment would be fantastic, and if there's a way to get it to work programatically, all the better. To fill in some of the spare space below the product name with the beginnings of a description would be overwhelmingly awesome, but if that's too hard then I'm not overly fussed. I think that an add-to-cart button would be superflous though. People will read the description before hitting buy.

If you are happy to share your code, (and from your past efforts it seems like you are! Tabbed products looks awesome and really suits my line of sales, so integrating that is the next job for me) I'd be more than happy with whatever you manage to implement for yourself. Bringing some semblance of neatness to the front page is my overall goal for this bit of work.

Here is what I have so far:
http://www.unbannable.com/zen/index.php?main_page=index

Note I only changed the Monthly New Products box so far. I have to do the same for:
Monthly Featured, and Monthly Specials but they should be really quick since the bulk of the work was done in the tpl_tabular file.

I am also wondering tho how hard it would be to implement them similar to the way the Configuration->New Listing works so you can use simple 4-char mapping similar to the way it shows up on the New Products, Specials, All products listing pages (which are different than the Monthly displays)

The Additional Images, Customer Also Purchased, and Cross Sell also use the tpl_tabular_php file so I will either have to do it to them as well or make a separate tpl_tabular file for them.

[qhome]

ok i got it on all the "monthly" boxes. Tested with all different column amounts, although any more than 4 will cause massive page stretching so I think it would be wise to look into making the text location configurable so that the user can decide where it should be. I'll also look into adding a short description and add to cart button, making them both user configurable.

[barco57]

I took a peek.....and I have to say most excellent work