Css Flyout Categories Menu troubles

[motti]

Hehehehe

I wait for the morning

Thank you

[Get Em Fast]

I noticed that there is a template_info.php file and a scr_template_default.jpg image included in the YOUR_TEMPLATE folder of the contribution.

Are these necesary? Asking because if I change the YOUR_TEMPLATE folder name to match my custom folder name the template_info.php would overwrite the one already there.

Not necessary. You can forget that one. It's just for informational purposes. You don't have to have ANY template_info.php
Hope this helps.

[Get Em Fast]

Morning, motti. Looks like you done got it, huh? Looking good.
I did notice, though, that you've got a problem in your upcoming products header.
You know the line in you css that reads:

CAPTION {
/*display: none;*/
}


? You might want to un-comment that line to look like:

CAPTION {
display: none;
}

Then that will go away, but you probably already knew all about that, huh?

[clydejones]

Not necessary. You can forget that one. It's just for informational purposes. You don't have to have ANY template_info.php
Hope this helps.

You might want to point this out in the readme or delete them altogether.

1. Unzip the package, retaining the folder structure.

2. Read the following notes before proceeding to copy all the files to your site,
Before copying, take care to rename the "YOURTEMPLATE" folders to match your
custom template's foldername.

If I follow these (without looking at the contents of YOURTEMPLATE), I'd loose my custom template.

[Get Em Fast]

No, Clyde, you wouldn't loose your template. You can overwrite template_info.php, or totally delete it. Like I said, it's just for informational purposes, giving you the creator, creation date, and maybe some special instructions, but it doesn't do anything for your template. And that's not just mine....that's ANY template_info.php. Seriously, just try this: back your's up (since you're worried about this issue), then delet it off your local server (I'm sure you have one for development, right?), and look......no change what-so-ever. It's JUST for you to see this information:
$template_name
$template_version
$template_author
$template_description
$template_screenshot

But it doesn't do a thing for your template, or even required to be there.


Actually, if you look at it, I don't think I even changed it's information at all (don't remember), so I think it still contains DrByte's information from when he first created this mod. All I done was just update it to include images with a roll-over effect.

I am rather shocked, though, that as long as you've Zenned, and as many posts that you have, that you didn't know this. Mmmmmm..................

[clydejones]

No, Clyde, you wouldn't loose your template. You can overwrite template_info.php, or totally delete it. Like I said, it's just for informational purposes, giving you the creator, creation date, and maybe some special instructions, but it doesn't do anything for your template. And that's not just mine....that's ANY template_info.php. Seriously, just try this: back your's up (since you're worried about this issue), then delet it off your local server (I'm sure you have one for development, right?), and look......no change what-so-ever. It's JUST for you to see this information:
$template_name
$template_version
$template_author
$template_description
$template_screenshot

But it doesn't do a thing for your template, or even required to be there.


Actually, if you look at it, I don't think I even changed it's information at all (don't remember), so I think it still contains DrByte's information from when he first created this mod. All I done was just update it to include images with a roll-over effect.

I am rather shocked, though, that as long as you've Zenned, and as many posts that you have, that you didn't know this. Mmmmmm..................

If I have a custom template folder that I created it contains a file called template_info.php that contains: (as you pointed out above) information that describes that particular template. Now if I upload a file with an identical name (template_info.php) the original file is overwritten and I now have a file that contains information different from what was in it originally.

so if the original is $template_name = 'This is my custom template' and I upload the file from the contribution I now have $template_name = 'CSS Flyout Categories Menu Template';


If I then go to admin -> tools -> template selection, my original template name (This is my custom template) no longer shows up however, (CSS Flyout Categories Menu Template) is now listed as a template selection.

How is this not changing my custom template?

[Get Em Fast]

Clyde, Whoa! Easy, big fella'. My bad. Sorry about that. I DO see what you mean. Wow! I'm surprised that I never noticed this.......but I don't change my template too often, though. Actually, NEVER. That's why I never saw that this file ever done anything other than show YOU a little information about the template.
Holy cow! I wander why this file is even included, now. DrByte created this thing, so I'm sure there's a reason for it, but I don't see what, as I chose NOT to overwrite mine (since there was already one there), and I've never had any problem with this mod working.
Like I said, I just updated it to include images with a roll-over effect, and never even paid any mind to the template_info.php.
I will submit an update to this mod to exclude this file, so this doesn't happen again.
Thank you EVER SO MUCH for pointing out this VERY possibly devastating error.

[Get Em Fast]

O.k. clyde......got it updated and uploaded to the DEV team. I'm sure they will post it A.S.A.P.
It was updated to remove this file, and an old screenshot that was left in there. I also credited you for this crucial discovery. Update message was as follows:

Just an updat to remove the file "template_info.php" which wasn't necessary, and if used to over-write a persons' template_info.php in their custom template, would cause them to loose their template info under Admin>tools>template selection!
Many thanks to clydejones for pointing out this crucial flaw!


Oops. Just noticed that I misspelled "update", right off the bat. Man.......I've got to slow down a little bit. Too many little, but stupid mistakes!

Thanks, again, clyde.

[clydejones]

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I do have one question about the mod. I have to admit, I don't use it myself, but I'd like to become familiar with it in case I get more requests to install it.

Is it my imagination or is there a problem getting everything to fit nicely into the category sidebox. I've looked at a couple of different sites that use it and noticed that the bottom seems to run directly into the following sidebox (overlapping the header portion of the box)

[Get Em Fast]

Uh....so far, I haven't noticed this, but in some cases you might be right. I've attached a screen shot of the original mod where I developed it. If you have any problems, just let me know. I'm sure it's just a margin or padding issue.