Apple Zen Support Thread

[jettrue]

Hello

I am using Apple Zen, and I have got to say, it's fab, very easy to find your way around and change colours etc.

I have one problem, I recently had my zen cart installation copied from one domain to another, since then my meta tags do not seem to be working, i.e. I have changed the title and the site tag line in the meta_tag.php file but it doesn't reflect that in my browser, my browser is showing http://www.mydomain.com/catalogue and does not change no matter what I do

I'm posting this question here as I have read in other threads that you need to change the html_header file within folder YOURTEMPLATE/common. I would change this file but apple_zen does not seem to have one in the template folder. Is there anything else I need to change/check?

This was working ok in my old domain which says to me that some file or piece of code went missing. I don't know how to repair this.

Is there something I'm missing? I hope somebody can help

Your site's title, in it's source, looks like this:

<title></title>

Your keywords and description are blank as well.

Its OK if apple zen does not have a meta_tags.php file. It will not include every file, because templates only include changed files, and I didn't make any changes in meta_tags.php.

Now, you can certainly save meta_tags.php in the apple_zen folder, especially since it is a file that you will make changes to, but the way zen cart works, is that if there is NOT a file in the CUSTOM folder, it looks for it main language file folder.

Check and double check that includes/languages/english/meta_tags.php OR includes/languages/english/apple_zen/meta_tags.php exists. Remember capitalization matters. Check the permissions settings, mine is at 644. Make sure theres no space before the <? php at the top of the page.

Those are all the ideas I have. You may want to start a new thread about this, as I don't think its template related.

[angel23]

Thanks for that, I have checked all said and everything is correct and in the right place.

I started a new thread about it yesterday, but haven't had any replies or help.

I didn't think it was a template issue but thought I would check anyway.

Thanks for the quick response

[KrispysKingdom]

Thank you so much, Jade! You make the coolest contributions!

[KrispysKingdom]

One more question - How can I make the top category link appear in the breadcrumb? When I select a sub-catgory, the top one is not included in the breadcrumb navigation.

[jettrue]

One more question - How can I make the top category link appear in the breadcrumb? When I select a sub-catgory, the top one is not included in the breadcrumb navigation.

Yes, I need to update that changes in the template:

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpo...&postcount=337

[Terrill_Taylor]

Hi -

I am trying to change the hover color on the menu - and not having sucess. Specifically, I want the initial display of the menu to be white, and then hovering over a menu item will turn that another color (pink).

I thought that this:

div#dropMenu li.submenu:hover {background:pink}

would do it -- Suggestions?

http://banberryplace.com/NewZen

-Terry

[jettrue]

Hi -

I am trying to change the hover color on the menu - and not having sucess. Specifically, I want the initial display of the menu to be white, and then hovering over a menu item will turn that another color (pink).

I thought that this:

div#dropMenu li.submenu:hover {background:pink}

would do it -- Suggestions?

http://banberryplace.com/NewZen

-Terry

Nope, that's done at the top of the file:

/*green*/
div#dropMenu li a:hover, div#dropMenu li.submenu li.submenu:hover {color: #4f4f4f!important;background:#ffffff;}

You can change the #ffffff to pink, if you like. :-)

[james739]

Hi, how do I remove the extra box on the right of the shopping cart option on the drop down menu?
Thanks!

[jettrue]

Hi, how do I remove the extra box on the right of the shopping cart option on the drop down menu?
Thanks!

That's a very common question, and the funny thing is that it isn't a "box" its just leftover space. Since you want your menu to fill up all the way from left to right, I would suggest using percentages for the widths of each menu item. This is because the menu was designed to have a right-side space, so that when people enlarge the font, the menu doesn't end up wrapping into two lines. But making the menu items a percentage, it won't wrap into two lines.

So, first, you need to change div#dropMenu li to this:

div#dropMenu li {
	position: relative; 
	list-style: none; 
	margin: 0; 
	float: left; 
	line-height: 1em;
        width:16.667%;
	}

Then change div#dropMenu li a to this:

div#dropMenu li a {display: block; padding: .6em 0 .6em 0;text-decoration: none; text-transform:uppercase; color:#005f00; text-align:center; border-right:1px solid #005f00; border-left:1px solid #005f00;}

Then change div#dropMenu ul.level2 to this:

div#dropMenu ul.level2 {top: 2.17em; background:#FFFFFF;z-index:1000;left:0;}

I think I'll change my next version of the template to have percentages instead of leftover right-side space.

[james739]

Mad love Jetrue! I'll will give it a try, and thanks for the prompt response!