Apple Zen Support Thread

[bobtabin]

Site still in development: http://www.initiallythine.com

[bobtabin]

I figured this out in the stylesheet.css for Apple_Zen:

To remove the right side layout box/column so that the main product window can have the full area, the following can be changed:

#centerColumnWrapper2{
background:url(../images/content_bg.gif) repeat-y 0% 0;
}

.centerColumn {
width:93.5%;
float:left;
margin:0 2% 2% 3%;
text-align:left;
line-height:1.6em;
display:inline; /* fixes IE Bug in IE6 and earlier - do not remove */
}

Bob Tabin

[mygalaxy]

yes sir. that's how i accomplished the same on my site anyway.

anyone have ideas about my IE6 dropdown issue?

[misticloudz]

Hi again,
I've been editing the colours/etc. of the page again, and I noticed a slight problem that I can't seem to figure out. (although given how much i know about php and css, i'm not surprised ) Everything seems to be loading all right, but when you load the 'specials' page and i don't have any defined from the admin, it floats the featured box contents over to the left side of the page instead of on the right where it should be.
here's a link:
http://tiffstrinkets.com/index.php?main_page=specials

The other thing I noticed is that occasionally the copyright info (this site designed by sagefish.com, powered by zen cart) is displayed in the middle of the page but when you refresh it's fine. the ip address never does this, just the copyright and legal display.
is this an easy fix, or is it just one of those things that happens sometimes?
I've got a screenshot but as it's large, i won't upload it yet.

thanks so much! everybody here is so helpful.
Tiff

[misticloudz]

Hi Jade, sorry to bug you again.

I'm trying to use the .htaccess redirect so that my page doesn't load with the 'errors on page' message in IE7. I've added the 'additions to' the .htaccess file and specified my domain, but for whatever reason it's not redirecting the page. (i am on a linux server, btw.)

the error specifies that it's looking for csshover.htc in the root folder (www.mydomain.com/csshover), so i attempted to add the .htaccess file in the root directory thinking that it might solve the problem, but it just broke the site and gave me the 'page not found' page.

not sure what i'm doing wrong, but i'm sure it's a simple solution like always... i'm slowly learning! i swear!

http://www.tiffstrinkets.com (loads with an error in IE)
http://tiffstrinkets.com (loads error free as far as i know!)

thanks so much.
Tiff

[misticloudz]

AAAAND here's the code from my .htaccess file.

# $Id: .htaccess 1105 2005-04-04 22:05:35Z birdbrain $
#
# This is used with Apache WebServers
# The following blocks direct HTTP requests in this directory recursively
#
# For this to work, you must include the parameter 'Limit' to the AllowOverride configuration
#
# Example:
#
#<Directory "/usr/local/apache/htdocs">
#  AllowOverride Limit
#
# 'All' with also work. (This configuration is in your apache/conf/httpd.conf file)
#
# This does not affect PHP include/require functions
#
# Example: http://server/catalog/includes/application_top.php will not work

<Files *.php>
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
</Files>


## Add these to your .htaccess file so that only one way to your site exists, either http://yoursite.com and http://www.yoursite.com ... the following adds the www if it's missing:

##RewriteEngine On
##RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^yoursite.com$ [NC]
##RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.yoursite.com/$1 [R=301,L]

## If you'd like your site to go to http://mysite.com instead of http://www.mysite.com, add these changes instead:

##RewriteEngine On
##RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.tiffstrinkets.com$ [NC]
##RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://tiffstrinkets.com/$1 [R=301,L]

## the following makes sure the correct mime type is sent for the .htc file
AddType text/x-component .htc

[jettrue]

Hi Jade, sorry to bug you again.

I'm trying to use the .htaccess redirect so that my page doesn't load with the 'errors on page' message in IE7. I've added the 'additions to' the .htaccess file and specified my domain, but for whatever reason it's not redirecting the page. (i am on a linux server, btw.)

the error specifies that it's looking for csshover.htc in the root folder (www.mydomain.com/csshover), so i attempted to add the .htaccess file in the root directory thinking that it might solve the problem, but it just broke the site and gave me the 'page not found' page.

not sure what i'm doing wrong, but i'm sure it's a simple solution like always... i'm slowly learning! i swear!

http://www.tiffstrinkets.com (loads with an error in IE)
http://tiffstrinkets.com (loads error free as far as i know!)

thanks so much.
Tiff

Ok, so, if http://tiffstrinkets.com works, and http://www.tiffstrinkets.com doesn't, that tells me that your site is defined as http://tiffstrinkets.com in your configure.php files.

So your .htaccess should look like this EXACTLY (get rid of everything else):

## If you'd like your site to go to http://mysite.com instead of http://www.mysite.com, add these changes instead:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.tiffstrinkets.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://tiffstrinkets.com/$1 [R=301,L]

## the following makes sure the correct mime type is sent for the .htc file
AddType text/x-component .htc

It DOES belong in the root of the site, while csshover.htc belongs in the includes folder.

[jettrue]

i'm showing that about 50% of the visitors are using IE6. seems like i've tried everything. i appreciate your help!

www.allthingssaid.com/shopping

Sorry I've been so slow in responding to you.

If you check here:

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showth...ner47&page=141

around post 1403, srturner47 lists some fixes for some long standing apple zen issues. I've applied them to my test site: www.zencart137.jadetrue.com.... SO let me know if my test site doesn't have the same issues as you're having, and if doesn't have those issues, you may want to try applying his fixes.

I'll also be updated apple zen soon with these fixes!

[mygalaxy]

Sorry I've been so slow in responding to you.

If you check here:

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showth...ner47&page=141

around post 1403, srturner47 lists some fixes for some long standing apple zen issues. I've applied them to my test site: www.zencart137.jadetrue.com.... SO let me know if my test site doesn't have the same issues as you're having, and if doesn't have those issues, you may want to try applying his fixes.

I'll also be updated apple zen soon with these fixes!

I went ahead and applied all of the fixes srturner47 posted. I actually still have issues with 'shopping cart' dropping down to the next line when the text size goes up one level in IE6, but that's not related to my core issue.

It seems that your test site as well as srturner47's and many others have the drop down menus working just fine in IE6. My menus only work properly after clicking on a main category link (home, products, info ... doesn't matter which one) and the page refreshes.

I've applied the exact same text from your .htaccess file and inserted 'allthingssaid.com/shopping'. Does it make a difference that my zen cart is located in a subfolder of the root directory? Everything is in the '/shopping' folder.

If you don't have any other suggestions, I may try implementing the CSS Dropdown Header separately and doing a file by file comparison. Otherwise, I'm open to anything and await your apple_zen update.

[jettrue]

I went ahead and applied all of the fixes srturner47 posted. I actually still have issues with 'shopping cart' dropping down to the next line when the text size goes up one level in IE6, but that's not related to my core issue.

It seems that your test site as well as srturner47's and many others have the drop down menus working just fine in IE6. My menus only work properly after clicking on a main category link (home, products, info ... doesn't matter which one) and the page refreshes.

I've applied the exact same text from your .htaccess file and inserted 'allthingssaid.com/shopping'. Does it make a difference that my zen cart is located in a subfolder of the root directory? Everything is in the '/shopping' folder.

If you don't have any other suggestions, I may try implementing the CSS Dropdown Header separately and doing a file by file comparison. Otherwise, I'm open to anything and await your apple_zen update.

Try deleting your stylesheet_original.css from the server, as well as stylesheet_header_menu_original.css. Any css file that is uploaded, will express itself on a zen cart. That might help.