Apple Zen Support Thread

[vivaraquel]

Ok so before I change it again, I used jujuedit and filezilla for the main page and this is what I get http://www.dreamevent.com.au

How hard does it need to be to write up text?

[molywerks]

Something weird is happening with your CSS. When I view your home page, the text appears to be a default of a large serif. Then when I click some links, the pages appear to be in a default of a normal-sized sans serif. There is either some serious lag time for the custom CSS to be properly rendered or some sort of CSS issue causing oddness.

If you have been working on CSS, another tool I use in developing sites is Web Developer, a very helpful Firefox Add-on. I'm not entirely up to speed with it but I it works great to troubleshoot CSS. Setting views of Information > Display Element Information and Information > Display Topographic Info have been invaluable for me.

BTW, note that I am not trying to offend you or your skill level. I am (and may be) posting a lot of extraneous info here and there because I'm putting together a tutorial over the next week or two to hand off a Zen Cart site I developed for a client and will be coming back to the forum to grab my riffs. Thus, I'm somewhat trying to get in the mode of replying for lowest common denominator and thus am trying to assume a low skill level regardless of actual. Not the easiest thing to train HTML newbies let alone computer newbies. And I'm no skilled coder by any means. I've got a long way to go.

[vivaraquel]

Thanks, I appreciate it.

I will not mess around with the CSS though. Out of all the sites I have created using ZC this is the only template that truly tries my patience when it come to just adding text.

I think I'll just use the html editor option on the admin and do the best I can.

Good luck with that tutorial.

[molywerks]

Thanks, good to know. Apple Zen is my first template. Although, I've hacked it beyond recognition outside of the dropdown and shopping cart.

[jettrue]

Thanks, I appreciate it.

I will not mess around with the CSS though. Out of all the sites I have created using ZC this is the only template that truly tries my patience when it come to just adding text.

I think I'll just use the html editor option on the admin and do the best I can.

Good luck with that tutorial.

The issue is not the template. If you are having issues with the HTML editor in the zen cart admin, that has nothing to do with any template you choose. The HTML is a separate entity. Personally, I prefer to use plain text, with <p></p> around paragraphs, make my own links, and let the template format the font. When you mess around with online text editors, in my opinion, you're asking for trouble.

It also sounds like since you did not see define editor pages in the admin, that you did something incorrect, perhaps you moved files from their default location, had a folder named wrong, etc. But I've installed this template on many new zen cart installs, and have never had the define pages disappear.

[Website Rob]

Ok so before I change it again, I used jujuedit and filezilla for the main page and this is what I get http://www.dreamevent.com.au

How hard does it need to be to write up text?

Minor point:

<div id="logo"> ... Art of E-Commerce " width="700px" height="140px" /></a></div>

You should remove the 'px'.