Apple Zen Support Thread

[jettrue]

Hi Jade,
first of all thanks for what you created and the support you give us. I hope people thanks you with donations because you really deserve this (or a t least with a free voucher in our shops when ready!).
I tell you that I have no basics about php, apart from knowing that each instruction start and and, that they are txt etc... well not so much.
Then i tried to do my best reading as many posts as i could because i kbow that is pretty annoying to answer something you answered already, so if has been discussed somewhere fell free to reject my requests.
I would like to customize a little your template to be more consistent with our company.
1. remove the wite parts next to the logo on the top (that i have already enlarged as 100% of the central column)
2. change the language right box with a simple text ita/eng placed out of the central column
3. reduce the eight of the drop down menu bar (and maybe also the drop menu itself)
4. change the label of the drop down choice menu (i.e categories into product)
5. set in the home page only a big sliding picture like http://www.calandre.com/
i wanted to enclose a pic that maybe can help but i have it in my pc, and it asks me alink...
achieveing this i would be happy... then maybe i'll try to do other things :)
thanks a lot in advance
Rob

Could I see a link to your site?

1. That white space is the background color of #logoWrapperOuter. Either you need to change the background color to the color you'd like in stylesheet.css, or make your logo bigger. Without seeing the site I'm not sure if that will help you.

2. Would be a good question for the general forum, and search the add on modules to see if perhaps its been done already.

3. A little bit tricky. First reduce the padding of div#dropMenu li a in stylesheet_header_menu.css (from .6em to maybe .4em). Then open up stylesheet.css and change the height of #dropMenuWrapper from 2.18em to a smaller number, till it looks right. Then once you get that number, change all instances of 2.18em in the stylesheet.css to whatever number you changed it to.

4.includes/languages/YOUR_LANGUAGE/extra_definitions/apple_zen/headermenu.php

I hope people thanks you with donations because you really deserve this (or a t least with a free voucher in our shops when ready!).

Doesn't happen often, but I appreciate it when it does.

[Jimbofoxman]

No, just adding products wouldn't do that. Something has been done incorrectly. Check the home page text in "Tools", "Define Pages Editor", since the source of the site stops directly after that (view the source of the page and you'll see this is how the page ends):

<p style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: larger;">1/192 SCALE USS ONONDAGA</span></span></b></h3>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: larger;">Twin turret Union ironclad ram.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;</p></div>

Something else must be causing issues........maybe it's not a template issue. I put back the original define_main_page.php file and no sideboxes or menus appear.

[momof2]

Hi, this is my first post, so thanks in advance for taking the time to answer. I have installed the Apple Zen template (I love it). I haven't made many changes. Mainly color changes and adding my logo. For some reason I cannot remove the EZ-Pages header bar. I went to "Configuration", "Ez-Pages Settings" and changed it to '0'. But it's still there. I looked at my stylesheet thinking maybe I commented something wrong but couldn't find anything. Here's a link to my site in case someone has any ideas. Thanks.
http://paperazzidesigns.com/index.php?main_page=

[momof2]

Hi, this is my first post, so thanks in advance for taking the time to answer. I have installed the Apple Zen template (I love it). I haven't made many changes. Mainly color changes and adding my logo. For some reason I cannot remove the EZ-Pages header bar. I went to "Configuration", "Ez-Pages Settings" and changed it to '0'. But it's still there. I looked at my stylesheet thinking maybe I commented something wrong but couldn't find anything. Here's a link to my site in case someone has any ideas. Thanks.
http://paperazzidesigns.com/index.php?main_page=

Never mind My mistake. I am looking at the wrong header bar.

[jettrue]

Something else must be causing issues........maybe it's not a template issue. I put back the original define_main_page.php file and no sideboxes or menus appear.

Either files are missing, or issue with changes in a language file. Would be my best guess.

[Jimbofoxman]

Either files are missing, or issue with changes in a language file. Would be my best guess.

Not sure what happened. I figured out my hosts restore function and restored files from a week earlier. Seems to be fine now.

[keylesslocks]

I am using apple zen, the text on this sidebox is a little over the edge, how can I move it over a little more to the right?

[MeltDown]

I've created an index.html that is to be the main page for this Zen/Apple Zen site. Now the Home link in the drop-down menu needs to be updated. I tried changing this:

<li class="submenu"><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT); ?>"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_CATALOG; ?></a>

to This

            <li class="submenu"><li><a href="http://www.MyStore.com">Home</a></li> 

But broke my Zen cart. Can you please tell me the proper procedure? Thanks!

[jettrue]

I am using apple zen, the text on this sidebox is a little over the edge, how can I move it over a little more to the right?

Link to site please? Did you follow the instructions in the readme.txt regarding setting the sidebox width?

[jettrue]

I've created an index.html that is to be the main page for this Zen/Apple Zen site. Now the Home link in the drop-down menu needs to be updated. I tried changing this:

<li class="submenu"><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT); ?>"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_CATALOG; ?></a>

to This

            <li class="submenu"><li><a href="http://www.MyStore.com">Home</a></li> 

But broke my Zen cart. Can you please tell me the proper procedure? Thanks!

You have two <li>'s. Remove the second one, and then remove the ending </li> (that <li class="submenu" is closed later in the file):

<li class="submenu"><li><a href="http://www.MyStore.com">Home</a></li>