CSS Dropdown menu for the header- With Categories!

[jettrue]

This has the potential to be a really nice and extremely useful mod once it has been finished.

At the moment, once installed, you end up with one category that has no header (and no, it is not possible to add one - it simply won't display), Categories, Information, Contact Us categories, and two categories that contain nothing, have no titles and which also cannot be removed or modified.

Then there is that thing in the readme about a hidden link for an "About Us" page - WTF? - Surely the whole idea of this module is to enable you to add stuff like that by configuring the files or adding in your existing EZPages links? And why the need for for this hidden link anyway?

Well, I'm going back to EZPages - they don't do what I need them to do, but this module as it is is hopeless, and cannot be configured either. - The PHP template is shot and the coding appears to be broken.

One other thing, the code for manual inclusion into the tpl_header.php needs to go before

<div id="navSuppWrapper">
<div id="navSupp">

or the dropdown bar will not display.

Wow, I have never had someone respond this way to a free mod where someone offers FREE help. I have spent COUNTLESS hours on this mod, and by the way, it works FINE if you install it correctly. Did you even look at the test site I listed in the readme.txt at http://www.zencart137.jadetrue.com ? Looky there, it's working fine! I've also installed it myself without all the problems you describe. Did you stop and think that maybe you made a mistake?

At the moment, once installed, you end up with one category that has no header (and no, it is not possible to add one - it simply won't display), Categories, Information, Contact Us categories, and two categories that contain nothing, have no titles and which also cannot be removed or modified.

UH NO, that is PATENTLY UNTRUE if you install it correctly, you end up with a menu with categories that work fine, titles that work fine, just like is here:
http://www.zencart137.jadetrue.com

My guess is you started with not all the files uploaded in their correct spots. I don't as a rule upload mod's that don't WORK. I test and test and adjust and adjust and spend hours and hours making sure it works correctly. But I can't account for people who don't know what they're doing.

Then there is that thing in the readme about a hidden link for an "About Us" page - WTF? - Surely the whole idea of this module is to enable you to add stuff like that by configuring the files or adding in your existing EZPages links? And why the need for for this hidden link anyway?

Was the WTF really necessary??? If you don't want the link, you don't have to un-hide it. It's really that simple. This mod comes from my apple zen template, and I happened to add an about us page to the apple zen template. Because some people wanted that, as they wanted to be able to define an about us page in the "define pages editor". Is that OK with you?

Well, I'm going back to EZPages - they don't do what I need them to do, but this module as it is is hopeless, and cannot be configured either. - The PHP template is shot and the coding appears to be broken.

You're welcome to it!

So, you say that this isn't working:

<li><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_ACCESS); ?>"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_ACCESS; ?></a></li>

Do you actually use this:

<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_ACCESS); ?>

to successfully get a link to work in other zen cart files? Because the error you describe suggests to me that you didn't define the FILENAME_ACCESS correctly in a file in includes/extra_datafiles/ like this:

define('FILENAME_ACCESS', 'access');

so that zen cart knows to go to that page. Download the about us page mod in the downloads section, it shows you all the files you have to add to get a new page you make to work FULLY within zen cart.

Please have more respect when you come to this thread, or ask someone else who likes people to be rude to them.

[CES]

Wow, ...

Was the WTF really necessary???

Please have more respect when you come to this thread, or ask someone else who likes people to be rude to them.

Here, here.

Thanks for all your efforts jettrue. I recently 'upgraded' to the latest 'version' and it's looking better than ever on my site.

Hi Jade

Have you tested IE8 on ZenCart yet?

I've just downloaded the beta2 and tried it out because I have heard it sometimes 'breaks' sites designed for IE6/IE7!

Tested it on my site: www.NicheLocks.com and it does break the dropdown menu.

Also tried http://www.zencart137.jadetrue.com/ and although it works better, it is still not perfect.

Good news is, it works fine in 'compatability' mode.

Love to hear your thoughts.

Craig

After my 'upgrade' and making a couple of small tweaks, it looks fine now in IE8 beta. :-)

Thanks once again.

Craig

[nosleephotel]

Jade,

To contrast what "some name not taken" said, you are right and your mod works wonderfully. No one has the right to be so rude when at the same time asking for help in something that was provided for free and came at the cost of hours and hours spent while nothing is asked for in return. Thank you for providing a much appreciated mod.

[some name not taken]

I apologise for being a little tetchy. - The module is good, it simply will not work on my setup.

I do not have GoDaddy hosting, but obviously something is preventing your module from working on some web hosts and there is probably very little either of us can do about it. The same problem is also preventing EZPages from working, so that's that. - Don't install Zen Cart on GoDaddy or Litespeed servers if you want a fully working setup.

[nosleephotel]

some name not taken, I have my ZenCart on GoDaddy and as much as I dislike GoDaddy in general, the site works just fine.

[some name not taken]

I only mentionned GoDaddy hosting because it is known to cause some people problems with their install.

I have just reinstalled my cart purely to test CSS Dropdown on a completely new install with clean database and it is still affected by exactly the same problems as before and the debug utility is telling me precisely nothing.

The .htc mime type does not need to be set in .htaccess for my server (already pre-set, and checked) and the files have been uploaded correctly, so there's no reason why it should not work, but it isn't, and won't.

[CES]

Can you give a link so we can look at your sites?

[some name not taken]

Sure, and thanks...

http://litez.co.uk

I have just reinstalled the module.

As you will see, several of the categories display properly and the others refuse to display, except for the home column which displays the links but not the header.

[some name not taken]

If you did not already know the blank columns are supposed to titled for home, account, and catalogue; although I cannot see any reason why they should not be displaying properly.

The CSS has been left just as it was in the original download, EZ Page links have not been added in, and in Layout Boxes Controller ezpages_drop_menu.php has been set to Single Column Status (only) ON. EZ Pages header bar has not been hidden, as there are currently no header links.

[jettrue]

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