Newsletter-Only Subscriptions for v1.3x

[nagelkruid]

I am using zencart 1.3.8 and I installed this exactly they way it asks and it didnt work. nothing showed up. i followed the directions exactly

do you see a page when you browse to
http://www.yourdomain.com/index.php?main_page=subscribe

[nagelkruid]

I installed this app and it seems to work ok however, on my main page I had to enable it by adding the "information" box and it sits inside that box. I wanted it to be stand alone. Not only that, even when I am not logged in it says "Newsletter Unsubscribe" which doesn't make sense because if you are not logged in it should say "Subscribe to Newsletter".

Anyone know what I am doing wrong here?

you should have a dedicated box to subscribe

[nagelkruid]

if you dont mind quick & dirty, just go to your defined page and put the <br> whereever you need them to fit your page width layout
mine's in:
\includes\languages\dutch\html_includes\<mytemplate>\define_subscribe.php

off course, you could also do it via the defined page editor

or check your css, seems to be something with .centerColumn missing.
just start adding

.centerColumn {padding: 0.8em;}

and see if it changes anything, then take it from there.

[gnrocks2]

Thank you very much for your suggestions Nagel, they are much appreciated! In terms of editing the define_subscribe.php page with <br> I have tried that before without any results.... After playing around with the Web Developer tool kit I also came to the conclusion that it's something to do with the css files of my site and I've tried editing them, but again without any success (I must admit that I'm not very good with css or with programming in general), so if you could give me some tips on how I might add a new class to my css file(s) and also where in that file I would be forever grateful :) If you need me to post the css files (or even to send them to you) in order for you to get a better idea then I can do so as well.
Regarding the .centerColumn I've actually noticed that it is already declared in one of my css files (stylesheet_main.css), so I'm not sure why the newsletter page is not picking it up....

[nagelkruid]

Regarding the .centerColumn I've actually noticed that it is already declared in one of my css files (stylesheet_main.css), so I'm not sure why the newsletter page is not picking it up....

The page only seems to pickup on /includes/templates/12541/css/stylesheet_tm.css
so why don't you try adding it in there?

[australican]

Hello all, I've finally given up on trying to fix this myself.
Hopefully someone can help.
It's really just a layout issue. I saw a couple of other post from people who had a similar problem, but I couldn't find the solution they were given if they got one.

I put the subscribe field on the bottom of my header. It looks fine in IE7, like this
which I want.

In FF and IE8 it looks like this
which I don't want, after all it's kinda broken.

I'm pretty sure the solution lies in my tpl_subscribe_header.php file.
I found a post in this thread that had a modified version of this file that made it look like this
which isn't broken, but I wanted it inline so that it doesn't use up the extra vertical space.

I played around with the a-fore mentioned file for a couple of hours (refering to some php tutorials along the way) hoping to fix it myself and learn a bit in the process, but I must admit defeat.
If anyone can help it would be much appreciated.
David

[gnrocks2]

Thank you for your second suggestion Nagel, but unfortunately that didn't work either.... Do you have any other ideas or suggestions? And any idea why "maintenanceDefault" is called in the tpl_subscribe_default.php and tpl_subscribe_confirm_default.php pages? Thanks again!

[nagelkruid]

Thank you for your second suggestion Nagel, but unfortunately that didn't work either.... Do you have any other ideas or suggestions? And any idea why "maintenanceDefault" is called in the tpl_subscribe_default.php and tpl_subscribe_confirm_default.php pages? Thanks again!

Don't know why it is called, but afaik it shouldn't really matter what div is called as long at it is loaded and declared as you want it...

Wish i had more css skills to help you out with but i am afraid it is as much trial and error for me as it is for you from here on in.

Jeroen

[nagelkruid]

Hello all, I've finally given up on trying to fix this myself.
Hopefully someone can help.

different browsers can be frustrating, which is probably why i abandoned the whole header option completely.

Maybe you should consider putting a link in or around that space (or even a button) that says subcribe to newsletter, and link that to the newsletter_subscribe page.

you can also add a sidebox if that fits your site layout so you have another eye-catcher for people to subscribe.

good luck,
jeroen

[poosk]

Can newsletter only be added to the checkout-without-account mod page?!