Comstock Template

[damiantaylor]

Hi again Clyde,
I've signed up to a new web host and things look much better in both IE8 and Firefox.
I still can't get the heading backgroud image to appear though. Have you got any ideas?

New location:

http://snow.byethost8.com/shop/

Thanks!

[damiantaylor]

It's ok, I've sorted it!
Just realised the image code was commented out of the stylesheet by default

[clydejones]

It's ok, I've sorted it!
Just realised the image code was commented out of the stylesheet by default

admin -> configuration -> EZ-Pages Settings -> EZ-Pages Display Status - HeaderBar (set to 1)

Then you'll need to create some internal links using EZ-pages

admin -> tools -> EZ-pages

[damiantaylor]

Hi Clyde!
I'm not sure if this is a problem with zen cart or the template....

If you look at my shop: http://snow.byethost8.com/shop/
the page doesn't look quite right because the center of the page is too high. The black bar at the center that contains the words 'This text can be changed in inludes/languages/english/comstock/header.php' is lined up with the red bar on the background.

I was just experimenting with ez-page links (I've got a link labelled 'Book a service' in the left column) and noticed when I configured that link to be in the header, the page rendered correctly.
It's as though you need to have at least 1 ez-page link in the header for the page to look right.

I hope this helps in some way and if it's a problem with zen cart, not the template let me know and I'll report it to the creators.

Regards,
Damian

[clydejones]

Hi Clyde!
I'm not sure if this is a problem with zen cart or the template....

If you look at my shop: http://snow.byethost8.com/shop/
the page doesn't look quite right because the center of the page is too high. The black bar at the center that contains the words 'This text can be changed in inludes/languages/english/comstock/header.php' is lined up with the red bar on the background.

I was just experimenting with ez-page links (I've got a link labelled 'Book a service' in the left column) and noticed when I configured that link to be in the header, the page rendered correctly.
It's as though you need to have at least 1 ez-page link in the header for the page to look right.

I hope this helps in some way and if it's a problem with zen cart, not the template let me know and I'll report it to the creators.

Regards,
Damian

The fix posted here should solve this issue

[damiantaylor]

That fixed it! Thanks Clyde.

Can I ask another question?
I've been trying to change the background colour of the categories in my categories sidebox but am having no luck at all.
I've searched the forums and found the colour is currently set to #9a9a9a so I searched all the css files and changed them whereever I found that colour but it had no effect.

Can you tell me where the category background colour is controlled? I'd like to change it to a background image if that's possible.

Thanks again for all your help Clyde!

[clydejones]

That fixed it! Thanks Clyde.

Can I ask another question?
I've been trying to change the background colour of the categories in my categories sidebox but am having no luck at all.
I've searched the forums and found the colour is currently set to #9a9a9a so I searched all the css files and changed them whereever I found that colour but it had no effect.

Can you tell me where the category background colour is controlled? I'd like to change it to a background image if that's possible.

Thanks again for all your help Clyde!

Background color for the categories is set in stylesheet_betterCategoriesEzInfo.css and is set to #ccc

[damiantaylor]

Hi Clyde, I'm getting quite far tweaking my site now but could you help me with a php question please?

I've highlighted which category was selected by the user by re-instating SPAN.category-subs-parent and SPAN.category-subs-selected into the style sheet and changing the colour of the selected category text.

However, the above spans don't effect special categories such as 'New Products' and 'All Products' so I'm trying to add that functionality.
In tpl_categories.php you can tell which category or subcategory was selected by the user with the code:
if ($box_categories_array[$i]['current'])

Is there an equivalent method to tell which special category was selected?

Thanks again!

Regards,
Damian

[clydejones]

Hi Clyde, I'm getting quite far tweaking my site now but could you help me with a php question please?

I've highlighted which category was selected by the user by re-instating SPAN.category-subs-parent and SPAN.category-subs-selected into the style sheet and changing the colour of the selected category text.

However, the above spans don't effect special categories such as 'New Products' and 'All Products' so I'm trying to add that functionality.
In tpl_categories.php you can tell which category or subcategory was selected by the user with the code:
if ($box_categories_array[$i]['current'])

Is there an equivalent method to tell which special category was selected?

Thanks again!

Regards,
Damian

in tpl_categories.php the handling of New, Special, ALL and Featured products is handled on lines 75 - 117.

That is the section(s) where you will need to make whatever edits you are working.

[damiantaylor]

I've found the code you mentioned thanks, but I'm still not sure how I can tell if the user has clicked any of the special categories.
Is there a variable I can test to check if, for example, the user has just clicked 'New Products'?

Thank you!