Lite Red and Black Pure templates

Is there a way to change the content that appears in the header, and the information side box in Zen-Cart Admin area, instead of editing the .php file?

Hi, I'm testing Lite Red on a site: https://www.prom-mart.com

Couple of initial issues:

1. Do not see the new canonical link in View Source on this template. Other templates I test do show it. And only the link in post #36 in this thread shows the canonical link (how did they get it to show?)

2. Validation errors when run through http://validator.w3.org/ , see below asterisks. All other templates I've tested are initially OK green.

Otherwise, this is a nice, clean looking template as are the others you offer. However, before I would use on final, production site I would want the canonical link to show/work and an initial green OK at Vaidator.

Thanks.

SPH

1.3.9h

Line 84, Column 84: document type does not allow element "a" here; assuming missing "li" start-tag
…p://www.prom-mart.com/login?zenid=13f6e950355cef74a2f5e3760da8dcd5">Sign In</a>✉

Line 87, Column 6: end tag for "li" omitted, but OMITTAG NO was specified

Line 84, Column 5: start tag was here
<a href="http://www.prom-mart.com/login?zenid=13f6e950355cef74a2f5e3760da8d… Line 87, Column 6: end tag for "ul" omitted, but OMITTAG NO was specified

Line 83, Column 5: start tag was here
<ul class="list-style-none inline-list"> Line 110, Column 209: required attribute "alt" not specified
…includes/templates/lite_red/images/spacer.gif" /></a>Your cart is empty</div> ✉
The attribute given above is required for an element that you've used, but you have omitted it. For instance, in most HTML and XHTML document types the "type" attribute is required on the "script" element and the "alt" attribute is required for the "img" element.

Typical values for type are type="text/css" for <style> and type="text/javascript" for <script>.
Line 223, Column 10: syntax of attribute value does not conform to declared value

Since I am interested in this Lite Red template one other issue I noticed:

http://www.prom-mart.com/alyce-designs-c-4/alyce-8886-p-1

My attributes color and size do not appear to line-up properly.

Thanks.

rajsharma714:

Is there a way to change the content that appears in the header, and the information side box in Zen-Cart Admin area, instead of editing the .php file?

Unfortunately, there is no another way to edit these sections for the free templates.

SPH:

Hi, I'm testing Lite Red on a site: https://www.prom-mart.com

Couple of initial issues:

1. Do not see the new canonical link in View Source on this template. Other templates I test do show it. And only the link in post #36 in this thread shows the canonical link (how did they get it to show?)

2. Validation errors when run through http://validator.w3.org/ , see below asterisks. All other templates I've tested are initially OK green.

Otherwise, this is a nice, clean looking template as are the others you offer. However, before I would use on final, production site I would want the canonical link to show/work and an initial green OK at Vaidator.

Thanks.

SPH:

Since I am interested in this Lite Red template one other issue I noticed:

http://www.prom-mart.com/alyce-designs-c-4/alyce-8886-p-1

My attributes color and size do not appear to line-up properly.

Thanks.

Thank you for your kind words about our templates.

1. The post #36 site sample uses SEO module for Zen Cart.

2. Thank you for letting us know about the validation problems. We will fix it at the first opportunity.

3. It happens due to the fact you are using short text for the description of the product. Please, add the "width:40%;" parameter to the ".left-side-info" class of the CSS style file for the template.

VJef:

Thank you for your kind words about our templates.

1. The post #36 site sample uses SEO module for Zen Cart.

My test site uses Simple SEO Mod. My main site will probably stay with dynamic urls (as I've found that Google has no problem with them and may even perform better.)

Does your Lite Red template require a seo mod to show the new canonical link of zen cart, and if so, what seo mod?

Thanks.

Hi all,

using the Black Pure template and like alot, thanks for all your hard work, but have one small problem with a line under the images in the Sub Categories, please see image attached. Guess it has something to do with the CSS background, somewhere, but can't find. Can anybody help please.

Many thanks in advance.
Simon

Hi all,

this is now sorted with the following:-

.categoryListBoxContents a {text-decoration: none;}

Many thanks
Simon

SPH:

My test site uses Simple SEO Mod. My main site will probably stay with dynamic urls (as I've found that Google has no problem with them and may even perform better.)

Does your Lite Red template require a seo mod to show the new canonical link of zen cart, and if so, what seo mod?

Thanks.

Yes, if you need the canonical links in your store you should install SEO module to your Zen Cart.

I have tested Ultimate SEO URLs module:
http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&products_id=231

It seems all is fine with it.

Simon127:

Hi all,

this is now sorted with the following:-

.categoryListBoxContents a {text-decoration: none;}

Many thanks
Simon

Sorry for the delay in answering. I am glad that you resolved the problem. As soon as we update the templates we will add this fix.

SPH:

2. Validation errors when run through http://validator.w3.org/ , see below asterisks.

I would like to inform you that all the templates now passes W3C validation. We submitted the templates to Zen Cart contribution section, but they haven't updated yet there.
In the meantime, you can download updated free templates here:
http://www.12leaves.com/

I'm using the Pure Black template and have 3 quick questions.

1. In Firefox and Chrome, my page looks fine. However, in IE, the top_nav cuts off my logo.gif file. I've looked at the source but I really have no clue what I'm looking for. I'm sure it's something small and dumb that needs correction.

2. I can't get 2 of the buttons (T Shirts and Accessories) to change color when pressed. I followed the instructions in posts #17 and #18 of this thread but I'm not sure how to get non-EZ pages to function properly.

3. What file do I edit to get the cream colored section where the search and cart are to be the same width as the Nav Bar and the Main Wrapper?

Here is a link to my site http://www.metalbiscuits.com

Thanks!

Hi all. First of all, thx for the nice templates.

I'm using the pure red template. I can't put a header background or center the logo. I'm new to this and i need help!
Thx in advance.

Solved, just had to edit something in the CSS flie.

Metalbiscuits:

I'm using the Pure Black template and have 3 quick questions.

1. In Firefox and Chrome, my page looks fine. However, in IE, the top_nav cuts off my logo.gif file. I've looked at the source but I really have no clue what I'm looking for. I'm sure it's something small and dumb that needs correction.

2. I can't get 2 of the buttons (T Shirts and Accessories) to change color when pressed. I followed the instructions in posts #17 and #18 of this thread but I'm not sure how to get non-EZ pages to function properly.

3. What file do I edit to get the cream colored section where the search and cart are to be the same width as the Nav Bar and the Main Wrapper?

Here is a link to my site http://www.metalbiscuits.com

Thanks!

1. You should increase "height" parameter of the "#logoWrapper" class in your CSS style file.

2. Unfortunately, there is no simple solution in your case. Some custom development works is required.

3. You should edit "margin" parameter of the "#tools_wrapper" class in your CSS style file.

Awesome, thanks!

I have the pure black free template installed and perhaps I missed something in the installation. My screens and emails show up with the text phrases like "header_product_amount" and "top_menu_hello". I resorted to hard-coding files like \includes\templates\black_pure_free\templates\tpl_top_nav.php and others in that directory to change the text. After reading this thread, and having a few more phrases to change that I can't find anywhere, I wonder if there is an easier way to do this. I probably missed some parameter or something during the install. I'm obviously not an expert here, so if you could help, I would appreciate it. I'm a little confused by the heirarchy of where ZC gets the literal phrases from.

VJef:

To edit or add links to the top navigation ('New Products, Specials, My Account, View Cart, etc..') you should edit 'includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/templates/tpl_top_nav.php'

YOUR_TEMPLATE = any of Lite or Pure series template variation name. For example, in your case you should edit 'includes/templates/black_pure_free/templates/tpl_top_nav.php'
I have got to this part but when I edit products and specials, no problems, when I edit to My Account from <?php echo TOP_MENU_MY_ACCOUNT;?> my screen goes blank apart from the logo. It appears it does not like the space between "My" and "Account"
many thanks

pgmcsg:

I have the pure black free template installed and perhaps I missed something in the installation. My screens and emails show up with the text phrases like "header_product_amount" and "top_menu_hello". .

Please, read "The header (or other) titles do not display correctly." section of the following FAQs:
http://www.12leaves.com/faq.html#faq-zen-cart

asklair:

I have got to this part but when I edit products and specials, no problems, when I edit to My Account from <?php echo TOP_MENU_MY_ACCOUNT;?> my screen goes blank apart from the logo. It appears it does not like the space between "My" and "Account"
many thanks

You should use quotation marks if you want to change the text in the header.php file:

Otherwise, you should edit the value of the "TOP_MENU_MY_ACCOUNT" variation in the "includes\languages\english\black_pure_free\header.php" file, if you use BlackPure Template.