Aberdeen Neutral Template Support Thread

hi anne,

i am ready to go live but for 2 issues.

i did not find any posts about changing the facebook and twitter links on the product pages. i was sucessful on changing them on the footer.

in spite of the directions, i was not able to add the about_us page to the site map. i spent a few hours on going over the instructions and trying it many times.

the about us page is there and edited via my cpanel, but i could not pull it up with admin. i am fine to edit from cpanel if i must. i just think it should be in the site map..again i followed the instructions. (even did a few mods and still nothing)

also, i found out the hard way not to edit the main page from the admin. after saving, it would not function as designed. all edits had to be done in cpanel..and were sucessful.

http://eliquidwest.com for your review

also, i found out the hard way not to edit the main page from the admin. after saving, it would not function as designed. all edits had to be done in cpanel..and were sucessful.

Yes, if you read the detailed readme.html file you will see that it says not to edit this file using a wysiwyg editor because it contains php code. it also says that the file can be edited in the admin but you have to select the "plain-text" editor.

i did not find any posts about changing the facebook and twitter links on the product pages. i was sucessful on changing them on the footer.

There is nothing to customize with the add this code on the product info page. If somone clicks on the facebook or twitter links there it logs them into their account so that they can post to their account.

in spite of the directions, i was not able to add the about_us page to the site map. i spent a few hours on going over the instructions and trying it many times.

You either haven't followed the instructions correctly or maybe you are not editing the tpl_site_map_default.php file that is in your override directory.

Thanks,

Anne

"There is nothing to customize with the add this code on the product info page. If someone clicks on the facebook or twitter links there it logs them into their account so that they can post to their account."

that is true of the twitter link it allows a twitter follower to post about the products, but not of the facebook link. that code has to be somewhere, or it would not be on the page.

the issue is that the facebook link on the product page shows Http://eliquidwest.com/# if i could just find out what page that was on. or even the folder, i could edit it. if it not in your template, please advise me so i can look elsewhere!

i did follow the directions on the about us page..several times. i even came to the point of adding the line of code from your website in the proper place in the site_map_template (it was just showing up as the line of code on the live store. i edited it so i looks like all of the other lines as a last resort) . i guess i do not care if it is listed on my site map.

i will just take the about_us to do off of my to do list.

wonderful template. completed my site in record time with out too many issues.:clap:

510ego:

"There is nothing to customize with the add this code on the product info page. If someone clicks on the facebook or twitter links there it logs them into their account so that they can post to their account."

that is true of the twitter link it allows a twitter follower to post about the products, but not of the facebook link. that code has to be somewhere, or it would not be on the page.

the issue is that the facebook link on the product page shows Http://eliquidwest.com/# if i could just find out what page that was on. or even the folder, i could edit it. if it not in your template, please advise me so i can look elsewhere!

i did follow the directions on the about us page..several times. i even came to the point of adding the line of code from your website in the proper place in the site_map_template (it was just showing up as the line of code on the live store. i edited it so i looks like all of the other lines as a last resort) . i guess i do not care if it is listed on my site map.

i will just take the about_us to do off of my to do list.

wonderful template. completed my site in record time with out too many issues.:clap:

The code for the social bookmarking is from the addthis.com site. You can go there and copy fresh code. But the code in the template is functioning properly.

Thanks,

Anne

in scanning this thread, I did not see an answer to my question. I downloaded and installed the latest version of

Aberdeen Neutral today. I see in the slider images 1 and 1a - 2 and 2a etc. WHY is there 2 images of the same thing? If I put in different images in 1 and 1a only slide1 shows? Guess I am asking why do we need 2 images of the same thing and why doesn't the a slides show?

Thanks,
Lou Brown

dnlcrafts:

in scanning this thread, I did not see an answer to my question. I downloaded and installed the latest version of

Aberdeen Neutral today. I see in the slider images 1 and 1a - 2 and 2a etc. WHY is there 2 images of the same thing? If I put in different images in 1 and 1a only slide1 shows? Guess I am asking why do we need 2 images of the same thing and why doesn't the a slides show?

Thanks,

Lou Brown

I didn't notice this. I will delete the additional images in a future update.

Please read the aberdeen_neutral_readme.html file for complete instructions on how to add your images to the slider.

Thanks,

Anne

How do I move things around when the product detail listing is displayed?
ie..I want to move the Add to cart button below the product option selection.
I've played around in the stylesheet.css with disastrous results.
I don't fully understand how to position things accurately within the stylesheet.
It seems that the slightest changes cause major screen changes.
Is this just with aberdeen_neutral or how zen-cart works overall?
Are there other places (php's) that need modified at the same time and if so where are they?
I've scanned all my php's for commonality of field names etc.. buy can't seem to piece this together using my pee sized brain.:frusty:
Thanks for any help.

I have followed the instructions very carefully - got just about everything working well - but there's some "wonky" formatting in the sidebars, particularly on check out.
www. free and easy fundraising.com/PARTY

thanks in advance.

dewragdave:

How do I move things around when the product detail listing is displayed?
ie..I want to move the Add to cart button below the product option selection.
I've played around in the stylesheet.css with disastrous results.
I don't fully understand how to position things accurately within the stylesheet.
It seems that the slightest changes cause major screen changes.
Is this just with aberdeen_neutral or how zen-cart works overall?
Are there other places (php's) that need modified at the same time and if so where are they?
I've scanned all my php's for commonality of field names etc.. buy can't seem to piece this together using my pee sized brain.:frusty:
Thanks for any help.
You can edit the includes/templates/aberdeen_neutral/templates/tpl_product_info_page.php file to move things around the product info page.

I would recommend doing a google search for a beginning css tutorial.

Thanks,

Anne

mumzie:

I have followed the instructions very carefully - got just about everything working well - but there's some "wonky" formatting in the sidebars, particularly on check out.
www. free and easy fundraising.com/PARTY

thanks in advance.

You need to follow the layout settings in the readme.html file, particularly for the sidebox column widths.

Thanks,

Anne

picaflor-azul:

You can edit the includes/templates/aberdeen_neutral/templates/tpl_product_info_page.php file to move things around the product info page.

tpl_product_info_page.php does not exist in any of my folders.
The closest php I have is includes/templates/aberdeen_neutral/templates/tpl_product_info_display.php

picaflor-azul:

I would recommend doing a google search for a beginning css tutorial.

I've done some of this and I have a handle on margins and colors etc..
I just don't know how to link it up with the proper php code for positioning or why it needs to be so disjointed.
PHP is a whole other thing and I don't have the time to learn alot to programming. I just want to tweek my site here and there an need to be pointed in the right direction. Thank you for any further help with this.

dewragdave:

tpl_product_info_page.php does not exist in any of my folders.
The closest php I have is includes/templates/aberdeen_neutral/templates/tpl_product_info_display.php

I've done some of this and I have a handle on margins and colors etc..
I just don't know how to link it up with the proper php code for positioning or why it needs to be so disjointed.
PHP is a whole other thing and I don't have the time to learn alot to programming. I just want to tweek my site here and there an need to be pointed in the right direction. Thank you for any further help with this.

Sorry for the typo it is the tpl_product_info_display.php file.

Thanks,

Anne

Thanks for the info above. I had edited the column widths, but didn't put the "px" after the digits. Once I did that, everything is now fine. :-)

Another issue - when I posted the link to a facebook page, it shows up with your name and info instead of mine. I've searched around, and can't figure out where that's coming from.

Thanks again! http://www.freeandeasyfundraising.com/PARTY/images/picaflor-header.jpg

mumzie:

Thanks for the info above. I had edited the column widths, but didn't put the "px" after the digits. Once I did that, everything is now fine. :-)

Another issue - when I posted the link to a facebook page, it shows up with your name and info instead of mine. I've searched around, and can't figure out where that's coming from.

Thanks again! http://www.freeandeasyfundraising.com/PARTY/images/picaflor-header.jpg

You need to customize the browser bar text in includes/languages/english/aberdeen_neutral/meta_tags.php

Thanks,

Anne

picaflor-azul:

You need to customize the browser bar text in includes/languages/english/aberdeen_neutral/meta_tags.php

Thanks,

Anne

I have done that. The title tag on the actual website is fine. It's only on the Facebook Post that the header is showing up wonky...

ok. That's weird.I had already changed the metatags file in includes/languages/english/aberdeen_neutral/meta_tags.php. I just went in and changed /includes/languages/english/meta_tags.php - the one NOT in the override directory - and it's showing up fine. Why would FB find a different title tag than the store itself?

mumzie:

ok. That's weird.I had already changed the metatags file in includes/languages/english/aberdeen_neutral/meta_tags.php. I just went in and changed /includes/languages/english/meta_tags.php - the one NOT in the override directory - and it's showing up fine. Why would FB find a different title tag than the store itself?

They aren't. It just took some time for the chagne to take effect with facebook.

Thanks,

Anne

how to move the wrapper to the top,and where can I change the font style for the wrapper
please see the picture I want to change
, thanks

I setup a new site using your template, but I donot know how to move the the headwrapper to the top. I just want it put on top most position. upper than the logo. is control by the css file or which php file. thanks

soso838:

I setup a new site using your template, but I donot know how to move the the headwrapper to the top. I just want it put on top most position. upper than the logo. is control by the css file or which php file. thanks

You can edit the includes/templates/aberdeen_neutral/common/tpl_header.php and includes/templates/aberdeen_neutral/css/stylesheet.css file.

Thanks,

Anne