Andover Modern Template Support Thread

Hey.. Thanks for the reply so soon but as you can see, that is where I lifted the quote from ;)

Trouble is I can't get it to work (my PHP is useless) and end up with blank pages (but revert to my good copy)

Could you just show me one line as you would do it? Once shown... never forgot!

Iv'e tried to emulate other Zen files but failed. Others may be interested?

Ok ok ok Anne... You the princess!
Went for lunch, came back and re-read... lol how stupid of me to miss? Don't answere!

Works like a treat. Thanks

Ok ok ok Anne... You the princess!
Went for lunch, came back and re-read... lol how stupid of me to miss? Don't answere!

Works like a treat. Thanks

Lunch always helps :smile:

Thanks,

Anne

Hey, this is one of the best free templates I have found on the entire web, congrats :clap:

I have searched whole thread but didn´t find an answer, so I´m posting this question - is this template also suitable for 1.3.8 version?

thanks

Hey, this is one of the best free templates I have found on the entire web, congrats

I have searched whole thread but didn´t find an answer, so I´m posting this question - is this template also suitable for 1.3.8 version?

thanks

Thank you so much :smile:

Yes, the template is compatible with 1.3.8.

Thanks,

Anne

Anne
Just a small one..
I'm using some software that generates a 'links' page. It is a HTML that resides within the website DIR.

All i need to know is how I make the footer 'Links' direct to my html page?

Searched through Developer Tools and missed it.

Website: https://www.metalpix.co.uk

Required landing page: http://www.metalpix.co.uk/links.htm

Any pointers would be great.... Thanks

Anne
Just a small one..
I'm using some software that generates a 'links' page. It is a HTML that resides within the website DIR.

All i need to know is how I make the footer 'Links' direct to my html page?

Searched through Developer Tools and missed it.

Website: https://www.metalpix.co.uk

Required landing page: http://www.metalpix.co.uk/links.htm

Any pointers would be great.... Thanks

Edit includes/languages/english/extra_definitions/andover_modern/footer_menu_defines.php. If you need more specific help with syntax, etc., post to the footer menu support thread.

Thanks,

Anne

Hey there. I wanted to customize this theme a little bit to reflect my site better, and ran into a little snag, that is probably a quick fix for you experts. I assume this is CSS related, I just don't know which value in which file to change. I changed the bk.jpg image to a different color scheme (but is still blended like the original). The problem is, after I upload the new image, there is a blue box on top and bottom that blend in perfect with the original bk.jpg, but not mine. What is the name of the value in the CSS files that I need to change to make it fit with my color scheme? My site is http://sonofdiamondenterprises.com so you can see what I'm talking about.

Thanks!

Andy

Hey there. I wanted to customize this theme a little bit to reflect my site better, and ran into a little snag, that is probably a quick fix for you experts. I assume this is CSS related, I just don't know which value in which file to change. I changed the bk.jpg image to a different color scheme (but is still blended like the original). The problem is, after I upload the new image, there is a blue box on top and bottom that blend in perfect with the original bk.jpg, but not mine. What is the name of the value in the CSS files that I need to change to make it fit with my color scheme? My site is http://sonofdiamondenterprises.com so you can see what I'm talking about.

Thanks!

Andy

To fix the bottom, you need to change the color value to #4f0d19 in the body property background.

To fix the top change the #headerWrapper property background to transparent.

Thanks,

Anne

That worked great! How did you know that the value for the bottom should have been #4f0d19, did you extract that value from the graphic I substituted, and what program did you use to do it? Just curious as I start playing with graphics programs, I'm using GIMP right now, and have barely learned how to us it, but have already put together some great images (title logo (needs some more work), three of the slider images so far). One other thing, in the top menu bar, you can see a little of the blue in the background, what's the CSS value to look for to make that transparent as well?

Thank you!

Andrew

Never-mind, I replaced it with a GIF (with transparency) to fix it, thanks :) All I had to do then, was make a change in the stylesheet.css to tell it to look for a gif instead of a jpg. I'd appreciate any feedback on how the site looks, I want to make it look as amateurish as possible.

Never-mind, I replaced it with a GIF (with transparency) to fix it, thanks :) All I had to do then, was make a change in the stylesheet.css to tell it to look for a gif instead of a jpg. I'd appreciate any feedback on how the site looks, I want to make it look as amateurish as possible.

The site looks good ;-) If it were me, I would:

*change the background on the cart gif in the header to match the new background color
*change the background color on the search button in the header to match the new background color
*turn off the header category tabs
*add some ez pages and put them into the important links in the footer (or delete the column)
*turn off some of the left hand sideboxes so that there is not so much white space on some of the pages
*add images for the sub categories

Thanks,

Anne

Thanks for the feedback! Not sure how I missed those buttons last night, it was late! Underneath the shopping cart and search buttons is the top navigation bar "top-nav-bk.gif", so shouldn't the transparency in the buttons show the underlying colors in the background from the top-nav-bk.gif? I'm a little miffed as to how to fix this other than painting the "background" portions with the same color as the background. Any ideas?

Also, in the readme file accompanying the template, it included instructions to turn off images for the sub categories, so I'm curious for the about-face? I'll definitely add some EZ pages or turn them off when I figure out what to put in them :)

Thanks,

Andy

Also, in the readme file accompanying the template, it included instructions to turn off images for the sub categories, so I'm curious for the about-face? I'll definitely add some EZ pages or turn them off when I figure out what to put in them :)

I just think that in your particular situation, it would look better with sub cat images :smile:

Thanks for the feedback! Not sure how I missed those buttons last night, it was late! Underneath the shopping cart and search buttons is the top navigation bar "top-nav-bk.gif", so shouldn't the transparency in the buttons show the underlying colors in the background from the top-nav-bk.gif? I'm a little miffed as to how to fix this other than painting the "background" portions with the same color as the background. Any ideas?

The header search button doesn't have a clear background. That is what is causing the problem.

Thanks,

Anne

Okay, I changed the cart button so that it has transparency in the background using GIMP, and changed "includes/templates/andover_modern/common/tpl_header.php" to look up the new GIF instead of a JPG, that seemed to work great. I also edited the button_search_header.gif to have transparency in the background using GIMP and uploaded it. The Cart icon looks fine now, but the search button is still showing red in the corners. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong, if it's CSS related, I'm a little slow in that department :unsure:

By the way, I liked your FB profile, thanks for an incredible theme, plus the support :bigups:

Andy

Okay, I changed the cart button so that it has transparency in the background using GIMP, and changed "includes/templates/andover_modern/common/tpl_header.php" to look up the new GIF instead of a JPG, that seemed to work great. I also edited the button_search_header.gif to have transparency in the background using GIMP and uploaded it. The Cart icon looks fine now, but the search button is still showing red in the corners. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong, if it's CSS related, I'm a little slow in that department

By the way, I liked your FB profile, thanks for an incredible theme, plus the support

Andy

The red is in the image. Go into your image program and take out the background--make it transparent, or fill the background with the background color of the top nav bar so that it blends in.

Thanks,

Anne

No, I removed the red and uploaded it with transparency, here's a direct link to the image so you can see what I mean, but it's still showing the red on the web page. I've checked on a couple different browsers to make sure it wasn't a cache issue, but same story. For some reason, even with the transparency in the search button, it's displaying the main background in the transparency instead of the top-nav bar...

No, I removed the red and uploaded it with transparency, here's a direct link to the image so you can see what I mean, but it's still showing the red on the web page. I've checked on a couple different browsers to make sure it wasn't a cache issue, but same story. For some reason, even with the transparency in the search button, it's displaying the main background in the transparency instead of the top-nav bar...

Your new image is in the wrong directory. It should be in:

includes/templates/andover_modern/buttons/english/button_search_header.gif

and not:

includes/templates/andover_modern/images/button_search_header.gif

Thanks,

Anne

Thank you, thank you, thank you! That did the trick! Is there a way, so that at the bottom of the screen, where the "More Information" (on the right side of the bottom menu) should be, can display my "We Accept PayPal" or my SSL information links?

Thanks!

Andy

Thank you, thank you, thank you! That did the trick! Is there a way, so that at the bottom of the screen, where the "More Information" (on the right side of the bottom menu) should be, can display my "We Accept PayPal" or my SSL information links?

Thanks!

Andy

Yes, you will need to edit the includes/templates/andover_modern/common/tpl_footer.php and the stylesheet.css

Thanks,

Anne