Andover Modern Template Support Thread

The update has been approved and is now available for download in the "Free Software Add One" section :smile:

Thanks,

Anne

picaflor-azul:

At this point I am going to refer you to the w3c schools css tutorials.

http://www.w3schools.com/css/

I don't mind helping out if someone gets stuck, but I do believe that if you are going to try and customize a zen cart template yourself, you should do some leg work so that you can do these basic changes.

Thanks,

Anne

Hi Anne,
Thanks for the referral. The changes that I made were done yet oddly enough they did not appear until almost two days later. I've been doing leg work and I have also watched almost all of your you tube tutorials. I didn't see the questions that I asked to be basic or obvious. I took the time and read every detail in your install.txt that you included and read all 37 pages (at the time) of this support thread before asking questions as you suggested yet there are others that obviously looked over your suggestions (not doing leg work) and asked questions that were specifically inserted in the install file that you provided.
I have done several searches but have difficulty finding what I need at times because I can't get the terminology correct. So, forgive me if I came across as being lazy. I was just hoping to find some guidance.

I appreciate everything that you have done. I couldn't have gone as far as I have without your template (the best one's I've seen so far).

ZC_Newbie

No problem :smile: I didn't mean to imply that you were lazy. But the learning is in the doing. If you are going to undertake the huge task of customizing a zen cart site, then you have to know the basics.

Thanks,

Anne

Hi Anne,

Maybe a general question for a lot of us. Should we consider updating your template on our store site?

By far, I am extremely happy with my site, the flow, the admin side, etc. So I would hate to mess things up with an update? :no:

I only asked because you list bug fixes...

Thanks and I appreciate your template and incredible support here!

Peter

Hi Anne,

Maybe a general question for a lot of us. Should we consider updating your template on our store site?

By far, I am extremely happy with my site, the flow, the admin side, etc. So I would hate to mess things up with an update?

I only asked because you list bug fixes...

Thanks and I appreciate your template and incredible support here!

Peter

I would only consider updating to the new package if you read the changes and decide that there is a feature or bug fix that you can't live without ;-)

Most of the fixes are minor, but they are all things that I noticed and wanted to get fixed.

Thanks,

Anne

I installed the module "cateories with ez pages links" to your template. I have everything working. The only problem is I can't seem to get the module to match with the current category layout within the sidebox.

Following is what was added to the includes/templates/andover_modern/sideboxes/tpl_catergories.php

/ integrate ezpages

$content .= "\n" . '<ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0; list-style-type: none;">' . "\n";
for ($i=1, $n=sizeof($var_linksList); $i<=$n; $i++) {
$content .= '<li><a href="' . $var_linksList[$i]['link'] . '">' . $var_linksList[$i]['name'] . '</a></li>' . "\n" ;
} // end FOR loop
$content .= '</ul>' . "\n";

//end integrate ezpages
// integrate ezpges TOC
$content .= "\n" . '<ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0; list-style-type: none;">' . "\n" ;
for ($i=0; $i<sizeof($ez_pages_toc); $i++) {
$content .= '<li>' . $ez_pages_toc[$i] . '</li>' . "\n" ;
}

$content .= '</ul>' . "\n" ;

// end integrate ezpages TOC

The above was placed after line 73
$content .= '</a></div>';
}
}

I tried a number of different things and have come close, but can't seem to figure it out.

What am I missing?

I installed the module "cateories with ez pages links" to your template. I have everything working. The only problem is I can't seem to get the module to match with the current category layout within the sidebox.

Following is what was added to the includes/templates/andover_modern/sideboxes/tpl_catergories.php

/ integrate ezpages

$content .= "\n" . '<ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0; list-style-type: none;">' . "\n";
for ($i=1, $n=sizeof($var_linksList); $i<=$n; $i++) {
$content .= '<li><a href="' . $var_linksList[$i]['link'] . '">' . $var_linksList[$i]['name'] . '</a></li>' . "\n" ;
} // end FOR loop
$content .= '</ul>' . "\n";

//end integrate ezpages
// integrate ezpges TOC
$content .= "\n" . '<ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0; list-style-type: none;">' . "\n" ;
for ($i=0; $i<sizeof($ez_pages_toc); $i++) {
$content .= '<li>' . $ez_pages_toc[$i] . '</li>' . "\n" ;
}

$content .= '</ul>' . "\n" ;

// end integrate ezpages TOC

The above was placed after line 73
$content .= '</a></div>';
}
}

I tried a number of different things and have come close, but can't seem to figure it out.

What am I missing?

If you post a link to your site I can take a look.

Thanks,

Anne

Please I have followed the install.txt as instructed, but there is still a bluish line running down the right side of the template. My website is http://www.craftscollection.co.uk

I will so much appreciate your help. You have a lovely template and kind of you to share it.

The site is unaccessible by the general public until we go live. We are currently evaluating the performance in-house. We thought it would be nice to add the module previously mentioned. We believe the problem is in the language for the layout.

Specifically, $content .= "\n" . '<ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0; list-style-type: none;">' . "\n"; If we can replace that with the style layout of the categories sidebox it should solve the problem.

The question is what is that or do you know of a better way to list the ezpages in the categories sidebox?

Please I have followed the install.txt as instructed, but there is still a bluish line running down the right side of the template. My website is http://www.craftscollection.co.uk

I will so much appreciate your help. You have a lovely template and kind of you to share it.

You have an old version of the template. You should download the latest version which is a 3 column layout. The old version is a 2 column layout which you can make a 3 column layout by adding the styles for the right hand column to the left hand column. If you follow the admin settings (in the install.txt file) for the old version of the template the blue box will disappear.

Thanks,

Anne

The site is unaccessible by the general public until we go live. We are currently evaluating the performance in-house. We thought it would be nice to add the module previously mentioned. We believe the problem is in the language for the layout.

Specifically, $content .= "\n" . '<ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0; list-style-type: none;">' . "\n"; If we can replace that with the style layout of the categories sidebox it should solve the problem.

The question is what is that or do you know of a better way to list the ezpages in the categories sidebox?

I am sorry, but your question is not making any sense to me at all. What specifically are you trying to do? What files are you talking about, etc.

Thanks,

Anne

On the left side of the template is a "Categories" sidebox. I would like to add an ez page link to it. I wish the link to appear in the Catergories sidebox not in a seperate box.

I tried adding the previous module mentioned to accomplish this but I can't get it to keep the same format.

Do you know of a way to add the link?

Sounds like you need to style the link in the stylesheet.

Thanks,

Anne

Hi Anne
Long time no need ;)

As you may remember Im using this template on metalpix co uk

Just got to the stage where the normal Zen [next > >] is beginning to annoy me as it aint visible enough.

Do you know of any mod or way I could change the navigation into a more graphical layout as seen on some templates/Zen sites?

I have searched but to no avail. I'm thinking on the lines of small block icon for each next page Etc. Like weve all seen on many sites.

Any pointers would be great.

Hi Anne.
Can you point me to remove or replace the main page image (and slide show) for the categories and subcategories.
Please have a look - https://www.auctions-bay.com/wholesale.
When click to "retail store" or "wholesale customers" the main page image and the slide shows are still show up. I need to remove or replace it.
Thank you

Hi Anne
Long time no need ;)

As you may remember Im using this template on metalpix co uk

Just got to the stage where the normal Zen [next > >] is beginning to annoy me as it aint visible enough.

Do you know of any mod or way I could change the navigation into a more graphical layout as seen on some templates/Zen sites?

I have searched but to no avail. I'm thinking on the lines of small block icon for each next page Etc. Like weve all seen on many sites.

Any pointers would be great.

Search in the developers toolkit to find the page you need to edit and then go to that page and experiment. If you do a forum search it is likely that someone has already done this and posted a thread.

Thanks,

Anne

Hi Anne.
Can you point me to remove or replace the main page image (and slide show) for the categories and subcategories.
Please have a look - https://www.auctions-bay.com/wholesale.
When click to "retail store" or "wholesale customers" the main page image and the slide shows are still show up. I need to remove or replace it.
Thank you
Remove the slider code from the includes/languages/english/html_includes/andover_modern/define_main_page.php file.

Add categories via the admin---configuration---layout settings..

Thanks,
Anne

Hi,

Love this template but a couple of things and not live so can't show you. On nav bar in second nav heading it reads HEADER_TITLE_CONTACT US instead of just CONTACT US. I think it is in a file I have maybe altered but have been playing with many and cannot find. Any clues would be great, thank you!

Also my sideboxes are not showing, I have resized to correct layouts in layout settings (to test when I switched templates, have now put back to the template you will see there now) but not yet reset in layout boxes controller - would this be why or may it be something else? I am a novice so don't know how to build the page on a test site (if possible) so am doing the changes then switching between templates to see if it's how I want it. Working so far, just these niggles now!

Slider and pages look great so far!

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

https://www.ew-trading.com

Jill.

Love this template but a couple of things and not live so can't show you. On nav bar in second nav heading it reads HEADER_TITLE_CONTACT US instead of just CONTACT US. I think it is in a file I have maybe altered but have been playing with many and cannot find. Any clues would be great, thank you!

Check to be sure that you have uploaded all of the template files.

Also my sideboxes are not showing, I have resized to correct layouts in layout settings (to test when I switched templates, have now put back to the template you will see there now) but not yet reset in layout boxes controller - would this be why or may it be something else? I am a novice so don't know how to build the page on a test site (if possible) so am doing the changes then switching between templates to see if it's how I want it. Working so far, just these niggles now!

Read the readme file for this.

Thanks,

Anne

picaflor-azul:

I just submitted an update, hopefully it will be available for download soon!

Version 1.2 fixed slider javascript bug, added html readme file, added 3 column layout, replaced install.txt file with correct readme.txt file, resized slider images, centered slider, set twitter and facebook links to open in a new tab, fixed twitter and facebook links css bug, added home page image and text layout, added custom button to search sidebox, fixed attributes layout in ie6 and ie7, fixed many minor css bugs.

Thanks,

Anne

Can you provide a list of the specific files that were updated only?