Unable to correctly view new free template

I downloaded one of the Zencart free templates (estoreNow). Unfortunately it is not looking like the one i see on the free site. The layout I have now, is similar to the default setting with a mixture of the estoreNow features, however there are missing features. I think i downloaded the template file correctly, however the other 4 files, (module, language, extra configures, classes) i did not upload which might be the reason for the problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

If some of the template package's folders/files did not upload correctly, of course the template is not going to work. Go back and try the upload again, and check that the uploaded files are the same size as the originals on your computer.

Thanks gjh42,

I will try again and see what the end results are.

Copied over all the files, and there is a slight improvement, however i am still missing a few features. The one noticable feature is the redish maroon title bar which notes the Home, EZpages, Privacy notice etc. Any ideas on what i have forgot to do? THank you for help in advance.

We'll need to see the site.

stevesh,

Please see the site EstoreNow which i downloaded. I have made a few modifications to the layout to test some of the features with Zencart. However it seems some of the features from the download have not been transfered over like the red title banner. THe link to my zencart is. http://islandwindsbermuda.com/shop/

Thank you for all your help.

I haven't used that template, but if the bar you're referring to is the navEZPagesWrapper, you'll need to create the proper EZ pages and assign them to the header before they'll appear.

Hi stevesh,
Will I have to go into the back end of Zencart and go to configuration/ezpages settings, and then select one of the applicable settings?
I was hoping that the red header listing would automatically showup when i copied over the template files etc..

Thank you for your help.

You probably just need to make at least one ez-page which is enabled for the header, with a nonzero sort order. There are other settings that can affect it also, but that is the first thing to do.

Hi gjh42, Thank you for your help. In theory, are the free templates meant to upload exactly as one sees them in the display? If that is the case, then kind of strange that mine isnt working. I actually downloaded a few other free templates and getting the same similar results.

They will upload exactly as the (sorry, site offline) site shows, if you had the demo products activated when you installed Zen Cart. If you didn't install the demo products, there would be some differences in appearances depending on exactly what features you had set up.

Hi gjh42,
As far as i see, i downloaded all the filed which in the "includes" folder. There is a folder sitting along side the "includes" folder which has some logo files and is referred to as "EStore Now PSD files". Should this file be downloaded? And if so where should it go? Thank you for all your help.

"EStore Now PSD files" would be only for you to use in Photoshop or whatever, for customizing images.

Have you created an ez-page to display in the header yet?

Hi gjh42,
I have not created the EZpage as of yet. To be honest, i am not sure what it is you want me to do and how to do it. Is it possible you can point me in the right direction. THank you for your help.

Go to Admin > Tools > Ez-Pages and create a new ez-page. Give it a title, a bit of dummy content in the textbox, and set it to Header: Yes, with a nonzero sort order. The rest doesn't matter for the moment. Save it.
Go to your storefront and you should see the red ez-pages header navbar.

Hi Gjh42,
Went to the Ezpages in the tools section and made the changes, however nothing appears in the webpage.

You definitely did not upload the file structure correctly. You have multiple style elements missing. This is what it should look like with a fresh install:

http://www.oozix.com/store2

The only difference is the contact link I added to the EZ Pages.

Make sure you uploaded the entire includes folder that came with the template in to the root of your store. Don't pick and choose folders and/or files and try to figure out where they go.

PS: And make sure your images are being uploaded in binary and your php files in ascii. Your ftp client should have a setting for doing this automatically.

Will I have to go into the back end of Zencart and go to configuration/ezpages settings, and then select one of the applicable settings? Only if the settings have been changed from default. You should look and see what the settings are now.

Hey guys,
Thank you for all the help. I brought in a new free template to see if i could get it to work and strange enough the nav bar is also missing and the layout not the same. As RescoCCC noted i must be copying the files incorrectly. Is there a way i can reboot and start from a clean slate? I feel that i have been in filezilla and uploading files all over the place and in some cases deleting files, when i think i made an error, overall probably making a real mess. Thank you for your patience...