Abbington Mega Template [Support Thread]

chadderuski:

Hi Anne,

I'm trying to track down a random problem with Internal 500 Server errors. What is odd is that they go away once I switch back to the default template.

I have only made one modification to your abbinton mega to add some code for google checkout.

Appreciate your thoughts...

-chadd

500 errors are server related. Check your web host error logs for more information about the errors.

Thanks,

Anne

Hello Anne,

I want to have more text 'content' on category pages for SEO purposes.

1. Can I add a text box somewhere on the page, preferably at the bottom under New Products and Featured Products - if so how? please
2. If not then can I move the Category Description Box to the bottom of the page - that way I can add a lot more text without the visitor having to scroll to find the product.

(follow the bouncing ball instructions please :) )

looking forward to your reply.

cheers,
Mike

shags38:

Hello Anne,

I want to have more text 'content' on category pages for SEO purposes.

1. Can I add a text box somewhere on the page, preferably at the bottom under New Products and Featured Products - if so how? please
2. If not then can I move the Category Description Box to the bottom of the page - that way I can add a lot more text without the visitor having to scroll to find the product.

(follow the bouncing ball instructions please :) )

looking forward to your reply.

cheers,
Mike

Take a look at a the split categories description module ;-)

Thanks,

Anne

picaflor-azul:

Take a look at a the split categories description module ;-)

Thanks,

Anne

Thanks Anne - where might I find this?

cheers,
Mike

shags38:

Thanks Anne - where might I find this?

cheers,
Mike

http://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=355

Pablo:

Is there anyway to add CAPTCHA to the drop down "Contact Us" form on the mega-menu?
I have it working on the regular "Contact Us" form, but if you fill out the drop down and hit submit
it goes to the regular form and gives an error "You did not enter the proper code"and you have to re-type your message.
Any help would be appreciated. ( I am using the TTF CAPTCHA Plugin from the Zen-Cart Plug ins.

Did you ever figure out how to do this? I am trying to do the same thing. The only answer I can find is to remove the contact us from the header. But I like it that and would like to keep it if I could get it to work correctly.

Thanks for any help.

discoverytdi:

http://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=355

Thank you for posting the link ;-)

Thanks,

Anne

Thanks for the info - I have installed the mod however it places the additional category description directly below the product listing and above the 'Featured Products' and 'New Products' panels which still means scrolling. How can it be modified to be definitively the last section of a page?

cheers,
Mike

shags38:

Thanks for the info - I have installed the mod however it places the additional category description directly below the product listing and above the 'Featured Products' and 'New Products' panels which still means scrolling. How can it be modified to be definitively the last section of a page?

cheers,
Mike

The way I did it was modify this page tpl_product_info_display.php in my templates folder. But make a back up first and try it on a test or non live store. If you need anything just ask, I am not a big posted but I will try and help where I can

uswebworx:

The way I did it was modify this page tpl_product_info_display.php in my templates folder. But make a back up first and try it on a test or non live store. If you need anything just ask, I am not a big posted but I will try and help where I can

Thanks for your help however there are a number of folders with that file name in them and I looked in a couple of folders with that file and there is nowhere to modify 'category description' in the file content. So which specific folder is the file in that you modified?? FOLDER???/tpl_product_info_display.php

cheers,
Mike

shags38:

Thanks for your help however there are a number of folders with that file name in them and I looked in a couple of folders with that file and there is nowhere to modify 'category description' in the file content. So which specific folder is the file in that you modified?? FOLDER???/tpl_product_info_display.php

cheers,
Mike

OK - I have sorted it in includes/templates/abbington_mega/templates/tpl_index_product_list.php and found the below code at line 100;

<a name="descSub"></a>

I copied and pasted that (above) code to just below this (below) code near bottom of page at line 205;

Then deleted the code I copied at line 100 - works an absolute treat !! :) see example of Harmony Balls category page at http://dazzlers.net.au/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=14

cheers,
Mike

shags38:

Thanks for the info - I have installed the mod however it places the additional category description directly below the product listing and above the 'Featured Products' and 'New Products' panels which still means scrolling. How can it be modified to be definitively the last section of a page?

cheers,
Mike

This is a question that should be asked on the module support thread.

Thanks,

Anne

shags38:

Thanks for your help however there are a number of folders with that file name in them and I looked in a couple of folders with that file and there is nowhere to modify 'category description' in the file content. So which specific folder is the file in that you modified?? FOLDER???/tpl_product_info_display.php

cheers,
Mike

You should always be modifiying the file in the template override directory if possible.

Thanks,

Anne

shags38:

OK - I have sorted it in includes/templates/abbington_mega/templates/tpl_index_product_list.php and found the below code at line 100;

<?php // categories_description_sub if ($current_categories_description_sub != '') { ?>

<a name="descSub"></a>

<div id="categoryDescriptionSub" class="catDescContent"><?php echo $current_categories_description_sub; ?></div> <?php } // categories_description_sub ?>

I copied and pasted that (above) code to just below this (below) code near bottom of page at line 205;

<?php $show_display_category->MoveNext(); } // !EOF ?>

Then deleted the code I copied at line 100 - works an absolute treat !! :) see example of Harmony Balls category page at http://dazzlers.net.au/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=14

cheers,
Mike

I am happy that you figured it out. Thank you for posting your solution so that anyone else with the same question can refernce your fix.

Thanks,

Anne

picaflor-azul:

I am happy that you figured it out. Thank you for posting your solution so that anyone else with the same question can refernce your fix.

Thanks,

Anne

Sorry I just came back online, glad to see it worked.

My site: http://www.thesweettease.com/

I want my home page to display my new products. As you can see there is a tab for the new products but they don't display unless you actually click the NEW tab. Can someone tell me how to get them to display automatically without having to click on the tab? Thanks a million!

sweettease:

My site: http://www.thesweettease.com/

I want my home page to display my new products. As you can see there is a tab for the new products but they don't display unless you actually click the NEW tab. Can someone tell me how to get them to display automatically without having to click on the tab? Thanks a million!

Take a look at this thread:

http://wwhttp://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.php?195520-Abbington-Mega-Template-Support-Thread&p=1134272#post1134272

Thanks,

Anne

picaflor-azul:

Take a look at this thread:

http://wwhttp://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.php?195520-Abbington-Mega-Template-Support-Thread&p=1134272#post1134272

Thanks,

Anne

The link didn't work for me. I did find what I thought was the fix to this problem several pages back but when I made the change it didn't fix the problem.

shinypenguin:

First, thank you for this great template Anne. Should be launching a website in a week or two and the template has been a HUGE help!

To change which tab shows by default, modify line line 6 in the css file: /includes/templates/abbington_mega/css/stylesheet_module_tabs.css:

#featuredProducts {display:block;}

> 
> Change featuredProducts to either whatsNew, or specialsDefault -- depending on which you want... or to open all three, you can make the line:
> 
> ```html
#featuredProducts, #whatsNew, #specialsDefault {display:block;}

OK, I figured out the issue with the link... this is the thread I had found previously. I made the switch to #whatsNew but the tab is not open until you click it. I'd rather have the new products displayed automatically when the page loads rather than the user to have to click the tab. Does that make sense?

I modified my tpl_mega_menu.php file with the following code at about line 243, and then set the CAPTCHA on the original "Contact Us" form.
This still leaves "Contact Us" in the menu, just when you click, it takes you to the "Contact Us" form via the link you put in..

</li><!-- eof information -->


    <li class="contactus-li"><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_CONTACT_US, '', 'NONSSL'); ?>" class="drop"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_CONTACT_US;?></a><!-- bof contact form -->
            <a href="------THIS WILL BE THE LINK TO YOUR CONTACT PAGE --------------"></a> 
       
		COMMENT OUT FROM THIS LINE ---------------------------------------------------------------
		<!--<div class="dropdown_2columns">
            
            <div class="col_2 firstcolumn">
                <h2><?php echo TITLE_CONTACT_US;?></h2>
                <p><?php echo TEXT_CONTACT_US;?>
	    </p>
        
                <div id="contact_form">
                
                    <div class="message">
                        <div id="alert"></div>
                    </div>
                    <?php echo zen_draw_form('contact_us', zen_href_link(FILENAME_CONTACT_US, 'action=send')); ?>
                    
                        <label for="contactname">Name<span class="required"> *</span></label>
                        <input name="contactname" type="text" id="contactname" size="30" value=""  /> 
                        
                        <br class="clearBoth" />
                        <label for="email">Email<span class="required"> *</span></label>
                        <input name="email" type="text" id="email" size="30" value="" />
                        
                        <br class="clearBoth" />
                        <label for="enquiry">Message<span class="required"> *</span></label>
                        <textarea name="enquiry" cols="40" rows="3"  id="enquiry"></textarea>
                            
                            
                        <div class="form_buttons">
                        <input type="submit" class="button" id="submit" value="Submit" />
                        </div> 
                    
                    
                    </form>
                
                </div> 

            </div>
        
        </div> -->   COMMENT OUT TO THIS LINE