Newport Eco Template Support Thread

Datax:

Hello,

Very nice template. Thanx.
I found just a little thing.

common/tpl_header.php
line 67 incorrect php tags (twice)

greetz,
Wim

Thanks so much for finding this! I was just about to reinstall the template when I came across your post. Fixed the weird shopping cart total display for me. :laugh:

mrbojangles:

Thanks so much for finding this! I was just about to reinstall the template when I came across your post. Fixed the weird shopping cart total display for me. :laugh:

Yes, I have this bug on the list for a future update.

Thanks,

Anne

Hi, I've installed the French language pack to my site and I am now able to change the category names and product information to French in the Admin, however when I go to the French site, the logo is gone, and the headers are all just odd text.... Am I supposed to be copying the French pack files somewhere into the Newport Eco folder?

Please help!!

Niko2013:

Hi, I've installed the French language pack to my site and I am now able to change the category names and product information to French in the Admin, however when I go to the French site, the logo is gone, and the headers are all just odd text.... Am I supposed to be copying the French pack files somewhere into the Newport Eco folder?

Please help!!

If you want the template to work with lanaguages other than english, you need to copy the template language files to your new language. This is true for any template ;)

Thanks,

Anne

Great, thank you - I have it working - appreciate the help.

Niko2013:

Great, thank you - I have it working - appreciate the help.

I am happy that you figured it out ;)

Thanks,

Anne

Hi - I'm using the Newport Eco template on 2 Zen Cart sites, both of which are version 1.5.1. I upgraded both sites to v. 1.5.1 and installed the Newport Eco templates about 6 months ago. In that time my SEO has bottomed out, and these sites have, by and large, stopped returning in search results.

One SEO guru cited how the javascript was implemented in this theme as a potential issue. Has anyone else had this problem? If so, any comments on what I can do to right the ship?

The two sites in question can be found here and here. Thank you!

MeltDown:

Hi - I'm using the Newport Eco template on 2 Zen Cart sites, both of which are version 1.5.1. I upgraded both sites to v. 1.5.1 and installed the Newport Eco templates about 6 months ago. In that time my SEO has bottomed out, and these sites have, by and large, stopped returning in search results.

One SEO guru cited how the javascript was implemented in this theme as a potential issue. Has anyone else had this problem? If so, any comments on what I can do to right the ship?

The two sites in question can be found here and here. Thank you!

Your SEO problems are not related to the template. What is the problem with how the javascript is implemented?

Thanks,

Anne

picaflor-azul:

Your SEO problems are not related to the template. What is the problem with how the javascript is implemented?

Thanks,

Anne
Hi Anne - I certainly didn't mean to disparage the template itself with my comments, only looking at all possibilities.

The comment made to me about the javascript used in this template is as follows:

There might be a problem with the use of JavaScript. In the old times Google was not able to execute JavaScript. Google is a kind of a blind user. Now Google can execute JavaScript but it is unknown till what extend.
Therefore, as a rule of thumb, the rule is to build every web application layered. This means that if one layer (in this case Javascript) doesn't work the browser must be able to fall back on an other layer (in this case HTML). There are even more reasons to build your website as they called it in "progressive enhancement". One other important reason is the accessibility of your content for mobile users. Althought mobile browsers are mature, they still might execute JavaScript in a different way as computer browsers.

Your websites uses JavaScript for different purposes:

Clickability of your menu buttons. I think it is better to use no JavaScript at all for this functionality. You might use CSS for the drop down effects of the menu. Further, I think it is better not to have too complex drop down menus. The menu entrance "Tubular Wire Mesh Ribbon" has a new set of buttons. Perhaps you shouldn't make them available via the drop down menu.
The image roll-over can be made without JavaScript. CSS will do. Because the principle of progressive enhancement is applicable here too, the content must be reachable without the working of CSS, the underlaying layer HTML must work as well. For usability reasons you could add a stop and start button. 

This may or may not be applicable...

I have reconfigured my sitemaps, thinking the problem could lie with them.

Thanks :)

MeltDown:

Hi Anne - I certainly didn't mean to disparage the template itself with my comments, only looking at all possibilities.

The comment made to me about the javascript used in this template is as follows:

This may or may not be applicable...

I have reconfigured my sitemaps, thinking the problem could lie with them.

Thanks :)

There is no javascript used for the mega menu. It is pure css.

Thanks,

Anne

Hi,

It says:

"This page isn’t working m i l t o n g r e e n s s t a r s .com is currently unable to handle this request.
HTTP ERROR 500"

When I clicked the Create Account, it comes out like that.
I started to notice it last week.
On http:// m i l t o n g r e e n s s t a r s .com/zencart/index.php?main_page=login, as soon as I click Submit, it leads to that page. Likewise when I tried clicking Create Account from the Menu list.

I posted a thread about it and one of the ZC volunteers suggested it might be an issue related to the template. Please help.
What happened and what should I do? I need it to be running properly ASAP.

ZC Version: 1.5.6a (recreated from an older version from scratch again)
PHP Version: 7.1.26 (Zend: 3.1.0)

Thank you