Tabbed Products ''LITE'' version - Delimiter based

Hi,

Earlier in this thread you had given a link to a custom tpl_product_info_display file to show the tabs to the right of the product image. Since upgrading the to newest version this file no longer works correctly and the new tpl_product_info_display file is so totally different I can't seem to decipher where to place the table and set it up again.

Any chance you have already done this and are willing to part with the finished file again?

Thanks

Rick

P.S. I know you have already had many accolades on this mod but in my opinion it is probably the best mod for zen cart I have seen. Great work!!

SyntheticShield:

All I can say is I am extremely excited by this mod. When I checked out the demo my jaw dropped because it is about as perfect fit as anyone could ask for.

However, trying to get it to work has been a different story. I tried it on my website first because I was at work at the time and wanted to see how easy it would be to implement. Everything seemed to work fine except that for the tabs all I got were links. When you clicked on the links you saw the different information like it was a tab, just no tab images.

So I get home to try it out on my test server (WAMP5) but I keep getting a parse error thats flagging the very last line in the product info display file. I'll have to dig that up later as I have been trying to work out the issues with no luck.

Ive read over the installation files but Im not getting a clear understanding of how this thing installs. In my template directory (on the web server where I had at least a partial working example) I just have the default folders, classic and template_default.

What Im not clear on I guess is do I just copy the files to the template_default folder in the given locations (css, jscript, images, etc) or do I create a new folder in that directory, for example 'mytemplate'? If so, the only way I can get ZC to recognize that that folder is there is to copy the template_info file from one of the other directories to it. Even then when I use it, the css is all gone. The only way I have been able to get it to partially work is to just copy the files to the correct directories in the template_default folder and as mentioned above I dont see the tabs, just the links.

I downloaded an additional template just to see if I could get it to work with that, but I guess Im just not grasping how the template structure works. Im obviously new to ZC but I thought I could work all this out but no joy so far. So I would appreciate any direction anyone would care to offer. This contrib seems perfect for me and would love to get it to work. I looked for an updated set of installation instructions but couldnt find anything and I read through the first few pages of this thread, but its quite extensive and I havent found anything in the search so far.

Ah :) Welcome to Zen-Cart. Yes the confusion is in the template directory structure. See Zen-cart uses whats known as Zen-Magic... whereby default core files can be overridden by adding additional folder structure with the same name within the base folder. "HUH!?" :P See in your templates folder you have template_default, and classic. By default, your store will use the classic design. The Classic design has files for custom images, color schemes, and some basic layout options. Mostly CSS changes. The bulk of all the display code is in the template_default folder.

It is HIGHLY recommended that you NEVER overwrite any files in the template_default folder. Via the use of Zen-Magic, you can follow the structure of the templates_default folder inside the classic (or any other custom theme you use) template. So you would put the tab jscript, css, templates, images stuff inside the root of the "includes/templates/classic/" directory.

In the Admin panel goto TOOLS->TEMPLATE SELECTION and ensure that classic is selected. If you want to use a different template, you will also have to copy the tab files into that template folder the same way you did the classic one.

The reason you are seeing only links is because it is not finding the CSS file in the right spot.

There is a small learning curve with Zen-Cart and the way it is structured, but after a short time you see why it is like that and why it works so well.

disciple:

Hi,

Earlier in this thread you had given a link to a custom tpl_product_info_display file to show the tabs to the right of the product image. Since upgrading the to newest version this file no longer works correctly and the new tpl_product_info_display file is so totally different I can't seem to decipher where to place the table and set it up again.

Any chance you have already done this and are willing to part with the finished file again?

Thanks

Rick

P.S. I know you have already had many accolades on this mod but in my opinion it is probably the best mod for zen cart I have seen. Great work!!

Hi Disciple,

I will make another quick version for you :)

kelvyn:

Small I've been here 3 years and I STILL don't know how to over-ride some modules and pages such as html_output and application_top.

:P Shhhh we dont want to scare him.. let the zen poison..... errr.... fill his soul first :)

qhome:

Hi Disciple,

I will make another quick version for you :)

Try this one out. This is only a custom template file for those who want tabs on the right of their main product image.
This is NOT a new release.

tagging this for later.. quickly tried it on my test site and I like it :)

getyourgameshere.com:

tagging this for later.. quickly tried it on my test site and I like it :)

Good to hear :)

Can someone please step me through how to add a tab called backgrounds, that would show all background options for products.
All my backgrounds are in a certain directory and would like the tab to show all the backgrounds in that directory.

Can anyone help me?

Thanks

sfdesign:

Can someone please step me through how to add a tab called backgrounds, that would show all background options for products.
All my backgrounds are in a certain directory and would like the tab to show all the backgrounds in that directory.

Can anyone help me?

Thanks

When you say Background options, are you referring to background images that you want shown out of a folder?

You would need a module and a template similar to the additional images module/template that would pull those images out of your specific folder. Unless it follows the normal attribute options. Then by default I have it set to the first tab. However I have been wrestling with ideas to place things on different tabs.

Yes exactly pulling images from a specific folder that would show when you click on the backgrounds tab. By default show small images, but could click to enlarge.

Wow what a contribution, Love it qhome Thank You

Ive installed on a test site but I am having a problem with
my Additional Images Tab. I only get a link to the image
but I would like the actual image on that tab.

Ive tried making a new tab "Specifications" and just putting the image
there,but no luck.
Any Suggetstions????

here is the product specifically

http://www.nationalvinylfence.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_38&products_id=3

Thanks for any help you can offer.

UPDATE**
Tried it one more time, my custom tab works now, but still Additional Images is a no show

LOL :P

I must say this is one incredible contrib I created.. every week some new, unexpected, unconceivable problem comes up and I'm baffled every time how some of this stuff can be. :P

I see the image is baron36.jpg & baron36_MED.jpg.

I assume the MED version is in the MED folder. Can you try putting that file into the root images folder to see if that fixes it.

I will look at some stuff over here as well.

We'll get you fixed up :)

qhome:

LOL :P

I must say this is one incredible contrib I created.. every week some new, unexpected, unconceivable problem comes up and I'm baffled every time how some of this stuff can be. :P

I see the image is baron36.jpg & baron36_MED.jpg.

I assume the MED version is in the MED folder. Can you try putting that file into the root images folder to see if that fixes it.

I will look at some stuff over here as well.

We'll get you fixed up :)

^ you assumed incorrectly :P.. this is where the image is located: http://www.nationalvinylfence.com/images/semi_privacy/baron36_MED.jpg

The only thing wrong here is where he or she has put the images :).. at least thats what it seems like

getyourgameshere.com:

^ you assumed incorrectly :P.. this is where the image is located: http://www.nationalvinylfence.com/images/semi_privacy/baron36_MED.jpg

The only thing wrong here is where he or she has put the images :).. at least thats what it seems like

LOL ah yes.. i didnt even bother to notice the rest of the image path when i took a look. I'm unsure how the additional images module handles other folders other than:
/images
/images/med
/images/lrg

Thanks GYGH for noticing that :)

qhome:

LOL ah yes.. i didnt even bother to notice the rest of the image path when i took a look. I'm unsure how the additional images module handles other folders other than:
/images
/images/med
/images/lrg

Thanks GYGH for noticing that :)

No prob :).. out of curiosity, how well does this play with the IH2 contrib? I haven't had much time to search around and play with it myself.. just trying to set my priorities straight before trying to tackle it.. so much college work !

Thanks for looking guys

I just made several sub-folders in the images folder

med,medium,lrg,large

and put each image in their respective folder.
as well as copies of those same images in the root of images

baron36_MED.jpg
baron36_LRG.jpg

Its still missing Additional Images but as you
see I got the individual "Schematics"tab working.

Not sure why it wasnt showing up immediately for that new tab
but is it possible Im looking too soon?

Thanks qhome and GYGH
and of course the awesome Zen Team

HeadScratcher:

Thanks for looking guys

I just made several sub-folders in the images folder

med,medium,lrg,large

and put each image in their respective folder.
as well as copies of those same images in the root of images

baron36_MED.jpg
baron36_LRG.jpg

Its still missing Additional Images but as you
see I got the individual "Schematics"tab working.

Not sure why it wasnt showing up immediately for that new tab
but is it possible Im looking too soon?

Thanks qhome and GYGH
and of course the awesome Zen Team

I think you may still be confused about the directory structure of additional images.. so lets see if i can help you out here :)

your original image is located in...
images/semi_privacy/baron36.jpg

So, any small size images should also go into that same folder. Lets say you have 2 additional images, you would place them like this:

images/semi_privacy/baron36_1.jpg
images/semi_privacy/baron36_2.jpg

Note the _1, _2 after the image name. Zencart sees the original image's name as a prefix. OK. Halfway there!

Now you need "LRG" versions of them. if you're already using a decent sized image, you can use them as the _LRG versions as well. Copy them over to this folder:

images/large/semi_privacy/baron36_1_LRG.jpg
images/large/semi_privacy/baron36_2_LRG.jpg

Once you have that done, it should show up correctly

getyourgameshere.com:

No prob :).. out of curiosity, how well does this play with the IH2 contrib? I haven't had much time to search around and play with it myself.. just trying to set my priorities straight before trying to tackle it.. so much college work !

Yep, completely transparent to IH2. I have it on 2 of my sites. Since the only feature of IH2 on the product info page is the watermark, there's not much else that could go wrong :P

Ok Im a dumbass :blush:

I changed my small images width and height to 0
trying to customize the look of my pages.
Why I dont know

0= Bad
150x120= Good

All is working now, would you like to kick me now?
Sorry about mucking up this thread because of my own stupidity

Thank You

GYGH
qhome

Ive recently been saved by ZenCart from Oscommerce hell,
and I cannot Thank everyone here enough for the excellent
work and support around here. I will be donating often.

Thanks Again

Ok Im a dumbass
:blink: Geeeez don't be so tough to yourself, we all do silly things sometimes.