Things every New Zenner needs to know

May I suggests 2 very simple things:

1. a search feature for the download section
2. a search feature for the FAQs section

If it would be possible to do a search for all the downloads based on keywords, and same for the FAQs it would help me a lot. As of now I must search in the forum and then try to find whatever clue I found there in the FAQs ot downloads.

For the downloads as of now I must open and browse all of them onne by one to eventually find what I need.

Most of the information we need is there, we just don't have a search feature to help us find where it is.

The Tutorials/FAQ does have a search feature. It also has Index and Glossary features.

Thanks for the Sitepoint link - I'll go through it.

I have been using CSS - but only to control the look of the print (size, font, color) on a page - not to handle the layout - it's just mindstretching at this point.

I know I have to get up to speed - but, I'm actually migrating everything over to Visual Studio - my hubby is a c++ .net and I do enough db programming, that he thought I'd have an easier time developing in that environment rather than continuing in PHP.

Someone else provided this bit:

To create a very basic custom template (you can build from there), you need:
includes/languages/YOUR_TEMPLATE/english.php
includes/languages/english/YOUR_TEMPLATE/index.php
includes/languages/english/YOUR_TEMPLATE/header.php (to change the logo)
includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/template_info.php
includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/common/tpl_header.php
includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/images/logo.gif
includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/css/stylesheet.css

That helped some more w/ just what files I need to modify for the most basic changes and where I need to put them to override.

I think some of the confusion is that there are 2 pieces - the stuff that goes in your new template folder - I'm not sure of what all - images (i.e. replacing the logo.gif) and the template_info file - and then the other piece is the overrides that appear throughout the rest of the includes.

Then add to it that it's using css to control the layout - yes, we should be using CSS to do that because it's the standard and as pointed out above, has many benefits.

Again, I'm totally not knocking it - I'm thrilled at the look!

Michelle

Thanks Clyde:

But somehow every time I've been using this search feature it didn't return the information I needed. I just tried again and couldn't find what I needed. So I'll be back again in the forum asking a simple question. If the search was returning me the information I need I wouldn't have had to use the forum that much. I really think it could be improved.

I think that this is on the list of things to do - it may even be w.i.p. - but is naturally of lower priority than development of the cart itself.

And of course, there is the eternal problem of any search on the web - you must be asking the right question! :D

I have a question, and i didn't know where or how else to post the question, somehow on my main page, i have my catagories listed on the bottom like a navigation menu right underneath the pictures in the middle. How do i get rid of it. here's my link

http://kirwindesigns.com/store/

OK I am so new and I am looking for herlp to learn everything. I think there is still to many fourms in this section and most of them should be deleted so it is easier to find some of the help I com eon here to look for:schmoll:

shx_go:

OK I am so new and I am looking for herlp to learn everything. I think there is still to many fourms in this section and most of them should be deleted so it is easier to find some of the help I com eon here to look for:schmoll:Every question asked and answered has been of interest and hopefully use to somebody, so I believe that it is the Zen Cart team's policy to leave them all available.

Have you tried looking at the FAQ and the Wiki which presents information in a more digestible form aimed more at people who are unfamiliar with Zen Cart, or have you considered buying the book (there's currently a link top right of the page) that takes a reader through setting up a store in straightforward language?

shx_go:

OK I am so new and I am looking for herlp to learn everything. I think there is still to many fourms in this section and most of them should be deleted so it is easier to find some of the help I com eon here to look for:schmoll:

When you use the Search function, it automatically searches ALL the forums unless you go to the Advanced Search where you can limit the range to a specific forum.

Also, the various forums are suitably titled for specific topics, and if you manually enter a forum you can then use the "Search within this forum" option.

I have a question, and i didn't know where or how else to post the question, somehow on my main page, i have my catagories listed on the bottom like a navigation menu right underneath the pictures in the middle. How do i get rid of it. here's my link

**http://kirwindesigns.com/store/**

Turn them off inthe Admin> Configuration> Layout Settings> Always Show Categories on MainPage

Thanks Kim, That's what i was looking for. any chance you know how to get rid of the nav tab that was underneath it that just has the home link?

Same place - look for breadcrumb.

So i turned off the breadcrumbs for the homepage, but on the homepage i'm still seeing the home link on the bottom right underneath the image in the center box. it actually looks like a banner of some sort.

divekathster:

i'm still seeing the home link on the bottom right underneath the image in the center box.There are no switches to control this, but there are two ways to get rid of it:

1. eidt your tpl_footer.php file to remove (or comment out) the code that generates it
2. add #navSuppWrapper {display:none} to your stylesheet.

Thank you for help, found the file and got rid of it. thanks again. I actually didn't have to comment anything out on the footer page, just added your css addition to my stylesheet. .......eggggcceeelllent.

ok so two more questions, where is the file that contains the wording .. for more information go to the products website on the product listing page. I just want to change the wording but keep the link part and the second quesitons is which part of the css sheet is the bottom part of the catagory box. i've been able to change the top part and almost everything else on the page but can't find that part which is still green or its the .gif file.

divekathster:

where is the file that contains the wording .. for more information go to the products website

admin > tools > developer toolkit ... enter the text you need to find in the bottom input field and search All files

Can you tell me how to set shipping for the item?

It's actually two products and you can find them here http://www.clingythingylabels.com/home
We will be selling them for $7.95 a pack. If possible, can you make it an item that get's suggested when you are buying something else? It's a great add on item that we can slip into any order with no additional shipping expense.
SHipping for the these items alone should be $1.50 for one to three packs, $2.50 for 4-12, and $3.50 for 12 -24.
The owner of this site, whose product it is, gave me permission to take any artwork etc. I wanted off her site for our use.

geovino:

Can you tell me how to set shipping for the item?

It's actually two products and you can find them here http://www.clingythingylabels.com/home
We will be selling them for $7.95 a pack. If possible, can you make it an item that get's suggested when you are buying something else? It's a great add on item that we can slip into any order with no additional shipping expense.
SHipping for the these items alone should be $1.50 for one to three packs, $2.50 for 4-12, and $3.50 for 12 -24.
The owner of this site, whose product it is, gave me permission to take any artwork etc. I wanted off her site for our use.

This question doesn't really belong in this thread, and should really be in the Shipping & Payment Modules but, if I understand you correctly, you want to have free shipping on this when it's purchased with anything else (use the Cross Sell mod from the downloads for "suggesting" it) and shipping by quantity if bought alone. Are the shipping charges on this item different to your other products, and are you intending just to tell the customer "The total shipping is $xx" ?

If that is the case, and the answer to both questions is yes, then I think the only way to achieve that is by coding.

The logic is straightforward - examine the cart; if a product belongs to a certain group (which you could identify by adding a single letter to the beginning of the item model no) use a specific shipping module and then total up the individual shipping costs for display to the customer as a single shipping amount.

The coding is totally beyond my ability!