Easy embed template

stargre:

Thank you guys! I would definitely look into the program JOsh just mentioned. BTW, maybe I should not ask, but DivaVocal mentioned the joomla extension earlier, which one is it? Thanks a lot!If you go to the Joomla extensions area, and browse through the e-commerce section. I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but IMO it seems to me that you are not familiar with writing HTML to execute this the way you are attempting to do this.. I think the modules would be your very best bet..

I am rather curious about something. The documentation reads:

"2. Some Where in your html file, you need to put three very specific lines of text. WHERE you put them is up to you, but they must be together and they must be exact. The thing to know is that it goes in the body of the file, and that it goes where you want your Zen Cart to go.

	<!-- START EMBED -->
	<!-- END EMBED -->"

What is the third line?

I have figured this out, but this might be useful for other people who read this thread:

Enter the following lines into your html file...

Greg_nst:

I have figured this out, but this might be useful for other people who read this thread:

Enter the following lines into your html file...

<div id="content"> <!-- START EMBED --> <!-- END EMBED --> </div>

This is actually already posted several time in this thread.. but it couldn't hurt to post it again..:smile:

DivaVocals:

This is actually already posted several time in this thread.. but it couldn't hurt to post it again..:smile:

It may be wise to break this thread up into smaller ones, divided by version. I am lucky enough to know my way around PhP, CSS and HTML but by the 24th page, I was so confused by all the conflicting pieces of documentation that I wanted to buy a manual typewriter and say, 'forget the interweb'....

Even the 'read me.txt' file with the latest download contains conflicting information on the embed code.

Greg_nst:

It may be wise to break this thread up into smaller ones, divided by version. I am lucky enough to know my way around PhP, CSS and HTML but by the 24th page, I was so confused by all the conflicting pieces of documentation that I wanted to buy a manual typewriter and say, 'forget the interweb'....

Even the 'read me.txt' file with the latest download contains conflicting information on the embed code.
Nice idea, but lots to maintain by the forum admins I'm sure which is probably why none of the support threads are structured this way..

I have personally gotten into the habit of reading through an entire support thread so that I get a sense of the issues and gotchas before I install an add-on. It personally took me a few reads through this thread to understand the readme.txt (which I agree is not completely clear..) There is one post here which was like the lightbulb going off for me

DivaVocals:

Nice idea, but lots to maintain by the forum admins I'm sure which is probably why none of the support threads are structured this way..

I have personally gotten into the habit of reading through an entire support thread so that I get a sense of the issues and gotchas before I install an add-on. It personally took me a few reads through this thread to understand the readme.txt (which I agree is not completely clear..) There is one post here which was like the lightbulb going off for me

I see what you're getting at - makes a whole lot of sense.

As for your second point, I understand exactly what you are saying. In open source it is usually best to put yourself in a state of information overload. Problem is, the face of open source is changing and less sophisticated users are running into problems.

Heck, I have run into a rather strange problem - everything embeds perfectly - but in the head of the document. The template looks perfect - in fact, everything is perfect, only problem is, the cart itself doesn't work.....

Odd.....perhaps when I get some time, I'll be able to go through and figure out exactly why this is happening.

Perhaps it is nothing that I did....

I went back to the previous version of Easy Embed and everything worked perfectly. For some reason, in my layout, version 2.0 embedded my entire html file in the head of the document. This caused some pretty serious problems!!

Great application...

I will say it again if people would like write access to the files so that they can help with code or documentation, just PM me. the only prerequisite is knowing how to use subversion.

I apologize if I've overlooked this, but I've read through the posts and didn't find any information on it.

I have this installed and working on my site.

Is there a way to include the sidebox modules into my template?

Right now I just have the header, top navigation, two blank columns (left, right), cart contents in the center and a footer.

Is there an embed code or can I still use zen carts sideboxes in my template?

I would like the sideboxes to appear in the blank left and right columns. Maybe I just don't have something right or something not correct in the admin settings.

Any help would be appreciated.

At the risk of stating the obvious.. but do you have your sideboxes turned on??

tameron:

I apologize if I've overlooked this, but I've read through the posts and didn't find any information on it.

I have this installed and working on my site.

Is there a way to include the sidebox modules into my template?

Right now I just have the header, top navigation, two blank columns (left, right), cart contents in the center and a footer.

Is there an embed code or can I still use zen carts sideboxes in my template?

I would like the sideboxes to appear in the blank left and right columns. Maybe I just don't have something right or something not correct in the admin settings.

Any help would be appreciated.

Yes, I turned one right one on and one left and they didn't show up in the columns.

I think I may have gotten a bad upload. Some of the images looked weird, then I upped them again and it fixed it. So I'm wondering if that happened to some of the files. I'm going re-up everything right now. Hopefully that fixes the problem. If not, I'll be back :)

sanguisdesign:

I will say it again if people would like write access to the files so that they can help with code or documentation, just PM me. the only prerequisite is knowing how to use subversion.

I would love to rewrite the documentation - I am incredibly busy right now (I work in a small start up tech company), but when I get some time, I will most certainly help you out.

Great template - once I downloaded/installed the older version, I was up and running within minutes!

Wow, I have been looking for a solution for this everywhere. Thank GOD I found this thread. I have a design for my site that i'm pretty satisfied with and didn't want to go through the hassle of customizing the web template.

I still have NO idea how to use this code yet, or if it even works with the new releases but i'll find out and research this fully tommorrow.

tekboi:

Wow, I have been looking for a solution for this everywhere. Thank GOD I found this thread. I have a design for my site that i'm pretty satisfied with and didn't want to go through the hassle of customizing the web template.This template doesn't eliminate all of the template customizing for Zen (you will still have to make some CSS mods to match up your store to the rest of the site), but it certainly simplifies the process..

Have fun and good luck. oh and no whining.

DivaVocals:

At the risk of stating the obvious.. but do you have your sideboxes turned on??

Sorry, this question was asked a couple of times, but I just wanted to get to the bottom of it. Tameron and Stargre in recent posts both alluded to the fact that the left and right sidebars don't appear for them. That's the "problem" that I seem to have as well (if it is a problem). Were the sideboxes removed by design or have I made a mistake somewhere? I just see colored boxes on the right and left with nothing inside of the side boxes. The rest of the page looks fine. I know the side boxes are turned on because when I switch back and forth between the Sanguine and the Classic Contemporary Green, the side boxes show up in the Classic template but not the Sanguine template. (I have the sample data loaded from the Zen installation process.)

Thanks to all for sharing various tips and info. I think this is definitely a great "template" (I've read everything from beginning to end!) with lots of possible valuable uses. JOsh, I respect and appreciate your commitment to this, going back all the way to '06!

Peter4M:

Sorry, this question was asked a couple of times, but I just wanted to get to the bottom of it. Tameron and Stargre in recent posts both alluded to the fact that the left and right sidebars don't appear for them. That's the "problem" that I seem to have as well (if it is a problem). Were the sideboxes removed by design or have I made a mistake somewhere? I just see colored boxes on the right and left with nothing inside of the side boxes. The rest of the page looks fine. I know the side boxes are turned on because when I switch back and forth between the Sanguine and the Classic Contemporary Green, the side boxes show up in the Classic template but not the Sanguine template. (I have the sample data loaded from the Zen installation process.)

Thanks to all for sharing various tips and info. I think this is definitely a great "template" (I've read everything from beginning to end!) with lots of possible valuable uses. JOsh, I respect and appreciate your commitment to this, going back all the way to '06!They're not removed by design at all.. On the site I created and used this template with the sideboxes are off by design (because that's the layout my client wanted).. Of course I am using the older version of this template, and based on the posts, the "problem" with the sideboxes seems to be isolated to the latest version of this template.. If I recall correctly, one of the folks reporting this sidebox issue was able to work fine by installing the older version of this template. (I'll have to read back through the posts a little bit)