Simple Zen Template - Support Thread

Thank you for your fast answer.
In the meantime I have discovered how to solve it!

You have to make two stylesheets:
One named:
stylesheet.css
and the other one
language_stylesheet.css (with the link to the image for that language)

Hi. I'm working on my first store front ever.. i'm using simple zen at moldinart.com. can you help me to change the color of the navigation header? I would love for it to be white. if you could explain how i could change this, i would greatly appreciate it.

thanks!

arthurallen:

Hi. I'm working on my first store front ever.. i'm using simple zen at moldinart.com. can you help me to change the color of the navigation header? I would love for it to be white. if you could explain how i could change this, i would greatly appreciate it.

thanks!

Open up includes/templates/simple_zen/css/stylesheet.css. The code that controls that section is: #navMainWrapper. You can change this:

background: url(../images/gradient.gif) repeat-x;

to this:

background: #ffffff;

You'll also want to change the font color there to something else, it is currently set to white also:

color: #fff;

thanks! it worked.
I also changed font color. I tried different things like 922, ggg, and others, but nothing happened. the 'home' and 'login' buttons are invisible. could i make them dark grey?

oh, i love your simplezen template by the way. thanks for your help.

arthurallen:

thanks! it worked.
I also changed font color. I tried different things like 922, ggg, and others, but nothing happened. the 'home' and 'login' buttons are invisible. could i make them dark grey?

oh, i love your simplezen template by the way. thanks for your help.

Arthur, you should take a look at the link below my text. It will give you a brief explanation of what the numbers mean and how they translate to colors on the internet. If you do a Google search for "Hexadecimal web colors" you will find countless other resources on this.

http://www.w3schools.com/Html/html_colors.asp

hey, can anyone help me on this? I tried to intregrate aweber into my site but the instruction says

1. Change "template_default" to your template name.
2. Upload "includes" folder to shop ROOT Folder.
3. Login Admin > Tools > Install SQL Patchs (aweber_install.sql to "install it")
4. And then go to Admin > Configuration > AWeber Configuration to configure it.
5. Done

it says upload includes folder to shop root folder. If im going to do that, the includes folder in my shop root will be overwrited by the new includes directory of aweber.. it also says in the instruction that ther are no files to overwrite.. im confused... help.....

tnx.. looking forward to your response.. God Bless :lamo:

thanks. i checked it out. i put in 999999 for dark grey, but nothing. the two links in the navigation bar only appear when the cursor is directly over them. any way to make them visiable all the time?

this is where i changed it...is this the right place?

#navMainWrapper {
background: #ffffff;
font-weight: bold;
color: #999999;
width: 100%;
font-size:1em;
border-bottom:1px solid #333;
height:34px;
}
tx.

arthurallen:

thanks. i checked it out. i put in 999999 for dark grey, but nothing. the two links in the navigation bar only appear when the cursor is directly over them. any way to make them visiable all the time?

this is where i changed it...is this the right place?

#navMainWrapper {
background: #ffffff;
font-weight: bold;
color: #999999;
width: 100%;
font-size:1em;
border-bottom:1px solid #333;
height:34px;
}
tx.

Sorry, actually change the color here:

#navMain ul li a

The above would have worked for plain text in that section, if there were plain text there, but since its a link, you need to change the link color.

that worked. thanks. :clap:

guysoul:

hey, can anyone help me on this? I tried to intregrate aweber into my site but the instruction says

1. Change "template_default" to your template name.
2. Upload "includes" folder to shop ROOT Folder.
3. Login Admin > Tools > Install SQL Patchs (aweber_install.sql to "install it")
4. And then go to Admin > Configuration > AWeber Configuration to configure it.
5. Done

it says upload includes folder to shop root folder. If im going to do that, the includes folder in my shop root will be overwrited by the new includes directory of aweber.. it also says in the instruction that ther are no files to overwrite.. im confused... help.....

tnx.. looking forward to your response.. God Bless :lamo:

I have no idea what aweber is. If this is a mod for zen cart, perhaps ask in its thread.

I use simple zen template.

The add to cart button does not show quantity. If I click add to cart, i get error message about the quantity. At this moment the quantity shows up with the button. However, I still get the same error message.

Whats the problem? How to fix it?

Thanks
w2e

w2e:

I use simple zen template.

The add to cart button does not show quantity. If I click add to cart, i get error message about the quantity. At this moment the quantity shows up with the button. However, I still get the same error message.

Whats the problem? How to fix it?

Thanks
w2e

This probably is not a template related question.

The quantity box is turned on or off when you add a product, and you may have set some incorrect settings when you added the product. I'd ask this question in the general forum, and also search the faq for "quantity" to get some info on how all the quantity options work in zen cart. Also, when you ask your question in the general forum, post a link to your site.

how do i move the header nav bar to under the logo?
https://www.bambolera.com

can i remove the header and put a login link in the right sidebox?
(i'm refering to the thin header with 'home' & 'login' buttons)

arthurallen:

can i remove the header and put a login link in the right sidebox?
(i'm refering to the thin header with 'home' & 'login' buttons)

never mind. found out how to move the header under the logo at=

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=80063

arthurallen:

how do i move the header nav bar to under the logo?
https://www.bambolera.com

found out how here= http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=80063

Hello!

I installed the simple_zen template on a customers site, then modified it to match their existing format..

It looks great in IE and Safari ...
firefox is another story. It seems like firefox is bypassing the main page template file and only reading index.php from the languages folder..
site: https://www.kathymilano.com/shop

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'll keep borrowing through code in the meantime :smile:

Thank you!
Rich

LOL .. apparently my first post from 5 minutes ago never made it.. so my response below probably doesn't make sense very much.. so it can just be ignored :)

:oops: Just figured it out ..
after looking at the page source through FF, I saw most of the page was commented out...
The culprit was in header template file ... I commented out some code and didn't put the ending --> (didn't affect IE since it was right about another commented section)

Rich

Hi

Is there a way to make the sub categories drop down from each category tab?

I tried installing Apple Zen but that has a 'Categories' link and then the categories, whereas I would like the Categories across the top like they are in Simple Zen - but with the drop down menu like in Apple Zen.

Is it possible to combine the two approaches?

Christine

xtinexoop:

Hi

Is there a way to make the sub categories drop down from each category tab?

I tried installing Apple Zen but that has a 'Categories' link and then the categories, whereas I would like the Categories across the top like they are in Simple Zen - but with the drop down menu like in Apple Zen.

Is it possible to combine the two approaches?

Christine

In the download section, the CSS dropdown menu that I use in apple zen is available like that, its the Paul's version.