A Few Kind Requests

To me I would just rather put my own html on the header. So I can add tables, links, graphics and rotating html ads for new items.

jtatarin:

To me I would just rather put my own html on the header. So I can add tables, links, graphics and rotating html ads for new items.

Ok, so, if we ignore the fact that everything you want to do can be done (even rotating ads) through zen and even though I think you are just making things unnecessarily complicated, please post again with what it is you still need. I'm lost with the back and forth through this thread, so I don't know what it is you need answered. Also, barco57 explained why it looks different in firefox on the previous page.

To me using html will give me a lot more flexibility.:lol:

I thought thats what divs and css were for.....hmmm, maybe I should write an email to the W3C and let them know they might as well throw out the newer standards and go back to the 90's. Tables in the header are fine, I just don't get why throw out built in functionality, like the ez-pages header nav bar, just to stick in a table that does the same thing. Oh I see you don't want to mess with the stylesheet.......

Yah.. I really only know html. It's just so much easier for me to make it in dreamweave you know. I know thats hare to stomach from a pro web designer lol.

I wouldn't have the foggies idea how to make CSS or divs. I can make good websites in html... about it

DreamWeaver supports div based layouts and css styling - read the DW tutorials

template overrides. I have read all the tutorial on template overrides and I seem to be doing something wrong because it's not working. I made a new template called Custom as explained in the totorial. When I switch to that template via admin panel the template works but it is completely bare. I want to use template overrides on the stock template so I do the /custom as defined in another tutorial and it's not working.

I wanted to edit \includes\templates\template_default\common\tpl_header.php

so I made this file \includes\templates\template_default\common\custom\tpl_header.php

but the original tpl_header.php is still showing and my changes aren't being posted.

lol Damn this complicated but im trying.

As you have named your template "custom" this is the path to your altered tpl_header.php file

/includes/templates/custom/common/tpl_header.php

Your template overrides directory runs in parallel to the default template not within it.

Ok. I will try that guys. But if i make a template named Custom do I have to activate it in the admin area or can I still use the default template. I just want to customize the pre-existing template. Im really trying to learn PHP and CSS any advice?

Yes you have to activate it.

Hey Barco do you know a lot about CSS and PHP pages? If you don't mind, I would like to talk to you about that. I am needing to learn how to make a table equivilent using CSS and PHP.