Comstock Template

Thank you! I will try that first thing tomorrow morning, I have only come online to ask one last question as I'm ready to pass out:

My descriptions need bullets, but for some reason, even when I use the HTMLarea editor with each products, the bullets won't show up. Neither would ® symbol either, I had to use another site's uploaded IMG of it. Can this be fixed?

Thank you, good night, I will report back how the above things worked out!

EDN-inc:

Thank you! I will try that first thing tomorrow morning, I have only come online to ask one last question as I'm ready to pass out:

My descriptions need bullets, but for some reason, even when I use the HTMLarea editor with each products, the bullets won't show up. Neither would ® symbol either, I had to use another site's uploaded IMG of it. Can this be fixed?

Thank you, good night, I will report back how the above things worked out!

1st - open includes/templates/comstock/css/stylesheet.css

find the following declaration and make the change indicated by the highlight.

#productDescription ul li {
margin-right:2px;
padding:2px 0 2px 17px;
color: #000;
list-style: none;/you can change this to any of the following - disc, circle, square/
font-size: 1.1em;
}

2nd - You should be able to use the following (highlighted portion) for the ® symbol instead of pulling a graphic from another site

Micro Sweep® System

OR

Micro Sweep® System

Clyde, thank you so much for a quick response! Most everything works. However, for some reason my first issue is still existent. If I go to your website and look at the larger image for comstock, i see that the red and black bars go all the way across whereas on my site, it literally looks like a center window was pasted on top and the black bar at the top doesn't match up/line up with the red and black bars on either side. Can this be fixed?

EDN-inc:

Clyde, thank you so much for a quick response! Most everything works. However, for some reason my first issue is still existent. If I go to your website and look at the larger image for comstock, i see that the red and black bars go all the way across whereas on my site, it literally looks like a center window was pasted on top and the black bar at the top doesn't match up/line up with the red and black bars on either side. Can this be fixed?

As I said you will need to turn on the EZ-Pages header: admin -> configuration -> EZ-Pages Settings -> EZ-Pages Display Status - HeaderBar (set to 1)

You may also need to add some "internal links" in the ez-pages.

admin -> tools -> ez-pages

if you don't want to show links in that bar then you'll need to open:

includes/templates/template_default/templates/tpl_ezpages_bar_header.php find the following section of code and add the highlighted portion.

<div id="navEZPagesTop"> 
<?php for ($i=1, $n=sizeof($var_linksList); $i<=$n; $i++) {  ?>
  <a href="<?php echo $var_linksList[$i]['link']; ?>"><?php echo $var_linksList[$i]['name']; ?></a><?php echo ($i < $n ? EZPAGES_SEPARATOR_HEADER : '') . "\n"; ?>
<?php } // end FOR loop ?>
</div>

once you've made the edit save the file to includes/templates/comstock/templates/tpl_ezpages_bar_header.php and upload to your server.

Ahh, I was wondering what that was to do... See I already did that, and in fact, it was set to 1 already.

I think maybe I didn't make it clear... I have no problem with the links, it's the box looking pasted (look at the link in my first post) on top, instead of flowing like it does on your website. And actually, having just looked again, the black bar I'm talking about has no links on it. Should I take screencaps to show you what I'm trying to describe? I'm lost, though, because the ezpages thing isn't it. :dontgetit

EDN-inc:

Ahh, I was wondering what that was to do... See I already did that, and in fact, it was set to 1 already.

I think maybe I didn't make it clear... I have no problem with the links, it's the box looking pasted (look at the link in my first post) on top, instead of flowing like it does on your website. And actually, having just looked again, the black bar I'm talking about has no links on it. Should I take screencaps to show you what I'm trying to describe? I'm lost, though, because the ezpages thing isn't it. :dontgetit

It still appears that you haven't turned on the ex-pages header:

all I see when I view the source of the page is the following:

This indicates to me that the ez-pages header bar is not turned on or it is "empty" (ie. no links)

Check your PM (private message)

I know I told you in PM but I wanted everyone to know, you rock, Clyde!
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Hi All,

First of all, Comstock is awesome.

On another note, when using Internet Explorer 7 I observed an anomaly in the appearance of the category menu when I have exactly 10 categories. With 10 categories upon mouse-hover a gray box appeared and obscured most of the menu. When I added an 11th category, or disabled one (total of 9) the anomaly disappeared.

Just by sheer luck the first attempt to correct the problem worked. In Configuration > Layout Settings I set "Categories Separator between link Status" from 1 to 0 and the problem disappeared.

Trying to figure out what caused the problem in the first place would certainly be an interesting exercise. But I haven't the inclination to do so now that the problem is gone! Yippee! :clap:

Thought I'd mention it in case someone else observed something similar.

Cheers,
~G

Giro26:

Hi All,

First of all, Comstock is awesome.

On another note, when using Internet Explorer 7 I observed an anomaly in the appearance of the category menu when I have exactly 10 categories. With 10 categories upon mouse-hover a gray box appeared and obscured most of the menu. When I added an 11th category, or disabled one (total of 9) the anomaly disappeared.

Just by sheer luck the first attempt to correct the problem worked. In Configuration > Layout Settings I set "Categories Separator between link Status" from 1 to 0 and the problem disappeared.

Trying to figure out what caused the problem in the first place would certainly be an interesting exercise. But I haven't the inclination to do so now that the problem is gone! Yippee! :clap:

Thought I'd mention it in case someone else observed something similar.

Cheers,
~G

This is from the "introducing the Comstock Template" information that appears on the front page after installing the template:

Additional Recommendations:

admin -> configuration -> layout settings

Column Width - Left Boxes (set to 150px) default
Column Width - Right Boxes (set to 150px) default
Column Width - Left (set to 160px)
Column Width - Right (set to 160px)
Define Breadcrumb Status 2 (Off for Home Page Only)
Categories Separator between links Status (set to 0)
Categories Separator between the Category Name and Count (delete the default setting)
Categories Separator between the Category Name and Sub Categories (delete the default setting)

Clyde,
just downloaded last version, site is https://www.itilcon.com/zipcart
still palying with the basics so what u see might not be the what i am referring to.
My question is why the Bestseller box keeps so stubbornly printing a blank line before the first line.
Even http://(sorry, site offline)/templates.html has the blank space between title and firts line which distorts the box.
The standard template still hast that space which the category box does not have for instance.
Please advice
thanks a lot
Calixto

Fixed,
there is in tpl_best_sellers.php
$content .= '<div id="' . str_replace('_', '-', $box_id . 'Content') . '" class="sideBoxContent">' . "\n";
calls for definition bestsellersContent which does not exist rather than bestsellers. I could rename it as well but removed the content piece and set needed top margin
I guess that is the same thing that happens in Bestseller box in general, that the browser assumes default top margin

Hi,
After installing this template the below picture shows what the site looks like. I then figured out that I had not reset the layout boxes - so that fixed that problem. However, the middle section of the site is still full page while the top & bottom are the usual width for a zen-cart store.
I also realized that the top of the middle section is to high up as it cuts through the red & black lines. Any ideas on how to fix this?

enddes:

Hi,
After installing this template the below picture shows what the site looks like. I then figured out that I had not reset the layout boxes - so that fixed that problem. However, the middle section of the site is still full page while the top & bottom are the usual width for a zen-cart store.
I also realized that the top of the middle section is to high up as it cuts through the red & black lines. Any ideas on how to fix this?

You need to turn on the ez-pages header bar and add at least one internal link.

This fix should help.

Just unzip the file and upload the entire includes folder to your server.

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Hi,

It helped with the header (although it is still not lined up exactly - I'm done messing with that part for today).

However, the middle section of the site is still at like 100% while the header & footer are at 725px (approx)

Any ideas?

Also trying to figure out why it is not showing the header_bg.jpg image?

enddes:

Hi,

It helped with the header (although it is still not lined up exactly - I'm done messing with that part for today).

However, the middle section of the site is still at like 100% while the header & footer are at 725px (approx)

Any ideas?

enddes:

Also trying to figure out why it is not showing the header_bg.jpg image?

Not without a link to your site?

Maybe a better question is - how do I make the header & footer be 100% like the middle?

enddes:

Maybe a better question is - how do I make the header & footer be 100% like the middle?

Again, without actually seeing your site I can't make any kind of intelligent suggestion.

Hey Clyde, thanks for this great template. Im trying to edit the colors a little. This may be a dumb question, but I cant for the life of me figure out how to change the buttons/links: login/register, home, contact us, my account. Thanks in advance for any help.

Burt
http://www.giftsandmoredirect.com

Burtsc:

Hey Clyde, thanks for this great template. Im trying to edit the colors a little. This may be a dumb question, but I cant for the life of me figure out how to change the buttons/links: login/register, home, contact us, my account. Thanks in advance for any help.

Burt
http://www.giftsandmoredirect.com

open includes/templates/comstock/css/stylesheet.css

find and change the background color of these declarations as indicated by the highlights

#navMain ul li a {
margin-right:2px;
padding:2px 10px;
background:#999;
color:#fff;
border:1px solid;
float:left;
font-weight:Bold;
line-height:14px;
text-decoration:none;
border-color:#66006B;
}
#navAccount li.shop a {
background: url(../images/cart.png) left center no-repeat #99110F;
color: #fff;
height:16px;
font-size: 1.1em;
}
#navAccount ul li.shop a:hover {
color:#fff;
background: url(../images/cart.png) left center no-repeat #FF726F;
}
#navAccount li.account a {
background: url(../images/account.png) left center no-repeat #999;
height:16px;
}
#navAccount ul li.account a:hover {
color:#fff;
background: url(../images/account.png) left center no-repeat #ccc;
}
#navAccount li.contact a {
background: url(../images/contact.png) left center no-repeat #999;
height:16px;
}
#navAccount ul li.contact a:hover {
color:#fff;
background: url(../images/contact.png) left center no-repeat #ccc;
}