Column Layout for New Products Page

yellow1912:

Why not using a module that is coded for this very specific purpose?
http://blog.rubikintegration.com/2009/08/08/speed-up-your-zencart-development-by-using-single-listing-template/
The multi-tasking yellow strikes again.
Thanks for the input, will read the whole thread, test the module and if questions will post in the appropriate thread.
THANKS.

The number of new products per page is set in the admin page for maximum values I think, I mentioned it in the README and that it would probably want to be set to a multiple of the number of columns, e.g. for three columns, set maximum new products to 3, 6, 9, 12 etc - looks like maybe you have it set to four? Or am I misunderstanding?

dweb:

Or am I misunderstanding?
Maximum Display of Products All Page, I set to 9 and fixed issue with All Products.
Still having the issue with the empty cart page, still have the 1-column centered layout.

I believe the "new items" thing on the empty cart page is a different item, handled by the original contribution and a different setting in the admin page. I made this package so the new items and all items linked pages would resemble that box. I think I have that in max values, fifth item down:
New Products Module 9
also, down farther,
Maximum Display of Specials Products - Main Page 3

When my cart is set to have only one or two items on special, it is centered and fewer columns.

hth?

dweb:

New Products Module 9
Maximum Display of Specials Products - Main Page 3
Still SOL, I get 9 products in a centered column.
You are right that the empty cart is a different animal, I am still trying to figure out how to handle it.

Thank you so much dweb I used your contribution and it worked perfectly for me [site is here] Looks much better now. I am going to try to do to the featured products as well as they are still set in a long list.:clap: This makes it so much easier for advertising as well.

I am doing this again on 1.3.8 and doesn't seem to be working out the same can someone have a look and see what this issue may be?

http://www.tylerandtallulah.com/shop/products_new

the Spacing is huge and the description is there?

Sorry my memory is rusty on this but it worked like a charm opn 1.3.7

~Red

Ok I have fixed most of my issues by turning off the description through admin "new listing" and adding a <br> before add: in english.php file. The only thing I cant figure out is why are all the image different here and not regulated to one size like the others can this be managed somewhere as well?

I have this added to the style sheet :
Should I not designate the size maybe or possibly a different way?

.new_products {float: left;
width: 200px;
height: 400px;
text-align: center;
}

Here is the link: http://www.tylerandtallulah.com/shop/products_new

Thanks!

I have installed this module and it is working for me. However, I would like to move the Add Products to Cart link from the top and bottom of the page and insert a button from the individual products page into each of the products in the grid.

Is there a switch to allow this or does the code need to be changed?

Thanks!

There isn't a switch for this in the pages, can't recall if the add-all button is controlled by admin but this is pretty useless in my cart. I simply use the picture and name of the product in the grid as a link to the product page, and the manufacturer name as a link to their page (in my cart) - the add-all buttons don't work with "virtual" downloadable products anyway since there doesn't seem to be a way to set them up without the single required attribute, the filename of what you're purchasing.

dweb thanks!

It worked for me the first time around. I really struggled with this prior to your amazing help!

Thanks for your time in making it work. I am thrilled!:clap:

WOW!!! it worked perfect for me!
Thank you so much for posting!!

I just put this on my shop, and I have to say, it looks so much better now. I have it up and working fine. I only have one question...is there a way to put a border around the items and still have it look nice?

I tried changing the code to this:

.new_products { 
		float: left; 
		width: 32.5%; 
		text-align: center; 
		padding: 3px 1px;
                border: 1px solid;
		}

But that does not put a 'perfect' border around everything. It puts a specific border around each item, which, if an item has a 2nd line in the name, then that items box gets pushed down another line, and the one/s beside it have a line with a gap in between.

You can see my all products page here:
http://funkymunkys.ca/index.php?main_page=products_all%3E

and my new products page here:
http://funkymunkys.ca/index.php?main_page=products_new

Thank you.

I just wanted to post and thank you! This was very helpful in every way for me to understand what I was doing.:smile:

FunkyPapa - To get the items to have the same height, you need to explicitly set a fixed height. The borders will double up where they adjoin without fancy CSS work, so you may want to space them apart a bit. This also requires reducing the element width a bit so they still fit on one line.```
.new_products {
border: 1px solid #aabbcc;
height: 14em;
width: 31%;
margin: 0 0.5em 0.5em 0;
}

Hi .. just wanted to check that this module works for version 1.3.9d.. thanks

yellow1912:

Why not using a module that is coded for this very specific purpose?

http://blog.rubikintegration.com/2009/08/08/speed-up-your-zencart-development-by-using-single-listing-template/

I just used this and it worked 100% for me, no need to edit anything just uploaded the files and installed the SQL and it worked

thanks

gjh42:

FunkyPapa - To get the items to have the same height, you need to explicitly set a fixed height. The borders will double up where they adjoin without fancy CSS work, so you may want to space them apart a bit. This also requires reducing the element width a bit so they still fit on one line.```
.new_products {
border: 1px solid #aabbcc;
height: 14em;
width: 31%;
margin: 0 0.5em 0.5em 0;
}

Sorry for my late reply to you, it's been a hectic couple of weeks. This works awesomely....will just have to see what colours the wife wants that to be before I put it live. :clap: Thank you!!

paddy_uk2007:

I just used this and it worked 100% for me, no need to edit anything just uploaded the files and installed the SQL and it worked

thanks

What SQL?

The one contributed by dweb only has two files.

Does anyone know how I can remove the title?

And just show the price?

Thanks!