Categories Dressing

Where did you download it from? I just checked to be sure, and the readme is in the zip that downloads from Free Addons: readme2_6.html.

I'm really finding the readme document for this mod really hard to understand. I have it installed but I haven't been able to do anything with it. I guess my question is how do I get rid of the default settings that the mod creates when you install it. I managed to delete the bullets, but can anytone tell me how to delete the two border boxes the mod creates around your categories as well as the line underneath it? I basically just want my categories to look like they did before I installed the mod.

You're not reading the readme as a text document, are you? It is coded in HTML, and would be hard to read in plaintext. Open it in a browser window.

Each section of the readme has a boldface note about how to disable its feature. If you comment out all of the define statements you don't specifically want in categories_dressing_defines.php, the borders and other effects will go away.

I like to use this mod and I've red the readme over and over and a lot of pages here about this thread. I'm not an expert and somehow I can't figure out how to use it excactly.

I only want to use the image-hover function, nothing else. I managed to use a catimg#.gif so instead of text it's shows a image. But when I use a catbg#.gif and a catbg#hover.gif I get a blanc image.

I think I don't understand how to use the css and/or php files for this mod since there are many ways to use/adapt this.

Sorry for asking, but I'm on this for two days now and I've red a lot about it but still I don't get it. Hope someone can provide me the information I need for just this image-hover function.

Forgive me for asking, thanks in advance for answering...:blush:

If you have catimg#.gif for a category, that will be found and used before the code ever looks for a catbg#.gif.
If you want to use the bg image hover function, eliminate the catimg#.gifs.
There is only one way to use the image hover, described in the readme. If you need more assistance, post a link so I can see what you have.

Thanks for answering. While looking at it once more I figured out I made a mistake... Guess I've been to long in front of the screen :lamo: Simply used the wrong directory for the images :frusty:

Hi Glen,

Thanks for all your advice so far. There's just one tiny little annoyance that I wonder if you could solve with me?

Can you determine from the source code on dystynction.com what it is that's causing the excessive gap between the top level categories and the sub categories?

Thanks...

Is there a way to specify to have all top categories expanded by default, without having to use any external mods?

Installed succesfull! buttons/hovers are working fine. Now I opened the site in IE and found that there are white spaces between the buttons. Looked in margins en paddings but I couldn't find the problem or solve this. Maybe someone knows how to hanlde?
See image to see what I mean.

Limelites -
It looks like you have managed to apply Categories Dressing to fragfutter's Uncollapsed Categories Tree. Is that the mod you have? This is very interesting; I will have to study that mod to determine if they can just be packaged together.

The reason that you are having trouble applying some rules is that UCT has a box id of #chcategories, while some rules in stylesheet_categories_dressing.css refer to #categories. Add "ch" to each of those, and they will take effect. You will see a number of odd stylings which you will want to modify to suit your taste.

Dimmyr -
No, you need some mod to expand the categories. Stock Zen Cart does not have that ability. You can install a prebuilt mod, or write one yourself.

Gerjan -
It will require seeing and tweaking your site live to figure out the cause of this.

Ok, but I have installed it local. Does it help if I post a view of the source? Otherwise I leave it this way for now and will return when it is online. Thanks again, I like this mod very much.

Debugging IE problems does not always mean finding errors in the coding, so it may not help to post the source. It will definitely be more possible to diagnose live.

gjh42:

Limelites -
It looks like you have managed to apply Categories Dressing to fragfutter's Uncollapsed Categories Tree. Is that the mod you have? This is very interesting; I will have to study that mod to determine if they can just be packaged together.

The reason that you are having trouble applying some rules is that UCT has a box id of #chcategories, while some rules in stylesheet_categories_dressing.css refer to #categories. Add "ch" to each of those, and they will take effect. You will see a number of odd stylings which you will want to modify to suit your taste.

Hi Glen, thanks for responding and yes, it is indeed Fragfutter's Uncollapsed Categories Mod I'm using. I have managed to apply a 'limited' dressing to UCT using a combination of your mod's stylesheet_categories_dressing.css and the main stylesheet.css. Hence, my use of the word 'limited'.

I'm sure you've been asked a hundred times by UCT users why your stylesheet isn't dressing their UCT menu and so I'm glad that you find my limited success so far, 'interesting'. It would be fantastic if you ever did find time to study the UCT mod and tweak your dressing mod to style UCT and you could then ship them both together. UCT is a very popular contribution, as is your cat dressing mod. It's a shame they don't work in harmony.

If indeed it's just a case of adding 'ch' to all the #categories rules then it should be quite easy to put together an update? I'm going to experiment with this a little myself as there are a few things about my menu that I'd have changed if I didn't have to 'make do'. I'll post back if I have any success.

I notice that Gerjan is also having one of my issues. The white gap between menu items in IE. the gaps between my menu items are excessive in IE whereas FF is acceptable. If you find a solution to yet AIEB then I'd be keen to hear it :-)

Glen, you're dead right!! A simple ctrl+f #categories replace with #chcategories and instantly, your mod and the UCT mod are working in perfect harmony. No need to study it, that's the simple and yet effective answer!!

Thanks a bunch :-) Now I just need to tweak some of the wacky pink backgrounds and enormous fonts I must have implemented back when I was trying to get it to work....

Glen,

I've got your mod integrating perfectly with the UCT mod now, thanks. Just one thing annoying me and I can't seem to find what's causing it.

My top level categories, Menswear, Womenswear and Childrenswear have a rather annoying solid circle bullet point and I can't find what's causing it. I've tried changing all references to list-stlye:none and changing them all to list-style:hebrew just to see what was the culprit, but nothing on the stylesheets seems to be causing these bullets.

Do I perhaps need to add a new rule to the stylesheet in order to code out these bullets?

I haven't found anything that works yet.
I think the underlying problem is that the Cat Dressing files don't mesh perfectly with the UCT files. There must be some category information that is extra, or missing, or presented differently from standard, in UCT. I am actually surprised that UCT feeds info to tpl_categories.php, as I would think it would use tpl_chcategories.php.

At any rate, the top level categories are tagged as <li> list items, but are not enclosed in <ul> tags. The subcategories have <ul> tags appropriately generated by tpl_categories.php.

So it will require study, but the mere fact that they almost work makes it look like a worthwhile project to prioritize.

gjh42:

Debugging IE problems does not always mean finding errors in the coding, so it may not help to post the source. It will definitely be more possible to diagnose live.

Ok, thanks again. When, in the meantime I don't fix it, I'll be back when I'm "live".

Gerjan

Hi Glen,

When I change bullet2.gif to a blank,transparent, single pixel gif and then use this code in the generic stylesheet:

/*change  bullet when a category w/o bg image is open to subs:*/
#chcategories li a.cat-parent-text {
    list-style: square inside url(../images/bullet2.gif);/*change to list-style: none; to remove bullet*/
	position: relative; left: -17px;
	font-size: 13px;
	font-weight: bold;
    }

.......... it creates the exact effect I need on all top level categories.... However, it's only effecting the 'womenswear' category (cPath1)

How on earth can I apply the same set to cPath3 and cPath16 too? These are also top level categories, but I'm having a real problem with this.

hello everybody,

I'am trying to set-up my website like

http://www.playboystore.com (adult content)

I would like to have a few top-caterory displayed as tabs in the header and the dependig subcateory's on the left navigation, how do i preceed ?

Does Anyone have a idea ?

i have installed

zen 1.3.8.a
grid listing
columdivider pro
category dressing
smart background.

hopped on of those would do the job, but still no success.

Thanks for your reply

Karimm,

I think you may have posted this in the wrong thread. This is a thread specifically for the Category Dressing Mod.

However, you should look at the css_horizontal_drop_down_menu_1-5 which would be helpful for you to achieve the row of menus across the top of the screen like on the
http://www.playboystore.com (adult content). This is a great mod and it comes with stylesheet so you can tweak it how you like.

As for the links in your header, just search, "zen cart links in header" on goole and you'll find loads on that there.