Apple Zen Support Thread

vivaraquel:

Thanks, I appreciate it.

I will not mess around with the CSS though. Out of all the sites I have created using ZC this is the only template that truly tries my patience when it come to just adding text.

I think I'll just use the html editor option on the admin and do the best I can.

Good luck with that tutorial.

The issue is not the template. If you are having issues with the HTML editor in the zen cart admin, that has nothing to do with any template you choose. The HTML is a separate entity. Personally, I prefer to use plain text, with <p></p> around paragraphs, make my own links, and let the template format the font. When you mess around with online text editors, in my opinion, you're asking for trouble.

It also sounds like since you did not see define editor pages in the admin, that you did something incorrect, perhaps you moved files from their default location, had a folder named wrong, etc. But I've installed this template on many new zen cart installs, and have never had the define pages disappear.

johnga:

Can anyone help me understand what is going wrong with my attempt to insert my banner into the template? What I am attempting is to place this table:

<table width="760" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="navbarz"> <tr id="divnavbarz"> <td width="760"><div align="left"><img src="../assets/banner2008_01.gif" width="760" height="149" alt="Banner Top" /></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td id="divnavbarz"><a href="../index.html">HOME</a> | <a href="../store/history.html">ABOUT US</a> | <a href="../enews08/eventspg08v2.html">EVENTS</a> | <a href="../store/parentindex.html">PARENTS</a>| <a href="../store/teacherindex.html">TEACHERS</a> | <a href="http://www.goldenapplels.com/ZcartGA/">STORE</a> | <a href="../store/contactus.html">CONTACT</a> | <a href="../store/directions08.html">FIND US</a></td> </tr> </table>

at the top of the page in place of the logo.gif. It works fine in Safari & FF, but in IE it places a huge white gap - so huge that my IE customers think the page is blank. Am I attempting the impossible with this?
Don't use the table, do it with divs.

cartguin:

See attached image.*

Removing one checkout link, keeping the other
I'd like to remove the checkout link in the blue circle but keep the other checkout link in the dropdown. Has anybody tried this? I'm hoping someone else has already done the legwork on removing it (or another link from that row: home, login, my account, shopping cart and/or checkout.

Dropdown submenu alignment
See the dropdown edge circled in green. Has anybody successfully gotten their dropdowns and submenus to lineup properly when the initial view of the dropdown is all white?

*Is it possible to embed images uploaded to zen-cart.com?

A link would be more helpful. Is the Checkout link from the css drop menu? If so, you'd remove that from includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/common/tpl_drop_menu.php.

Though, It doesn't look like my template, looks like you added that link to includes/templates/common/tpl_header.php.

Thank you, it was tpl_header.php.

:bigups:

Man, was I tired that evening. I meant to circle the "shopping cart" links. Anyway, the result and cause is the same. You're right, I added "checkout" to the drop down but forgot to remove "shopping cart" from the header since it was redundant on the surface level, especially with the cart sidebox activated and ordered first.

        <!--bof-navigation display-->
        <div id="navMainWrapper" class="clearfix">
          <div id="navMain">
            <div id="navMainLinks">
              <ul class="back">
                <li><?php echo '<a href="' . HTTP_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . '">'; ?><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_CATALOG; ?></a></li>
                <?php if ($_SESSION['customer_id']) { ?>
                <li><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_LOGOFF, '', 'SSL'); ?>"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_LOGOFF; ?></a></li>
                <li><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_ACCOUNT, '', 'SSL'); ?>"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_MY_ACCOUNT; ?></a></li>
                <?php
      } else {
        if (STORE_STATUS == '0') {
?>
                <li><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_LOGIN, '', 'SSL'); ?>"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_LOGIN; ?></a></li>
                <?php } } ?>
                <?php if ($_SESSION['cart']->count_contents() != 0) { ?>
                <li><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_SHOPPING_CART, '', 'NONSSL'); ?>"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_CART_CONTENTS; ?></a></li>
                <li><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_CHECKOUT_SHIPPING, '', 'SSL'); ?>"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_CHECKOUT; ?></a></li>
                <?php }?>
              </ul>
            </div>
            <div id="navMainSearch">
              <?php require(DIR_WS_MODULES . 'sideboxes/search_header.php'); ?>
            </div>
          </div>
        </div>
        <!--eof-navigation display-->

I am trying to add new column to the present dropmenu header, when I do so, the column goes down to 2nd row. How can I add more columns and have them spread evenly in one single column?

I have searched the thread for an hour, but might be searching with the wrong terms altogether. Appreciate your help.

Hi all

I am a newbie to Zen-Cart and have stumbled across your excellent template - GREAT WORK!

I have just one question. I am using your template with the left column showing and the centre column. I want to change this on the Home page to just show the centre column only. I have, sort of, achieved this but I have a space left where the left column sideboxes were. What is the best way to remove this space on the left so that the centre column spans the whole width of the page - I'm sure that the stylesheet.css needs tweaking but I do not know what to change.

Many thanks

saplanet:

I am trying to add new column to the present dropmenu header, when I do so, the column goes down to 2nd row. How can I add more columns and have them spread evenly in one single column?

I have searched the thread for an hour, but might be searching with the wrong terms altogether. Appreciate your help.

Open up includes/templates/apple_zen/css/stylesheet_header_menu.css and adjust these two percentages:

	width:16.667%;
	*width:16.649%;

That is currently 100 divided by 6 (6 menu items), so you need to make it divided by 7 (approx 14.285). Make the second number with the asterisk a little smaller, as that one is for IE and needs to be just a smidge smaller.

kirkzeus:

Hi all

I am a newbie to Zen-Cart and have stumbled across your excellent template - GREAT WORK!

I have just one question. I am using your template with the left column showing and the centre column. I want to change this on the Home page to just show the centre column only. I have, sort of, achieved this but I have a space left where the left column sideboxes were. What is the best way to remove this space on the left so that the centre column spans the whole width of the page - I'm sure that the stylesheet.css needs tweaking but I do not know what to change.

Many thanks

Here is a starting point, if there are issues with this, please reply with a link. Add this to your css:

#indexHomeBody .centerColumn {
float:left!important;
width:95%!important;
}

#indexHomeBody .navColumnTwo {display:none;}

jettrue:

Don't use the table, do it with divs.

That got me 97% of the way there - thanks a bunch. I wish I understood div tags as well as I understand tables, but trial and error seems to be getting me there. I appreciate the help!

jettrue:

FIX THAT and your problem will be gone. :bigups:

Thank you so much for your patience! For some reason your first explanation did not sink in. I got it fixed, just as you explained. I was hoping that the Category title would be centered at the top as well... I'll poke around to see if I can figure it out, but if you get this and still want to help, it would be geatly appreciated!

Thank you.

johnga:

That got me 97% of the way there - thanks a bunch. I wish I understood div tags as well as I understand tables, but trial and error seems to be getting me there. I appreciate the help!

if you need help with it, feel free to post a link!

jettrue:

Here is a starting point, if there are issues with this, please reply with a link. Add this to your css:

#indexHomeBody .centerColumn {
float:left!important;
width:95%!important;
}

#indexHomeBody .navColumnTwo {display:none;}

It worked a treat! Many thanks! :smile:

jdhone:

Thank you so much for your patience! For some reason your first explanation did not sink in. I got it fixed, just as you explained. I was hoping that the Category title would be centered at the top as well... I'll poke around to see if I can figure it out, but if you get this and still want to help, it would be geatly appreciated!

Thank you.

You can add this to your css:

#productListHeading {text-align:center;}

i am having the country problem in drop down menu when signing up.
I use cherry skin.
You choose another country and get error to choose your country first which has already been done.
Here is the site
http://stickersuperstore.com.au/
(Sorry I posted this in another thread also)

Djpete:

i am having the country problem in drop down menu when signing up.
I use cherry skin.
You choose another country and get error to choose your country first which has already been done.
Here is the site
http://stickersuperstore.com.au/
(Sorry I posted this in another thread also)

Sorry, this has nothing to do with the template, hopefully someone else will reply to your other post.

When there are no Specials, a blank page displays...

jettrue:

This is a missing feature in zen cart, it doesn't add any default text when there are no products.
I could not get the message to work that Jade suggested here and elsewhere without returning a blank page when there were specials (ironic, yes!). For now instead of an omnipresent specials link, I decided to go with activating the Specials link in the drop down menu only when specials exist. Here is the solution for the standard zen disappearing specials link for the dropdown:

OPEN \includes\templates\apple_zen\common\tpl_drop_menu.php

FIND

                <li><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_SPECIALS); ?>"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_SPECIALS; ?></a></li>

REPLACE WITH

<?php
    if (SHOW_CATEGORIES_BOX_SPECIALS == 'true') {
      $show_this = $db->Execute("select s.products_id from " . TABLE_SPECIALS . " s where s.status= 1 limit 1");
      if ($show_this->RecordCount() > 0) {
        echo '<li><a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_SPECIALS) . '">' . HEADER_TITLE_SPECIALS . '</a>' . '</li>';
      }
    }
?>

Thanks, Cartguin...Re: When there are no Specials, a blank page displays...

that worked!

Djpete:

i am having the country problem in drop down menu when signing up.
I use cherry skin.
You choose another country and get error to choose your country first which has already been done.
Here is the site
http://stickersuperstore.com.au/
(Sorry I posted this in another thread also)

I had the same problem when using PayPal Website payments Pro and Express Checkout. I uninstalled them and tried Website Payments Standard instead and everything is working fine.

athena:

Thanks, Cartguin...Re: When there are no Specials, a blank page displays...

that worked!

This is fixed in the latest version of the template (though it is a zen cart issue, not template specific), though if you use the search feature of this thread you'll find complete instructions on fixing it. There's one post of mine with two steps, then a few posts later, I list a third step that I had forgotten.

jettrue:

You can add this to your css:

#productListHeading {text-align:center;}

Where in the css whould I add this? I added it to the stylesheet.css and it did not do anything. See below.

* html #centerColumnWrapper, * html #centerColumnWrapperb, * html #headerWrapperb, * html #headerWrapperc, * html #dropMenuWrapperc, * html #dropMenuWrapperd, * html #navSupp  {
    background:none!important; /* Hides the transparent shadows from older versions of IE */
	}


#productListHeading {
	text-align:center;
	}
	
#centerColumnWrapper {
	background:url(../images/shadowRight.png) repeat-y 100% 0;
	}

#centerColumnWrapperb {
	background:url(../images/shadowLeft.png) repeat-y 0 0;
	}
	
#navSupp {
	background:url(../images/shadowAlpha_bot.png) repeat-x top;
	}

I would like the category/subcategory heading to be centered over the category/subcategory listings.