Apple Zen Support Thread

HelpMeSell:

OK I just added www to the config.php lines below and it seems to work now
Thanks for all the help!!! :clap:

OK I have a slight problem

After adding the lines to .htaccess I can't login to the zencart admin :huh: (the page comes up I enter the login/pw and nothing happens)
After I remove the lines it works :unsure:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^axlesforless.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.axlesforless.com/$1 [R=301,L]

AddType text/x-component .htc

HelpMeSell:

OK I have a slight problem

After adding the lines to .htaccess I can't login to the zencart admin :huh: (the page comes up I enter the login/pw and nothing happens)
After I remove the lines it works :unsure:

Are you now going to:

http://www.axlesforless.com/admin

don't go to

http://axlesforless.com/admin

Hello Jade

I know that this is not the place to post this kind of message but I've been trying to contact you via e-mail and didn't recieved any response. I'm thinking that there may be a kind of problem with my mail aderess. If thats the case, tell me. ([email protected])

Guilherme

jettrue:

Are you now going to:

http://www.axlesforless.com/admin

don't go to

http://axlesforless.com/admin

Tried both pages right now, both in IE6 and Firefox, i enter login/pword click login and I end up back at the same login page
I had this problem last week after updating the htaccess but didn't realize it was caused by this so I redid the site all over again :oops:

jettrue:

That's probably due to the IH2 (Image Handler) mod that you're using. I believe this is the correct fix for that issue:

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpost.php?p=164694&postcount=24

That did it! Thanks :) Such a relief to have that fixed...
Amy

jettrue:

Are you now going to:

http://www.axlesforless.com/admin

don't go to

http://axlesforless.com/admin

Did you update admin/includes/configure.php?

jettrue:

Did you update admin/includes/configure.php?

I hadn't done that now that I did it works like a charm

Thank you so much!!!!!!

Two Questions:

1. I am working in tpl_search.php to change the quicksearch to use em's for form width so this zooms in/out like the rest of the site. I have that working... however, I cannot seem to get it to center...? Ideas? Even at 100% I have either a pad or margin on left.

2. ZenCart is cool in that it is very moddable and user adjustable. But it really isn't that efficient code wise. Very heavy on server side scripting as you know. SO... I was wondering if you know of any tools that would let you "publish" an optimized site to eliminate some of the excessive scripting?

This probably wouldn't be a big issue on a dedicated server, but most of us zenners use 'affordable' hosting. Very interested in your thoughts on this.

chadderuski:

Two Questions:

1. I am working in tpl_search.php to change the quicksearch to use em's for form width so this zooms in/out like the rest of the site. I have that working... however, I cannot seem to get it to center...? Ideas? Even at 100% I have either a pad or margin on left.

2. ZenCart is cool in that it is very moddable and user adjustable. But it really isn't that efficient code wise. Very heavy on server side scripting as you know. SO... I was wondering if you know of any tools that would let you "publish" an optimized site to eliminate some of the excessive scripting?

This probably wouldn't be a big issue on a dedicated server, but most of us zenners use 'affordable' hosting. Very interested in your thoughts on this.

1. What browser are you looking at the site with? In firefox it looks fairly centered, though I see that its a tad to the right. You could try changing the form,select section to something like this:
   FORM, SELECT {
   display:inline;
   font-size:1em;
   margin:0.5em 0.7em 0.5em 0.3em;
   }

However in IE, the search box isn't resizing at all. I'm not really sure why, will look into that later.

There's also an issue with your logo in IE, since you commented out the width:19.1em, also comment out width:100% for the logo.

2. I have absolutely positively no idea about any of that... that sounds like a good question in the general forum. :P I have to say though that I don't feel that "affordable" hosting should automatically equate to "slow" hosting.

chadderuski:

Two Questions:

1. I am working in tpl_search.php to change the quicksearch to use em's for form width so this zooms in/out like the rest of the site. I have that working... however, I cannot seem to get it to center...? Ideas? Even at 100% I have either a pad or margin on left.

To get this to zoom in IE... try giving the form a percentage width instead of em. That seems to work for me.

Thanks for the heads up on the logo. I went in and gave the logo's dimension in header.php and that seemed to work. I don't want the logo to zoom. I have more work to do in the header, but later.

Working on Mac 0S 10.3.9 + firefox 2 at work. Don't always have time to check the site on another machine here at work. There is a site where you can submit your url to and it will take a snapshot of your site in how ever many browsers you want to test in... but can't seem to recall where that is at the moment. Paid feature though.

Your suggest got me on track. This actually works well, and looks great in Safari and Netscape as well (even worked in IE 5.2, but everything else broke!):

FORM, SELECT {
display:inline;
font-size:1em;
margin:0.5em 1% 0.5em 1%;
}

I seem to recall somewhere that certain elements in IE don't like ems...

Here is a great link on styling forms for any interested:

http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200410/styling_even_more_form_controls/

Thanks for the help!

I've updated the template (yes again)!

Due to popular demand, I have added a second Layout style for this Template, it is called the "Narrow Header" version. It's header section is the same width as the main content, and there is a drop shadow down the full length of the sides. Here is a screenshot of what it should look like:

http://www.zencart137.jadetrue.com/images/narrow_header.gif

The default design of the template will still be as seen on my example site:
http://www.zencart137.jadetrue.com, but I've made it easy to switch back and forth between the two. All you need to do is open your stylesheet (includes/templates/apple_zen/css/stylesheet.css) and simply follow the instructions near the top of the page.

Oh, and I also updated additions_to_.htaccess (I made an error before, this should be easier to use).

Updates to includes/templates/apple_zen/common/tpl_drop_menu.php, includes/templates/apple_zen/common/tpl_header.php, includes/templates/apple_zen/css/stylesheet.css, includes/templates/apple_zen/css/stylesheet_header_menu.css.

jettrue:

I've included three extra colors in addition to the default apple green... red, blue, and grey. To change colors, simply open up includes/templates/apple_zen/css/stylesheet.css, and un-comment the color you want to use, and comment out the color you don't want to use.

Is there somewhere I can go to understand how to do comment(?) on stylesheet. I'm still learning. Thanks:blush: :blink:

Jade!

Great update! Looks fantastic, and you certainly did it with less brute-force than I!

Hello,
I have been following the directions here from the News Articles & Mangement to add a news scroller box to my site. Even after installing the SQL patch the manager will not show in admin. In the layout boxes controller the news scroller shows up and I have turned it on. But there is nothing showing up on my site or the admin control panel.

http://www.dream-scape.com/pub/zencart/News_Articles_Management/install.html

I see the files are in the folders. I've been working on this for 2 weeks now... probably time to ask for help!

Any advice?
Thank you! Theresa https://www.joyoushome.com

Saberman:

Is there somewhere I can go to understand how to do comment(?) on stylesheet. I'm still learning. Thanks:blush: :blink:

Here's a quick tutorial on commenting out items in the stylesheet:

In a stylesheet, sections like this will be hidden:
**
/* this stuff will be hidden /*

Removing the /* and */ from a "hidden" section, will make it un-hidden.

So in the stylesheet, the green section comes un-commented:

/*green */

green styles are found here, and **are not **hidden

/* eof green */

And the blue (and red and gray) come commented:

/* blue

blue styles are found here, and ARE hidden

/eof blue/

To un-comment the blue, all you have to do is change

/* blue

to

/* blue */

Hope that helps!

Theresa:

Hello,
I have been following the directions here from the News Articles & Mangement to add a news scroller box to my site. Even after installing the SQL patch the manager will not show in admin. In the layout boxes controller the news scroller shows up and I have turned it on. But there is nothing showing up on my site or the admin control panel.

http://www.dream-scape.com/pub/zencart/News_Articles_Management/install.html

I see the files are in the folders. I've been working on this for 2 weeks now... probably time to ask for help!

Any advice?
Thank you! Theresa https://www.joyoushome.com

Hmm, Did you install the files in the appropriate apple_zen/ folders when needed?

jettrue:

Here's a quick tutorial on commenting out items in the stylesheet:

In a stylesheet, sections like this will be hidden:

/ this stuff will be hidden /

Removing the /* and */ from a "hidden" section, will make it un-hidden.

So in the stylesheet, the green section comes un-commented:

/*green */

green styles are found here, and **are not **hidden

/* eof green */

And the blue (and red and gray) come commented:

/* blue

blue styles are found here, and ARE hidden

/eof blue/

To un-comment the blue, all you have to do is change

/* blue

to

/* blue */

Hope that helps!

That helped alot. Really need to spend more time learning about CSS and stylesheets.

Thanks again..

jettrue:

Hmm, Did you install the files in the appropriate apple_zen/ folders when needed?

Hi there,
Yes, we even reinstalled the cart... I have followed two different tutorials and I'd list the other but can't find it now! :wacko: Am I using the right tutorial? On one tutorial you change the includes folder default to your custom folder... did that.. but in the admin folder is the news box manager... to me that folder would need to be inside the custom folder. But it's not, the instructions say to just drop it into the publichtml/admin... I'm pretty bad at making sure I put the right folder on top of the right folder when I ftp... it gets very confusing! But we are sure we followed the instructions... I also checked the permissions... I think they are all correct..
Thank you so much for your time Jade, I thought about just using another template because my friend has had no trouble installing her blogs, news scroller...{jealous!!} but I LOVE your template and don't want to give up yet!!

Can you think of anything for me to try again on..? Thank you:)
Theresa

Theresa:

Hi there,
Yes, we even reinstalled the cart... I have followed two different tutorials and I'd list the other but can't find it now! :wacko: Am I using the right tutorial? On one tutorial you change the includes folder default to your custom folder... did that.. but in the admin folder is the news box manager... to me that folder would need to be inside the custom folder. But it's not, the instructions say to just drop it into the publichtml/admin... I'm pretty bad at making sure I put the right folder on top of the right folder when I ftp... it gets very confusing! But we are sure we followed the instructions... I also checked the permissions... I think they are all correct..
Thank you so much for your time Jade, I thought about just using another template because my friend has had no trouble installing her blogs, news scroller...{jealous!!} but I LOVE your template and don't want to give up yet!!

Can you think of anything for me to try again on..? Thank you:)
Theresa

I can't think of a reason why this template would disallow any add on. If it is truly turned on in the admin, there's nothing stopping it in the template. It sounds like you may have files uploading in the wrong place. Does this mod have its own support thread? I am not familiar enough with it. Now remember, if you're using this template, your "custom" folder is "apple_zen".