Apple Zen Support Thread

I have downloaded and installed your template. Thank you for creating such an awesome one!

My issue should be pretty easy to solve. I want to know how to add the text below the products/sub categories in the category view.

Like you have here:
http://www.zencart137.jadetrue.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1

Where it says "Here is where you can have additional information about your category, without pushing down the products (or additional subcategories) too far down the page."

KrispysKingdom:

I have downloaded and installed your template. Thank you for creating such an awesome one!

My issue should be pretty easy to solve. I want to know how to add the text below the products/sub categories in the category view.

Like you have here:
http://www.zencart137.jadetrue.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1

Where it says "Here is where you can have additional information about your category, without pushing down the products (or additional subcategories) too far down the page."

That's my "Short Description for Categories" mod... see sig. :smile:

Hello

I am using Apple Zen, and I have got to say, it's fab, very easy to find your way around and change colours etc.

I have one problem, I recently had my zen cart installation copied from one domain to another, since then my meta tags do not seem to be working, i.e. I have changed the title and the site tag line in the meta_tag.php file but it doesn't reflect that in my browser, my browser is showing http://www.mydomain.com/catalogue and does not change no matter what I do

I'm posting this question here as I have read in other threads that you need to change the html_header file within folder YOURTEMPLATE/common. I would change this file but apple_zen does not seem to have one in the template folder. Is there anything else I need to change/check?

This was working ok in my old domain which says to me that some file or piece of code went missing. I don't know how to repair this.

Is there something I'm missing? I hope somebody can help

angel23:

Hello

I am using Apple Zen, and I have got to say, it's fab, very easy to find your way around and change colours etc.

I have one problem, I recently had my zen cart installation copied from one domain to another, since then my meta tags do not seem to be working, i.e. I have changed the title and the site tag line in the meta_tag.php file but it doesn't reflect that in my browser, my browser is showing http://www.mydomain.com/catalogue and does not change no matter what I do

I'm posting this question here as I have read in other threads that you need to change the html_header file within folder YOURTEMPLATE/common. I would change this file but apple_zen does not seem to have one in the template folder. Is there anything else I need to change/check?

This was working ok in my old domain which says to me that some file or piece of code went missing. I don't know how to repair this.

Is there something I'm missing? I hope somebody can help

Your site's title, in it's source, looks like this:

Your keywords and description are blank as well.

Its OK if apple zen does not have a meta_tags.php file. It will not include every file, because templates only include changed files, and I didn't make any changes in meta_tags.php.

Now, you can certainly save meta_tags.php in the apple_zen folder, especially since it is a file that you will make changes to, but the way zen cart works, is that if there is NOT a file in the CUSTOM folder, it looks for it main language file folder.

Check and double check that includes/languages/english/meta_tags.php OR includes/languages/english/apple_zen/meta_tags.php exists. Remember capitalization matters. Check the permissions settings, mine is at 644. Make sure theres no space before the <? php at the top of the page.

Those are all the ideas I have. You may want to start a new thread about this, as I don't think its template related. :smile:

Thanks for that, I have checked all said and everything is correct and in the right place.

I started a new thread about it yesterday, but haven't had any replies or help.

I didn't think it was a template issue but thought I would check anyway.

Thanks for the quick response

Thank you so much, Jade! You make the coolest contributions!

One more question - How can I make the top category link appear in the breadcrumb? When I select a sub-catgory, the top one is not included in the breadcrumb navigation.

KrispysKingdom:

One more question - How can I make the top category link appear in the breadcrumb? When I select a sub-catgory, the top one is not included in the breadcrumb navigation.

Yes, I need to update that changes in the template:

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpost.php?p=391875&postcount=337

Hi -

I am trying to change the hover color on the menu - and not having sucess. Specifically, I want the initial display of the menu to be white, and then hovering over a menu item will turn that another color (pink).

I thought that this:

div#dropMenu li.submenu:hover {background:pink}

would do it -- :no: Suggestions?

http://banberryplace.com/NewZen

-Terry

Terrill_Taylor:

Hi -

I am trying to change the hover color on the menu - and not having sucess. Specifically, I want the initial display of the menu to be white, and then hovering over a menu item will turn that another color (pink).

I thought that this:

div#dropMenu li.submenu:hover {background:pink}

> would do it -- :no:  Suggestions?
> 
> <http://banberryplace.com/NewZen>
> 
> -Terry

Nope, that's done at the top of the file:

/*green*/
div#dropMenu li a:hover, div#dropMenu li.submenu li.submenu:hover {color: #4f4f4f!important;background:#ffffff;}

You can change the #ffffff to pink, if you like. :-)

Hi, how do I remove the extra box on the right of the shopping cart option on the drop down menu?
Thanks!

james739:

Hi, how do I remove the extra box on the right of the shopping cart option on the drop down menu?
Thanks!

That's a very common question, and the funny thing is that it isn't a "box" its just leftover space. Since you want your menu to fill up all the way from left to right, I would suggest using percentages for the widths of each menu item. This is because the menu was designed to have a right-side space, so that when people enlarge the font, the menu doesn't end up wrapping into two lines. But making the menu items a percentage, it won't wrap into two lines.

So, first, you need to change div#dropMenu li to this:

div#dropMenu li {
	position: relative; 
	list-style: none; 
	margin: 0; 
	float: left; 
	line-height: 1em;
        width:16.667%;
	}

Then change div#dropMenu li a to this:

div#dropMenu li a {display: block; padding: .6em 0 .6em 0;text-decoration: none; text-transform:uppercase; color:#005f00; text-align:center; border-right:1px solid #005f00; border-left:1px solid #005f00;}

Then change div#dropMenu ul.level2 to this:

div#dropMenu ul.level2 {top: 2.17em; background:#FFFFFF;z-index:1000;left:0;}

I think I'll change my next version of the template to have percentages instead of leftover right-side space. :smile:

Mad love Jetrue! I'll will give it a try, and thanks for the prompt response!

I tried it, it didn't work! What else can I try?

Ok, I figured it out. I made the width 20% and it worked. One more question, how can I move the dropdown menue to the left instead of center?

james739:

Ok, I figured it out. I made the width 20% and it worked. One more question, how can I move the dropdown menue to the left instead of center?

You can either change the 70em and 66.9em to 800px so that it fills the width of the site, or you can remove the

margin:0 auto;
text-align:center;

from

div#dropMenu {
  	width:70em;
  	margin:0 auto;
        text-align:center;
	z-index:1000;
	position:relative;
	}

and delete the width:66.9em from div#dropMenu ul.level1

jettrue:

Nope, that's done at the top of the file:

/green/
div#dropMenu li a:hover, div#dropMenu li.submenu li.submenu:hover {color: #4f4f4f!important;background:#ffffff;}

You can change the #ffffff to pink, if you like. :-)

Indeed. Thank you. :D

Jade: thanks so much for a great template. Luv it. I have added Wishlist and was wondering can you tell me how you made the buttons so I can a make a Wishlist button to match. Thanks so much!

Linux:

Jade: thanks so much for a great template. Luv it. I have added Wishlist and was wondering can you tell me how you made the buttons so I can a make a Wishlist button to match. Thanks so much!

Glad you luv it. :hug:

See this post:

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpost.php?p=379914&postcount=759

Thanks for the great template!

I have a question regarding the right hand column.

I am changing all the colors to a custom scheme, shades of gold and orange. When the center column is longer than the right hand column the right hand column wraps the gray color to meet the bottom border.

here is the example:

http://shop.dgbremner.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=2

Now I wish that to equal the color above it, so that it is solid orange in the right hand column. However I cannot find the proper place to define that.

Thank you for any help.

Adam