Cherry Zen Template Support Thread

NFM:

Now it's 6 products that I have reviews for, but it only rotates 2 of them. I asked in the sideboxes forum a few days before I asked here and I received 129 views and one half answer. The only reason I'm asking is because I thought I saw a sidebox called Random Reviews somewhere, and the cherry_zen sidebox is just called Reviews....so I thought maybe you had changed the sidebox code and I was doing something wrong.

I'll try looking through the default files for the random reviews sidebox (if it is actually marked that way) and putting it into the cherry_zen sidebox folder and activating it....maybe that will work.

Nope, I made no changes to the sidebox... in fact my template doesn't have any reviews related files in it.

marie893:

Hi
love the template, I have one problem, I am operating a showcase only site, how would i remove the shopping cart & checkout from the header, i have tried taking out

<li><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_LOGOFF, '', 'SSL'); ?>"><span><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_LOGOFF; ?></span></a></li> <li><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_ACCOUNT, '', 'SSL'); ?>"><span><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_MY_ACCOUNT; ?></span></a></li> <?php } else { if (STORE_STATUS == '0') { ?> <li><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_LOGIN, '', 'SSL'); ?>"><span><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_LOGIN; ?></span></a></li> <li><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_ACCOUNT, '', 'SSL'); ?>"><span><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_MY_ACCOUNT; ?></span></a></li> <?php } } ?> <li><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_SHOPPING_CART, '', 'NONSSL'); ?>"><span><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_CART_CONTENTS; ?></span></a></li> <li><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_CHECKOUT_SHIPPING, '', 'SSL'); ?>"><span class="last"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_CHECKOUT; ?></span></a></li> from the common tpl_header and it does not work just shuts the site down. any ideas?

Check again at what you removed, and be very careful not to miss the ending ?> from the code you remove, or otherwise mess with any php.

jettrue:

Nope, I made no changes to the sidebox... in fact my template doesn't have any reviews related files in it.

No biggie...I found a way around it....it works for now. It seems that the reviews box doesn't want to randomly pick one review when I tell it that I only want it to show 1 review in the box. So...I have 6 reviews so far (new store) and so I told the box to show 6 reviews in the box....instead of showing all 6 at once it's randomly picking from 6 of them. I'll just have to keep raising the number as I get more reviews....and then I'll just have to hope that the box never actually tries to show all the reviews at once....lol

NFM:

No biggie...I found a way around it....it works for now. It seems that the reviews box doesn't want to randomly pick one review when I tell it that I only want it to show 1 review in the box. So...I have 6 reviews so far (new store) and so I told the box to show 6 reviews in the box....instead of showing all 6 at once it's randomly picking from 6 of them. I'll just have to keep raising the number as I get more reviews....and then I'll just have to hope that the box never actually tries to show all the reviews at once....lol

Ah, yes, I think its designed to only show one at a time, you're just telling it how many to rotate through.

hello, Thanks for a great template. I just installed this template today and everything is working great, except for the grey top header bar. it doesn't show. how can I fix it?

Thank you?

homeshop:

hello, Thanks for a great template. I just installed this template today and everything is working great, except for the grey top header bar. it doesn't show. how can I fix it?

Thank you?

That's the EZ-Pages Header, you have to turn it on in your admin, under "configuration", "Ez-Pages Settings".

Jettrue,
Why, in the right column, do the headers and some text become off center? They offset to the left toward the page center while the gray background stays in place where it should. I have replaced the stylesheet.css with your original only changing the float to center my logo in the header per your instructions:

#logo {
/* float:left; commented out to center logo */
padding-left:15px;
text-align:center;
}

Also, when a product is clicked on, the text in each right and left column in the specific product page becomes quite large when the product page (for that particular product) loads. Yet when I return to the home page the text returns to normal size.

Is there a possible relationship between the text size chosen for a product description and the default text size for the right and left columns causing this? (This may not be an issue of Cherry AZen but something else)

Here's the link to my store:

http://www.trailtreks.com

Thank you for any input. You have created a great template.

Trail Treks

Trailtreks:

Jettrue,
Why, in the right column, do the headers and some text become off center? They offset to the left toward the page center while the gray background stays in place where it should. I have replaced the stylesheet.css with your original only changing the float to center my logo in the header per your instructions:

#logo {
/* float:left; commented out to center logo */
padding-left:15px;
text-align:center;
}

Also, when a product is clicked on, the text in each right and left column in the specific product page becomes quite large when the product page (for that particular product) loads. Yet when I return to the home page the text returns to normal size.

Is there a possible relationship between the text size chosen for a product description and the default text size for the right and left columns causing this? (This may not be an issue of Cherry AZen but something else)

Here's the link to my store:

http://www.trailtreks.com

Thank you for any input. You have created a great template.

Trail Treks
Try adding this to your stylesheet:

• html #navColumnTwo {
  margin-right: -170px !important;
  }

As for the text getting larger, I bet you don't have <font> tags in your description closed properly. Remember that you need a </font> at the end of EACH font size, or font color.

Thanks for your reply. I appreciate it and will try what you suggest. I could have very well missed closing a font size with the </font> tag. Bet I did.

Not like that could happen with hundreds of products to enter with descriptions...:D

Thanks again!

Jettrue,
Your fix worked perfectly for aligning the right column headers and text. What it also did was resolve the large text in the right and left columns after opening a product page. I checked all my product descript <font> tags and found none left improperly open (or omitted), however, after adding your fix for the offset right column headers and text it also (some how??) fixed the large column text problem. Was trying to determine how it might have done that but couldn't come to any conclusion so I'm not questioning it...:D

Things are as they should be...:clap::yes:

Thanks!

hi, i am really new on this, i just want know about the distribution or configuration for the shopping cart to see it like in the sample, i think is in the columns configuration but like i toll i am new on this, thank you for your time and patient

marcosalfaro:

hi, i am really new on this, i just want know about the distribution or configuration for the shopping cart to see it like in the sample, i think is in the columns configuration but like i toll i am new on this, thank you for your time and patient

I'm really not sure of what you are asking. There are many helpful instructions are in the readme.txt. To turn on the sideboxes, you go to "Tools", "Layout Boxes Controller" in the admin.

jettrue:

I'm really not sure of what you are asking. There are many helpful instructions are in the readme.txt. To turn on the sideboxes, you go to "Tools", "Layout Boxes Controller" in the admin.

Hi Jettrue, what i mind is, to my cart look like in the image sample how I need to config the sideboxes, https://www.rainbowcloseouts.com/z-catalog take a look, thank you

My more information side box refuses to show in this template

never mind i figured it ut

Need a little help dropping right and left columns in cherry zen please.

I am using this code in the tpl_main_page, but I still have the left and right colums empty but visible. Any ideas?

Thanks.

if (in_array($current_page_base,explode(",",'login')) ) {
   $flag_disable_left = true;
$flag_disable_right = true;
 }
 if (in_array($current_page_base,explode(",",'checkout_success')) ) {
   $flag_disable_left = true;
   $flag_disable_right = true; 
 }
 if (in_array($current_page_base,explode(",",'checkout_shipping')) ) {
   $flag_disable_left = true;
   $flag_disable_right = true; 
 }
 if (in_array($current_page_base,explode(",",'checkout_payment')) ) {
   $flag_disable_left = true;
   $flag_disable_right = true; 
 }
 if (in_array($current_page_base,explode(",",'checkout_confirmation')) ) {
   $flag_disable_left = true;
   $flag_disable_right = true; 
 }
 $header_template = 'tpl_header.php';
 $footer_template = 'tpl_footer.php';
 $left_column_file = 'column_left.php';
 $right_column_file = 'column_right.php';
 $body_id = ($this_is_home_page) ? 'indexHome' : str_replace('_', '', $_GET['main_page']);
?>

gsdcypher:

Need a little help dropping right and left columns in cherry zen please.

I am using this code in the tpl_main_page, but I still have the left and right colums empty but visible. Any ideas?

Thanks.

if (in_array($current_page_base,explode(",",'login')) ) {
$flag_disable_left = true;
$flag_disable_right = true;
}
if (in_array($current_page_base,explode(",",'checkout_success')) ) {
$flag_disable_left = true;
$flag_disable_right = true;
}
if (in_array($current_page_base,explode(",",'checkout_shipping')) ) {
$flag_disable_left = true;
$flag_disable_right = true;
}
if (in_array($current_page_base,explode(",",'checkout_payment')) ) {
$flag_disable_left = true;
$flag_disable_right = true;
}
if (in_array($current_page_base,explode(",",'checkout_confirmation')) ) {
$flag_disable_left = true;
$flag_disable_right = true;
}
$header_template = 'tpl_header.php';
$footer_template = 'tpl_footer.php';
$left_column_file = 'column_left.php';
$right_column_file = 'column_right.php';
$body_id = ($this_is_home_page) ? 'indexHome' : str_replace('_', '', $_GET['main_page']);
?>

Yes, they will still show, as that is how the template is designed. Read the readme.txt for more information on removing any sideboxes, I suppose you'll have to use css to turn off the right and left sideboxes on the pages you'd like to turn off.

marcosalfaro:

Hi Jettrue, what i mind is, to my cart look like in the image sample how I need to config the sideboxes, https://www.rainbowcloseouts.com/z-catalog take a look, thank you

I'm sorry if I'm not understanding you, I think there's a bit of a language barrier. In my admin, under "tools", "layout boxes controller", this is what I have on:

LEFT SIDEBOXES:

sideboxes/categories.php
sideboxes/whats_new.php
sideboxes/information.php
sideboxes/specials.php
sideboxes/manufacturers.php
sideboxes/tell_a_friend.php

RIGHT SIDEBOXES:

sideboxes/shopping_cart.php
sideboxes/search.php
sideboxes/more_information.php
sideboxes/featured.php
sideboxes/ezpages.php
sideboxes/reviews.php
sideboxes/whos_online.php
sideboxes/banner_box.php

Hello,

I have installed this template on my demo site where I am trying to get it set the way I like for my main site. I have changed the column width for left and right to 225px and I have adjusted the necessary images for the template so it looks good. I would like to change a few other things but I can’t seem to figure them out.

1. I would like the site to expand automatically to almost 100%. Say about 97% so that the background image still shows on the left and right side. About the same amount shows on each side as shows at the top (about ½”).
2. When viewing the demo site with a screen set at 800 x 600 the right side product column bleeds into the right sidebox column. I can’t seem to find the place to add padding or whatever is needed to keep it out of that right sidebox column. When viewing with a larger screen size I was able to set the .float-wrap width from 97% to 90%. I am not sure that was the right thing to do but it seemed to work. If there is a correct way to set this I would love to find out.
3. Lastly, the background image extends just a fraction above the left and right column sidebox header. You can see it in the picture just below the Cherry Zen logo.

I have drawn arrows to all three items in the picture below. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

The demo site I am working on is: http://www.swiker.com/demo

Thank you

Would be nice if

On the checkout shipping page there was a way to to put a seperate shipping address So it will show billing Address<customers address> and o nthe right side of that show the shipping address.