question about displaying products in columns

gjh42:

As I recall, you don't need to edit files for Column Grid. You just need to upload the already edited mod file(s) and run a sql patch.
Only if you never made any change to the product listing module and template files.

" you do not need to run the SQL file if your site already has the 2 options for configuring the column-layout mod in the Admin->Configuration->Product Listing screen."

The quote is from the instructions. I can see the 2 options, so I don't have to run the sql patch correct?

"Only if you never made any change to the product listing module and template files."

True, you need to merge any existing customizations with the new mod files. I think it's safe to assume that most people will not have done that, and uploading mod files over existing mods would disable the existing mods, not the new one.

Ok, I'm lost again. I got that module working apparently. Now the listing looks differently, but it's still one item per row. I've set it from rows to columns, and used 3 columns, but only one is showing.

I know I'm missing something that is already explained here, so I apologize for my ignorance, but I just don't get it! :frusty:

Is this the site in your sig? That is still using the rows display mode. Seeing the problem in action makes it much easier to answer correctly.

It's actually http://www.smiths-grove.com/zencart

I'm working on getting it complete there before I switch the entire site over live. I just took it out of maintenance mode so you can take a look.

You have something strange going on there... (not just the masks :)

The table structure for the row layout is gone, but the data is still being presented by the row format instead of the column format. I have worked in the column grid version of product_listing.php, and I don't see how you could get the visible results through the actions of that file as it installs. It seems as if product_listing.php is outputting the row version, and then tpl_modules_product_listing.php is calling tpl_columnar_display.php (for the columns version) instead of tpl_tabular_display.php (for the rows version).

Hmmm, yeah, u lost me. :) All I did was installed the module, but I imagine I could have screwed that up. The options do show in the admin, and I changed them accordingly as described, but I'm getting what you see in the product listings.

I know very little about php (more like nothing), so changing anything in there would require step by step info for me. Let's try this, and see if there is anything I missed: how about a breakdown of what I should have done from the beginning, to get column layouts? Is it supposed to be as simple as installing the module? Or is there an extra step I've missed?

Thanx for all your time!!

When I think about it, you could probably get the observed effects if the column grid version of product_listing.php were missing.

You should not need to do anything except upload the files and run the sql patch in order for the mod to function properly.

Do you have a file in /includes/modules/gloss_black/product_listing.php?

Do you have a file in /includes/modules/YOUR_TEMPLATE/product_listing.php?

Make sure you renamed the folders correctly before installing, as that might be the problem.

I do not even have a "/includes/modules/gloss_black/" folder, nor any template folders at all under "/includes/modules/."

Should I have??

Well, there's your problem. You have to have the column grid version of the file in /includes/modules/gloss_black/product_listing.php or it won't work.