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7 Aug 2008, 3:28 AM
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Newbee Editing zen cart FCKeditor?

Hi all

Im currently setting up a zen cart on my clients website.

Im just trying to edit the look of it for her likeing

Im using firefox plugin for information and DzSoft PHP Editor

Ive just installed FCKeditor just wondering how i use this and will it make life easier for me??

Im having trouble reducing my logo image size, and changing the other colours/fonts in the side box's

Im fairly new to this all so I hope u can help me out..

Thanks

Luke

PS here is my cart:

http://mothersanddaughters.net.au/Zen/index.php

Is there any css Editor software that lets you edit the pages in a GUI format like front page with html.

7 Aug 2008, 6:46 AM
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Re: Newbee Editing zen cart FCKeditor?

This Tutorials/FAQ link may be helpful to you.

Goh Koon Hoek, author of "e-Start Your Web Store with Zen Cart".
Printed book: www.lulu.com/content/10576284
Electronic book and Errata: www.cucumbermedia.com/store

7 Aug 2008, 12:27 PM
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Re: Newbee Editing zen cart FCKeditor?

I think the answer to the question asked in the tutorial canopy referenced is 'Mostly, no'.

Probably not a bad idea to get out of the habit of using WYSIWYG editors (like Dreamweaver) when working with Zencart.

As the tutorial says, you can create straight HTML (in DW or whatever) for define pages and EZ pages, but most of the rest is created on the fly by the Zencart PHP, using CSS, and presented to the browser, so there's no 'page' to edit.

Colors and fonts are almost all done in the stylesheet.css file. The first thing to do is install Firefox (if you don't have it) and then install the Web Developer plugin for FF. You can use that to find the CSS elements for any particular area on a page.

Post back here if you're not sure how to use it. Seems very complex now, but once you're 'Zenned' ...

7 Aug 2008, 8:20 PM
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Re: Newbee Editing zen cart FCKeditor?

I'm setting up FCK so that the client can use it.
I'm only using FCK as it has image upload option, something the client needs.
I'm getting a weird problem where the editor says that it's uploaded an image (when I'm testing) but when I look for the image on the server it doesn't exist!

All I need is a basic html wysiwyg type editor with image upload facilities (that work).
Is FCK the only option?

20 Aug 2008, 12:56 AM
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Re: Newbee Editing zen cart FCKeditor?

Ok guys back on my topic.

Ive been reading alot and playing around with zen cart. Ive started getting the hang of colours, fonts and other bits and pieces in the stylesheet.

Im using Topstyle pro3 for editing and Mozilla FireFox plug in to view the changes real time.

http://mothersanddaughters.net.au/Zen/index.php

I would like to remove The move information leftsidebox??

Also I want a link on all zen pages to go back to the home page http://mothersanddaughters.net.au

Thanks guys