Desert Noon Template Support Thread

Doodlebuckets:

Sorry, I do try to be useful sometimes :D https://www.loves2nurse.com

front page:under When should you contact a Certified Lactation Consultant?

the list should be bulleted.**
**
Looks fine in the html editor, but doesn't display properly in the browser. The text looks a bit larger too.

Thanks!

A couple of things I notice (after checking the page source)

first: the bullet list:

<br>
<br>
<div style="text-align: center;"
 font-family="" script="" mt="" bold=""
 class=""><big><big><big><big><span
 style="font-family: Script MT Bold;">Loves
2 Nurse, PLLC
</span></big></big><br>
<br>
Offers lactation services by providing visits by a board certified
lactation consultant to your home or my office, which includes the
following: Baby weight check, history, assessment, breastfeeding
consultation, lactation interventions as needed, breast pumps are
available for rent or sale as are breastfeeding accessories.</big><br>
<br>
<big><span
 style="font-weight: bold;">When
should you contact a Certified Lactation Consultant?</span><br>
</big></big></div>
<ul>

  <li><big><big>To
learn more about
breastfeeding</big></big></li>
  <li><big><big>If
breastfeeding is painful</big></big></li>
  <li><big><big>Latching
or sucking
difficulties</big></big></li>
  <li><big><big>Sore
nipples after one week
of nursing</big></big></li>
  <li><big><big>Breast
surgeries:
augmentations or reductions</big></big></li>
  <li><big><big>Breast
infections including
yeast or mastitis or plugged ducts</big></big></li>

  <li><big><big>Premature
baby</big></big></li>
  <li><big><big>Twins
or multiple babies</big></big></li>
  <li><big><big>Sleepy
and difficult to feed
baby</big></big></li>
  <li><big><big>Previous
history of
breastfeeding difficulties</big></big></li>
  <li><big><big>Baby
that requires supplementation of breast milk or formula for weight loss
or jaundice, consider renting a hospital grade pump</big></big></li>
</ul>
<div style="text-align: center;"><big>

</big>
<h1 style="font-family: Script MT Bold;"><big>Please
call Michelle Janyska</big></h1>
<big><big><big>(919)
830-4188<br>
<br>
</big>Top Breastfeeding News:</big></big><big><big><big></big></big></big></div>
<big><br>
</big>

I'd get rid of ALL those inline styles and just add something like the following to the stylesheet.css or create an index_home.css with the following declarations

#consultant ul {
display:block;
list-style-type: disc;
}

You can then have something like this:

<div id="consultant">
<ul>

  <li>To learn more about breastfeeding</li>
  <li>If breastfeeding is painful</li>
  <li>Latching or sucking difficulties</li>
  <li>Sore nipples after one week of nursing</li>
  <li>Breast surgeries: augmentations or reductions</li>
  <li>Breast infections including yeast or mastitis or plugged ducts</li>
  <li>Premature baby</li>
  <li>Twins or multiple babies</li>
  <li>Sleepy and difficult to feed baby</li>
  <li>Previous history of breastfeeding difficulties</li>
  <li>Baby that requires supplementation of breast milk or formula for weight loss or jaundice, consider renting a hospital grade pump</li>
</ul>
</div>

second: is a problem with the scrolling section of the main page.

You've got duplicate <html><head></head><body></body></html>
See below:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />

<style type="text/css">

/*Example CSS for the two demo scrollers*/

#pscroller1{
width: 650px;
height: 1.2em;
border: 1px dashed black;
padding: 5px;
background-color: lightyellow;
}

#pscroller2{
width: 650px;
height: 200px;
border: 1px solid black;
padding: 5px;
background-color: #F0F0F0;
}

.rssclass .rsstitle{
font-weight: bold;
}

.rssclass .rssdate{
color: gray;
font-size: 85%;
}

.rssclass a{
text-decoration: none;
}

</style>

<script type="text/javascript" src="rsspausescroller.js">

</script>

</head>

<body>

<script type="text/javascript">

//new rsspausescroller(RSS_id, divId, divClass, delay, linktarget, optionalswitch)
//1) RSS_id: "Array key of RSS feed in scrollerbridge.php script"
//2) divId: "ID of DIV to display ticker in. DIV is dynamically created"
//3) divClass: "Class name of this ticker, for styling purposes"
//4) delay: delay between message change, in milliseconds
//5) linktarget: Target of links inside RSS feed. Set to "" for current page.
//6) optionalswitch: "optional arbitrary" string to create additional logic for formatrssmessage() to use.
//   By default, optionalswitch supports "date", or "date+description" to also show these parts of a RSS feed.



new rsspausescroller("dynamicdrive", "pscroller2", "rssclass", 3000, "", "date+description")

</script>
 
</body>

</html>

Clyde

I redid my website http://www.hornsales.com a few months back. And I decided to use desert noon ver 1.0 as my template. At the same time I installed the SEO URL add on. I changed my directory structure etc. It was a massive overall. Needless to say that meant all the links I had in search engines didn't go to the right place anymore. I didn't just update an old install I did a fresh install of zen cart ver 1.3.9.

But I noticed that even after months of submitting sitemaps and making sure robots.txt was correct. Search engines were not showing any links what so ever to my website. For some reason I decided to do View Source on one of my product pages and was astonished to see a
meta tag Robots NOINDEX NOFOLLOW.

Which meant even though the search engines were visiting my site that page was not being indexed. SO I checked a few more products and the same thing was on every page.

SO it had to be global. After checking several files I found the culprit

/includes/templates/desertnoon/common/html_header.php

That line was in there. As soon as I deleted it. Poof all my pages no longer had the meta tag for robots on it. So I checked my original files and the line is in my orginal files for ver 1 of desert noon. And I downloaded the newest version and the line is slightly different in the new version, but appears it will do the same thing.

Is this intentional on your part or is it possible something is wrong with my install that is misinterpreting that command line. Because it seems to me that the command line you have in that file is to only tell the robots not to index certain pages like order total etc.

hornsales:

Clyde

I redid my website http://www.hornsales.com a few months back. And I decided to use desert noon ver 1.0 as my template. At the same time I installed the SEO URL add on. I changed my directory structure etc. It was a massive overall. Needless to say that meant all the links I had in search engines didn't go to the right place anymore. I didn't just update an old install I did a fresh install of zen cart ver 1.3.9.

But I noticed that even after months of submitting sitemaps and making sure robots.txt was correct. Search engines were not showing any links what so ever to my website. For some reason I decided to do View Source on one of my product pages and was astonished to see a
meta tag Robots NOINDEX NOFOLLOW.

Which meant even though the search engines were visiting my site that page was not being indexed. SO I checked a few more products and the same thing was on every page.

SO it had to be global. After checking several files I found the culprit

/includes/templates/desertnoon/common/html_header.php

That line was in there. As soon as I deleted it. Poof all my pages no longer had the meta tag for robots on it. So I checked my original files and the line is in my orginal files for ver 1 of desert noon. And I downloaded the newest version and the line is slightly different in the new version, but appears it will do the same thing.

Is this intentional on your part or is it possible something is wrong with my install that is misinterpreting that command line. Because it seems to me that the command line you have in that file is to only tell the robots not to index certain pages like order total etc.

<?php if (defined('ROBOTS_PAGES_TO_SKIP') && in_array($current_page_base,explode(",",constant('ROBOTS_PAGES_TO_SKIP'))) || $current_page_base=='down_for_maintenance') { ?>
<meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow" />
<?php } ?>

This is the default for ZC and will not index any page in this list:

define('ROBOTS_PAGES_TO_SKIP','login,logoff,create_account,account,account_edit,account_history,account_history_info,account_newsletters,account_notifications,account_password,address_book,advanced_search,advanced_search_result,checkout_success,checkout_process,checkout_shipping,checkout_payment,checkout_confirmation,cookie_usage,create_account_success,contact_us,download,download_timeout,customers_authorization,down_for_maintenance,password_forgotten,time_out,unsubscribe,info_shopping_cart,popup_image,popup_image_additional,product_reviews_write,ssl_check');

Hello Clyde,

Very new to Zen Cart and I get more and more confused every day. I read the forums and Wiki like a maniac and have managed to set up the basics of a bilingual store (greek and english). I was playing with the settings of the Classic Contemporary Green template and it seemed to work in both languages after a lot of trial and errors.

Today I downloaded the Desert Noon template, the only one I liked from the free offered templates. I installed the 1.3.9 version as per instructions in the readme file and immediately found out that:

1. It didn't work when I switched to greek; there was only a blank page. See note 5 below on what I did to overcome this.

2. Although I reset from admin > tools > layout boxes controller, there were some side boxes that I had previously selected not to appear.

3. In the english language, the New Products sidebox shows 3 products when only 2 test products have been entered so far. One of them shows twice (in unreadable greek and english) and the second shows in unreadable greek. When the title link of the box is clicked, the sidebox remains the same but the page to its right shows the two items correctly in english.

4. Something similar happens when the language is switched to greek. The two products are shown correctly in greek within the main page, but the sidebox displays 3 products, one of them been listed in both greek and english.

5. To display the greek pages, I created an /includes/languages/greek/desert_noon folder and copied there all the files of the corresponding /includes/languages/greek/classic folder. I know that this is unorthodox but couldn't think of anything better. I must say that managing languages and templates is a nightmare with all those folders named "include", "languages" etc. I have spent hours in the forums but couldn't find some easy to understand tutorials or answers to posts by other members.

6. As a result of my action in 5, the greek home page has the standard contents of the Classic template. This is not a big issue as I will change it anyway but I wonder if I have done something very wrong which will show later.

My Zen Cart version is 1.3.9d and my URL: http://athenscollectibles.info which you may want to visit and have a better idea of what I described above. I really like the template and would be very disappointed if I had to uninstall it. On the other hand, I wouldn't want to spend endless hours customising it, only to find out that there's something fundamentally wrong which will make it unusable later.

Any idea, help, comment or suggestion will be much appreciated. I won't see it for a few hours as I'm in Greece and midnight is only a few minutes away.

Thank you in advance for your assistance and have a nice day. :smile:

Athens Collectibles:

Hello Clyde,

Very new to Zen Cart and I get more and more confused every day. I read the forums and Wiki like a maniac and have managed to set up the basics of a bilingual store (greek and english). I was playing with the settings of the Classic Contemporary Green template and it seemed to work in both languages after a lot of trial and errors.

Today I downloaded the Desert Noon template, the only one I liked from the free offered templates. I installed the 1.3.9 version as per instructions in the readme file and immediately found out that:

1. It didn't work when I switched to greek; there was only a blank page. See note 5 below on what I did to overcome this.

2. Although I reset from admin > tools > layout boxes controller, there were some side boxes that I had previously selected not to appear.

3. In the english language, the New Products sidebox shows 3 products when only 2 test products have been entered so far. One of them shows twice (in unreadable greek and english) and the second shows in unreadable greek. When the title link of the box is clicked, the sidebox remains the same but the page to its right shows the two items correctly in english.

4. Something similar happens when the language is switched to greek. The two products are shown correctly in greek within the main page, but the sidebox displays 3 products, one of them been listed in both greek and english.

5. To display the greek pages, I created an /includes/languages/greek/desert_noon folder and copied there all the files of the corresponding /includes/languages/greek/classic folder. I know that this is unorthodox but couldn't think of anything better. I must say that managing languages and templates is a nightmare with all those folders named "include", "languages" etc. I have spent hours in the forums but couldn't find some easy to understand tutorials or answers to posts by other members.

6. As a result of my action in 5, the greek home page has the standard contents of the Classic template. This is not a big issue as I will change it anyway but I wonder if I have done something very wrong which will show later.

My Zen Cart version is 1.3.9d and my URL: http://athenscollectibles.info which you may want to visit and have a better idea of what I described above. I really like the template and would be very disappointed if I had to uninstall it. On the other hand, I wouldn't want to spend endless hours customising it, only to find out that there's something fundamentally wrong which will make it unusable later.

Any idea, help, comment or suggestion will be much appreciated. I won't see it for a few hours as I'm in Greece and midnight is only a few minutes away.

Thank you in advance for your assistance and have a nice day. :smile:

2. Although I reset from admin > tools > layout boxes controller, there were some side boxes that I had previously selected not to appear
   when you reset the sideboxes you will then have to go through and turn on/off the sideboxes you want.

5. To display the greek pages, I created an /includes/languages/greek/desert_noon folder and copied there all the files of the corresponding /includes/languages/greek/classic folder. I know that this is unorthodox but couldn't think of anything better. I must say that managing languages and templates is a nightmare with all those folders named "include", "languages" etc. I have spent hours in the forums but couldn't find some easy to understand tutorials or answers to posts by other members.
   If you have created includes/languages/greek/desert_noon

Then all you need to do is copy the contents of includes/languages/english/desert_noon to that location.

This may help with the unreadable text problem:
just unzip the package and FTP the includes folder to your server.

Attachment #7832

I am using 1.3.9 at http://scripturalscenery.com and I would like to be able to do 2 things; 1.) How do I remove the wording on the main page "New Products for July"? And just make it display "Photos", and 2.) I would like a tab next to the "Home" tab that says "About" and link to the about fount under the navigation bar.

sparktronic:

I am using 1.3.9 at http://scripturalscenery.com and I would like to be able to do 2 things; 1.) How do I remove the wording on the main page "New Products for July"? And just make it display "Photos", and 2.) I would like a tab next to the "Home" tab that says "About" and link to the about fount under the navigation bar.

1. open includes/languages/desert_noon/english.php

find the following line of code (around line 500)

  define('TABLE_HEADING_NEW_PRODUCTS', 'New Products For %s');

and replace it with the following:

  define('TABLE_HEADING_NEW_PRODUCTS', '');

2. open includes/templates/desert_noon/common/tpl_header.php
   find the following section of code:

    <ul class="back">
    <li<?php echo (($this_is_home_page) ? ' class="current">' : '>');?><?php echo '<a href="' . HTTP_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . '">'; ?><?php echo '<span>' . HEADER_TITLE_CATALOG . '</span>'; ?></a></li>
<?php if ($_SESSION['customer_id']) { ?>
    <li<?php echo (($current_page_base == 'logoff') ? ' class="current">' : '>');?><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_LOGOFF, '', 'SSL'); ?>"><?php echo '<span>' . HEADER_TITLE_LOGOFF . '</span>'; ?></a></li>
<?php
      } else {
        if (STORE_STATUS == '0') {
?>
    <li<?php echo (($current_page_base == 'login') ? ' class="current">' : '>');?><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_LOGIN, '', 'SSL'); ?>"><?php echo '<span>' . HEADER_TITLE_LOGIN . '</span>'; ?></a></li>
<?php } } ?>
</ul>

And replace it with the following:

    <ul class="back">
    <li<?php echo (($this_is_home_page) ? ' class="current">' : '>');?><?php echo '<a href="' . HTTP_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . '">'; ?><?php echo '<span>' . HEADER_TITLE_CATALOG . '</span>'; ?></a></li>
<?php if ($_SESSION['customer_id']) { ?>
    <li<?php echo (($current_page_base == 'logoff') ? ' class="current">' : '>');?><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_LOGOFF, '', 'SSL'); ?>"><?php echo '<span>' . HEADER_TITLE_LOGOFF . '</span>'; ?></a></li>
<?php
      } else {
        if (STORE_STATUS == '0') {
?>
    <li<?php echo (($current_page_base == 'login') ? ' class="current">' : '>');?><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_LOGIN, '', 'SSL'); ?>"><?php echo '<span>' . HEADER_TITLE_LOGIN . '</span>'; ?></a></li>
<?php } } ?>
<li><?php echo '<a href="' . zen_ez_pages_link(1) . '"><span>ingredients</span></a>'; ?></li>
</ul>

Thank you for the coding for http://scripturalscenery.com and the tab along with the change for the "products for July". I have one more question for you on the desert noon template which is outstanding. How do I shut off the "### Units in stock" under the pictures when you go to the products page. http://scripturalscenery.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=6
Thanks

sparktronic:

Thank you for the coding for http://scripturalscenery.com and the tab along with the change for the "products for July". I have one more question for you on the desert noon template which is outstanding. How do I shut off the "### Units in stock" under the pictures when you go to the products page. http://scripturalscenery.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=6
Thanks

admin -> catalog -> Product Type -> product general ( click "edit layout" button)

Show Quantity in Stock ( set to 0 )

Thanks again!

clydejones, first of all thank you. You work has inspired many ideas for me. I have played with a few carts to help remind me of some of the code dynamics, but now i'm ready to get serious.

I would like to know if the code for the tabbed options across the top of Desert Noon can be transfered to a custom or other template like my own. If so, what files need to be changed? Referring specifically to the below:

Thanks for your time.

kris4802:

clydejones, first of all thank you. You work has inspired many ideas for me. I have played with a few carts to help remind me of some of the code dynamics, but now i'm ready to get serious.

I would like to know if the code for the tabbed options across the top of Desert Noon can be transfered to a custom or other template like my own. If so, what files need to be changed? Referring specifically to the below:

Thanks for your time.

The files in question would be:

includes/templates/desert_noon/common/tpl_header.php
includes/templates/desert_noon/css/stylesheet.css
includes/templates/desert_noon/images/tableft.gif
includes/templates/desert_noon/images/tabright.gif

clydejones:

The files in question would be:

includes/templates/desert_noon/common/tpl_header.php
includes/templates/desert_noon/css/stylesheet.css
includes/templates/desert_noon/images/tableft.gif
includes/templates/desert_noon/images/tabright.gif

Great! This will give me something to play with. I almost forgot my love for a technical challenge. Your prompt reply is incredible.

Best Regards!

Just installed this on a test fresh 1.3.9 install. My question / query is the search button on the top right in the header is showing up as the default browser search button rather than the gif that is intended to be with the template. The test site is at knotsewcraftyDOTorg. The template displayed on (sorry, site offline) shows a custom search gif in the top right. Just wondering why it's not present on this site (have verified that the gif file itself is there)

Cheers

Sorry quick edit to the above post: the url is as above /index.php - the current default on the site is a holding page.

PatF:

Just installed this on a test fresh 1.3.9 install. My question / query is the search button on the top right in the header is showing up as the default browser search button rather than the gif that is intended to be with the template. The test site is at knotsewcraftyDOTorg. The template displayed on (sorry, site offline) shows a custom search gif in the top right. Just wondering why it's not present on this site (have verified that the gif file itself is there)

Cheers

oen includes/templates/desert_noon/sideboxes/tpl_search_header.php

find the following section of code:

  if (strtolower(IMAGE_USE_CSS_BUTTONS) == 'yes') {
    $content .= zen_draw_input_field('keyword', '', 'size="6" maxlength="30" style="width: 100px" value="' . HEADER_SEARCH_DEFAULT_TEXT . '" onfocus="if (this.value == \'' . HEADER_SEARCH_DEFAULT_TEXT . '\') this.value = \'\';" onblur="if (this.value == \'\') this.value = \'' . HEADER_SEARCH_DEFAULT_TEXT . '\';"') . ' ' . zen_image_submit (BUTTON_IMAGE_SEARCH,HEADER_SEARCH_BUTTON);
  } else {
    $content .= zen_draw_input_field('keyword', '', 'size="6" maxlength="30" style="width: 100px" value="' . HEADER_SEARCH_DEFAULT_TEXT . '" onfocus="if (this.value == \'' . HEADER_SEARCH_DEFAULT_TEXT . '\') this.value = \'\';" onblur="if (this.value == \'\') this.value = \'' . HEADER_SEARCH_DEFAULT_TEXT . '\';"') . ' <input type="submit" value="' . HEADER_SEARCH_BUTTON . '" style="width: 45px" />';
  }

And replace it with the following:

  if (strtolower(IMAGE_USE_CSS_BUTTONS) == 'yes') {
    $content .= zen_draw_input_field('keyword', '', 'size="6" maxlength="30" style="width: 100px" value="' . HEADER_SEARCH_DEFAULT_TEXT . '" onfocus="if (this.value == \'' . HEADER_SEARCH_DEFAULT_TEXT . '\') this.value = \'\';" onblur="if (this.value == \'\') this.value = \'' . HEADER_SEARCH_DEFAULT_TEXT . '\';"') . ' <input type="submit" value="' . HEADER_SEARCH_BUTTON . '" style="width: 45px" />';
  } else {
    $content .= zen_draw_input_field('keyword', '', 'size="6" maxlength="30" style="width: 100px" value="' . HEADER_SEARCH_DEFAULT_TEXT . '" onfocus="if (this.value == \'' . HEADER_SEARCH_DEFAULT_TEXT . '\') this.value = \'\';" onblur="if (this.value == \'\') this.value = \'' . HEADER_SEARCH_DEFAULT_TEXT . '\';"') . ' ' . zen_image_submit (BUTTON_IMAGE_SEARCH,HEADER_SEARCH_BUTTON);
  }

Thanks very much for the speedy response Clyde. :clap:

Hi Clyde I just updated my other store to zen-cart-v1.3.9f and using your desert noon template. Great template by the way. My question to you is this. On the product info page how do I move the products name, price, model number, and add to cart beside the picture about half way up. Thank you in advance. One more thing on the main page how can I center the about us link

countrycharm:

Hi Clyde I just updated my other store to zen-cart-v1.3.9f and using your desert noon template. Great template by the way. My question to you is this. On the product info page how do I move the products name, price, model number, and add to cart beside the picture about half way up. Thank you in advance. One more thing on the main page how can I center the about us link

You'll need to open includes/templates/template_default/templates/product_info_display.php

you can move things around to get the look you want.

after making your edits save the file to includes/templates/desert_noon/templates/product_info_display.php

clydejones:

You'll need to open includes/templates/template_default/templates/product_info_display.php

you can move things around to get the look you want.

after making your edits save the file to includes/templates/desert_noon/templates/product_info_display.php
Thanks Clyde for the help. I just can not seem to get it like I want it so I will leave it alone. Looks OK to me except the model number. How do I move it above the price and inline. Also how can I move the add to cat box to the left some. Every time I try to move it, it want move for some reason.