Re: X-Cart Ability Template v4.4.x
 

Just to clarify. You're saying that the patch can be applied completely as it was sent by x-cart, plus the two changes you describe have to also be made, here: skin/ability/customer/main/product_details.tpl, right?

Re: X-Cart Ability Template v4.4.x
 

My cart is heavily modified so I do a file comparison between the new x-cart files and my current files using Beyond Compare. So my steps are:

1. Compare new x-cart patch files vs my current x-cart files.
2. Compare new x-cart patch /skin files vs my current Ability files.
3. Apply new x-cart changes to my existing files so that the only difference between the 2 are any manual changes either by me or by the 3rd party mod.
4. While in Admin --> upload the updated files then apply the patch.sql

When I compared the x-cart patch /skin files vs my Ability files the only file that affected me was skin/ability/customer/main/product_details.tpl

To be safe you should do your own comparison using a tool like Beyond Compare.

Re: X-Cart Ability Template v4.4.x
 

Or for a free one that works great try WinMerge: http://winmerge.org/

Re: X-Cart Ability Template v4.4.x
 

Thanks for this suggestion and thanks elmirage001 for the Beyond Compare suggestion.

Looks like Beyond Compare has a key advantage: FTP support.

Re: X-Cart Ability Template v4.4.x
 

This is really annoying. Any ideas folks ?

Re: X-Cart Ability Template v4.4.x
 

Minor note: it appears that the code that has to be changed in this Ability TPL skin file differs slightly in the 2 places mentioned.

First case: {$smarty.get.quantity} becomes {smarty.get.quantity|escape:html}

Second case: {$smarty.get.slot} becomes {smarty.get.slot|escape:html}

Thanks again for the help.

Re: X-Cart Ability Template v4.4.x
 

YES! jmccunep is absolutely correct! Sorry about that...

Re: X-Cart Ability Template v4.4.x
 

So Ability will not be supported with 4.6.1?

Re: X-Cart Ability Template v4.4.x
 

Anyone have reason to think the upcoming move from MySQL 5.1 to MySQL 5.5 will have adverse affects on stores using Ability template with x-cart v4.4.5?

Re: X-Cart Ability Template v4.4.x
 

No way. I'd be really surprised if there was.

Re: X-Cart Ability Template v4.4.x
 

For the latest x-cart security vulnerability patch, issued today, can the patch files and SQL be applied as is? Or with the Ability template were some of the files that have to be patched modified so one must therefore use the (tedious!) manual DIFF file patch process?

The patch in question (for xcart 4.4.5 version) is:
security-patch-2015-04-28_4.4.5.zip

There are mostly PHP files in this patch, and a couple of TPL files.

[I understand a file compare tool can be used to help answer this question. While I understand the comparison concept, it's not clear how to use it in this context.]

THANKS!

Re: X-Cart Ability Template v4.4.x
 

None of the files in the update are part of the ability template, only the common skin files. If you haven't modified any of the other affected files, you can apply it as-is.

Re: X-Cart Ability Template v4.4.x
 

How can I change the position of the Search Box in the header of the Ability custom template?

Here is what I believe happens so far:

• Page layout appears to be controlled by ..\skin\ability\custom\common.tpl, which calls on common CSS (..\skin\ability\custom\css\common.css) and JS (..\skin\ability\custom\js\common.js) script.
• common.tpl also includes ..\skin\ability\custom\custom_styles.tpl and links to the 960 Grid system (..\skin\ability\custom\css\grid\grid.css)
• The appearance of the search box is controlled by CSS code (..\skin\ability\custom\css\common.css). Four sizes are defined small, medium, large and xlarge;
• The size is set through the Admin Interface Settings menu (Settings>Ability Template options>Header Options>Header search box size;
• The size parameter is passed as a variable ($config.Ability_Template.abi_header_search_size) to Smarty template code ..\skin\ability\custom\header\content\header_searc h.tpl
• The compiled (php) template code is created in ..\var\templates_c\...