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PhilJ

12-07-2010 08:20 AM

Re: X-Cart Smart Template v4.4.x

Hi Masada, thank you for your comments :)

You can add keywords before and/or after the title tags with this quick hack... But be warned, they will appear everywhere.

include/templater/plugins/function.get_title.php

Before...

Code:

 

    return '<title>' . $title . '</title>';

Insert...

Code:

 

 // Custom title keywords start

 $title_before = "BEFORE KEYWORDS";

 $title_after = "AFTER KEYWORDS";

 $title = $title_before . " " . $title . " " . $title_after;

 // Custom title keywords end

While you're at it, I'd advise changing this line...

Code:

 

        $title = str_replace(array("\n", "\r"), array('', ''), trim(implode(' :: ', $tmp)));

to...

Code:

 

        $title = str_replace(array("\n", "\r"), array('', ''), trim(implode(' - ', $tmp)));

(no need for the silly double colons)

masada3336

12-07-2010 08:36 AM

Re: X-Cart Smart Template v4.4.x

Phil, you ROCK! That's a huge part of my SEO organic search rankings!
Thanks a MILLION!

masada3336

12-07-2010 10:23 AM

Re: X-Cart Smart Template v4.4.x

Phil,
One minor thing I've noticed is a weird thing with the horizontal custom menu. Some menu items seem not to have a background if they have children. Do you know what could cause this? You can see it by going to my site ( http://sustainableseedco.com ) and trying to navigate under "Education" - you'll see the line item "Seed Saving" doesn't have a background.
Thanks!

PhilJ

12-07-2010 10:28 AM

Re: X-Cart Smart Template v4.4.x

Make sure "Seed Saving" has a link, even if it's just an anchor link...

Code:

 

<li><a href="#">Seed Saving</a>

clearwat

12-10-2010 09:28 AM

Smart Template v4.4.x with Frontpage Slideshow

Hi Phil,

I've set up Frontpage Slideshow and would like it to be in the Featured Products box, instead of the content presently there. Haven't been able to find the correct template to work with. As a work around, I *could* remove the FP box altogether, but again, searching in vain for the template.

Also have noticed that the news ticker no longer is animated after loading FPSS, whether it's set up with jquery or mootools.

Except for this one instance, I've had good luck customizing Smart Template.

Thanks for your time.

PhilJ

12-10-2010 10:45 AM

Re: X-Cart Smart Template v4.4.x

Hi Dan,

I personally wouldn't recommend using FPSS, especially with Mootools, as people have experienced conflicts with the 'ajax add to cart' and other things.

The welcome template is skin/smart_template/customer/main/welcome.tpl

Please consult the FAQs section for answers to basic questions.

candc

12-10-2010 11:11 AM

Re: X-Cart Smart Template v4.4.x

Quote:

Also have noticed that the news ticker no longer is animated after loading FPSS, whether it's set up with jquery or mootools.

Spent many a happy hour trying to get FPSS to work. Not a chance. We found the news ticker, layout switchers, Ajax cart all conflicted.

Have you had a look at the slider? This works perfectly:D

clearwat

12-10-2010 12:18 PM

Re: X-Cart Smart Template v4.4.x

Hi candc,

Thanks for the response. I haven't noticed any Ajax checkout problems - yet.

Which slider are you referring to? URL?

clearwat

12-10-2010 12:46 PM

Re: X-Cart Smart Template v4.4.x

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhilJ

Hi Dan,

I personally wouldn't recommend using FPSS, especially with Mootools, as people have experienced conflicts with the 'ajax add to cart' and other things.

The welcome template is skin/smart_template/customer/welcome.tpl

Please consult the FAQs section for answers to basic questions.

Interesting...in my smart template file structure that file does not exist. I do have a welcome.tpl in skin/smart_template/customer/main/welcome.tpl...is that what you mean?

But actually, I am looking for a way to edit/modify/even delete the smart_template Featured Products box...can you point me in the right direction for this?

Thanks for your time.

clearwat

12-10-2010 04:48 PM

Re: X-Cart Smart Template v4.4.x

I was able to delete the Featured Products box and include the FPSS in a "new" FP category.

Still have not encountered any issues with FPSS and Ajax checkout.

candc

12-11-2010 12:47 AM

Re: X-Cart Smart Template v4.4.x

Hi Dan,

We are using the slider that now comes with the template.

That does look good:D, and no issues with anything else either.

We got it working fine, but nothing else did, even on a test site:lol:

clearwat

12-11-2010 06:41 AM

Re: X-Cart Smart Template v4.4.x

Thanks for the info, candc. Would love to see an example of the slider.

Except for the smart template news ticker, our installation of fpss seems to be without issues, but time will tell.

Phil, thank you for sending the slider file by email. I will set it up and have it ready in the event I have issues with fpss.

masada3336

12-11-2010 08:15 AM

Re: X-Cart Smart Template v4.4.x

Phil, is there anyway that you know of (or anyone else here) to have the product details, customer reviews, related products, and custom tab, etc... to all be on a single tab setup? The goal is that my product details can be lengthy and to see the customer reviews or other tabs, they have to scroll down the page. I'd like to keep them from having to scroll.
Thanks!

PhilJ

12-11-2010 10:00 AM

Re: X-Cart Smart Template v4.4.x

Masada, yes, the latest version of the template enables you to put the product descriptions in the first product tab. I'll email you the details on how to do it.

Mr. G

12-12-2010 09:45 PM

Re: X-Cart Smart Template v4.4.x

How do I modify welcome_txt and the panel labels?

The answer is probably obvious to others, but it's not in this thread and not in http://www.xcartmods.co.uk/demos/smart/install/install.html. The manual and an entry here says to use webmaster mode, which I tried about six times. I've cleared template cache, cleared cookies and session. My changes are never saved.

Forgive me as I just installed Xcart a week ago and it's a massive project for one person.

josebueso

12-12-2010 11:55 PM

Re: X-Cart Smart Template v4.4.x

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. G

Hello

If you just want to modify the text in the front page go to Admin/content/lenguages

and look for the variable "txt_welcome"

Blessing
Saul

Mr. G

12-13-2010 12:08 AM

Re: X-Cart Smart Template v4.4.x

Yes! That's it. I'd been on this page many times, and saw a list of countries and just thought therefore that it was something different: language files for different languages/country files only... duh? I didn't realize to enter in "txt_welcome" in the Apply Filter part.

ScrapbookSupplies

12-15-2010 07:49 PM

Re: X-Cart Smart Template v4.4.x

Before I go into how awesome of a template this is (and it is, indeed, the best template I have ever seen or used), I have a couple of questions. Okay, a few questions (have a newborn baby and my brain is mush).

1.) What happens when the countdown reaches it target? For instance, we have "Christmas is coming!", do I have to get on and disable the countdown on Christmas or will it disable itself?

2.) Do I need to regenerate the product and news RSS each time I add/delete? Assuming so since there's a regenerate button, but I like to cover the bases. :wink:

3.) More of a comment/wishlist of sorts here... The Smart Comments will not accept an email address with a hyphen. Is this fixable or could it be added for the next revision?

4.) Call me a moron, but my "submit comment" button begins to load with the page and then disappears. Any ideas?

5.) Out of laziness I will ask about my special offer images overlapping... I think this is due to my images being too large (I am using the liquid template which has more than enough room for them), would this cause the two images to overlap? Tomorrow I will resize them and see how they look, but I couldn't wait to share with others about how great the template is, so I am tossing that last question in now. :oops:

Onto the mushy stuff.....

I would llike to say that in the year and a half that I have used xCart I have purchased four different templates and still felt like the site "wasn't getting it". Needless to say, I have invested a ton of money in themes, and am absolutely speechless with this template. It is bold & striking, comes with all the bells and whistles, right down to very specific, clear installation instructions. I am so impressed, what else can I say? :D/ I could say you are not charging enough for it, which would be true, but potential purchasers would probably hunt me down and hurt me - eventhough they would probably be just as happy with the template as I am, after paying double the price it is now.

As for Phil & Support - My Goodness, he is wonderful! You will not be disappointed, if you need support. The instructions are such that you probably wont. Trust me on this, if you can't tell from reading this post, I like to get to the bottom of things, and I have checked this template out from one end to the other and the only questions I have are listed above, all of which I could probably figure out had I not wanted to brag on this template so badly.

May your theme and accompanying instructions be an inspiration to other developers!

YOU ROCK! ;-)

PhilJ

12-16-2010 06:14 AM

Re: X-Cart Smart Template v4.4.x

Jeanne, thank you so much for your kind words, many congratulations on your newborn too :)

Quote:

1.) What happens when the countdown reaches it target? For instance, we have "Christmas is coming!", do I have to get on and disable the countdown on Christmas or will it disable itself?

It will show all zeros, so you'd have to either disable it, or create a new countdown event.

Quote:

2.) Do I need to regenerate the product and news RSS each time I add/delete? Assuming so since there's a regenerate button, but I like to cover the bases.

Yes, products and news feeds are generated manually.

Quote:

3.) More of a comment/wishlist of sorts here... The Smart Comments will not accept an email address with a hyphen. Is this fixable or could it be added for the next revision?

skin/common_files/modules/Smart_Comments/classes/reply.class.php
Replace...

Code:

if(!preg_match("/^[^0-9][A-z0-9_]+([.][A-z0-9_]+)*[@][A-z0-9_]+([.][A-z0-9_]+)*[.][A-z]{2,4}$/", $email)) { $this->action['result'] = 'error'; array_push($text,'Invalid email address!'); }

With...

Code:

if(!preg_match("/^[^0-9][A-z0-9_-]+([.][A-z0-9_-]+)*[@][A-z0-9_-]+([.][A-z0-9_-]+)*[.][A-z]{2,4}$/", $email)) { $this->action['result'] = 'error'; array_push($text,'Invalid email address!'); }

Quote:

4.) Call me a moron, but my "submit comment" button begins to load with the page and then disappears. Any ideas?

That's probably down to the javascript used to render rounded corners in IE.
I will try and fix that, but in the meantime you can comment out the code in red below in skin/common_files/customer/service_css.tpl

Code:

<style type="text/css">

.comments .text, .comments .info a.comment-reply, #cancel-comment-reply a, #respond #submit, .pagination a.number { behavior: url({/literal}{$SkinDir}{literal}/modules/Smart_Comments/css/pie.htc); }

</style>

While you're there, this fixes an issue if you have clean URLs enabled...
skin/common_files/modules/Smart_Comments/classes/reply.class.php
Replace...

Code:

<form action="?'.$_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'].'" method="post" name="comment" onsubmit="VF_comment();return false;">

With...

Code:

<form action="'.$_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'].'" method="post" name="comment" onsubmit="VF_comment();return false;">

Quote:

5.) Out of laziness I will ask about my special offer images overlapping... I think this is due to my images being too large (I am using the liquid template which has more than enough room for them), would this cause the two images to overlap?

If you're having trouble with thumbnail sizes, try this...
http://forum.x-cart.com/showpost.php?p=304007&postcount=78

If your thumbnails are overlapping the columns, look for this code in skin/smart_template/custom/css/common.css

Code:

ul.row_view li .product_block .thumbcol { float: left; width: 135px; /* Image Column Width */ }

ul.row_view li .product_block .thumbcol img { margin: 0 0 10px 0; }

ul.row_view li .product_block p.desc { margin-top: 0; margin-left: 135px; /* Image Column Width */ }

ul.row_view li .product_block p.details { margin-left: 135px; /* Image Column Width */ }

I really appreciate your comments, thank you :)

ScrapbookSupplies

12-17-2010 08:17 AM

Re: X-Cart Smart Template v4.4.x

Quote:

Jeanne, thank you so much for your kind words, many congratulations on your newborn too :)

TY! TY! She has been a blessing. :D/

Quote:

It will show all zeros, so you'd have to either disable it, or create a new countdown event.

We'll put that on the wishlist - a configurable message or where it automatically turns off. :roll:

Quote:

Yes, products and news feeds are generated manually.[q/uote]

Thought so but had to ask. Thanks!

Quote:

skin/common_files/modules/Smart_Comments/classes/reply.class.php
Replace...

Code:

if(!preg_match("/^[^0-9][A-z0-9_]+([.][A-z0-9_]+)*[@][A-z0-9_]+([.][A-z0-9_]+)*[.][A-z]{2,4}$/", $email)) { $this->action['result'] = 'error'; array_push($text,'Invalid email address!'); }

With...

Code:

if(!preg_match("/^[^0-9][A-z0-9_-]+([.][A-z0-9_-]+)*[@][A-z0-9_-]+([.][A-z0-9_-]+)*[.][A-z]{2,4}$/", $email)) { $this->action['result'] = 'error'; array_push($text,'Invalid email address!'); }

Too cool! You have a fix for this!

Quote:

Code:

<style type="text/css">

.comments .text, .comments .info a.comment-reply, #cancel-comment-reply a, #respond #submit, .pagination a.number { behavior: url({/literal}{$SkinDir}{literal}/modules/Smart_Comments/css/pie.htc); }

</style>

Worked like a charm!

Quote:

While you're there, this fixes an issue if you have clean URLs enabled...
skin/common_files/modules/Smart_Comments/classes/reply.class.php
Replace...

Code:

<form action="?'.$_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'].'" method="post" name="comment" onsubmit="VF_comment();return false;">

With...

Code:

<form action="'.$_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'].'" method="post" name="comment" onsubmit="VF_comment();return false;">

Got that one. =)

Quote:

Code:

ul.row_view li .product_block .thumbcol { float: left; width: 135px; /* Image Column Width */ }

ul.row_view li .product_block .thumbcol img { margin: 0 0 10px 0; }

ul.row_view li .product_block p.desc { margin-top: 0; margin-left: 135px; /* Image Column Width */ }

ul.row_view li .product_block p.details { margin-left: 135px; /* Image Column Width */ }

I really appreciate your comments, thank you :)

Will check out the other thread, they're not overlapping the columns, they are overlapping each other in the special offer box at the top of theme.

Have a couple other questions (yeah, I sit around and think of things to ask, lol), will put them into another thread.

Again, many thanks, I will be your biggest referrer!

ScrapbookSupplies

12-17-2010 08:22 AM

Re: X-Cart Smart Template v4.4.x

My other questions were, one, on my ticker... It's not really ticking, it's just displaying the text, should I do something else to it? [site is at www.unibindphotobooks.com/shop if you need to see it]

And, is there a way to smooth carousel out some? It runs nice and smoothly on your demo. I suspect it could be my host running slow (my whole site seems to be slow lately) but I am not really sure how it works so I thought I'd check it.

Thanks!!

masada3336

12-18-2010 11:52 AM

Re: X-Cart Smart Template v4.4.x

Hey Phil,
I posted this in the 4.4 templates forum as well, but didn't know if it was related to the template. I've been having customers complain that when they're going to checkout using IE 8 on the one-page checkout, the tooltips hang and don't go away. The tooltip box actually covers up some other parts of the second column making it impossible for them to checkout.
Does this sound familiar to you?
Thanks!

mpepel

12-18-2010 09:04 PM

Re: X-Cart Smart Template v4.4.x

PHIL, ⌠New products to show on a separate page with a link in the category column■ addition, also Random Products - does not change language when switching it┘ Is there a way to modify it for different languages?

Klemens

ScrapbookSupplies

12-19-2010 04:37 AM

Re: X-Cart Smart Template v4.4.x

I searched this thread but didn't find a post/answer for this error that is appearing on my front end. I posted the other day about my ticker, and this is probably the culprit....

Quote:

Message: Expected ';'
Line: 1
Char: 1
Code: 0
URI: http://www.unibindphotobooks.com/shop/skin/smart_template/custom/js/ticker/jquery.ticker.min.js

Any thoughts?

ScrapbookSupplies

12-20-2010 05:45 AM

Re: X-Cart Smart Template v4.4.x

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I have installed this template on another domain and have a problem on it that I had my first install, but oddly enough, it straightened itself out on the first install. The search box is crammed way over on the left of the screen, seen in both IE and FF.

Am using a fluid layout at 85%, although this problem is present regardless of the settings that I use.

Thanks Phil,

PhilJ

12-20-2010 05:52 AM

Re: X-Cart Smart Template v4.4.x

Quote:

Is there a way to smooth carousel out some? It runs nice and smoothly on your demo. I suspect it could be my host running slow (my whole site seems to be slow lately) but I am not really sure how it works so I thought I'd check it.

The carousel might slow down depending on the browser, and the number of features you have enabled on the homepage. Eg. having the image slider and carousel enabled might slow down IE.

Quote:

I posted this in the 4.4 templates forum as well, but didn't know if it was related to the template. I've been having customers complain that when they're going to checkout using IE 8 on the one-page checkout, the tooltips hang and don't go away. The tooltip box actually covers up some other parts of the second column making it impossible for them to checkout.
Does this sound familiar to you?

I believe this is a bug with v4.4.1

Quote:

Ensure you have added the language labels for your second language.

Quote:

This usually happens if you either you have no categories, or have commented out the horiz category menu, or custom horiz menu and/or you have nothing in it's place. So either add a category, or put a   in it's place and it should correct the issue.

ScrapbookSupplies

12-20-2010 06:13 AM

Re: X-Cart Smart Template v4.4.x

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhilJ

The carousel might slow down depending on the browser, and the number of features you have enabled on the homepage. Eg. having the image slider and carousel enabled might slow down IE.

I believe this is a bug with v4.4.1

Ensure you have added the language labels for your second language.

This usually happens if you either you have no categories, or have commented out the horiz category menu, or custom horiz menu and/or you have nothing in it's place. So either add a category, or put a   in it's place and it should correct the issue.

You know your template! Things are great again. :D/

ScrapbookSupplies

12-20-2010 06:59 AM

Re: X-Cart Smart Template v4.4.x

Ok, now I am irritating myself with the questions, but on this second install the RSS links are not showing up in the admin menu. Do you know what might cause this? Have been all over the install and am not seeing where I went wrong.

raveworx

12-20-2010 08:54 AM

Re: X-Cart Smart Template v4.4.x

We use the SmartTemplate on our 4.3 store and are looking at upgrading to 4.4. 2 questions so far:

* I am not seeing the "My Account" dropdown like I do on the 4.3 template. (On 4.3, I see a gray bar at the top that says Login/Register.) I have the option checked and I am using the version 2 look and feel. Does it look different now, or am I missing something?
* How do we show subcategories in the Categories list? We only have 4 main categories, each with about 5 subcategories. So, I'd like to show the subcategories as well under each category, just like our 4.3 store.

Thanks!

sabinudash

12-21-2010 12:55 AM

Re: X-Cart Smart Template v4.4.x

Hi Phil,

I'm using smart template for a gift website. Is there a way I can create an option for my customers to choose a 'gift delivery date' while placing an order?

btw please disregard my emails...i reinstalled smart template and it's working fine now. Thank you.

--
v4.4.1

ScrapbookSupplies

12-23-2010 04:21 PM

Re: X-Cart Smart Template v4.4.x

Quote:

Originally Posted by ScrapbookSupplies

I searched this thread but didn't find a post/answer for this error that is appearing on my front end. I posted the other day about my ticker, and this is probably the culprit....

Any thoughts?

For anyone else with such a problem, this turned out to be caused from me having quotations in my product description. QT posted it as a bug to be fixed in the next version, although Phil advises not to use it because of the template being based on CSS and bad html can corrupt it.

ScrapbookSupplies

12-23-2010 04:22 PM

Re: X-Cart Smart Template v4.4.x

The last error that I am getting on the second site is (below), can you tell me if this is template related or something for QT?

Quote:

Message: 'products_data' is undefined
Line: 458
Char: 1
Code: 0
URI: http://www.knifegirl.com/

Message: 'products_data' is undefined
Line: 485
Char: 1
Code: 0
URI: http://www.knifegirl.com/

Message: 'products_data' is undefined
Line: 512
Char: 1
Code: 0
URI: http://www.knifegirl.com/

Thanks a bunch and Merry Christmas!

sparker2

12-27-2010 08:44 AM

Re: X-Cart Smart Template v4.4.x

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Can someone please help me! I am using the smarty template for vs 4.4.1 and I am trying to move the search box to the upper far right side of my template, but it is placing it in the middle instead of the far right side. When I try to move the code around in the css I can get it to move to the far right by changing the (float) position but the problem I am having is that the button moves to the front of the input search box instead of behind it. What am I doing wrong. Thank you very much for your help. Shareen :?

ScrapbookSupplies

12-27-2010 08:57 AM

Re: X-Cart Smart Template v4.4.x

Quote:

Originally Posted by sparker2

Not sure that I can really help you, I am one that has bugged poor Phil to death on this template, but for me the problem I had with the search box was because I did not have any categories set up. Once I had some categories in place it went where it was supposed to go. This could be the same thing for you - it's not going exactly where you're telling it because of categories. ??

Jeanne

sparker2

12-27-2010 09:20 AM

Re: X-Cart Smart Template v4.4.x

I have categories setup so I am not sure what is going on. I have emailed Phil last week but he has not responded yet. I guess I will just have to wait for him. Thank you anyway for your input. Take care.

sparker2

12-27-2010 11:17 AM

Re: X-Cart Smart Template v4.4.x

Fixed it! No help needed.

Mr. G

12-27-2010 09:05 PM

Re: X-Cart Smart Template v4.4.x

Hey Phil,
I've been saving up my questions, which I think everyone will benefit from knowing the answers.
1. In footer.tpl, the facebook, twitter, etc. links include the rel="nofollow" tag. Wouldn't we really, really want the opposite: for search engines follow those?
2. How to increase the width of the search bar in the upper right corner? I'd like it to be about twice the width. (Yes, I have Firebug and identified div element st_search_input in /skin/smart_template/custom/themes/aqua.css and on line 46 I changed width from 134px to 234px. But that didn't work...)
3. I think the edges/outlines all the Cufon fonts look just a tad bit too fuzzy/blurry, especially for the smaller h3 size. Anything we can do to sharpen it up?

ScrapbookSupplies

12-28-2010 05:57 AM

Re: X-Cart Smart Template v4.4.x

Quote:

Originally Posted by ScrapbookSupplies

The last error that I am getting on the second site is (below), can you tell me if this is template related or something for QT?

Thanks a bunch and Merry Christmas!

Also noticed that I have this error on the printable pages. This error is present on all of my installs, whereas the ones previously posted (in above quote) are just on the one 'troubled' install.

Quote:

Message: Object expected
Line: 664
Char: 1
Code: 0
URI: http://www.knifegirl.com/Boker-Kalashnikov-Black-Tanto-Model-74-Plain.html?printable=Y

sparker2

12-28-2010 02:09 PM

Re: X-Cart Smart Template v4.4.x

Has anyone heard from Phil about issues with the Smart Template? I am having a weird problem when I try to display products that are $o.oo in price. The template gets all crazy looking. Is anyone else having this issue with the Smart Template for vs. 4.4.1

Mr. G

12-29-2010 02:05 AM

Re: X-Cart Smart Template v4.4.x

Quote:

Originally Posted by sparker2

When Phil was helping me a couple of weeks ago, he mentioned he was going to be out of town around this time for a couple of weeks.

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