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Re: X-Cart reBOOT (reDUX) Template

Hi @peggyr

Thanks for the input.

Sadly done all that and no luck!

Many thanks and kind regards

ITVV

Re: X-Cart reBOOT (reDUX) Template

Hi Phil,

Thanks for the files :D

Ran the tests and as you said all it found were .js files, mostly ckeditor. Also ran the fixer file just in case but sadly still the same issues 8O 8O

I am going to do the migration again in the hopes it solves the issues - stay tuned :roll:

Thanks to all for the valuable inputs - it's appreciated 8)

I know that this is not a reBOOT / reDUX issue - it's some kink in the system - it's just finding it :(

Will update as soon as I have a chance to run the migration again.

Many thanks and kind regards to all

ITVV

Re: X-Cart reBOOT (reDUX) Template

UPDATE

Have now redone the migration, here's how

rsync from DEVELOPMENT Server to PRODUCTION Server

DB Dump from DEVELOPMENT Server to PRODUCTION Server

Altered config.php with relevant data - including removing the SUB DOMAIN that the DEVELOPMENT Server referenced

Altered .htaccess with relevant data

Generate clean URL values
Optimize tables
Check database integrity
Force cache generation
Clear X-Cart cache
Remove temporary files
Rebuild category indexes
Re-generate the image cache

Admin > Settings > Images Location - All images show as File system

Checked Error Logs - nothing unexpected

Admin > Catalog > Manufacturers - Select a manufacturers - NO IMAGE!

Right Clicked on where image should show and selected INSPECT on both DEVELOPMENT and PRODUCTION Servers and noted the following: -

DEVELOPMENT
<img id="edit_image" src="/xcart-4712-development/image.php?type=M&id=6&ts=1614595202" alt=" Image size: 200x89, 13.547Kb
Image type: jpeg" style="margin-bottom: 10px;">

ts (Time Stamp) FROM ABOVE
1614595202 = Mon Mar 01 2021 10:40:02 GMT+0000

IN DATABASE
1608137274 = Wed Dec 16 2020 16:47:54 GMT+0000

IMAGE SIZE IN DB = 13872

IMAGE TRUE SIZE = 13872

PRODUCTION
<img id="edit_image" src="/image.php?type=M&id=6&ts=1614595194" alt=" Image size: 200x89, 13.547Kb
Image type: jpeg" style="margin-bottom: 10px;">

ts (Time Stamp) FROM ABOVE
1614595194 = Mon Mar 01 2021 10:39:54 GMT+0000

IN DATABASE
1608137274 = Wed Dec 16 2020 16:47:54 GMT+0000

IMAGE SIZE IN DB = 13872

IMAGE TRUE SIZE = 13872

I AM COMPLETELY CONFUSED 8O8O8O

Can anyone spot what I have missed please?

Many thanks

Re: X-Cart reBOOT (reDUX) Template

UPDATE #2

SUCCESS

In pure frustration I went to our control Panel and DELETED our Production website 8O 8O

So whatever it was is now GONE :D :D

All is well with the world - at last :D :D

I apologise for the waste of bandwidth and brain ache this issue has caused :oops: :oops:

Particular thanks must go to @PhilJ for his invaluable input and also everyone else that had input - thanks for the help :D/

Kind regards to all

ITVV

Re: X-Cart reBOOT (reDUX) Template

Phil,

While I don't use many of your template functions, I wanted to let you know I am now LIVE on 4.7.12.4 template.

So far everything appears to be working as I wanted.

Thanks for your 'tweeking' help on my testing copy.

Now, I'll start looking at the SEO areas in more detail and CORE WEB VITALS from google

Peggy

Re: X-Cart reBOOT (reDUX) Template

Easy Custom Contact Forms is pretty much ready.

Can anyone check https://xcartmods.com/reboot/eccf and let me know if anything doesn't quite make sense, ta.

Re: X-Cart reBOOT (reDUX) Template

Hi PhilJ,

Just a quick question please;

What would you suggest as the max size for Thumb Nails for reBOOT / reDUX?

I know that xcart suggests 150px x 150px as the max size but they are a little small TBH.

Many thanks as always

ITVV

PS - The Easy Custom Contact Forms look great - all makes sense to me :D

Re: X-Cart reBOOT (reDUX) Template

Depends, they can be as large or as small as you like, but you have to optimise your images to be as small in file size, yet be of a fairly decent quality. There's a fine balance.

https://xcartmods.com/reboot/resources#img_optim

Phil speaking the bleeding obvious, there.

Re: X-Cart reBOOT (reDUX) Template

Hi Phil,

I want to have the 'Send to a Friend' section, moved after 'Related Products' section.

I've been looking at skin/reboot/customer/main/product.tpl

I got related products moved above 'descriptions',which I don't want, but so far, my changes haven't worked.

Can you tell me what needs to be changed?

Thanks

Peggy

Re: X-Cart reBOOT (reDUX) Template

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhilJ

Easy Custom Contact Forms is pretty much ready.

Can anyone check https://xcartmods.com/reboot/eccf and let me know if anything doesn't quite make sense, ta.

Hi Phil, Looks great! I'll start converting my reBOOT form to ECCF and let you know how it goes. Thank you so much!

Paul

Re: X-Cart reBOOT (reDUX) Template

Hi Phil,

I'm not finding ECCF to download in my order invoices.

Thanks,

Paul

EDIT -Hi Phil, I should have added that I did not see ECCF in the ADDONS sections in the download zip.

Re: X-Cart reBOOT (reDUX) Template

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhilJ

The reason I asked was because there is an issue with scrolling if the images are larger than say 200px X 283px.

In the product listing, if you scroll down it is not a smooth experience. Jagged is probably the best description. This happens on desktops and mobiles. The page seems to "jump" down, say 50px?

Again in product listing, on iPhones, (Safari, Chrome, Firefox) in Portrait mode, when scrolling or simply touching the screen, you can move the page to the left or right side. Very odd. At first I thought it was image size but I'm not sure it is?

Re: X-Cart reBOOT (reDUX) Template

Hi folks, ECCF is now available.

https://xcartmods.com/reboot/eccf

There'll also be a reBOOT update in the next 1-2 days.

Re: X-Cart reBOOT (reDUX) Template

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhilJ

Hi folks, ECCF is now available.

https://xcartmods.com/reboot/eccf

There'll also be a reBOOT update in the next 1-2 days.

Hi Phil. I've installed and I'm testing now. I have a complicated reBOOT form that I'll be converting and I'll let you know how it goes.

The Admin options are fantastic and I no longer have to edit the php to change the email address(es) the form is sent to.

Thank you so much!

Paul

Re: X-Cart reBOOT (reDUX) Template

Thanks Paul, docs updated to make them easier to navigate.

Re: X-Cart reBOOT (reDUX) Template

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhilJ

Thanks Paul, docs updated to make them easier to navigate.

Hi Phil, the updated docs are great and I'm just about finished converting my old reBOOT form to ECCF. I do have a question. When you tab through the fields is there any way to have the tab bypass the hidden honeypot field?

Thanks!
Paul

Re: X-Cart reBOOT (reDUX) Template

You can move the honeypot field to the very start to the form if you like, ie. above the name field.

Re: X-Cart reBOOT (reDUX) Template

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhilJ

You can move the honeypot field to the very start to the form if you like, ie. above the name field.

Thanks Phil! That worked great! ECCF is working perfectly!

Have a great weekend!

Paul

Re: X-Cart reBOOT (reDUX) Template

22/3/21 - v4.7.12.5 - Changelog - Mainly nice new order invoices, for which there's patched files.

Re: X-Cart reBOOT (reDUX) Template

UPDATE The 'thumbnail hover/swap' feature can be disabled, admin and customer-side.
Where in the options is this? can't seem to find it. I added the SQL.

Re: X-Cart reBOOT (reDUX) Template

@Doug, in /skin/reboot/main/product_details.tpl

Replace...

Code:

{include file="main/image_area.tpl"}

With...

Code:

{if $config.Reboot.reboot_products_thumbnail_swap ne "Y"}

{include file="main/image_area.tpl"}

{else}

{include file="main/image_area_swap.tpl"}

{/if}

Then, upload the following from the v4.7.12.5 zip file...

/skin/reboot/product_thumbnail.tpl
/skin/reboot/main/image_area.tpl
/skin/reboot/main/image_area_swap.tpl

Any probs, let me know.

Re: X-Cart reBOOT (reDUX) Template

You can get quite a decent boost in GTMetrix, by adding this code to the end of /skin/reboot/custom/prefetch.tpl

Code:

<link rel="preload" href="{$AltSkinDir}/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.woff2?v=4.7.0" as="font" type="font/woff2" crossorigin="anonymous">

You can remove the unsplash.com code if you want also.

It's been added to the template. Thanks to Paul.

Also, you can now promote coupons to the homepage, plus add custom coupon text and icons.

Some good ideas here - https://freddiechatt.com/playbook/

Re: X-Cart reBOOT (reDUX) Template

Hi Phil

When going from reDUX 4.7.12.4 to reDUX 4.7.12.5, are there any changes to the main reDUX install steps 1-16?

Or just the updates to the SQL tables and the module uploads?

I've created a version of the UPLOAD file changes with the changes between 4.7.12.4 and 4.7.12.5, and just comparing those to any files I may have changed, and then going to do the upgrade to .5
using my limited set of file.

Thanks for clarifying, if my approach should/should not work before I give it a try. I've done my backups.

Peggy

Re: X-Cart reBOOT (reDUX) Template

No changes to the install steps, but I'd always suggest downloading the very latest files from your order invoice before you do any file comparisons etc.
There were minor changes made earlier today.

Re: X-Cart reBOOT (reDUX) Template

Phil,

I downloaded the X-Cart_reBOOT_[reDUX]_4.7.12.5.zip on Mar 21, and using that zip for file comparison to my current system.

Thanks.

Peggy

Re: X-Cart reBOOT (reDUX) Template

Hello Phil and Everyone,

I'm finally live on reDUX and loving it. The best just keeps getting better!

If anyone would like to checkout my site and complicated ECCF form just PM me.

Thank you Phil for your continued excellence and untiring effort to give us the best template there is!

Paul

Re: X-Cart reBOOT (reDUX) Template

https://gtmetrix.com/reports/xcartmods.com/TbLPFkM2/

If only X-Cart could fix the dreaded "Defer parsing of JavaScript" issue...

Re: X-Cart reBOOT (reDUX) Template

Phil,

FYI - I just upgraded my live store to 4.7.12.5.

I have one little hiccup, self-inflicted, when customer logs on. In account information, I had 'previously' removed the avatar - circle icon with the customer initials in it.

It is back partially appearing, see attached, logged-on-account-current.jpg.

I'd like to remove the circle ICON again, but can't remember where that is done.

thx

Peggy

Re: X-Cart reBOOT (reDUX) Template

Hi Peggy, sorry I should make it a setting really, but edit /skin/reboot/custom/header/dropdown_account.tpl

Replace...

Code:

{include file="customer/authbox_links.tpl" noavatar=false avatar=false dropdown=true}

With...

Code:

{include file="customer/authbox_links.tpl" noavatar=true avatar=false dropdown=true}

If you use noavatar=false avatar=true, it uses Gravatars for the profile icon.

Re: X-Cart reBOOT (reDUX) Template

Same gravatar when logged on and 'view cart'

<span class="letter-div rounded-circle shadow-sm flex-center ldiv" style="width: 60px; height: 60px; background-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span class="text-glow-dark-xs letter-spacing-2 text-white ldiv" style="font-size:24px;"></span></span>

I searched around trying to find the tpl to change, but so far haven't found it.

Thx

Peggy

Re: X-Cart reBOOT (reDUX) Template

@ Peggy, do the same in /skin/reboot/customer/authbox.tpl

Code:

{include file="customer/authbox_links.tpl" noavatar=true avatar=false bb=true}

I've decided to disable the avatars by default.

Re: X-Cart reBOOT (reDUX) Template

RAVE for Phil and reBOOT reDUX.

Since the Raves section of the forums is no more I'll post my Rave here.

We just finished converting our X-Cart 4 reBOOT store to Phil's new reBOOT reDUX template and all we can say is WOW. Our store's appearance, functionality, and ease of use for our customers are outstanding. We've been using Phil's templates for over 7 years and the best just keeps getting better. Our main competitors use Shopify, BigCommerce, and WooCommerce and none of them can compete with us total package vs total package. On SEMRUSH our top 200 keywords rank as follows. Top 3 = 120, Top 10 = 167, Top 20 = 179, and Top 100 = 198. For Visibility our store ranks at 47.85% with Competitor #1 at 15.98% and Competitor #2 at 6.97%. Our Average Position is 7.79. If you want to seriously compete in your marketplace X-Cart 4 plus reBOOT reDUX is an unstoppable combination. We play to win and with reBOOT reDUX we hit the jackpot!

Paul

Re: X-Cart reBOOT (reDUX) Template

If you use Clean URLs for SEO, which I suspect most of you are, here's some handy SQL patches (tested), for those with a medium-large size product catalog.

If you've already optimised your product SEO titles and meta descriptions, this isn't for you.

If you're going to try them, use with caution and MAKE A DB BACKUP FIRST!

1) Auto-populate empty SEO titles with the product names...

Code:

# Set all empty SEO titles to the product names

UPDATE xcart_products t1 

  INNER JOIN xcart_products_lng_en t2 

    ON t1.productid = t2.productid 

SET t1.title_tag = t2.product 

WHERE t1.title_tag = '';

If you want to just test on an individual product, for the last line above use...

Code:

WHERE t1.title_tag = '' AND t1.productid = '1234';

2a) Auto-populate empty SEO meta descriptions with the product descriptions... (read 2b first)

Code:

# Set all empty SEO meta descriptions to the product descriptions

UPDATE xcart_products t1 

  INNER JOIN xcart_products_lng_en t2 

    ON t1.productid = t2.productid 

SET t1.meta_description = t2.descr 

WHERE t1.meta_description = '';

If you want to just test on an individual product, for the last line above use...

Code:

WHERE t1.meta_description = '' AND t1.productid = '1234';

2b) Yikes, it's included product description HTML tags in the SEO meta descriptions...

Don't panic, you can strip HTML / Carriage Returns / Line Feeds with this patch... (assuming you have clean product description HTML)

Code:

# Remove HTML / Carriage Returns / Line Feeds and left trim

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, '<p>', '');

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, '</p>', ' ');

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, '<div>', '');

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, '</div>', ' '); 

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, '<b>', '');

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, '</b>', ' '); 

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, '<i>', '');

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, '</i>', ' '); 

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, '<em>', '');

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, '</em>', ' '); 

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, '<u>', '');

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, '</u>', ' '); 

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, '<ul>', '');

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, '</ul>', ' ');

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, '<ol>', '');

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, '</ol>', ' ');

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, '<li>', '');

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, '</li>', ' ');

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, '<span>', '');

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, '</span>', ' ');

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, '<hr>', ' ');

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, '<hr />', ' ');

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, '<br>', ' ');

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, '<br />', ' ');

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, '<h1>', '');

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, '</h1>', ' ');

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, '<h2>', '');

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, '</h2>', ' ');

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, '<h3>', '');

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, '</h3>', ' ');

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, '<h4>', '');

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, '</h4>', ' ');

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, '<h5>', '');

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, '</h5>', ' ');

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, '<h6>', '');

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, '</h6>', ' ');

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, '  ', ' ');

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, '   ', ' ');

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, '    ', ' ');

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, CHAR(9), '');

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, CHAR(10), ''); 

UPDATE xcart_products set meta_description=replace(meta_description, CHAR(13), '');

UPDATE xcart_products SET meta_description = LTRIM(meta_description);

If you've made any mistakes and want to start over...

Code:

# Clear all SEO titles

UPDATE xcart_products SET title_tag= '';

or...

Code:

# Clear SEO title on product

UPDATE xcart_products SET title_tag= '' WHERE productid = '1234';

Code:

# Clear all SEO meta descriptions

 UPDATE xcart_products SET meta_description = '';

or...

Code:

# Clear SEO meta description on product

UPDATE xcart_products SET meta_description = '' WHERE productid = '1234';

Re: X-Cart reBOOT (reDUX) Template

Okay Phil... I give up :lol:

Code:

<span class="letter-div rounded-circle shadow-sm flex-center ldiv" style="width:60px;height:60px;"><span class="text-glow-dark-xs letter-spacing-2 text-white ldiv" style="font-size:24px;">PH</span></span>

How do you change the color of the circle???? 8O

Thanks!

Paul

Re: X-Cart reBOOT (reDUX) Template

@Paul the background color is picked using a JS function, see in /skin/reboot/js/reboot.js around line 1346...

Code:

$(this).css('background-color', pickColor(str));

You can change to a specific colour, by changing to eg.

Code:

$(this).css('background-color', '#000080');

Re: X-Cart reBOOT (reDUX) Template

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhilJ

@Paul the background color is picked using a JS function, see in /skin/reboot/js/reboot.js around line 1346...

Code:

$(this).css('background-color', pickColor(str));

You can change to a specific colour, by changing to eg.

Code:

$(this).css('background-color', '#000080');

Thanks Phil !! I've changed to a custom color and it's perfect!

Paul

Re: X-Cart reBOOT (reDUX) Template

Hi Phil,

In skin/reboot/modules/Fast_Lane_Checkout/main.css on line 178 includes a link to

skin/reboot/images/cart_checkout.gif which did not exist on my system.

I copied the file from skin/common_files/images to the skin/reboot/images directory.

I've checked reboot 4.7.12.4 and 4.7.12.5 zip files for the file, and couldn't find it. Maybe I missed it somehow, but if not FYI.

Peggy

Re: X-Cart reBOOT (reDUX) Template

@Peggy, in skin/reboot/modules/Fast_Lane_Checkout/main.css

Just remove the line...

Code:

background: transparent url(../../images/cart_checkout.gif) no-repeat left top;