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Testimonials customer-side now utilises proper pagination, so doesn't load all testimonials at once - demo
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Are home page Hero Promo images the way to go now (instead of home page Slider images)?
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It's up to you, you can have both, but either way, just ensure your images are well optimised, ie. not huge in file size.
Just have at least "something(s)" appealing on your homepage, to draw visitors in further... You can make use of homepage featured categories/manufactuers also. Nothing stopping you from adding any content to /skin/reboot/custom/home/home_style_X.tpl |
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What about fixed Body container width (Theme) with a full screen Body background image vs. fluid Body container width (Theme), which overrides all other Outer Container settings and hence makes Body background image superfluous.
Which is preferable nowadays? |
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I'm using a Combo Menu Header menu type, with Header combo menu - include categories set to Mega.
In large screen mode, hovering over the Categories menu heading displays all the category images and titles in grid format. This is good. In small screen mode the categories sidebar menu comes up when the Categories menu heading is clicked on. This is also good. How can I make the hero promo link act like the Categories menu heading? |
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Are you looking to trigger/open the mobile category menu, when clicking on the hero promo button link?
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Attached modified /skin/reboot/custom/promos/promo_hero.tpl will work (tested), but only on mobiles, due to how the sidebar category menu gets re-positioned. On desktops it'll use the regular hero promo link.
But if you'd prefer to display a simple category grid, like your desktop header menu, instead of the hero promo, I've added a new widget in the latest minor update just released. Upload /skin/reboot/custom/widgets/widget_category_grid.tpl then include to your homepage style template (/skin/reboot/custom/home/home_style_X.tpl) using code... Code:
{include file="custom/widgets/widget_category_grid.tpl" title=$lng.lbl_categories} |
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Hi Phil,
I generated new images on a test store of mine where I created a copy of my current live store. If I want to use these resized images on my 'prod site', what is the best way to do that? Do I 'rename' the webp suffix to jpg (which is the suffix of my current image P, T, D, C directories, and upload to my live store directories after making a backup of them. Or do I do something else? Thanks Peggy |
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I haven't finished the work yet, maybe wait a few days...
EDIT: WEBP's now supported :) |
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Phil,
Will test webp mod tomorrow on TEST server Thx Peggy |
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25th June - v4.7.12.6 - WEBP images now supported - Save up to 70% on image file sizes! - Changelog
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Do I have to know Smarty (in depth) to be able to launch a widget from a mouse over or mouse click in a Slider or Promo image? I'm referring to the new category_grid widget in particular.
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@sinobest, edit /skin/reboot/css/x-menu.css to enlarge the menu item widths...
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nav.xmenu ul ul li { width: 200px; float: none; display: list-item; position: relative; } Code:
{include file="custom/widgets/widget_category_grid.tpl" title=$lng.lbl_categories align="center"} |
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So I thought, alright, I'll give XC5 a go, having not tried it in years... surely it works ok by now.
Fresh v5.4.1.26 install ... It required a MariaDB upgrade .. ok no problem. Install went fine, it indicated I should update the apps, so I did. Next thing, 502 bad gateway. Thought, ok maybe I need to redeploy the store, so I did. 502 bad gateway. Maybe an integrity check will fix? 502 bad gateway. https://xcartmods.com/xc5/xcart/ Left with a dud store, with seemingly no way to fix... admin menu buttons don't work either... grrreat. Edit, then half an hour later, with no intervention by myself, the store starts working again... hmmmm Theming-wise, doesn't seem to be much choice, aside from changing logo and CSS overrides. Some admin functions don't seem to work 100% in Firefox... And don't call me Shirley. |
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yeah, on the one hand, its great that it updates itself but on the other hand, if their servers have connectivity issued, you're screwed. We use it for a small site we have but I would never change our main site to it and given the price increase soon, we may stop using it.
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A cool add-on for this would be a tool that removes images on discontinued/disabled products. I know xc4 doesn't like deleting products outright, it creates database integrity issues. We have 5208 products and add about 50/yr. |
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even though the page timed out and gave me a 404 error, the webp generator evidently did them all and ...
198531.25 GB361.98 MB922.78 MB -72% |
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Hi Doug, I've just added a 'Cleanup Image Folders' button to the WEBP generator, which deletes any 'old' images from the file system that don't exist in the DB image tables. It's quite a handy little utility on it's own, especially if you have an old store. Tested and works fine, but as a precaution before your first run, I'd make a backup of your /images/ folder. Get the latest files and re-upload /images/webp/index.php To delete images on disabled products, you'll need a separate script for that. You can try this ... untested, but should work in theory. The file should go in /admin. The WEBP generator may struggle on super-large images, so if you get any problems, maybe check the source image file sizes first. It has only snagged up on me once, which was due to some detailed images being gigantic (4000px +). Or you can try increasing the memory_limit value... Code:
ini_set('memory_limit', '128M'); |
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Just a tip, if you want to iframe something quickly, like a support app, that resizes automatically, you can add code like this to a static page or wherever...
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<iframe class="w-100 border-0" id="myIFrame" name="myIFrame" src="./path/to/your/app" onload="updateIframe()" scrolling="no"></iframe> |
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Thanks Phil, You say the simple category grid widget can be included "anywhere" with that code. Like when it's included in a home_style_X.tpl (reference your post from June 17). The result is similar to the categories grid displayed when I hover over the (Combo menu) Categories menu. The difference being the widget produces a four column display and the mouseover produces a a six column display (without the Categories title). So, getting back to your post of June 17, wherein you attached the modified promo_hero.tpl and provided a link to the latest minor update, which included the new categories grid widget, I didn't understand what the modified promo_hero.tpl was supposed to do or how to test it ("only on mobiles"). It's the (Combo menu) Categories mouseover event that I'm interested in. How is that mouseover event captured and how is the code that produces the categories grid launched? Is it in Smarty, JS, or both? If I can understand that, I was thinking I could use the same code to display the Categories grid when a mouseover event occurs on a Slider Image link or a Hero Image link. How does does promo_hero.tpl and the categories grid widget play a role in this? |
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By the sounds of it you want some sort of mouseover effect adding to the combo menu dropdown, but so far it's vague...
Maybe put a screenshot/mockup together of what you want to achieve and I can suggest a solution for you / create you a custom widget... Navigation hover effects usually require some extra CSS and/or JS code. There are some promo widgets already built-in, but you do need at least basic coding knowledge to use them. Examples. |
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Sorry Phil, I'm making it sound more complicated than it needs to be. If I use your Demo as an example, hovering over "Home & Garden" on the header menu displays a categories grid. I was thinking this Categories grid could be displayed when hovering over the Slide's "Shop Now" button (or, alternatively, a Hero promo link button). But on second thoughts it may not be a good idea :???: |
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I see see what you mean, but it would need a fair bit of tinkering to the homepage slider code for that functionality, and probably won't add much value to the UI.
With Bootstrap and Flickity, there's scope to add category carousels and even category modals - I can build you any kind of custom widget / promo section... just need a basic mockup design of what you need. |
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I think the webp image tool is great, but i think it needs more logic. For example, if i convert all my images and enable it in the settings. they show ok, but when I go to add an item and upload a webp image directly, that image wont show. (because its looking for it in the images/webp folder, not the D folder). And since it doesnt convert/copy webp to webp folder, i would have to save/upload it as a jpg then convert them all again.
Would also like to see support for webm movies. like this nike page has.. https://www.nike.com/t/react-infinity-run-flyknit-2-womens-running-shoe-rfh6Z8/CT2423-005 |
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@Doug, I'll see what I can do to improve the WEBP generator this week.
Bizarrely, the Nike store is not far off the new template I'm currently working on. |
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@Doug, ok the WEBP image generator has been improved.
- You can now generate and delete WEBP images on an image-type basis. - The 'Update WEBP Images' button should now do its job properly... it'll generate only the necessary images that haven't already been converted to WEBP. You shouldn't need to manually upload any WEBP images ... the generator should do all the work for you. Get the latest zip via your order invoice and replace /images/webp/index.php Hope that helps, let me know how you get on. I've added some general info about the WEBP generator here. |
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What kind of storage requirement is needed to keep both? Couldn't you convert the images during upload, and then delete the original, leaving only the webp ? |
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To integrate WEBP images into the X-Cart core, you need to modify /include/func.image.php, but I couldn't figure it out, so decided to build a separate WEBP image generator instead. |
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@ Doug, WEBP generator updated, you can now update images on an image-type basis.
Also added note/tools re. images with incorrect file extensions... https://xcartmods.com/reboot/webp |
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The ECCF addon is now bundled in FREE, so if you need any custom forms, give it a go :)
The price of the template has also been reduced to $99 for a limited time only ! |
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Possible new custom header category accordion menu for desktops - DEMO - (updated 19/08/21)
It's not dynamic, it works off simple JSON files (it can be made dynamic, but might be useful if you want a custom menu, with only specific categories) Would this be of interest to any of you lot? I'll probably just add it to the codebase anyway :) |
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QUICK TIP: If you want to publicly display how many customers bought the product, and the total amount of products sold...
DEMO 1) In /reboot/get_product_info.php Before... Code:
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# Get amount of people who bought this product Before... Code:
{if $config.Reboot.reboot_product_added_modified_details eq "Y"} Code:
{if $buyers.total && $buyers.total gte "2"} Or, do something like... Code:
{if ($buyers.total && $buyers.total gte "2") && ($sales.total && $sales.total gte "2")} Maybe useful if you have healthy sales :) |
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I'm in the process of adding a 'proper' blog with backend management to reDUX ... DEMO
I'll be trying to implement blog 'clean urls' for categories and posts in PHP / .htaccess, but if anyone knows any tips for doing it, please drop us a PM. |
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its also live on our site.. https://www.vsathletics.com/store/home.php |
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8th Sept 2021 - Some changes made, including new maximum quantity and case quantity product fields - Changelog - Sorry for the delay! Any problems, drop me a line.
The new blog I intended to make is on hold for the moment, as the current 'built-in' blog actually works just fine :) I'll be adding more homepage styles next (5-12), probably over the weekend. |
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MAX QTY works like a champ! THANKS Peggy |
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