Help ! Dont understand how to change design
 

Oups ... dont understant nothing !

When I try to get the html code, I get insted a bizarre code, named "Smarty". How do I manage it ? with Dreamweaver ? Is there anytghing special to manage this code ?

Help , and thanks !!!

Hi gregg

X-cart pages are made up of lots of small chunks of html which you will find under "Edit templates" in X-cart admin.

For instance, the template file head.tpl controls what appears at the top of the page, and skin1.css is the css file for the whole site.

Personally I edit code directly in the template editor, I believe you can edit templates in Dreamweaver but make sure it doesn't interfere with the code or you might stop your store working. Using a text editor is usually the best bet.

Thanks !

So you must choose in the .tpl file the html and let the Smarty code as it is ?
It is very complicated don't you think ?

And you have to change EVERY page of the site when you want to implement a new design ?

Greg,

you can see what smarty is all about at http://smarty.php.net

also check the forum faq , xcart faq and xcart manual for lots of tips on how to get started

Code? What Code!?
 

Listen I would like the ability to edit these X-cart things but I am NOT a code person.. I am a Macromedia see what you get and redesign it person.

So is this possible with X-Cart.. I mean is there something out there that will let us idiots edit the way it looks?

Jay

Sorry Jay, you really need to know how HTML works in order to edit the templates. Dreamweaver and other WYSIWYG editors don't understand Smarty.

You can also copy the code from the .tpl file to a page in dreamweaver and edit the way you want, compare the smarty codes (see if they haven't changed) and copy/paste into the .tpl file

You see the result in Dreamweaver (quite) and the coding is still ok.

good luck!

When I import to Dreamweaver I get the 2 codes : Smarty AND html ... what a mess !

Yea, if you are going to edit the templates in Dreamweaver, you really need to at least understand the concept of Smarty so that you don't break the {if}{else} type conditions as well as the rest of the Smarty tags. It isn't as tough as you might think...after a while it'll be second nature to you ;)

UltraEdit is a better tool than DW. It has markup and highlighting for smarty tags.