Hi,
Best is to post these questions in another forum.
instead of Mods. Better post your questions in template editing or something.
Here is my bit:
1) Best is to copy an existing menu (piece of text) and just paste it where you want it.
Go to edit templates,customer folder and copy for example { include file="help.tpl" } in the home.tpl and paste it where you like on home.tpl
Or :
Create a new tpl named manufacturers.tpl, just right in the first page of edit templates.
Now go to customer folder, home.tpl and add the following where you want. For example right after specials.
{ include file="manufacturers.tpl" }
Don't forget to put
before and after.
Now you can edit your manufacturers.tpl
Here you can add your text or whatever you like.
It might be handy to use the languages in here so you can easily change the content.
Example manufacturers.tpl
{* $Id: manufacturers,v 1 2004/08/05 15:30:40 svowl Exp $ *}
{capture name=menu}
<class=VertMenuItems>
PUT YOUR TEXT HERE (or $lng.txt_manufacturers)
{/capture}
{ include file="menu.tpl" dingbats="dingbats_products.gif" menu_title=$lng.lbl_manufacturers
menu_content=$smarty.capture.menu"}
END
Of course you need to add labels and text if you wish to use the languages.
Just make a
manufacturers label
manufacturers text
Also you can change the dingbats or leave it out.
2) Just create the speedbar you like
Go to static pages and create a new page: About us
Copy the link that will point to this page and paste it in the link field of your speed bar.
4) You will learn quick enough in working with x-cart
Handy is to get familiar with the language labels and text.
This way you just change text easily in the languages.
Labels go on top/ the name of a menu for example
and text is the content. You can make your own and insert anywhere you like.
See news.tpl for example
{$lng.txt_subscribe_monthly}
And look into the "include files"
If you know that you have the basics.
5) In the admin area go to general settings, in the drop down menu choose appearance
Here you can choose
Display products list in multiple columns (1-3) (leave empty to use standard format): PUT 2
If you only want the featrured items to look like that tick the next box too
Display only featured products list in multicolumn format
The rest...netvusion...no idea
Last:
BACK UP before you do anything