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[taltos1]

Hello,
I am new to working with X-Cart and would really appreciate some help, I am having a hard time figuring out how to edit the side blocks in xcart. I searched but did not see answers for these?

P.S. Are these areas traditionally called side blocks? modules etc? on the forums

1. Is there a link to the newsletters area? where people can see them before they sign up?

2. How do I remove the icons from the left of the side blocks (i.e. Categories, Your Account, Your Cart etc) and move the text to align to the left?

3. How can I ident the text below the side block titles, for example>

Categories
- Cars
- Parts
- Etc

4. How can I add a small image (a horizontal line) to the bottom of a side block?

5. Is there a way to tighten up the white space between the side blocks

Thanks so much.

[balinor]

Hi taltos...I think you will find that you will get better responses if you don't ask as many questions at once. Also, many of the answers to your questions can be found by using webmaster mode, or by browsing or searching these forums. If you have multiple edits that you would like done, I would suggest hiring a professional, which you can find in the Professional Help sections.

[taltos1]

Thank you for the suggestions. I thought I would group my questions so that I would not flood the forums.

I am trying to learn X-Cart, so I figured what better way then to work on the templates from scratch.

Also, I searched the forums and did not see any results that helped, perhaps I am not searching for the right terms. Can you point me to any of them?

Thanks

[BCSE]

#1. I don't think so by default.
#2. Edit menu.tpl to remove the icons.
#3. Edit customer/categories.tpl I believe
#4. Find the menu template you want to edit (example help.tpl is for the help menu block) and add the <hr> in the appropriate place.
#5 Can be done via customer/home.tpl and probably also menu.tpl

Most think that "webmaster" mode will effect all users viewing the site. It is a session based feature. Just go to the admin, click on this link, then click "Open customer area in new window" When you move your mouse over the page, the status bar at the bottom of your browser will let you know what templates the area your mouse is over uses to create what you see.

Hope this helps!

Carrie

[MythNReality]

Can be done via customer/home.tpl and probably also menu.tpl

Find this:
<TD>{$menu_content}
</TD></TR>

and removed the
from that code. Now your code should look like this:
<TD>{$menu_content}</TD></TR>

Now there's no more extra space...

[slade]

Great! was trying to figure that one out for ages thanks!