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[Janel]

Okay....this is probably somewhere on here...in fact I know it is...but I can't seem to find it anywhere...grrr.

I want to change out all of my buttons to custom images... and maybe I'm just tired because I can't figure out what I need to do. The buttons now consist of the but1.gif and but2.gif and I know I can just change those images and have a sort-of custom button but I don't want that style at all. I want to make each one individually and unique. So where do I start???

I'm referring to the add to cart, buy now, wishlist, continue shopping etc...

Any help would be appreciated.

[JWait]

Look in skin1/images and replace all of the images found there (you should make backups first).

[Janel]

But just replacing those images won't make each button it's own customized button. That would change like the ugly bar button that there is now and make them all the same.

Let's say I want to make the add to cart button a flower (I don't...just for discussion sake tho) and the wishlist button a star....etc.

I know I have to create the individual images... but then when it gets to putting them on the individual templates I guess I'm a little stumped.

The code for the add to cart button in the products tpl is : {include file="buttons/add_to_cart.tpl" style="button" href="javascript: if(FormValidation()) document.orderform.submit();"}

so that calls the add to cart tpl. Then when you open the add to cart tpl it calls the buttontpl.

Am I thinking too much about this and making it more than I need to? I keep thinking I can just go to the individual templates and put the image I create in and then somehow link to where it would go but then I think I lose the code that actually DOES the adding to cart etc.

???

[balinor]

If you want to make individual images for each button, it will take you a month of sundays as you would need to go into each template and replace the button call with a graphic call

[Janel]

that bad huh?

[balinor]

Well, if you only want a few that are unique and then everything else 'stock' it won't be that bad. You can edit things like buy now and add to cart globally, as they have their own template.