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[David-Allan]

Hi Guys,

Does anyone know how to use multiple sliders on the home page?

What I did was add this to welcome.tpl

{include file="custom/welcome/promotions/image_roundabout/image_roundabout.tpl"}

but it won't load if there is another slider activated above it. I'm guessing this is something to do with the java running two instances but i'm not sure how to resolve it.

Basically I want to have the the responsive image slider at the top of the welcome page then further down I want the image roundabout or one of the other sliders to display also.

I'm not fussed about it being hard coded like this as I have to change the images and description manually anyway so its not an issue it not being in the admin section.

Any help would be appreciated.

[PhilJ]

skin/ability/custom/welcome/promotions/promotions_common.tpl

Just take out the IF statements surrounding the image roundabout code.

{if $config.Ability_Template.abi_home_promotions eq "image_roundabout"}
...
{/if}

[David-Allan]

Originally Posted by PhilJ

skin/ability/custom/welcome/promotions/promotions_common.tpl

Just take out the IF statements surrounding the image roundabout code.

{if $config.Ability_Template.abi_home_promotions eq "image_roundabout"}
...
{/if}

Thanks Phil I did actually remove the if statement and it does display the images but doesn't start the slider script. It's as if the two java scripts are fighting with each other. SO the top slider runs fine but the next one only displays the images and descriptions but not in the slider format if you know what I mean.

Thanks for the speedy reply.

[hoosierglass]

Did you ever get a fix on this? It seems we have the same problem when you have out of stock items, items with options and standard items. I switched to tubular display to avoid this for now.

Originally Posted by jmccunep

I have the product list options in my development store set to 3 products per row (grid/row switchers enabled). The display of the products in each category on my store works just as I hoped and expected for all products in either grid view or row view. EXCEPT for one category--with that particular category there are some empty spaces in grid view (and none in row view.)

What's particularly odd about it is that there are other categories with about the same number of products, and some of the included products shown as in stock and some as out of stock in some of the categories just as with the problem category, but those other categories all display the grid view properly with no gaps.

The problem persists no matter how the products are sorted on the front end (SKU, price, etc), and no matter how they're sorted on the backend (position).

I've attached a JPG screen shot.

Thanks for any help with this oddity!

XCart 4.4.5
Ability Template 1.051
www.twinoakshammocks.com is the live URL.
The development URL is not live on the web (is in a password protected folder).

[David-Allan]

Originally Posted by PhilJ

skin/ability/custom/welcome/promotions/promotions_common.tpl

Just take out the IF statements surrounding the image roundabout code.

{if $config.Ability_Template.abi_home_promotions eq "image_roundabout"}
...
{/if}

Hi Phil,

Forgot about this post. I managed to get this to work so thanks again for your help. I seem to be getting better and better at fixing problems/customizing x-cart thanks to you.

[David-Allan]

Originally Posted by hoosierglass

Did you ever get a fix on this? It seems we have the same problem when you have out of stock items, items with options and standard items. I switched to tubular display to avoid this for now.

Hey guys just out of interest have you possible got a product that has a very long title on the pages that are out of alignment?

I noticed that this happened on just one of my categories pages and it turned out one of the products on that page had a longer than usual title and when I temporarily disabled that product I seen the issue resolved itself so I just adjusted the product title to fix the problem.

It may not be the issue your having but its worth a check.

[PhilJ]

Did you ever get a fix on this? It seems we have the same problem when you have out of stock items, items with options and standard items. I switched to tubular display to avoid this for now.

Hoosierglass, you should be able to overcome the issue by setting a fixed height on each product in the grid...

skin/ability/custom/css/common.css

Replace...

ul.grid_view li .product_block .overflow { overflow: hidden; width: 100%; height: auto; }

With for example...

ul.grid_view li .product_block .overflow { overflow: hidden; width: 100%; height: 350px; }

[PhilJ]

Just a heads up, for those exporting their databases from the X-Cart DB backup tool, it is important that you've made this small modification...

In admin/db_backup.php comment out or delete this code...

            if (!in_array($_table, $sql_tbl))
                continue;

It will then export ALL database tables including custom ones.

Also, if you have a large database, for importing it's a good idea to use Bigdump

[hoosierglass]

Any suggestions for incorporating a blog with this layout? I would love to find a way to use a speed tab for setting up a blog. Right now my mind is mush from uploading products and refining images etc.

[SGS]

Phil,

I have placed a ticket asking about add-on products you sell. Product rotator, water mark and Product download. Will these be update to work with Ability and the 4.5.x branch?

Cheers