xMobile - Smartphone mobile template

Will Hayes · #51 07-01-2013, 03:28 AM

Hi Davy,

Yes, this looks like a good amendment to make to xmobile, we will discuss in more detail here today and let you (and other customers) know of the recommended changes. We've been researching the "official" word on this from Google and it seems to be good practice to include this response in the header, so we are happy to implement this:
https://developers.google.com/webmasters/smartphone-sites/details

we will keep you posted.

regards
W.

carpeperdiem · #52 07-13-2013, 05:11 PM

I installed xMobile last night and I am INCREDIBLY impressed!!! Very well done!!!
The css interface was effortless to use -- I colorized the entire xmb template to match my main template in minutes!!

I did stumble into a short shopping list of issues, and I did fire off 6 tickets to TXS on a weekend morning...

Just in case some of you have seen or lived through some of these issues, I will post here -- WIll, you know I am not afraid to open a ticket -- my posting here is also to help the community as well as hopefully find solutions for the next guy. With that said -- my first "challenges" integrating xMB:

1. javascript option validation does not appear work??? !!! - [SOLVED - see below]

If a product has js option validation (forcing the customer to select a product option(s) before adding to cart), as described here:

http://help.x-cart.com/index.php?title=X-Cart:Product_Options#How_to_prohibit_customers_fro m_adding_a_pr...select ion.3F

xMB is not respecting this. It will permit a product with options (and option validation js as described in the xcart documentation) to be added to the cart, WITHOUT ANY OPTIONS SELECTED!!! Yikes. That's a deal-breaker for me.

Anyone else experienced this?
This is mission critical for me - hopefully TXS support can solve this. If so, then I can move on to the rest of my short list...

2. X-Cart Banner System (bundled with GoldPlus) - [SOLVED - see below] -- I thought I was being smart - using the xcart "top" banners in my primary template, and the "bottom" banners in the banner div slot in xMobile's welcome.tpl - I am proud of myself for thinking of this solution!

But there is something not working and the js appears to be busted. I have a ticket in with TXS on this. But in case anyone is reading over the weekend, has anyone successfully used X-Cart Banner System with xMobile? Can you share your solution to get this working?

3. Why is top logo only 245px wide ?
xMobile Logo - recommended dimensions 245px X 60px

Looks like there is much more width available on an iphone?
Surely more width on most Android devices too?

What is the logic here? What did YOU do for your store?

4. file, /skin/txs_xmobile/customer/home.tpl

In most xcart templates, there is http vs https {if} code in the <html xmlns code at the top.

this code was missing from xMB file,
/skin/txs_xmobile/customer/home.tpl
===============================

Code:

<html xmlns="{if $smarty.server.HTTPS eq "on"}
https{else}http{/if}://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"{*{if $active_modules.Socialize}*} xmlns:g="{if $smarty.server.HTTPS eq "on"}
https{else}http{/if}://base.google.com/ns/1.0" xmlns:og="{if $smarty.server.HTTPS eq "on"}
https{else}http{/if}://ogp.me/ns#" xmlns:fb="{if $smarty.server.HTTPS eq "on"}
https{else}http{/if}://ogp.me/ns/fb#"{*{/if}*} xmlns:fb="http://ogp.me/ns/fb#">

And there is no need to "if" the $active_modules.Socialize - especially if we are using addthis. Correct? SO I commented it out.

Did you guys use this code or are you approaching https differently?

5. Advanced Customer Reviews.
What did you do to integrate if you have GoldPlus? GoldPlus customers do not have the module installer in our file area... so to integrate ACR, we have to know which templates in the skin it needs to edit. Anyone been there/done that?

6. Altered Cart OnSale - [Works]
7. Altered Cart Checkout_One - [SOLVED - see below]
8. WCM RememberMe - [Works]

Rex, I was kinda reluctant to go with xMB reading your posts, but then I asked Bill Brewer what you did here -- and he said you (or your consultant) briefly contacted him, then never followed up, so Bill assumed you resolved it? Can you share what you had to do to make these modules work? Assuming you are also using x-payments?

9. WCM CDSEO - shouldn't require any template edits. Should just work, yes? - [YES]

If ANYONE has experience with this shopping list of issues, I'd sure appreciate you sharing here... or in private.

I am looking forward to resolving the issues and getting this template live.

Thanks for sharing.

Jeremy

carpeperdiem · #53 07-14-2013, 08:29 AM

10. Detailed Product Descriptions

What do you guys do if your detailed product descriptions are highly formatted for a desktop template?

i.e. two-columns, using divs with floats, negative margin, etc... ?

Is there a way to "blow out" the div formatting for the product descriptions and make it a bit more generic ONLY for the mobile template?

But I do need to account for images in the detailed product description -- they need to be resized to screen width, yes?

What's the solution?
The first person to tell me to use a responsive template will get slapped.

carpeperdiem · #54 07-14-2013, 09:33 AM

11. CloudSearch - [SOLVED - see below]

Hmm... not pretty... it returns results, but without any formatting or css.
Has anyone integrated CloudSearch with xMobile?

It looks like TXS has built an amazing product - but just about all of the GoldPlus features and bundled modules since 4.5.3 have not been integrated. Yet. And CloudSearch is not only for GoldPlus.

Is it reasonable to expect this to work out of the box with X-Cart's default modules (except as noted)?

Hopefully, these integrations are all minor includes.

Will Hayes · #55 07-14-2013, 10:57 PM

Hi Jeremy,

You have this same ticket opened in our support Helpdesk - we will respond in detail to you there.
When we are done, you can update this thread on the forum.

regards
W.

carpeperdiem · #56 07-15-2013, 03:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Will Hayes

You have this same ticket opened in our support Helpdesk

Hi Will,
Although your support helpdesk is superb, I was also hoping to also hear from the community for some of the real-world "this is how I solved this" issues.

I see a few replies to the tickets now!

Thanks,

J

carpeperdiem · #57 07-15-2013, 03:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by carpeperdiem

3. Why is top logo only 245px wide ?
xMobile Logo - recommended dimensions 245px X 60px

>> This is just a recommendation

Got it.
On my iPhone 5, there is substantial whitespace on the sides.
I will need to find a suite of mobile devices to test on!

Thx
J

carpeperdiem · #58 07-15-2013, 04:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by carpeperdiem

2. X-Cart Banner System (bundled with GoldPlus)

is not compatible with xMobile
unfortunately this was not disclosed prior to purchase.
fortunately, xBanners is supposed to work, so I will purchase it now.

carpeperdiem · #59 07-15-2013, 04:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by carpeperdiem

1. javascript option validation does not work??? !!!

OK -- this is very simple.
xMobile works with javascript option validation, if you use the EXACT js as published by xcart.

BUT -- if you call any other js function in the validation js, we must deal with it.

I elected to use the xcart function, 'xAlert' - which is in the common.js library (as opposed to default function 'alert') for the validation to make the alerts look like my skin, and not default grey.

This does not work in xMobile.

Working on a solution - will share when I have it.

carpeperdiem · #60 07-15-2013, 07:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by carpeperdiem

OK -- this is very simple.
xMobile works with javascript option validation, if you use the EXACT js as published by xcart.

BUT -- if you call any other js function in the validation js, we must deal with it.

I elected to use the xcart function, 'xAlert' - which is in the common.js library (as opposed to default function 'alert') for the validation to make the alerts look like my skin, and not default grey.

This does not work in xMobile.

Working on a solution - will share when I have it.

Unfortunately, my solution is to revert to generic alert messages.

http://forum.x-cart.com/showthread.php?t=67353

BUT - xMobile is working PERFECTLY, right out of the box. I don't fault xMobile for this issue -- this was my own crazy idea (to make the alert dialogs prettier) and I will need to find another way for the desktop template.

I am LOVING xMobile.

Will, thanks for the great support on all of my issues -- only a few more left to go!