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[KCAutosound]

Originally Posted by JacksmithxD

I've just went live, and mine seems fine. Hmm might be worth uploading the original .css files if you haven't touched them, same with the grid.css ones.

frustrating. I've replaced the CSS files with the originals, removed my live chat script and still hasn't changed anything. I have noticed that it's not pulling my Tweets in the window and in the header one of the drop menus is messed up so maybe a script issue. My test site is showing fine too so I'm going to have to go through the installation steps and see what I have missed or misplaced.

[JacksmithxD]

Originally Posted by KCAutosound

frustrating. I've replaced the CSS files with the originals, removed my live chat script and still hasn't changed anything. I have noticed that it's not pulling my Tweets in the window and in the header one of the drop menus is messed up so maybe a script issue. My test site is showing fine too so I'm going to have to go through the installation steps and see what I have missed or misplaced.

Have you replaced ALL .css files? as they're some in different folders. Since the issue seems to be mainly with IE, you could source the IE.css and swap it with the original, also the menus look like they might have something to do with the grid setup, replace those too. I'll see if I can be more specific when I get some spare time.

[KCAutosound]

Originally Posted by JacksmithxD

Have you replaced ALL .css files? as they're some in different folders. Since the issue seems to be mainly with IE, you could source the IE.css and swap it with the original, also the menus look like they might have something to do with the grid setup, replace those too. I'll see if I can be more specific when I get some spare time.

Replaced both the CSS files in the Adapt folder and the ones in the common_files folder and same results. I have noticed that the news ticker doesn't work either or the rounded corners on the mega menu don't show either.

[JacksmithxD]

Would double check your install then, might of missed a step, happens quite easily!

[Pitak]

Phil, I don't see the "Wish List" and "Gift Registry" links in the my account box.
Is this intentional? How do I add them in?

[zgrumendo]

Hi... I'd like to put some static pages on the menu bar in addition to the Mega menu (which rocks!) how do I go about doing that?

Also, I have noticed that both the ink site and the car site are slow... is this due to the adapt template, or your servers... as I have noticed that my adapt template in development also appears to be slower than my existing template... not sure what that may be caused by...

Thanks!

PS... I had seen a couple of sites that had white backgrounds that Phil had posted in the past but I can't seem to find them... would like to see other sites that are based on this template... if possible.

[PhilJ]

Phil, I don't see the "Wish List" and "Gift Registry" links in the my account box.
Is this intentional? How do I add them in?

The Gift Registry link (giftregs.php) actually appears in the 'Special' side menu box.

To add Wishlist links, modify...

skin/adapt/customer/authbox.tpl
skin/adapt/addons/menus/header_dropdown.tpl

After...

    <li><a href="orders.php">{$lng.lbl_orders}</a></li>

Insert...

    {if $active_modules.Wishlist ne ""}
    <li><a href="cart.php?mode=wishlist">{$lng.lbl_wish_list}</a></li>
    {/if}

Hi... I'd like to put some static pages on the menu bar in addition to the Mega menu (which rocks!) how do I go about doing that?

skin/adapt/addons/menus/header_mega_dropdown.tpl

Before the last...

</ul>

Insert...

<li><a href="#">Information <i class="icon-chevron-down"></i></a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#link1"><i class="icon-chevron-right"></i> Page 1</a></li>
<li><a href="#link2"><i class="icon-chevron-right"></i> Page 2</a></li>
<li><a href="#link3"><i class="icon-chevron-right"></i> Page 3</a></li>
</ul>
</li>

Or if you want dynamic static page links...

<li><a href="#">Information <i class="icon-chevron-down"></i></a>
    <ul>
    {foreach from=$pages_menu item=p name=page}
    {if $p.show_in_menu eq 'Y'}
    <li><a href="pages.php?pageid={$p.pageid}"><i class="icon-chevron-right"></i> {$p.title|amp}</a></li>
    {/if}
    {/foreach}
</ul>
</li>

Also, I have noticed that both the ink site and the car site are slow... is this due to the adapt template, or your servers...

Your site can be as fast as you want it to be, it depends how prepared you are to optimise things.

Jack at the ink site has got his pages down to a insanely fast speed by adding Max CDN, optimising images, disabling unnecessary modules etc. etc.

Plus he's with a reputable x-cart hosting company, ie. not a budget shared host.

With any X-Cart store, it's best to keep things as simple as possible.

There's many tools to test your site as you optimise, one of which is Pingdom (yes I'm well aware of the performance of the demo).

[totaltec]

Well hosting aside here is a comparison between Ideal_Comfort and Adapt

Ideal Comfort (stock X-cart 4.5.2 with just a few extras taken from http://trainingpen.com/manufacturers_carousel/) :
Total HTTP Requests: 217 Total Size: 1245430 bytes

Adapt (taken from http://demos.xcartmods.co.uk/adapt/):
Total HTTP Requests:228 Total Size:2760716 bytes

Now admittedly this is not just the difference in skin. The site would need to be identical in every other way to achieve a true comparison. Images play a large role, and the adapt template has the slider on the home page.

But initially it appears to me that adapt is not very "lite". It is a robust template with lots of extra features, so you can expect it to weigh a little more. For me the extra weight is pretty bad, I usually try to optimize X-cart to come in at around 120-130 requests and about 360-450kb after compression. (BTW neither of these sites are using compression)

[PhilJ]

It's a feature-rich template, the demo has all features enabled... just how many of those features you wish to use is entirely up to you.

Much of the load comes from images, of which there are many on the homepage.

As mentioned, Jack managed to get his homepage to ~20 requests / under 350k (!), simply by adding Max CDN and disabling some features.

Every store owner should take steps to optimise their site wherever possible. Here's an insightful video I found.

[JacksmithxD]

Originally Posted by PhilJ

It's a feature-rich template, the demo has all features enabled... just how many of those features you wish to use is entirely up to you.

Much of the load comes from images, of which there are many on the homepage.

As mentioned, Jack managed to get his homepage to ~20 requests / under 350k (!), simply by adding Max CDN and disabling some features.

Every store owner should take steps to optimise their site wherever possible. Here's an insightful video I found.

As Phil says, I've done quite well with the speed of my site! Setting MaxCDN up was probably the best thing I've done, and I highly recommend it!

Heres a recent SS of my site speed: Tested from Amsterdam, Netherlands on September 15th. - Note i'm in the UK so it might even be slightly quicker if it was tested in London, I've only recently had this setup in the last 24-48 hours.

Granted my homepage hasn't got many modules enabled or an image slider running as of yet, but I've went from 8 seconds to 1.6-2 secs on average. It's very impressive what you can do if you don't bloat your site with rubbish. Phils demo has every feature and module enabled, so it will indeed be bloated, he is also with 1&1 (not saying it's a bad host but personally prefer Handsonwebhosting/EWD as they know x-cart very well)

As long as my site loads under 3-4 seconds I'm happy. I also tested my site with a module that shows Detailed images when you hover over a product image and the site pages were around 1.2MB and even then I could get that to load in around 2 seconds.

I'm sure I could do a lot more too, but I'm happy with the speed, it's awesome!