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[PhilJ]

ok, to all, use Firefox to debug with the Firebug addon...

www.getfirebug.com - It will help you out enormously.

candc, firstly regarding the slider...

Open skin/ability/custom/welcome/promotions/image_slider/css/flexslider.css

Adjust

.flex-caption { ...

width: 97%;

^ adjust this width to suit

[PhilJ]

David-Allen, the sliding menu works well when each category has at least one sub-category, but I'll see if I can change that...

There might be a chrome bug when using the show/hide all links, I'll try and fix that, but in the meantime, just disable the show/hide menu option in the Ability settings.

[David-Allan]

Originally Posted by PhilJ

David-Allen, the sliding menu works well when each category has at least one sub-category, but I'll see if I can change that...

There might be a chrome bug when using the show/hide all links, I'll try and fix that, but in the meantime, just disable the show/hide menu option in the Ability settings.

Thanks Phil, if its too much to do don't worry about it i'll just use one of the other options.

I have so much to do on this site to be honest, the last person that administered the site made so many changes to the site such as removing the need for the short description so I need to add in a short description for every product and also sort out the look of the descriptions as they look terrible.

Looks like this may take a little longer than I first thought but it will be well worth it in the end.

[PhilJ]

candc, IMHO I wouldn't use a fixed 3 column width, it looks too crammed in, try a different layout.

Or extend the fixed width.

[candc]

Originally Posted by PhilJ

candc, IMHO I wouldn't use a fixed 3 column width, it looks too crammed in, try a different layout

Yes it is a little crammed, but the 3 column fluid just looks odd.

I am not sure why, maybe it is the width of the sidebars, fixed width was an option we wanted to look at. we have a play with the other layout options.

[PhilJ]

This is a CSS template, anything is adjustable.

The template uses the easy 960.gs grid system (fluid) with a 16 column base

If you want a fixed 3 column layout and you want to widen the left/right columns a little...

ability/skin/ability/customer/home_3_cols.tpl

Change...

<div class="grid_3 alpha">
{include file="customer/left_bar.tpl"}
</div>

<div class="grid_10">
<div id="center-main">
{include file="customer/content.tpl"}
</div>
</div>

<div class="grid_3 omega">
{include file="customer/right_bar.tpl"}
</div>

<div class="clearing"></div>

To...

<div class="grid_4 alpha">
{include file="customer/left_bar.tpl"}
</div>

<div class="grid_8">
<div id="center-main">
{include file="customer/content.tpl"}
</div>
</div>

<div class="grid_4 omega">
{include file="customer/right_bar.tpl"}
</div>

<div class="clearing"></div>

[flyclothing]

The Affiliate page doesnt match the template. I'll also addressed this in the Smart Template but it was never fixed.

[David-Allan]

hay Phil,

The only real issue I am having now is that all my thumbnails are too small to go with the theme. I went in to a couple of products and hit generate thumbnail and it changed it to the size to match your theme. Is there any way of doing this automatically for all products as I really don't want to do this with over 1000 products?

[David-Allan]

bump

[PhilJ]

David, you should be able to adjust the thumbnail sizes in general settings > appearance, then regenerate the thumbnail cache.

If you want to hard-code thumbnail sizes, while not advisable, you can do it like this...

skin/ability/customer/main/products_switchers.tpl (assuming you're using the grid/row switchers)

{include file="product_thumbnail.tpl" productid=$product.productid image_x=$product.tmbn_x image_y=$product.tmbn_y product=$product.product tmbn_url=$product.tmbn_url}

To...

{include file="product_thumbnail.tpl" productid=$product.productid image_x=150 image_y=150 product=$product.product tmbn_url=$product.tmbn_url}