X-Cart X-Mas Lights

cotc2001 · #21 11-03-2005, 01:11 PM

On a side note....
Did you know that the Film "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens was shot entirely in my town and we still have the grave of Ebeneezer Scrooge in the church graveyard as the props people thought it would be funny to leave it where it was.
http://www.search.secretshropshire.org.uk/engine/theme/default.asp?theme=1972&text=0
Pix here (and even though they have fake snow, our town really does look like this)

that reminds me also of my wifes response to someone who was pretending to be well read.

the person said to my wife "Do you like Dickens"
to which my wife naughtily responded " I don't know i've never been to one"[/url]

TelaFirma · #22 11-03-2005, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by cotc2001

the person said to my wife "Do you like Dickens"
to which my wife naughtily responded " I don't know i've never been to one"

LOL That reminds me of that old fake radio ad for Dickens Cider...

*NOTE: Gonna be a bad boy and post the URL...

Dickens Cider

cotc2001 · #23 11-03-2005, 03:05 PM

And then when somebody asked her if she remembered Muffin the Mule , she goes and says "thats illegal isn't it"....... There is no stopping her

geniusmonk · #24 11-07-2005, 01:12 AM

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Originally Posted by cotc2001

On a side note....
Did you know that the Film "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens was shot entirely in my town and we still have the grave of Ebeneezer Scrooge in the church graveyard as the props people thought it would be funny to leave it where it was.
http://www.search.secretshropshire.org.uk/engine/theme/default.asp?theme=1972&text=0
Pix here (and even though they have fake snow, our town really does look like this)
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I live in Shropshire and never knew that, im trying to delay Christmas spirit until december but the wifes gets all excited.

Online Michael · #25 11-07-2005, 05:25 AM

Wow Boomer, this is great! What a difference it makes to my store!

Very Christmas like and easy to install too! Thank you very much!

However, I now get that message "This page contains secure and nonsecure items" message whenever anyone tries to register or go to the checkout. Is there anything that can be done to fix this?

I noticed in the code that there are a couple of "http://" links which I gather is causing the problem.

Online Michael · #26 11-07-2005, 06:50 AM

I'm also wondering how I can exclude the lights from appearing if the browser happens to be FF. The reason I ask is because the lights look terrible in FireFox even with tinkering here and there. No matter what I do, the lights don't stretch all the way (even when the width is set to 1920px) and the background is always white regardless of the colour I choose. So it seems easier to just exclude the Christmas lights code from FF browsers and be done with it. Btw, the lights look awesome in IE.

So, is it possible to switch on/off the lights depending on the browser used? I'm just guessing, but something like this perhaps....

{if $browser="Internet Explorer"}
Christmas lights code here
{else}
{/if}

B00MER · #27 11-07-2005, 06:57 AM

Yes, you'll need to remove the codebase http:// and make it https:// as well as activeX will try and connect to the codebase via http:// causing the same error as well.

Personally I'd disable the lights at checkout, no need to confuse customers more

donavichi · #28 11-07-2005, 07:06 AM

works fine in FF here

longhorn180 · #29 11-07-2005, 07:26 AM

Thanks Boomer, works great.

Online Michael · #30 11-07-2005, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by donavichi

works fine in FF here

I just checked your web site using FF, and it shows up exactly the same way as mine did - BADLY (white background, gaps on either side).

The only explaination I can come up with regarding how we see the lights so differently may have something to do with the version of FireFox we are using. I'm using 1.0.7. Other than that, it's got me stumped!