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some issue i have.
if i click on "widget groups" while customising theme i get
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An internal server error occurred.
The above error occurred while the Web server was processing your request.
Please contact us if you think this is a server error. Thank you.i have been trying to add the left hierarchy of categories like the old version.
so i am understanding now this is a widget that does not exist? is the correct? only the demo widget which is a toolbar logo type does?i can add the stock categories widget to the home page, but further to this, if i go to the "product" page in the theme edit to add the "categories" widget also. it does not show up? why?
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5 hours ago, grumplestiltskin said:
I also checked the wiki on creating a theme from scratch. I am just not there yet....
I know what has happened with this project as I am guilty of it myself... The development team knows this product so well that they cannot see it with 'outside' eyes. To them everything is logical, makes sense and is easy to use. From the outside, we do not have the understanding to appreciate this and rather we see something that is hard to use, complicated, and quite honestly, annoying. You guys have created a fighter jet and we are trying to learn how to fly it. Unfortunately we have only flown an old biplane and all the gizmos and functions are beyond us. We need to work up to it in stages.
As I suggested before, it might be helpful to create an old-style look and feel template so we can at least have a starting point that is familiar. I do not like the old-style, but I do understand it. If I can see the widget that is used to generate a certain feature, then I will be in a better position to learn, edit, modify, be happy, and sleep well.
O... and how do I create and edit a plain and simple home page? At present I can't seem to create a landing page that I can edit. I can create a page that is the landing, but I can't seem to edit the text. I can edit text on other pages though. I am also unable to get the store physical address to display.
have to agree,
i could not figure out how to get the old category hierarchy showing left, now from my understanding it may need to be a widget that needs to be made first??
i was playing around with Magento for the first time for another job, and right out of the box it made sense (but i can also see what it lacks, that OSC4 has)i think the key to success here is setup and learning time, if only experienced devs. can mod stores it narrows who can afford to build a websites using it (when there are so many basic ecommerce stores around with quick diy setups)
if uses cannot mod easy, it may be more important to have more out of box themes and stuff to get going? -
my thinking is to just make a long ass youtube video guide, stating with a blank canvas and setting up a new store as a new user would. inc. a theme build and adding products.
then you can time link, or cut out sections to answer sub questions or link back in the wiki.
this will then generate new questions over missing help areas in times, and a new update video can be made addressing those at a later time.
youtube is good platform because you can go back and update, link and annotate the video
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11 hours ago, osCommerce-Official said:
Thats exactly why we have the theme designer and widgets. To make it easy to modify designs. To make it possible for non developers to do it.
Developers are welcome to build their own widgets if they like and even share them in the App Shop. But everyone can now easily modify any page using the theme designer feature.
Now, if someone wants to build a theme resembling old layout etc - they are very welcome to do it of course.
However going to the old ways of constantly modifying things in the code is counterproductive and will lead businesses to the same problem of having heavily customised sites that no one can support but the original developer.
We have seen problems like that times and times again, hence our solution with themes.
thanks for your reply,
to clarify i am not saying the old code way is better... i am saying this new method is very hard to use and understand. and i have a decent i.t background, but i am still getting stuck. i may figure things out eventually. other people wont .
for example there are multiple parts of the admin pages you need to go back and forth from to build a theme, the editor, the menus, the catalogue etc. setting owners and attributes then finding its not working on the preview.
personally i am stuck right now.
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it should be more user friendly not just just for devs. (WP simple)
after all, if a person cannot customise their store it wont be useable for them. and a large share of users will be DIY people
the old OSC was easy to tweak and the design was simple to understand after playing around for a bit, but i have spent a few days testing on this new layout and its VERY hard to understand what is going on
this is why i recommended an old OSC layout theme as a bridging example
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thanks for the reply,
just to confirm are you saying the "breadcrumb" widget is needed for the "category" widget to display correctly?
i have not had issue to getting the breadcrumb to work, but when i click though the category's they dont show the location trail like the old version did ?
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i cannot understand how to then add it into the theme or front end? as a list like layout like the old OSC
when i got it kind of working, it would only show the top and sub level but not the deeper current product cat.
the stores i work on have LOTS of CATS. and sub sub sub cats. to break down parts and products, the the simple stock themes i cant find a work around i can understand to use.
thanks
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i tried to install the "smartwatch" theme but it always fails. not sure why?
also i would be very helpful from a design and edit perspective to have a stock theme that is very close to the original ecommerce layout (so the widgets and parts are easy to understand)
why i suggest this, is to help with migration from an old store to a new one. i have found with testing, its very hard to compare and duplicate all the functions as to not start from scratch
the main issue i have right now is, categories. so for example...
home > furniture > office > sitting > chairs
home > furniture > office > sitting > chairs > folding
home > furniture > office > sitting > chairs > wheels
home > furniture > office > sitting > stools
home > furniture > office > sitting > bench
if i have a store with many many sub cats. i cannot figure out how to load the cat map/trail to show like old OSC, so the customer knows where they are or can click around on any page
and how to load the product listing while using that menu (again basically like old OSC)
the new theme seem to use a totally different map?
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to be clear, not the empty ROW, the space between ROWS
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cannot figure this one out, if anyone can help?
if i add the TEXT widget , and add a table with 5x3 cells with text inside, i cannot work our the correct way change and reduce the row spacing (the cell spacing \ cell padding )
i would like to add or remove the empty space between rows.
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https://wiki.oscommerce.com/index.php?title=Design_Technologies_and_Creating_Theme
if you find anything else please share it in this post.
i am finding it very hard to figure out (learn) how the new themes and layout works. where things are, what does what. etc. i will figure it out (but i feel others wont)
i really think its important for devs. to focus help content like how to videos on the subject, even if its a simple screen cap. of doing stuff so people can reference it.
without people being able to mod the looks of their site they wont use it.i will try share what i can learn, and leave a end user guide to help the next person if i can.
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quick question, cannot seem to find the answer
what is the correct way to edit or change the "banner" image say on watches theme
i cannot seem to find the menu to do this?
i would think in "edit widget" but there is no file info showing?thanks
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Check free space on disk and rights to admin, admin/includes and admin/includes/local folders.
thanks for the reply, i can confirm the issue was space. but i got no warning?
after checking the DIR, it unpacked some of the filesystem but not all. admin folder was missing. etc.
started over with 2 gig free and it went ok. used 1.1gig with the install zip still in the folder
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39 minutes ago, pandrei said:
Check free space on disk and rights to admin, admin/includes and admin/includes/local folders.
thanks for the reply, i can confirm the issue was space. but i got no warning?
after checking the DIR, it unpacked some of the filesystem but not all. admin folder was missing. etc.
started over with 2 gig free and it went ok. used 1.1gig with the install zip still in the folder
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during install,
Database Access
Error. Can't save admin config file.
not sure what to do?
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getting "Error. Can't save admin config file." when trying to install at the database screen? any ideas ? thanks
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thanks,
sorry i was talking about testing the backend end on my own server. and testing builds. mods and make custom themes etc.
will be out for download in a few weeks to public? or can we get a early release?
thanks
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hello, how can we get a V4 copy to do some testing. thanks
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so will those addon\fixes work?
when you say "though I do see many attempts at manual entries on my site."
how are you checking?
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are they using the page or injecting around the page?
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"new customer sign up on the store"
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have had some m.f use the sign up to spam people.
they are using the customer email to spam people with the spam in the other fields.
what's the best way to delete all the new fake customers
and how to block with captcha or something?
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could you help me with which line is doing that so i can try figure out which paypal\osc file to add it into? thanks
Custom templates
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Posted · Edited by mafiouso
anyone had any luck with a custom theme? its been quiet.
my store upgrade is pretty much dead in the water because its too hard to redesign.