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    mafiouso got a reaction from freakystreakefc in Custom templates   
    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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    mafiouso reacted to grumplestiltskin in Custom templates   
    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.
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    mafiouso got a reaction from freakystreakefc in Custom templates   
    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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    mafiouso reacted to arpo in Demo backend design improvements   
    its a good idea, the menu takes up alot of screen space. i wouldn't say change it. i would suggest to add the options to resize or edit it for personal preference. that way you can please 99% of end users 
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    mafiouso got a reaction from patrocine in Custom templates   
    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.

    (no disrespect intended, just feedback)
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    mafiouso reacted to osCommerce-Official in Multiple Design Templates and built in Designer   
    @Ivan Holbi could you explain how to create complex menus? 
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    mafiouso reacted to osCommerce-Official in Custom templates   
    @Ivan Holbi please consider if you can upload a video of how a theme is created
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    mafiouso reacted to freakystreakefc in Custom templates   
    Maybe a set of YouTube tutorials would be ideal? Creating a theme from scratch and possibly a cover of the features within and how to use them. I'm sorry but the Wiki is not great, both hard to understand and in some cases using a different backend than that shown in the screenshots. 
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    mafiouso got a reaction from osCommerce-Official in Custom templates   
    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.

    (no disrespect intended, just feedback)
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