[contribution] Simple Template System (sts)

November 18, 2004

STS Template Problem Using Table with $content inside

I am really happy to have found the STS Template SYSTEM, so first of all thanks for this GREAT contribution :thumbsup:

Inside of my different template files everything looks really nice except for that the table border color that is surrounding the $content part in the middle, doesn?t get streached..so the left and right table color/pixel isn?t working.

This is how it looks:

Below is the html code, can?t be that hard to get a boarder around the table that adjust to the content ? II haver tried for days w/o any success

Best regards tom tom (at) redbull.nu

<td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top" width="482" height="110">$dynamic_welcome</td>

</tr>

</tr>

</table>

</td>

</tr>

</table>

<tr>

<td align="left" valign="top" width="241">$dynamic_ad_index1</td>

<td align="right" valign="top" width="241">$dynamic_ad_index2</td>

</tr>

</table>

Edited November 18, 2004 by Prince Tom

November 18, 2004

Grrrrrrrr......sorry friends but the correct html code to the above message should be:

</tr>

<tr>

<tr>

</tr>

</table></td>

<td valign="top" width="466">$content</td>

<tr>

</tr>

</table></td>

</tr>

</tr>

</table>

November 19, 2004

I love the idea of customizing osCommerce to fit my site. However, when I view my completed page, I see the fieldnames, instead of the data... For instance, instead of seeing the title, I see $title. I'm sure its an easy fix, I'm just not an expert with PHP coding... I'm not even close. lol

thanks.

Melanie

[talktomeonline.com]

charmdiva · November 19, 2004

Are you sure you uploaded all the files and added the STS lines to your config file?

I love the idea of customizing osCommerce to fit my site. However, when I view my completed page, I see the fieldnames, instead of the data... For instance, instead of seeing the title, I see $title. I'm sure its an easy fix, I'm just not an expert with PHP coding... I'm not even close. lol

thanks.

Melanie

[talktomeonline.com]

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mark27uk3 · November 19, 2004

Hi,

This may have been answered before and it also may have nothing to do with the sts but which file contains the padding information that seperates the infoboxes?

Thanks

Mark :-"

agua · November 19, 2004

I could be a mile off here - but are you pointing your browser at your template page or the OSC index page?

If you are using the following url (or something similar):

talktomeonline.com/catalog/includes/sts_template.html *** ADULT ***

Then you will probably see lots of $variables there because this is your base template.

If you use the normal url to your shop home page:

talktomeonline.com/catalog/index.php *** ADULT ***

Then this will pick up your sts_template.html and use it by replacing your '$variables' with content.

If you see neither, then you must go through the install again

Hope that helps

I love the idea of customizing osCommerce to fit my site. However, when I view my completed page, I see the fieldnames, instead of the data... For instance, instead of seeing the title, I see $title. I'm sure its an easy fix, I'm just not an expert with PHP coding... I'm not even close. lol

thanks.

Melanie

[talktomeonline.com]

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November 21, 2004

Okay guys... Thanks for your replies. It was actually something really dumb.... Dreamweaver, for some reason, was not actually uploading my files once I edited them. So, once I figured that out, I just uploaded the files using my ftp program and voila!!

Now... Another question. I have my template well on its way to fitting perfectly with my site design. The only thing is that I'm changing all the font sizes, colors, and faces to match my site design, this is turning into a huge project because I don't know where to go to change them for each of the different boxes. I was able to figure out the $content section, but the rest have me boggled. Anyone have any ideas? I'm just using the default boxes that came with the sts_template.html page, nothing more, so I just need those.

Thanks.

Melanie

WARNING: [www.talktomeonline.com] is an ADULT site, so if you're offending by ADULT orientated material, please don't click...

[talktomeonline.com]

I could be a mile off here - but are you pointing your browser at your template page or the OSC index page?

If you are using the following url (or something similar):

talktomeonline.com/catalog/includes/sts_template.html *** ADULT ***

Then you will probably see lots of $variables there because this is your base template.

If you use the normal url to your shop home page:

talktomeonline.com/catalog/index.php *** ADULT ***

Then this will pick up your sts_template.html and use it by replacing your '$variables' with content.

If you see neither, then you must go through the install again

Hope that helps

QUOTE(melaniegosselin @ Nov 19 2004, 04:33 PM)

I love the idea of customizing osCommerce to fit my site. However, when I view my completed page, I see the fieldnames, instead of the data... For instance, instead of seeing the title, I see $title. I'm sure its an easy fix, I'm just not an expert with PHP coding... I'm not even close. lol

thanks.

Melanie

[talktomeonline.com]

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mark27uk3 Posted Yesterday, 08:21 AM

Hi,

This may have been answered before and it also may have nothing to do with the sts but which file contains the padding information that seperates the infoboxes?

Thanks

Mark whistling.gif

charmdiva Posted Yesterday, 01:42 AM

Are you sure you uploaded all the files and added the STS lines to your config file?

QUOTE(melaniegosselin @ Nov 19 2004, 05:33 AM)

I love the idea of customizing osCommerce to fit my site. However, when I view my completed page, I see the fieldnames, instead of the data... For instance, instead of seeing the title, I see $title. I'm sure its an easy fix, I'm just not an expert with PHP coding... I'm not even close. lol

thanks.

Melanie

[talktomeonline.com]

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melaniegosselin Posted Yesterday, 01:33 AM

I love the idea of customizing osCommerce to fit my site. However, when I view my completed page, I see the fieldnames, instead of the data... For instance, instead of seeing the title, I see $title. I'm sure its an easy fix, I'm just not an expert with PHP coding... I'm not even close. lol

thanks.

Melanie

[talktomeonline.com]

charmdiva · November 21, 2004

This knowledge base article helped me a lot:

http://www.oscommerce.info/kb/osCommerce/C...n_and_Layout/54

Okay guys... Thanks for your replies. It was actually something really dumb.... Dreamweaver, for some reason, was not actually uploading my files once I edited them. So, once I figured that out, I just uploaded the files using my ftp program and voila!!

Now... Another question. I have my template well on its way to fitting perfectly with my site design. The only thing is that I'm changing all the font sizes, colors, and faces to match my site design, this is turning into a huge project because I don't know where to go to change them for each of the different boxes. I was able to figure out the $content section, but the rest have me boggled. Anyone have any ideas? I'm just using the default boxes that came with the sts_template.html page, nothing more, so I just need those.

Thanks.

Melanie

WARNING: [www.talktomeonline.com] is an ADULT site, so if you're offending by ADULT orientated material, please don't click...

[talktomeonline.com]

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November 21, 2004

Thanks CharmDiva! I appreciate the link!

Melanie

This knowledge base article helped me a lot:

http://www.oscommerce.info/kb/osCommerce/C...n_and_Layout/54

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emanon · November 21, 2004

Anyone who can help me, just installed Simple Template System (STS) v2.01

But now Im trying to install Specials on Default 2.0

But I cant seem to find out where I shall include the code, have installed it in Index.php but that isnt used by this cool template system.

Anyone who can help me out and tell me how and where to add the code so that I can show more on the mainpage

Thanks in advance

emanon · November 21, 2004

Anyone who can help me, just installed Simple Template System (STS) v2.01

But now Im trying to install Specials on Default 2.0

But I cant seem to find out where I shall include the code, have installed it in Index.php but that isnt used by this cool template system.

Anyone who can help me out and tell me how and where to add the code so that I can show more on the mainpage

Thanks in advance

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Ok fixed it, but now I have another problem. Im trying to setup a special offer on the mainpage, but would like it to be above the latest products. But if I put the code before $content it shows up before the text on the mainpage and it should be between the text and latest products

anyone who has any idears to fix this ??

gozo · November 21, 2004

Hi all. Great contribution. :thumbsup:

I'd like to hack this just slightly so that if index.php uses a special template (index.php.html), but if index.php/cPath/21, for example, or any other category page is called that it uses the default template. Does that make sense?

Can I mod this code to do that?

// Start with the default template
$sts_template_file = STS_DEFAULT_TEMPLATE;

// See if there is a custom template file for the currently running script
$sts_check_file = STS_TEMPLATE_DIR . $scriptbasename . ".html";
if (file_exists($sts_check_file)) {
 // Use it
 $sts_template_file = $sts_check_file;
} 

// Are we in the index.php script?  If so, what is our Category Path (cPath)?
if ($scriptbasename == "index.php") {
 // If no cPath defined, default to 0 (the home page)
 if ($cPath == "") {
$sts_cpath = 0; 
 } else {
       $sts_cpath = $cPath;
 }

 // Look for category-specific template file like "index.php_1_17.html"
 $sts_check_file = STS_TEMPLATE_DIR . "index.php_$sts_cpath.html";

 if (file_exists($sts_check_file)) {
   // Use it
   $sts_template_file = $sts_check_file;
 } 

}

If anyone can help I'd be grateful. Thanks.

gozo · November 22, 2004

Hi all. Great contribution. :thumbsup:

I'd like to hack this just slightly so that if index.php uses a special template (index.php.html), but if index.php/cPath/21, for example, or any other category page is called that it uses the default template. Does that make sense?

Can I mod this code to do that?
// Start with the default template
$sts_template_file = STS_DEFAULT_TEMPLATE;

// See if there is a custom template file for the currently running script
$sts_check_file = STS_TEMPLATE_DIR . $scriptbasename . ".html";
if (file_exists($sts_check_file)) {
 // Use it
 $sts_template_file = $sts_check_file;
} 

// Are we in the index.php script?  If so, what is our Category Path (cPath)?
if ($scriptbasename == "index.php") {
 // If no cPath defined, default to 0 (the home page)
 if ($cPath == "") {
$sts_cpath = 0; 
 } else {
       $sts_cpath = $cPath;
 }

 // Look for category-specific template file like "index.php_1_17.html"
 $sts_check_file = STS_TEMPLATE_DIR . "index.php_$sts_cpath.html";

 if (file_exists($sts_check_file)) {
   // Use it
   $sts_template_file = $sts_check_file;
 } 

}
If anyone can help I'd be grateful. Thanks.

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Here's what I did (in case anyone is interested). I can't promise that it's eloquent, but it seems to do the trick.

  if ($sts_cpath != "") {
$sts_template_file = STS_DEFAULT_TEMPLATE;
 } else {
$sts_template_file = STS_TEMPLATE_DIR . "index.php.html";

}

PartyMania · November 23, 2004

Reply if you want to help a stupid newbie.

Sorry for asking such a dumb question, but any help would be apprediatedas I'm a total PHP/CSS newbie. I 'THINK' I've installed this correctly as the appearance of my site changed once I did (www.partymaniaonline.com). Now how do I go about modifying the background colors of boxes? I'm sure this is REALLY basic, but I'm not sure what exactly to change.

Thanks for any help!

mark27uk3 · November 23, 2004

Hi Guys,

Which thumbnail contrib would you recommend to use with sts, I have tried the 'Auto Thumbnailer with GD Support' and the 'Thumbnails & Watermarks On The Fly' contribs and neither of them seem to work with sts.

I would prefer to use the 'Auto Thumbnailer with GD Support' if I can as I have used this contrib before.

Any advice from the people who have been there and done that would be appreciated.

Thanks

Mark :thumbsup:

charmdiva · November 23, 2004

Open styles.css and then take a look at this knowledge base article:

http://www.oscommerce.info/kb/osCommerce/C...n_and_Layout/54

It should help you figure out what styles you need to change.

Reply if you want to help a stupid newbie.

Sorry for asking such a dumb question, but any help would be apprediatedas I'm a total PHP/CSS newbie. I 'THINK' I've installed this correctly as the appearance of my site changed once I did (www.partymaniaonline.com). Now how do I go about modifying the background colors of boxes? I'm sure this is REALLY basic, but I'm not sure what exactly to change.

Thanks for any help!

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MLu · November 23, 2004

Have just installed STS and works it great except that the main part of the shop ($content) is blank. Anyone who could tell what could have caused this?

Also the Center Shop doesn't work. Can the lacking $content somehow be due to the installation of Centershop?

Cheers / Mogens

mark27uk3 · November 23, 2004

You dont need to use any contribution that centers the shop, all you need to do is center all the tables in the sts_template.html file in your preffered html editor!

Mark

November 23, 2004

Hi Guys,

Which thumbnail contrib would you recommend to use with sts, I have tried the 'Auto Thumbnailer with GD Support' and the 'Thumbnails & Watermarks On The Fly' contribs and neither of them seem to work with sts.

I would prefer to use the 'Auto Thumbnailer with GD Support' if I can as I have used this contrib before.

Any advice from the people who have been there and done that would be appreciated.

Thanks

Mark :thumbsup:

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I have used the on the fly contrib, check with your host which GD version they use (i think you can check it via admin-->tools-->server) Not all hosts have it installed.

Make sure you download the 1.5 of the original creator Nate Welch.

When I did it, it didnt work either, but found out via my host I had a parse error somewhere. Make sure you can check errors as sometimes (as on my host) it doesn't show untill they check their error reporting.

Let me know if you have any particulair problems.

Giovanna

MLu · November 23, 2004

Thanks Mark. I have now removed the Certershop contribution, but still the main part of the shop $content i completely blank. And so am I!

pnyc · November 24, 2004

Any way to add the "back" button functionality to product_info.php.html? Is possible to add custom elements to product_info.php.html in a similar way as with sts_template.html?

MLu · November 24, 2004

Please someone help with this: I wrote earlier that the $content part was empty. I have then deleted all files from my test area, re-installed oscommerce, copied files from another of my working shops, and restored the database. Same story: Empty main area! :(

Any ideas as I cannot see what to do next (I have of course tested that the shop worked before adding the STS contribution).

Mogens

charmdiva · November 24, 2004

I would start with the most obvious possibilities. When you put the $content variable within your template, did you spell it correctly? Is your template in the includes directory?

Please someone help with this: I wrote earlier that the $content part was empty. I have then deleted all files from my test area, re-installed oscommerce, copied files from another of my working shops, and restored the database. Same story: Empty main area! :(
Any ideas as I cannot see what to do next (I have of course tested that the shop worked before adding the STS contribution).

Mogens

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MLu · November 24, 2004

Debbie : Yes, it is spelled correct as "$content". In fact I have not modified anything yet, so everything (except the changes in configure.php) have been taken straigth from the contribution and placed under /includes.

When selecting a category or an information item, I can see the top line change to for example "Top ? Catalog ? Terms of trade" from "Top ? Catalog" but unfortunately nothing displayed visible in the main area. Could this indicate that this is a display issue (something that makes this variable invisible)?

Thanks for your help :D

illadelph · November 24, 2004

Am having the same problem all other variables show up except for the $content any help would be appreciated....

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