conflicting mods and missing sidebar

Discussion in 'TemplateCodes' started by smkorby, Aug 2, 2010.

  1. smkorby Customer

    Sigma - Silver template.

    I had some conflicting modules, so I shut them off one by one until I found it. In the process, my sidebar along with most of the page went missing. Turning the mods on one by one (even the conflicting mod - Template Zones) brings back everything EXCEPT the sidebar. I even replaced the layout.tpl with an unaltered copy in case that was it.

    What happened to my nav sidebar? How do I get it back?
  2. seymourjames All Hands On Deck

    It is difficult to know what you mean by conflicting mods. Conflicting with what? You need to describe your problem in detail. What are you trying to do? A link to your site would help too.

    Within the TemplateCodes system there are no conflicting modules and rarely are there any conflicts with other 3rd party modules. Certainly not with modules like youtube, google maps, ratings, or postcodes. The TemplateZones module should not be conflicting with anything and you should not be deactivating it. It is a module supplied which allows you to use drag and drop within the admin control panel so you can move a few blocks around without neededing to modify the layout.tpl file. You cannot delete it or deactivate it as it holds the code which produces the sidebar (accordion menu and adspaces). The mini template files within this module produce the adpaces which you can customize with new content.

    If you really have a problem then drop me a line at templatecodes.com and I will take a closer look. However do reinstall your modules first according to the instructions.
  3. smkorby Customer

    With the Template Zones active, the pages displays incorrectly in Firefox. Instead of a white background, there is no background and a --> shows up below the content. When I disable Template Zones, the background appears correctly. Maybe conflict wasn't the right word for it, sorry about that. This is not present in Chrome or Safari. I have not yet checked a PC.

    Here is a screenshot from Mac Firefox 3.6.8 with Template Zones active.


    The url is titanoutletstore dot com slash classified.

    Thanks.
  4. seymourjames All Hands On Deck

    I think you modified a file incorrectly but since corrected the problem because we develop and test in all major browsers.

    I now look at your site and it is fine in Safari, FF and IE 8.

    tip: As your advert titles are quite long you may like to adjust the height in the css for the custom plugins module

    .feat_txt {
    width: 100%;
    color: #666666;
    height: 38px;
    overflow: hidden;
    text-align: center;
    font-weight: bold; font-size:11px;

    }
  5. smkorby Customer

    I reinstalled all of the mods and it works now. I'll remember that trick next time.

    Thanks!
  6. smkorby Customer

    That's where it is. Thank you! It was driving me nuts. Anything I added to the template css was getting overridden.

    How do I change the shape of the thumbnails on the home page? 100x86 would probably work.

    Sorry for all the questions. Thanks so much for your help!
  7. seymourjames All Hands On Deck

    You need to adjust the dimensions in the css style sheet for that module and the dimensions of the boxes are set at the top of the file modules/custom_plugins/plugins/function.css_listings_horizontal.php
  8. smkorby Customer

    You rock. Thanks!

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