I have now purchased the green-business template for the hosted version of 68 Classifieds. According to the instructions, I now must upload the template folder to the website using a FTP client. But before I do that, I would like to change the logo and replace the three photos at the top. Can I do that by simply replacing the three photos in the Images folder? How can I replace the three photos at the top without removing the green and white border? I do not have PhotoShop software. Can you recommend a good FTP client? I tried using the “Add Network Place Wizard” in Windows XP, but it fails to make the connection to the FTP site. Finally, what do I do after uploading the green-business template file? Will it be available as an alternative option to the default templates through the admin function? Thanks for your help! RobG
Rob- There's a free image editing program called 'GIMP' - It takes a little getting used to but it's a pretty powerful program. For windows, filezilla is a good ftp program. It's free too! Once you get the template looking the way you want, just upload the entire folder to your templates folder on the server. The script will include the choice in your main settings page in admin. Thanks-
Blair, Thanks for recommending the Gimp and FileZilla programs, which worked well. After uploading my changes, I still have some problems: At 68 Classifieds Administration, Templates, Page Content, Home Page….I entered changes in the text at this location but it was not reflected on my Home Page. In fact, there were no changes at all in the text. What is the problem? “Latest News”…How do I access this to make changes? I could not find any access through the Admin function. “About”…This page is not visible in the navigation nor at the bottom of the page. Thanks again for your help. RobG
Hi Rob, The Home page in Admin isn't actually used with your particular template, I believe it only works with the default. To change the text on your home page simply open the home.tpl.php file located within your Green Business template folder. Open this file using your html editor and change the text as needed. The text within Lastest News can be found and changed in layout.tpl.php also located within your Green Business template folder. As for About Us, this currently isn’t on your template so using the page content function within your admin won’t work, yet. With an About Us page created within your Admin locate the ID number that’s displayed to the left of the text “About Us” and make a note of it. Open the layout.tpl.php file, ad About Us any where you would like it displayed and link the About Us text to pages.php?page=X (change X to the ID number). Hope this helps Rob.
Hi Tom, Thanks for your response. I was able to change the permissions such that I could make the changes I wanted through the Template Editor. I decided to hold off on the About Us page for now. But it seems that every time I solve an issue another one pops up. Here are several more: • Under the “Latest News” section how do I activate and link the “read more” button to another page or site? Also can I add additional items beyond the three that are listed? • The link to “Privacy Policy” and “Terms of Use” at the bottom of the screen is not active. Also how can I modify these two? There is a “Terms & Conditions” listed under the Modify Content Pages section of Admin, but since the link is not active I cannot tell whether changes are reflected on the web page. • The “FAQ” button on the navigation bar at the top does not seem to be active. Changes that I make to this page in the FAQ listed under the Modify Content Pages section of Admin are not reflected on this page. How do I activate and make changes to this page? • Also the “Links” button on the navigation bar at the top does not seem to be active. How do I activate and make changes to this page? Just a reminder, I am using the Green Business template for the hosted version of 68 Classifieds. Thanks again for your help. Rob
Can you post a link? I don't have that template and I really am not sure where to begin explaining what needs to be changed without seeing something to base it on. If you don't want to post it here, send me a pm and I will try to sort you out.
• Under the “Latest News” section how do I activate and link the “read more” button to another page or site? Also can I add additional items beyond the three that are listed? - This is going to take some custom coding. You would need to create the pages in administration. Then, you will need to create a database query to pull the first few lines out of the pages table. Then create link to the page where the full article is located. • The link to “Privacy Policy” and “Terms of Use” at the bottom of the screen is not active. Also how can I modify these two? There is a “Terms & Conditions” listed under the Modify Content Pages section of Admin, but since the link is not active I cannot tell whether changes are reflected on the web page. - Open your layout.tpl.php file in the templates directory. - Locate "Privacy Policy" at the bottom of the file - create the following link: PHP: <a href="{$smarty.const.URLS}/page.php?page=2">Privacy Policy</a> • The “FAQ” button on the navigation bar at the top does not seem to be active. Changes that I make to this page in the FAQ listed under the Modify Content Pages section of Admin are not reflected on this page. How do I activate and make changes to this page? - Use the same method as described for the Privacy policy link • Also the “Links” button on the navigation bar at the top does not seem to be active. How do I activate and make changes to this page? - - Use the same method as described for the Privacy policy link Hope this helps.
Hi Blair, I inserted the PHP Code that you suggested in the layout.tpl.php file in the templates directory. But this does not work—now when I click on each link for “FAQ”, “Links”, “Privacy Policy” and “Terms of Use” a page comes up with and error message: “Not Found, The requested document was not found on this server”. Also I do not have the expertise to do the custom coding you suggested for the “Latest News” section. Quite frankly this is becoming very frustrating. I assumed that when I purchased the Green Business template it would function just like the other templates, allowing me to make changes to each section through the Admin function. Since this is not the case, for now I would simply like to revert to using one of the standard templates already loaded on the software. Therefore, can I please receive a refund for the Green Business template since it is not working out the way I expected? Thanks, Rob
Hi Rob, If you're still interested in muckin around with this template try inputting the following: <a href="pages.php?page=6"> Where I have the number the 6 you would change it to the ID number corresponding to the page you set up within your admin. As far as your Latest News, a simpilar way than what Blair described would be to simply copy a portion of text from one of your "Page Content" pages and insert it into the Latest News column within home.tpl.php. Then insert the following Read More link to whatever page you copied the text from. <a href="pages.php?page=6">Read More</a> In doing it this way you will have to update the text in this section from time to time manually but it avoids the need for any real coding.
Tom, Thanks very much for your suggestions, which worked beautifully. Now all aspects of my site are working properly. I really appreciate your help. Thanks again, Rob
