Creating New Templates

Creating New Templates

Hi All (Again),

I can see that individual templates may be assigned to product pages and category pages, but how do you create these? I have copied (and renamed) the default template but it does not show up in the template selection dropdown.

All I actually want is to have individual colours for the background of each category.

How may I achieve this?

Regards

Gary

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administrator/index.php?option=com_jshopping&controller=config&task=adminfunction

Use individual template for each category and product

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Hello,

I tried in the past......without success.

What must we do?

Can I copy the css/default files under a new name? I do not think so....

A short instruction?

Thanks and greetings

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That's what I discovered:
Let's say you want a new layout to show the product view. For that you have components\com_jshopping\templates\default\product\product_default.php. All you have to do is to create a new file here, named "product_yourcustomname.php" and edit it to suit your needs ("yourcustomname" would be anything you want but you must respect the naming format "product_XXX.php").
Same for category -> you have category_default.php and you may create another category_custom.php.
Now you will be able to select it in the product/category/whatever you edit.

Regards

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Hello,

great, it works!

Could I also make a additional default.css file?

Greetings

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I never went so far. You could try. Or maybe webdesigner will clear this for us...

Regards

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@webdesigner - Actually, a custom template placed in 'root/components/com_jshopping/templates/mytemplate' should do this job, by delivering the 'root/components/com_jshopping/templates/mytemplate/category/category_default.php' file.

This seems to be in a conflict, somehow - because the settings described above will call the 'default.css' file, not the appropriate 'mytemplate.css'.

Considering that 'a custom template placed in 'root/components/com_jshopping/templates/mytemplate' should do this job' ... what can we do to choose 'one of a couple' custom template for certain categories (or products) ??

Thanks for helping out!

@Dr.Rivera - make a additional default.css file? - Not Yet!

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create

root/components/com_jshopping/templates/mytemplate/category/category_n1.php

root/components/com_jshopping/templates/mytemplate/category/category_n2.php

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@webdesigner I've tried that, but it only works if this template is used global. To be more precise: Using my own templates and css, including the ability to customize ALL files (... manufacturers.php as well), only works for the global settings.

My Scenario:
* "administrator/index.php?option=com_jshopping&controller=config&task=adminfunction" is set to "Use individual template for each category and product"
* ".../com_jshopping/css/" contains default.css AND mytmpl1.css AND mytmpl2.css
* ".../com_jshopping/templates/mytmpl1/category/ contains category_mytmpl1.php AND category_default.php
* ".../com_jshopping/templates/mytmpl2/category/ contains category_mytmpl2.php AND category_default.php
* ".../com_jshopping/templates/default/category/ contains ONLY category_default.php

Globally set the template to "default", now I can't choose my custom template in Categories settings (controller=categories&task=edit&category_id) - only "default" is present.

The only way to do this, is the way @Onofrei described above - but then only "category_mytmpl1.php" is used, anything else is still "default".

I tried other Scenarios by deleting "category_default.php" in ".../com_jshopping/templates/mytmpl1/category/" directories, AND/OR putting "category_mytmpl1.php" and "category_mytmpl2.php" in ".../com_jshopping/templates/default/category/" additionally, but it's all the same: Because global settings are parent, I can't choose my custom template in the "Categories settings", only "default" is available.

Please help me to find a solution for this disfunction, as we run One Joomla/JShopping for Two Domains/Joomla Templates, one is supposed to be used as a catalogue only until Oct. 2012, the other one should work with Shop-functionality, payment systems and all. So I need to customize two seperated "Main category" templates.

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@webdesigner

Shouldn't it be
root/components/com_jshopping/templates/mytemplate1/category/category_n1.php
root/components/com_jshopping/templates/mytemplate2/category/category_n2.php
in this case?

And should category_default.php also be present in these directories, or should those be deleted? It didn't work the one or the way for me, sorry to say that.

Any other advice? Thanks!

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See
http://www.webdesigner-profi.de/joomla-webdesign/joomla-shop/forum/posts/7/2148.html?limitstart=0&lang=en

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Thanks for answering @webdesigner, UPDATE

Now I have:
components/com_jshopping/templates/n1/category/category_default.php
components/com_jshopping/templates/n2/category/category_default.php
and deleted:
components/com_jshopping/templates/default/category/category_n1.php
components/com_jshopping/templates/default/category/category_n2.php
..and this works, also:
components/com_jshopping/css/n1.css
components/com_jshopping/css/n1.css
..is loaded instead of default.css,
but only for Category and Product pages.

Anything else (Manufacturers, Wishlist etc.) is still from
components/com_jshopping/templates/default/* and default.css

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URL?
Admin login?
FTP?

support@webdesigner-profi.de

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Thanks for taking care! Some things work now - see UPDATE above

What did You do ??

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Store does not work for 2 domains

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It has to! The job is done by "Virtual Domains".

Just need Manufacturers, Wishlist etc. also use Custom Template and CSS, and to limit <select id="category_id" in 'index.php?option=com_jshopping&controller=search' to Sub-categories ... then I'm fine.

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Page search. example
www.site/index.php?option=com_jshopping&controller=search
Always use a template set in config shop (not category!).

We offer you
use a template depending on the domain

Change file

\components\com_jshopping\lib\factory.php

if ($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']=="site1.com"){
$config->template = "tmp1";
}else{
$config->template = "tmp2";
}

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For Search Page I create a custom Category
<select>
<option>
<option>

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Change file
components\com_jshopping\controllers\search.php


function display(){
.....

after

$categories = buildTreeCategory(1);

add filter category

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@webdesigner

#17 if-Condition in factory.php
A) You've changed in controllers/category.php and product.php
$view_config = array("template_path"=>JPATH_COMPONENT."/templates/".$jshopConfig->template."/".$view_name); to
$view_config = array("template_path"=>JPATH_COMPONENT."/templates/".$category->category_template."/".$view_name);
B) I had to set template to "default" in main settings, choose my custom templates for categories as wanted, and all other pages (manufacturers, search ...) are set by domain! =Resolved ;-) Simple as that, благодарю́!

#19 This didn't work, so I've used my custom 'templates/mytemplate/search/form.php' - as described above.

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