I use firebug to locate any styles which require changing and find it really helpful but my question is this
I work my way through the HTML (Left pane) to locate the styles in my page - but how do I know where the HTML is located?
Reason for the question is that when I edit the html in firebug I finally achieve how I wanted my page to look (i was changing the layout of my product details page). But how do I find the relevant file to make my changes in permanently - not just in firebug!!! FIrebug tells you which file the css is in but where is the file with the html in?
Hope this question makes sense!
The HTML is generated by the template/view files. eg for product details the files are in components/com_virtuemart/views/productdetails/tmpl/ Use any edited files as overrides.
http://docs.virtuemart.net/tutorials/33-templating-layouts.html and http://www.ostraining.com/blog/joomla/overrides
Thanks for the info.
I was hoping there was another way of editing the HTML as you had already given me the details of the files in a previous post.
It is not that easy then to just move around the HTML which is what I was able to do when I edited my homepage - VM obviously not that straight forward!
When I look at the default.php file in the tmpl folder I dont see any HTML - just PHP. How would I change the layout using this file? Is it simply a matter of moving a block of PHP to a different place in order to change the look. Sorry for the very basic questions but I am not sure how to edit the file to get the changes I want.
Thanks
No it is not a simple case of moving blocks. If you don't understand the code you would be advised to get a developer to make the changes for you.
But I looked back over your previous messages and it sounds like you are already using a non-default layout. Maybe a commercial VM template or VM theme? If so then you are already using template overrides, and it is those you need to edit.
I have attached an image of the default product details layout, this is from VM2.5.4 but is the same default layout as used in earlier versions.
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