Hi...
I have upgraded to Joomla 3.xxx and the new version of VM. I have pretty much everything back to the way it was except for the category layout. I have tried to make the config exactly as the last but the look of the layout is drastically different. In the attachments I need the products to be 3 across as it was previously, but now I can only get two across, and there is a frame around each, plus the price occurs twice.. In the other screen shot you see 3 across and that is what I want to achieve.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Your template overrides need updating for the VM3 layout, which uses sublayouts as well as the familiar tmpl files. http://docs.virtuemart.net/tutorials/templating-layouts/199-sublayouts.html
Quote from: jenkinhill on January 12, 2015, 17:46:43 PM
Your template overrides need updating for the VM3 layout, which uses sublayouts as well as the familiar tmpl files. http://docs.virtuemart.net/tutorials/templating-layouts/199-sublayouts.html
Holy smokes that's a bit confusing. That slowed my roll quite a bit, kinda surprised it's that difficult but guess I have total the time to figure it out. Thanks
it is simply that common items like a single product display, add to cart etc etc are all coded just once in a sublayout and called from the individual templates
it is simpler because you can change site wide in one place e.g. the product display
Hi...
Thanks for the explanation but I am not "getting" it. I look at the answers here and do not see how I could possibly work with it. All of a sudden I have to dig in to the code and do this? I have worked with VM for sometime but I don't do code. Now to fix my layout problem I have to be a coder?
Is there another way I can get the products to go three across and fit in the window? If I have to get into the code clearly now I have to hire a coder to make this change. I'd do that but do not have the budget for it, nor did I expect VM to add this snafu to the mix.
Sublayouts was just explained so u know what they are.. and no - they will have nothing to do with floated left layouts
That is pure css -- and your css is wrong somewhere
either the boxes are two wide to fit etc etc
Try switching on protostar template - you'll see that the cat layouts work perfectly - it is the css of YOUR template that is at fault and also the template over ride of YOUR template if your using one
Quote from: GJC Web Design on January 13, 2015, 16:52:31 PM
Sublayouts was just explained so u know what they are.. and no - they will have nothing to do with floated left layouts
That is pure css -- and your css is wrong somewhere
either the boxes are two wide to fit etc etc
Try switching on protostar template - you'll see that the cat layouts work perfectly - it is the css of YOUR template that is at fault and also the template over ride of YOUR template if your using one
I have not added anything to the css nor have I invoked over-rides. This is all out of the box and the template comes from YooTheme, so I expect the css to be perfectly formed...
expect all you like -- do u think VM3 came with no css????
Do you think the VM dev's got hold of all 13,000 possible Joomla templates and checked whether there might be a small conflict between the base VM templates and yours?
Go ask YooTheme...
It is part of your job description - as you are Joomla Web Development, Hosting and site management - to be able to adjust a small bit of css to achieve the layout u want!
Quote from: GJC Web Design on January 13, 2015, 16:59:04 PM
expect all you like -- do u think VM3 came with no css????
Do you think the VM dev's got hold of all 13,000 possible Joomla templates and checked whether there might be a small conflict between the base VM templates and yours?
Go ask YooTheme...
It is part of your job description - as you are Joomla Web Development, Hosting and site management - to be able to adjust a small bit of css to achieve the layout u want!
Thanks for your input, and don't appreciate the spanking. I am here to ask question and not get admonished for it. Asking question here in the VIRTUEMART forum is suppose to be helpful and encouraging.
Sublayouts were introduced to Joomla itself with Joomla3 so they are nothing new, eg look in joomlaroot/layouts/joomla/content. They are covered in the Joomla docs: https://docs.joomla.org/J3.x:JLayout_Improvements_for_Joomla!
Some people have already found that simply using the default VM templating system in VM3 with no overrides works perfectly for their requirements. You may have to tweak css a little to work with your template, but that is pretty basic stuff even with Yoo templates..