Broken category Page view

robert · October 17, 2012, 00:14:42 AM

Ive been reading the forums and I think I may have run across the issue but I am still unclear about the cause or how to resolve it.

Ive read a few other posts and have tried the solutions but neither have helped.

http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=97467.msg321176#msg321176
http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=90935.0

Ive seemed to have narrowed the problem file down to components/com_virtuemart/views/category/tmpl/default.php

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The problem I am having is when I click at category I get the following results...

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<div class="category_description">
	<p>category description text</p>	</div>
	<div class="browse-view">
     		
			<div class="orderby-displaynumber">
				<div class="width70 floatleft">
					<div class="orderlistcontainer"><div class="title">Sort by</div><div class="activeOrder"><a title=" +/-" href="/path/orderDesc.html">Product Name  +/-</a></div><div class="orderlist"><div><a title="Category" href="/path/by,category_name.html">Category</a></div><div><a title="Manufacturer name" href="/path/by,mf_name.html">Manufacturer name</a></div></div></div>					 <div class="orderlistcontainer"><div class="title">Manufacturer: </div><div class="Order"> Manufacturer</div><div class="orderlist"></div></div><div class="clear"></div>				</div>
				<div class="width30 floatright display-number">
Results 1 - 3 of 3<br/><select name="" id="" class="inputbox" size="1" onchange="window.top.location.href=this.options[this.selectedIndex].value"><option value="/shop-online-buy-gear-now/body-armor/results,1-1.html" >1</option><option value="/shop-online-buy-gear-now/body-armor/results,1-2.html" >2</option><option value="/path/results,1-3.html" >3</option><option value="/path/results,1-4.html" >4</option><option value="/path/results,1-10.html"  selected="selected">10</option><option value="/path/results,1-20.html" >20</option></select></div>
				<div class="vm-pagination">

Ive removed the following code from the file and the page loads the items in the category - BUT it does not load the correct css or site template info

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<div class="orderby-displaynumber">
				<div class="width70 floatleft">
					<?php echo $this->orderByList['orderby']; ?>
					<?php echo $this->orderByList['manufacturer']; ?>
				</div>
				<div class="width30 floatright display-number"><?php echo $this->vmPagination->getResultsCounter();?><br/><?php echo $this->vmPagination->getLimitBox(); ?></div>
				<div class="vm-pagination">
					<?php echo $this->vmPagination->getPagesLinks(); ?>
					<span style="float:right"><?php echo $this->vmPagination->getPagesCounter(); ?></span>
				</div>

So with that said I am not sure how to proceed...

Does anyone know what the cause of this may be and how to fix it?

robert · October 17, 2012, 14:34:24 PM

Ive still been looking for a solution and have not found anything.

I also upgraded from 2.0.8 to 2.0.12b - but the problem still persists

any help would be GREATLY appreciated

PRO · October 17, 2012, 17:54:56 PM

robert, what's the problem? no link? no image for us to see?

Explain the problem.

robert · October 17, 2012, 19:53:36 PM

well first I cannot link to the site at the clients request

But I will do my best to describe the issue ( I thought I did above but I will try again)

everything is working fine EXCEPT for the page after a category link is clicked on.

If I create an empty category the page loads fine.

What I mean by fine is the page loads with the proper template selected in the config area of VM. When I add a product to the category the page loads (after I removed the above mentioned code) but it loads without any css or template info.

When I view source on the page "<div class="category_description">" is in RED so I am now thinking it may have something to do with a java class. Thats a complete guess though.

robert · October 17, 2012, 20:43:20 PM

to add to the above description of the problem...

I created a blank category and viewed the source - the categories with products will not load any of the <head> info and only loads everything after <div id="component" class="floatbox">

robert · October 17, 2012, 20:46:01 PM

could this have anything to do with the JCE editor?

Edit: I just turned off the JCE editor - cleared the cache and tried to relaod a category page and the issue still persists

robert · October 17, 2012, 21:21:51 PM

Im just not sure if its the category page or the actual product page that is causing the issue.

Since the Category page shows correctly without a product in the category - I suspect it's the actual product view page.

robert · October 17, 2012, 22:04:55 PM

Here are 2 images that might help explain - Ive had to blur out products at the clients request.

The first image shows what appears when you click a category link.

the second image shows what appears when you click an empty category link

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robert · October 17, 2012, 23:18:27 PM

here is another image that shows the result of the components/com_virtuemart/views/category/tmpl/default.php

when this code is not removed

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<div class="orderby-displaynumber">
				<div class="width70 floatleft">
					<?php echo $this->orderByList['orderby']; ?>
					<?php echo $this->orderByList['manufacturer']; ?>
				</div>
				<div class="width30 floatright display-number"><?php echo $this->vmPagination->getResultsCounter();?><br/><?php echo $this->vmPagination->getLimitBox(); ?></div>
				<div class="vm-pagination">
					<?php echo $this->vmPagination->getPagesLinks(); ?>
					<span style="float:right"><?php echo $this->vmPagination->getPagesCounter(); ?></span>
				</div>

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PRO · October 18, 2012, 00:05:20 AM

is virtuemart CSS loading?

are you using a template override? if so, disable it, and try

robert · October 18, 2012, 02:38:57 AM

I do have VM css loading - it loads fine for product pages

template override is set to default.

but I figured it out...

I re-uploaded all of the template files and everything is working now - there must have been a file that did not upload completely or was corrupt.

thankfully it is all working now

"PRO" I want to say thank you for even beginning to help me - I appreciate a community that helps those who support and use their software. AND for the record I really like the progress you guys are making with V2

thanks again!

bytelord · October 18, 2012, 09:51:34 AM

You could use akeeba backup to transfer your web site, it's easier and you are sure that all the files have been transferred.

Regards

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