Are website templates compatible with our carts? I am interested in purchasing one, but WAHM Hosting is not listed on their site.
If it would work, how do I enter the coding and where?
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22 Feb 10
22 Feb 10
Yes, all website templates are compatible. If WAHM Hosting isn't listed, they may not know about us. Feel free to let them know that installing designs on our cart is just as easy as on our competitors carts.
Once you get the template, you can use these pages: http://wahmhosting.com/clients/knowledgebase/3/3---Design to help you get it setup. Or, I can install the design for $5. If you would prefer to do it yourself and need further help than the knowledgebase provides, please let me know and I'll try to walk you through it in the forum so that others can walk through it with us in the future.
Thanks!
22 Feb 10
Thanks! I will def try to install with your assistance, and if that doesn't work - then I'll hire you :)
Kiera
22 Feb 10
this is the response I got when I inquired:
"At this time we do not work with WAHM Hosting. We would need you to move your hosting to one of our providers if you wanted to receive installation services. If you are familiar with Mode #4 on your software and are comfortable adding the include tags and installing with no assistance, you can purchase the html and graphics and install yourself, yes. However, to my knowledge, WAHM does not accommodate multiple templates on any one site and so designs like Mackenzie, Mallory, Ella and Addison as well as other designs that have an alternate home page would not work for you unfortunately."
So....can I buy a design or not?
22 Feb 10
It sounds like they are trying to get you to switch hosts :unsure: They do mention that they won't install it for you, but I was already thinking they wouldn't.
The shopping cart does accommodate multiple templates... I'm not sure what would make anyone assume it doesn't without asking.
Yes, you can go ahead with your purchase... unless, of course, they are insisting that you only use their templates with a specific host.
25 Feb 10
OK, well I bought everything, it will be delivered to me March 5th.
04 Mar 10
ok Renee, I have the file. they e-mailed to it me this afternoon.
05 Mar 10
That's great! Can't wait to see it!
Along with the images, did they email you an HTML file? If so, we can edit that directly. If not, we can create one based off of the one already on your website.
For now, upload everything they sent you to a folder in your templates area. You can create a new folder or upload it to the default folder that is already there. Let me know if you need any help with that step.
06 Mar 10
yes it does have an HTML file. I will try what you said and then report back.
06 Mar 10
i don't know what im doing wrong but i get some kind of an error message when I try to upload
08 Mar 10
What does the error message say?
09 Mar 10
ok, I got everything uploaded to the 'default' section....what next??
09 Mar 10
You will need to edit the html file for the design. It is up to you if you would prefer to edit the html file that may have come with your design or if you want to edit the html file that is already in the cart. Since your design came with an html file, I'd recommend editing that directly.
You can edit the template's html directly in your admin, but I recommend making a copy of it somewhere first.
The first thing you will want to do is replace all of the image paths in the html file. So, for example, if you see this:
images/header.gif
change it to:
templates/default/header.gif
In the template, you may or may not come across an area that looks like this:
<head>
<meta tags....>
</head>
Some designers like to stick some css in there. I would recommend any css to be moved over to the stylesheet found in your template folder. You can go ahead and remove everything from that area of the template and replace it so that it looks like this:
<head>
<!--$headcontent-->
</head>
Then, figure out where in the template the main content is supposed to go. This does not include any side areas. Once you have figured out where it goes, place this code in it's place:
$content
The side areas can get a little tricky because each designer does them differently. The html file you have should have a place reserved for the side boxes. What you want to do is remove any code that is used for the box and replace it with the appropriate placeholder.
The side area(s) usually looks something like this:
<table width="x" border="0" align="center">
<tr>
<td align="center"><img src="image.gif" border= "0"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="menu" align="center">
Link<br>
Link<br>
Link</td>
</tr>
....(similar to above for each box)......
</table>
Take out everything between the <table> and </table> and add the placeholders for each area you want on the side. It will look something like this:
<table width="x" border="0" align="center">
<tr><td align="center">
$categorybox
$searchbox
</td></tr>
</table>
A full list of the placeholders you can use can be found here: http://wahmhosting.com/clients/knowledgebase/10/Placeholders.html
I know this is a lot to take in... let me know if you need any of it explained further or if you need any other help on it.
10 Mar 10
OK, I think I did everything up to the <!--$headcontent--> part ... the rest I don't really understand.
10 Mar 10
well, I see where its supposed to go, but it doesn't make sense; the coding itself has headers for each catergory, like "Shop", "Search", etc. ... would it help for you to see what I have so far?
10 Mar 10
Yes, if you wouldn't mind... place the code for your template file in here. It's easiest for me to view if you stick it inside of code tags by pressing the button with the little blue <> image. If you don't see it, don't worry about that part, just send whatever you have.
12 Mar 10
The end result of the template should look like what I pasted below. You'll want to change the stylesheet and add the welcome to home page through your admin's page editor.
I'll add a new post below this to explain what I did, but here is the template file:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<!-- All content is copyright BoutiqueMama.com.
Unauthorized duplication is prohibited and punishable by federal law. -->
<!-- All credits must remain intact. -->
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<!--$headcontent-->
</head>
<body>
<div align="center">
<table cellspacing="5" cellpadding="0" width="814" bgcolor="#ffffff">
<tr>
<td style="border: 2px dotted #3e3e3b">
<!-- HEADER -->
<div align="center">
<table cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff">
<tr>
<td class="header" align="left" valign="bottom" height="200">
<img src="templates/default/header.gif" border="0">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="border" height="15" width="100%" valign="middle" align="center"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" width="100%">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0">
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<div align="center">
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="5" width="100%" border="0">
<tr>
<!-- COLUMN 1 -->
<td valign="top" width="200" style="border-right: 1px dashed #3e3e3b">
<div align="center">
<table width="100%" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="" cellspacing="10">
<!-- CATEGORIES -->
<tr>
<td align="center">
$categorybox
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">$informationbox</td>
</tr>
<!-- CART -->
<tr>
<td align="center">
$cartbox
</td>
</tr>
<!-- SEARCH -->
<tr>
<td align="center">
$searchbox
</td>
</tr>
<!-- SITE MESSAGE -->
</table>
</div>
</td>
<!-- END COLUMN 1 --><!-- COLUMN 2 -->
<td valign="top" width="600">
<div align="center">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" width="100%" border="0">
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
$content
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="border" height="15" width="100%" valign="middle" align="center"> </td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="copy" height="40" width="100%" valign="middle" align="center">
<!-- All content is copyright BoutiqueMama.com.
Unauthorized duplication is prohibited and punishable by federal law. -->
<!-- All credits must remain intact. -->
<div class="menu2">
Copyright © 2010 Made With Love All Rights Reserved.<br>
Web Design by <a href="http://www.boutiquemama.com" target="_blank"><span class="menu2">BoutiqueMama.com</span></a>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<!-- BEGIN RIGHT CLICK DISABLE -->
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" id="disable drag and drop">
document.ondragstart=function(){return false};
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" id="disable selecting">
document.onselectstart=function(){return false};
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" id="disable right clicking">
document.oncontextmenu=function(){return false};
if(navigator.appName=="Netscape"){
document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEDOWN);
document.onmousedown=
function(e){if(e.which==2||e.which==3)return false}
};
</script>
<!-- END RIGHT CLICK DISABLE -->
</body>
</html>
13 Mar 10
in the original coding for the template there are gif's for 'shop' 'details' and 'search' and 'cart' ... where is that in your edited template?