Upgrading Templates from 1.4.7 -> 1.4.8

[Qphoria]

These are the only catalog tpl files that have changed:

catalog\view\theme\default\template\checkout\cart.tpl
catalog\view\theme\default\template\checkout\confirm.tpl
catalog\view\theme\default\template\checkout\guest_step_1.tpl
catalog\view\theme\default\template\checkout\guest_step_2.tpl
catalog\view\theme\default\template\checkout\payment.tpl
catalog\view\theme\default\template\checkout\shipping.tpl
catalog\view\theme\default\template\common\header.tpl
catalog\view\theme\default\template\common\home.tpl
catalog\view\theme\default\template\information\contact.tpl
catalog\view\theme\default\template\mail\order_confirm.tpl
catalog\view\theme\default\template\module\bestseller.tpl
catalog\view\theme\default\template\module\cart.tpl
catalog\view\theme\default\template\module\featured.tpl
catalog\view\theme\default\template\module\latest.tpl
catalog\view\theme\default\template\module\special.tpl
catalog\view\theme\default\template\payment\worldpay_failure.tpl
catalog\view\theme\default\template\payment\worldpay_success.tpl
catalog\view\theme\default\template\product\category.tpl
catalog\view\theme\default\template\product\manufacturer.tpl
catalog\view\theme\default\template\product\product.tpl
catalog\view\theme\default\template\product\search.tpl
catalog\view\theme\default\template\product\special.tpl

Most themes, if created properly with fallback, should only have to worry about updating
catalog\view\theme\default\template\common\header.tpl

And if there are some product or home layout changes, you might need to update:
catalog\view\theme\default\template\common\home.tpl
catalog\view\theme\default\template\product\product.tpl

The rest are rarely changed between themes and you should have no problems with those being transparent.


The only changes to the stylesheet were mostly additions at the bottom and a few minor changes to different sections.

1. CHANGE:

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#content .middle {
   border-left: 1px solid #DDDDDD;
   border-right: 1px solid #DDDDDD;
   background: #FFFFFF;
   padding: 10px 10px 1px 10px;
   min-height: 380px;
}

TO:

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#content .middle {
   border-left: 1px solid #DDDDDD;
   border-right: 1px solid #DDDDDD;
   background: #FFFFFF;
   padding: 10px 10px 1px 10px;
   min-height: 30px;
}

2. CHANGE:

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#content .bottom .center {
   background: url('../image/content_bottom_center.png') repeat-x;
   height: 5px;
   margin-left: 5px;
   margin-right: 5px;
}

TO:

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#content .bottom .center {
   background: url('../image/content_bottom_center.png') repeat-x;
   height: 5px;
   margin: 0 5px 10px 5px;
}

3. ADD TO THE BOTTOM:

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.tags, .tags a {
   font-style: italic;
   font-size: x-small;
}
#module_cart .middle {
   padding: 5px;
}
.cart_module_total {
   padding: 0 3px 0 3px;
   font-size: 0.9em;
   color: #222;
}
.cart_remove {
   margin-top: 3px;
   background: url('../image/list_remove_btn.gif') no-repeat left center transparent;
   padding-right:10px;
   cursor:pointer;
}
.cart_remove_loading {
   margin-top: 3px;
   background: url('../image/ajax_load.gif') no-repeat transparent;
   padding-right:10px;
}
.button_add_small, a.button_add_small:visited {
   margin-top: 3px;
   background: url('../image/button_add_small.png') no-repeat left center transparent;
   padding:5px;
   text-decoration: none;
   cursor:pointer;
}
#content .middle .box {
   float: left;
   margin: 0 6px 10px 6px;
   min-height: 0px;
}
#content .middle .box .middle {
   width: 158px;
   min-height: 0px;
}


That is all that was changed from 1.4.7 to 1.4.8

[boysnow911]

i done

[247TopDeals]

To be honest, reading this makes it sound so easy but I'm afraid I'll fuck it up somehow.



Gerrit

[buckmajor]

Hey Q,

How do we update the changes apart from the CSS? Do we copy the listed files you mentioned in v1.4.8 to our custom template?

Just having problems trying to work this.

Thanks

[buckmajor]

Sweet, I got it going. That was very hard for me, I can imagine the hard work you guys put in, every time you work on an upgrade or latest version of opencart

I solved it by updating my CSS, and replacing the listed files to the latest version.

[sean01]

I get these errors

Notice: Undefined variable: text_latest in /home/public_html/mysite.co.uk/jokenny/catalog/view/theme/black_shadow/template/common/home.tpl on line 12
Notice: Undefined variable: products in /home/public_html/mysite.co.uk/jokenny/catalog/view/theme/black_shadow/template/common/home.tpl on line 14

what changes do i need to make?
Sean

[Qphoria]

I get these errors

Notice: Undefined variable: text_latest in /home/public_html/mysite.co.uk/jokenny/catalog/view/theme/black_shadow/template/common/home.tpl on line 12
Notice: Undefined variable: products in /home/public_html/mysite.co.uk/jokenny/catalog/view/theme/black_shadow/template/common/home.tpl on line 14

what changes do i need to make?
Sean

delete the template/common/home.tpl file in your custom theme

[thegeneral]

Thanks Qphoria your post was very helpfull for us.

[readyman]

I don't really like this template fallback scenario. The default template is full of tabled layouts and inline styles... why would I want to default fallback onto that?

-- my 2C

[grooverdan]

I don't really like this template fallback scenario. The default template is full of tabled layouts and inline styles... why would I want to default fallback onto that?

I agree the inline styles are painful.

I've done a patch http://code.google.com/p/opencart/issues/detail?id=196 to handle all those themes that mainly just change the images used. On two sites I manage I've got one site's theme directory down to only a set of images in the theme directory. The other one still has the inline styles which makes it hard to update all the fixes that got put into them. Getting these into a the style sheet would be great.

Improvement ideas welcome.

Note: anyone who wants to apply the patches needs to work that bit out themselves

[Qphoria]

I don't really like this template fallback scenario. The default template is full of tabled layouts and inline styles... why would I want to default fallback onto that?

-- my 2C

You override whatever you want overridden. Granted it could be cleaner, but people add the "payment" tpl folder to their custom templates. Why? You are not likely going to have custom skinned payment forms. The fallback is there for theme that are really done right and use mostly css.

For inspiration, look here:
http://www.mezzoblue.com/zengarden/alldesigns/

This is a site where a single html base is used and hundreds of completely different and unique designs are made using only css and images. The html never changes. Seems more theme devs could stand to learn these techniques. But I'm not a theme developer so maybe I'm wrong but I've already been wrong once this year so it's not likely

[quocbinhvip]

Upgrading Templates from 1.4.8 -> 1.4.9 ??

[webunit]

That's helpful.

Thanks

[markpollock]

thats call a real revenge

[asfuih]

To be honest, reading this makes it sound so easy but I'm afraid I'll fuck it up somehow.

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[fcslynnlee]

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[fcslynnlee]

I think should have no problems with those being transparent.