[Sort of SOLVED] Latest & Featured Modules out of alignment

Post by TAC » Thu Oct 09, 2014 6:42 am

Hi all,

I have searched but cannot find a answer to this question, though I may just be phrasing my question wrong?

Had a major problem with a site and in the end had to delete it and reinstall. http://forum.opencart.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=131962

I am now using 1.5.6.4 with the default theme that I am customising to make it look just like the store used to.

All I have done so far is some css changes. I then added 3 banner modules. The slider one, to the left, appears smaller than it used to - old shop looked like this:

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I even increased the size of the banner and the image got smaller!

New install looks like this:

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I installed the Latest and Featured modules with the settings below, and they are off to the right for some reason, see above.

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What on earth is going on?

Thanks in advance for any help

Post by TAC » Thu Oct 09, 2014 6:59 am

had to continue in a new post so I can add another screen shot.

Firebug shows a slider that no longer exists and that is off to the right too:

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This shows the modules sticking out to the right over the edge of the body:

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I am totally confused

Post by webvet » Thu Oct 09, 2014 7:53 am

I am totally confused

So confused you have posted in the Opencart V2 thread...

Don't worrry - it's late! From your original post:

All I have done so far is some css changes

Have you tried reverting back to the default css and see whether the layout is as expected? That might give you a place to start?

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Post by TAC » Thu Oct 09, 2014 5:27 pm

Thank you webvet,

How embarrassing

I am pretty sure I did try that but I will do again.

I did want to use 2.0 and installed it but got stuck at not being able to find the menu bar colour in the css

Post by TAC » Thu Oct 09, 2014 5:32 pm

Just tried the default stylsheet from the 1.5.6.4 Upload folder and it's still not right:

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This was a fresh download of 1.5.6.4 as well

And this is what happens when I add dummy products:

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Post by webvet » Thu Oct 09, 2014 7:00 pm

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Post by TAC » Thu Oct 09, 2014 7:44 pm

Thank you again webvet

Luckily I don't drink alcohol but the pretty bottles do tempt me

1. What dimensions and sort order is Slideshow - 667 x 383, Content Top, 1

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2. Remove/disable all other modules and check with Firebug which divs are still present (make sure there is no 2nd slideshow) - no other modules enabled, no 2nd slideshow, and Firebug still shows this:

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3. Then add either the left or right banner (there only seemed to be a right banner image in your initial screenshot) and re-size the slideshow correctly. If there are still no erroneous div containers floating about, you should be ok to add a module below this? - added banner to the right and this is what Firebug shows:

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The slider has 2 images in it, one larger than the other to see if it would fill the empty space but it does not

Post by webvet » Thu Oct 09, 2014 8:14 pm

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Post by TAC » Thu Oct 09, 2014 8:25 pm

Thank you very much

I make all the banners etc. in Photoshop and they were supposed to fit already...

I will amend them to the dimensions you've just said to get this thing working

I've done that and the slider & banners line up next to each other, but the banners are pushed way to the right.

My images for the slider are all 580 x 334px so that must be what size the slider was before. The banners are 303 x 175px. If I do the same maths as you and take 303 from 980 I get 677, so in theory a slideshow 662 wide should fit.

But if I change the settings to 662 x 381 px I still get the extra space to the right. It's as if the slider is dictating what size it wants to be?

Post by TAC » Thu Oct 09, 2014 9:52 pm

Post by TAC » Sat Oct 11, 2014 1:32 am

I gave up in the end with the whole site not working properly and rebuilt it instead