Ok, i did that, but the template doesn’t show up.
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Dan C
Now see why i was asking for help, I need more help, and will take me too long to finish, and i have other things i need to be doing.
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I fixed the VA finacial page.
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Can you send me your FTP info so I can see what you’re doing?
All i did to fix the finacials, was rename the file to core_finance_header.tpl and core_finance_balancesheet.tpl, and used the finance_summarysheet.tpl to fix the page, and it all works fine, just slightly too big, but that is no problem. all i do when i save over the files is copy the contents of the file into the template, that hasn’t a header or footer, but calls those up from the header.tpl and footer.tpl files.
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Dan C
You’re doing something wrong…
You shouldn’t be calling any templates from anywhere manually.
Don’t rename those files, the system uses them. If you renamed them in your skin folder, then it’s ignoring it and using the ones in the /core/templates folder. DON’T rename anything in there.
all i do when i save over the files is copy the contents of the file into the template, that hasn’t a header or footer, but calls those up from the header.tpl and footer.tpl files.
Huh? None of the templates have a header or footer. There is a master header/footer.tpl in your skin folder that’s used. Roger’s video tutorials show those of these. Templates are automatically called, 90% of the time you don’t be touching any of these, and there should be no manual template calls at all.
Just put your header in header.tpl, and footer in footer.tpl. That’s ALL you should be doing for now. Delete any templates you put in your skin folder, and just follow the header/footer directions, and then follow:
http://phpvms.net/docs/skinning#skin_elements
To add those pieces into your header.
Watch Roger’s tutorials again, I think there’s a misunderstanding about how it works
NAbeel, u misunderstood me with the header.tpl and footer.tpl, I removed the header and footer from the template, and kept the header and footer.tpl files there, so those are the ones with the header and footer of my site in. For some reason the files work the way i have done them. It didn’t work when i tried just using the header.tpl and footer.tpl, all i got was a dark grey background, and no white part so you can see the site properly.
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It didn’t work when i tried just using the header.tpl and footer.tpl, all i got was a dark grey background, and no white part so you can see the site properly.
Because you probably weren’t doing it correctly.
Can someone just help me and do it for me, as i have done my best, and i really am getting too aggravated by it. If i get too aggravated i become real irritated easily and become snappy for no reason.
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Dan C
I and Others Can Help
and i know what your doing wrong on some pages
Tell me what I am doing wrong?
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Dan C
All you need to do is copy all the footer code from your original html template and paste it in the footer.tpl in your skin folder. I explained this in the tuts. A skin is divided in to 3 main parts and they are all separate files. header.tpl, frontpage_main.tpl, and footer.tpl. Those 3 files make up your entire home page together. Once you get your frontpage_main.tpl looking good, model all the other template files like that and save to your skin folder.
On your other pages, your using the header again, thats wrong. You only use the header and links one time. when making other pages do not use the header or footer, just the page content.
Your refusal to watch and understand the video tuts is not helping you.
I am not refusing to watch the tutorials, cos i have watched them several times, and i followed them, and it didn’t work, and i followed them to the word.
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I am still having trouble, I have watched Nabeels tutorial, have downloaded the skin, and basically copied the exact way they were done, and the background is not showing up. I need a bit more closer help then just watching a video on a site. http://globalaircargovirtual.org/test there is the site, just for your information and you can see the problem.
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Seems like the path to your stylesheet (http://globalaircargovirtual.org/test/lib/skins/example/solvista.css) is incorrect
ahh, i might have forgotten to change it d’oh.
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Ok i fixed the css error, now it shows the background but is all wonky, the main part doesn’t show, http://globalaircargovirtual.org/test/
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Well then in the CSS you need to change the paths to the images (went over that in the tutorial), and then adjust the templates to match the type in the template you downloaded
I did that already this is what happened.
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Ok, well, next, look at the original template, how the navigation was done, and copy that into the core_navigation as described in the tutorial