I have been trying and trying to integrate WSN into my current website configuration. I have read the post https://www.webmastersite.net/forums/thread/3937 and don't quite understand it at all. I have a three column layout at www.nancyjanesgifts.com and want to insert WSN into the center of the page when someone clicks on "Our Links" in the menu column on the right. I don't know what to insert into a custom .tpl file to be called into my website or what to modify and how on the WSN side. I guess I am really a newbie and don't understand how this is setup. I need a little (lot) more guidance than I am finding on here. Thanks.
The template you will need to begin with is the wrapper.tpl. I guess your site is based on a template, so you will need to merge that with the wrapper.tpl.
I personally work on the templates on my own computer and then upload them, rather than change them in the admin section. I find that easier to do.
[edit] just looked at the thread you mentioned. I believe that is for something different than what you are trying to do. :-)
OK - so, if I would "call" the wrapper.tpl into my website template - that should maybe work? i.e., I am using x-cart shopping cart, heavily modified. I guess I would create a template within x-cart that would call the "wrapper.tpl" template from the links directory or something like that? I can open the index.php from the link to "Our Links" on the main page of www.nancyjanesgifts.com. www.nancyjanesgifts.com/links/ works the same way. So if I created a "links.tpl" and told it to include file="/links/templates/default/wrapper.tpl" - maybe that would work? Thanks. I'll continue to march and see what "ifs" I can do.
Not really <G> You don't really call the wrapper template from anywhere. OK - how I would do it...
It depends what you are using wsnlinks for, but if it is purely as a links directory then that's easy and I would keep it totally separate from the cart.
I would just open up the wrapper.tpl and insert my graphics and menus into that. Looking at your site I would forget the right hand column for now and just put your header (I see you've already got your logo there), make sure that works ok and then add the left-hand menu.
I see, just make like it is separate (which it is) and add items from the other side as needed. Ok - let me try that and I'll post the results. Thanks.
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I have been trying and trying to integrate WSN into my current website configuration. I have read the post https://www.webmastersite.net/forums/thread/3937 and don't quite understand it at all. I have a three column layout at www.nancyjanesgifts.com and want to insert WSN into the center of the page when someone clicks on "Our Links" in the menu column on the right. I don't know what to insert into a custom .tpl file to be called into my website or what to modify and how on the WSN side. I guess I am really a newbie and don't understand how this is setup. I need a little (lot) more guidance than I am finding on here. Thanks.
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The template you will need to begin with is the wrapper.tpl. I guess your site is based on a template, so you will need to merge that with the wrapper.tpl.
I personally work on the templates on my own computer and then upload them, rather than change them in the admin section. I find that easier to do.
[edit] just looked at the thread you mentioned. I believe that is for something different than what you are trying to do. :-)
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OK - so, if I would "call" the wrapper.tpl into my website template - that should maybe work? i.e., I am using x-cart shopping cart, heavily modified. I guess I would create a template within x-cart that would call the "wrapper.tpl" template from the links directory or something like that? I can open the index.php from the link to "Our Links" on the main page of www.nancyjanesgifts.com. www.nancyjanesgifts.com/links/ works the same way. So if I created a "links.tpl" and told it to include file="/links/templates/default/wrapper.tpl" - maybe that would work? Thanks. I'll continue to march and see what "ifs" I can do.
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Not really <G> You don't really call the wrapper template from anywhere. OK - how I would do it...
It depends what you are using wsnlinks for, but if it is purely as a links directory then that's easy and I would keep it totally separate from the cart.
I would just open up the wrapper.tpl and insert my graphics and menus into that. Looking at your site I would forget the right hand column for now and just put your header (I see you've already got your logo there), make sure that works ok and then add the left-hand menu.
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I see, just make like it is separate (which it is) and add items from the other side as needed. Ok - let me try that and I'll post the results. Thanks.
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That's it
[edit] hmm - something wrong here - Paul, the smilies aren't showing correctly