I might as well jump in for some honest criticism

[robertjohnston]

I open for some open criticism on my store after the remodel which probely never will be over

Bob

[ABeautifulSecret]

I open for some open criticism on my store after the remodel which probely never will be over

Bob

Hi Bob -

I would love to take a look .... could you provide a link?


~Patti~

[farvelcargo]

Hi Bob!
I'm assuming the site you've put up for review is the one you have as your sig right?
It's looking good!
It looks different everytime I see it. Have you been to Deb's School of Tweaking? :smileylol
Sue

[ABeautifulSecret]

Sorry Bob for not assuming it was your logo


So far the store is looking good. I do have 2 suggestions for you though. 1) Maybe make the text a little bigger so it grabs the attention of your viewer quicker. 2) A clearer logo on that page would help a lot. I can barely make out what it is...


Keep up the good work!


~Patti~

[CrankyCanuck]

Hi Bob,

Your store is looking very good!  Ditto on the santa logo, it's very blurry.  I would also suggest increasing the width of your page to fit the screen.  You've got all that unused space on either side that you could be using for your own purposes.  It would also make the center area wider and less crowded. The categories are nicely set up and I like the way the sub-cats display in the center when you open them.  I also like your color scheme - very soothing.

Nice work!
Shelley
 

[The Tavern Wench]

Hi Bob!

Site is looking great and everyone has given you some good advice. 

I agree you need to widen the template.  Here is what it would look like if you did so:
http://emaginaryfriendgraphics.com/  (This is my template demo site)

I'll be happy to send you the code changes and settings if you want to widen it.

[robertjohnston]

Yes I would like to widen the page but I would like to center or widen the Header also. Can it be done?

Bob

[CrankyCanuck]

Yes, it can certainly be done Bob. I did it on my PSU webpage, but I'm not sure if it works the same way with this type.  I'll give you the instructions I was given, but you should probably check with Deb to see if it works the same way.

Shelley

These are the instructions the PSU guy gave me:

To widen your homepage you will need to edit the stylesheet.css file in your template directory.

Look for

.centershop {
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px auto;
position: relative;
text-align: left;
width: 750px !important;
}

change it too

.centershop {
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px auto;
position: relative;
text-align: left;
width: 100% !important;
}

This will change your shop from being 750 pixels wide to using 100% of the page

[CrankyCanuck]

Oops, hadn't noticed Crabby had already responded.  I'm sure she'll give you the right instructions!

[The Tavern Wench]

Yes I would like to widen the page but I would like to center or widen the Header also. Can it be done?

Bob

To center your logo go to this file:
public_html/includes/templates/sophyblue/css/stylesheet.css

Find this snippet of code around line #135:

Code:

#logo {
float: left;
    padding-top: 17px;
    padding-left: 18px;
    }

Change it to:

Code:

#logo {
     text-align: center;
     }

To change the width of the template go to the same file.
Find this on or about line #197:

Code:

#mainWrapper {
background-color: #ffffff;
text-align: left;
width: 750px;
vertical-align: top;
}

Change it to:

Code:

#mainWrapper {
background-color: #ffffff;
text-align: left;
width: 90%;
vertical-align: top;
}

Then go into your Zen Cart Admin Panel > Configuration > Layout Settings

Column Width - Left Boxes = 175px
Column Width - Right Boxes = 175px

then further down same place...

Column Width - Left = 175px
Column Width - Right = 175px


Hope that helps and if you have any trouble, just let me know! 

[The Tavern Wench]

Oops, hadn't noticed Crabby had already responded.  I'm sure she'll give you the right instructions!

Hey no problem Shelley!!  I appreciate you trying to help out a fellow Crabby member! 

[robertjohnston]

I've widened the template the problem is the box that the logo is in and the navigation bar is on the left. I tried to center logo and it looked worse. then it was on the left. The box the logo is in I would like to widen and the navigation bar also widen if possable

[The Tavern Wench]

Ok...in your stylesheet.css file

Find:

Code:

#navCatTabsWrapper {
margin: 0em;
background-color: #D0D0D0;
font-weight: bold;
color: #63859D;
height: 1%;
width: 744px;
  border: 3px double #63859D;
}

Replace it with:

Code:

#navCatTabsWrapper {
margin: 0em;
background-color: #D0D0D0;
font-weight: bold;
color: #63859D;
height: 1%;
width: 99.3%;
  border: 3px double #63859D;
}

See if that fixes it.

[robertjohnston]

Took care of part of it. Now the center box Thx for your time
Bob

[The Tavern Wench]

Bob,

I can't see the difference between my file and yours, but my header goes all the way across.  I'm going to send you a pm with my stylesheet code in it.

Make a copy of your stylesheet.css file and name it stylesheet.bak.  Then just take your code and replace it with mine.  See if that fixes it.  If it doesn't...then you will still have the copy of your original file to put back and we can try to figure out what's causing it.