Styling issues in VB4.1 Product Options List

bolo · February 3rd, 2011, 02:00 PM

Hi, Enjoying using the classifieds in my VB4.1 board, and the flexibility is great.

However I've found one glitch which is causing issues, a user asked how to close their listing so when I went to look I found issues with the 'Product Options' drop down.

In Safari & Chrome the list doesnt render at all, I'm pretty sure it's sitting behind the main listing detail container, In Firefox the list appears but the background to the list is white with the text also white so the list labels are illegible.

Any hints no how I can fix this?

Thanks,

Dave

Chuck S · February 3rd, 2011, 02:25 PM

Are you using a custom style? I would need to see an actual link as I view the list the links are blue on white with the default vb look.

bolo · February 3rd, 2011, 02:28 PM

Hi Chuck,

I have to make

bolo · February 3rd, 2011, 02:28 PM

One more post and then I can

bolo · February 3rd, 2011, 02:29 PM

Send you a URL : Marty Feldman aka Igor - PhotoPost Classifieds

See if you can get to that without me fiddling with permissions. THanks

Chuck S · February 3rd, 2011, 02:30 PM

actually it doesnt render at all when I look. How about posting a simple test user login like test and testing.

bolo · February 3rd, 2011, 02:33 PM

This is in Chrome.. You can it 'trying' to appear....

Chuck S · February 3rd, 2011, 03:57 PM

As noted you can post a test user login for me to see if i view anything different if I login but logged out I do not beleive guests can view anything nor should they. The menu is empty for a guest I would think since they can not do anything.

bolo · February 4th, 2011, 04:11 AM

I'll send you a login via PM.

Just been looking closer at the generated LI's for the menu and the immediate thing I see is that there is no text for the labels.. just an image.. So it looks like its not styling being the issue but the rendering of the labels, e.g.

Code:

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bolo · February 4th, 2011, 04:32 AM

Ok think I've found the code, it looks like you're intentionally not writing out a label if the global 'useicons' is set. That's confusing though as the drop downs width is set to that of icons and labels... is this an error? I'm going to put the labels in as its not clear to the users

Code:

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bolo · February 4th, 2011, 04:53 AM

Where else is the useicons variable used except in showProduct? I couldn't find where it's set so to get around this problem I've simply set it to '' where the other variable are initialised in showProduct.php

So I'm only using the text without the icons, to use icons as well there is some additional work to ensure there is sufficient padding between the text and the icon..

Chuck S · February 4th, 2011, 07:39 AM

Your confusing yourself a little here. Use icons has nothing to do persay with whether there is a list or not. Users can use icons or text links thats a totally separate option.

The issue is as I said the list SHOULD BE empty if your not logged in.

The only thing I can do in a future update is just hide the whole display if your not logged in.

bolo · February 4th, 2011, 07:45 AM

have a look at my code snippet above.. If useicons is 'yes' then the text is not being displayed at all.

bolo · February 4th, 2011, 07:46 AM

$sellitem .= "<a title=\"{$pp_phrase['relist']}\" href=\"{$Globals['maindir']}/editproduct.php?resell=$id\"><img src=\"{$Globals['idir']}/package_delete.png\" alt=\"{$pp_phrase['relist']}\" border=\"0\" />PHRASE SHOULD BE PRESENT HERE ALSO</a>";

Chuck S · February 4th, 2011, 09:03 AM

Nope it should not be there. The use icons is a totally different feature as I explained. It has nothing to do with the dropdown box. Users can use icons or text it doesn't do both. Icons have a hover over name so users can see what they are but you are not suppose to see both icons and text at the same time.

bolo · February 4th, 2011, 09:06 AM

So the width of the drop down surely should be less that what it is currently is then dont you think? it seems odd that a user will have to wait and hover over icons in order order to find how to close a listing... it doesn't make sense

attached is how the drop down looks with icons enabled.

Chuck S · February 4th, 2011, 09:12 AM

Bolo I always suggest that users whom choose to use dropdowns set the option to not use images in menu but text links its your choice but as I said two separate features your talking about here. Some people like using images instead of text links and when you dont use dropdowns the two rows of images appear under the photo thats where most people would choose to use the images versus text links.

bolo · February 4th, 2011, 09:15 AM

What do you mean by "users who choose to use dropdowns"? What choice do we have?

I havent chosen anything this is practically a default installation... The only things I've done is fiddle with user groups and permissions..

Chuck S · February 4th, 2011, 09:20 AM

Bolo all your admin options are in admin. They are broken down by section to make it easy. Your referring to showproduct screen so under showproduct options in admin you can set use icons instead of text links to NO. Problem solved.

I explained in my reply above there was an option in admin to use icons versus text links because you had insisted our coding was incorrect.

bolo · February 4th, 2011, 09:24 AM

I'm getting concerned Chuck as you said "users who choose to use dropdowns".

What do you mean by this? If there is an alternative to using the dropdown menu to provide users the means of editing/closing ads etc then please tell me. Icons set to Yes is what I have experienced as default. It sounds like you're trying to tell me I've been modifying the display options and ended up with an installation that isn't rendering properly whereas I can assure you I havent.