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sonambulo · June 9th, 2008

i'm working on a site and have come to realize that when i change the layout of the index.tpl in global template, all categories, home and those i create, have this very layout except the 'view cart' page. How can i set up the layout of my category pages to be independent of each other (not have the same layout)?

help appreciated, thanks

peteVA · June 9th, 2008

I know it can be done. Check the forums for info.

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Rodney · June 10th, 2008

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Originally Posted by sonambulo


	i'm working on a site and have come to realize that when i change the layout of the index.tpl in global template, all categories, home and those i create, have this very layout except the 'view cart' page. How can i set up the layout of my category pages to be independent of each other (not have the same layout)? help appreciated, thanks

You can edit the layout of the category template in the /skins/SkinName/StyleTemplates/content/viewCat.tpl

It sort of depends on *how* different you want to make the categories look. Too different may cause navigation problems for your visitors, but just giving it some customization can be done with the viewCat.tpl template.

I don't know about making every category look different from every other category.

I do know that in the Admin Control Panel when you are managing/editing each category, you can add custom text/graphics/HTML to each separate category. Used creatively, this could help you give a unique look to each category.

Maybe if you explain in a bit more detail what you're trying to do, it might help jog my memory and find a solution

sonambulo · June 10th, 2008

the things is when i changed the index.tpl file to create 3 columns for pics on the home page, i found out that the contact and about and product pages were also chaged to 3 columns. which kinda looks riduculous cause the about description is in one column to the right and on the product page the products are also on the far right column.

i would want the about and contact page to be on big rectangle/cloumns for the info etc and the products to have several more columns.

i think i just realized the solution, but let me know anyways. thanks

Rodney · June 18th, 2008

Instead of editing index.tpl to make 3 columns for the products on the homepage, you would edit the template that just controls the main page product listing.

I think it's the popularproducts template, but I could be mistaken.

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