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Thanks both - I'll hang on for a while Tim

As usual - you guys do know your stuff! Now upgraded to 6.0.ob6 and got everything exactly right. I wonder if this version is safe to trust to a live shop? I hope so because I can see that it is much faster to load pages on the storefront and on the admin side, it's much quicker to add new products and so on. Just one little quibble/suggestion - would it be possible to add a 'Confirm Delete' in the product options? I managed to delete somethng by accident - not a great 'pita' but...! Thanks guys - I have no problem with CC having changed to Open Source even though I have paid (on behalf of customers) for the full version and copyright removal. Good luck, I hope you can still make a living from it. I have certainly done very well with it. Now I am supposed to be retired (I am 68) and revovering from Thyroid Cancer, I won't be doing as much as I did but I still enjoy the odd couple of hours finding my way round php and css. Tim

Hi Thanks both for the suggestions - I'll have another look later on. Regards Tim

Hi, Just testing V6.0.0b6 and I like the new admin layout, it's very clean. I have an existing client with the Mican skin which has been modified and I would like to keep it for him. So I downloaded the Mican skin and put it in the skins folder. It now shows up in the list of available skins but it isn't saved when I select it. Any ideas - I know I'm probably missing something obvious but what? Also, I paid for V5 and copyright removal, can I remove the copyright notice in V6? Thanks Tim

Now here is a silly one but...... I have a client who sells clothing. Many items have options, size or colour. The client is complaining that if someone clicks on the 'Buy Now' button, it won't let them order until they have selected the relevant options. Now I know that this is the way 99.9% of shopping carts work and I think it is correct, however, I am wondering if there is a way to do thing slightly differently, perhaps like this: Client clicks on 'Buy Now' Browser goes to correct page and instead of displaying 'please select etc' the page displays a list of the available options with either radio buttons or check boxes. I suspect that it would require a fair amount of coding to do but it is possible someone has already done it - if so could you kindly point me in the right direction. Thanks for reading and any ideas. Regards Tim

Thanks for the suggestion. When I have more time, I'll have a look at changing the code as you suggest and report back. Thanks Tim

Hi Brian, Yes, the trashbin is there in 5.2.1 (must amend my signature!) BUT - it leave all the options behind, but they can ow be deleted individually. So at least it's a small step forward. Thanks Tim

Hi, Is there anyway to remove an option set from a product? I have several products where the incorrect option set has been added and I can't see a way to remove a complete option set. I know that I can just turn each option off. On a similar subject, when creating an option set, is there any way to have all the options default to off rather than on? I would find this really useful as I am doing a new shop for a client and they want an option set for colours, - over 30 of them and many products only use 8 or 9, be much easier to turn 9 on rather than 20 off! Thanks all Tim

Hi, Nice...I agree with bsmither. The sacking/burlap background does not work with the text sitting on it. Perhaps a change of text colour and/or font may help. Tim

Hi Brian, No, what I really would like to do is not have to untick the 'generate stock code' every time I add a new product. There is a work around which is to create a single product with the box unticked and then clone it. Regards Tim

I know it's odd in this day and age of barcodes but I am doing a site for a client who sells one off paintings and sculptures and doesn't need product codes. Is there anywhere to turn off the stock codes, or at least 'automatically generate stock code'? TIA Tim

You are the man! Thank you - it was staring me in the face - I knew it would be but after an 18 hour stint moving sites to a new server, I should never have started doing a 'five minute' job! Thank you - much appreciated. Tim

Hi All, Having a little problem with Mican Black layout. There is a vertical line to the right of the search box which I would like to remove and I want to move the 'sort by' box to the right. Spent a couple of hours on this one but damned if I can find it in the css files or page php files. Been a long day and I'm tired - I'll bet it's staring me in the face but a little help would be much appreciated. The link will show you what I am talking about. Link to page Thanks in advance Tim

BINGO!!!! Thanks for your perseverance - really do appreciate you taking the time to help with this, if I can ever do anything for you.... I am still baffled as to why a simple edit of the language file in the admin side doesn't work and even more baffled as to why editing definitions.xml doesn't work. And yes, I do reload the page every time and check it in Chrome, Firefox, IE8 and IE 10! Thanks again Tim

This is what is at line 81 - 83 81 {else} 82 <p>{$LANG.category.no_products}</p> 83 {/if} So I should comment line 82? Tim

Hi, Looks like we crossed postings. No, that's not the answer either, those lines don't exist in any of the php files in the Mican skins folder. Tim What has me beaten is where this text is coming from. The only instance I can find is in definitions.xml so you would have thought that by editing it there, that would do the job - unless of course it's in the database - next step - download the sql and do a search on that! Tim No, not in the database - stupid idea anyway!

No - that doesn't work either - looks like this may be one for the CC support team? Tim

Hi, Sorry about that - I had to do a fast re-install - managed to click on delete the language file instead of edit - I've been at this since 10.00 clock last night! Replacing 'no products found' with a space doesn't work either! Tim

Hi DirtyButter, Not sure about the SPACE - do you mean prefix the string with a space? If so, that doesn't work. Tim Hi bsmither, Really appreciate you taking the time to help with this. you are right about the font colour - I have changed it to blue somewhere! The clean install is saffronlake.com admin username & password = tester Please feel free to do as you like, I can soon down it Tim

Ok, A little progress. Clean install of 5.2.2 I can now get the colour of the h2 text to change to black on the clean install but it does not work of the live site so I must have changed some else in another css file that is overriding it - I'll investigate this one further. However the 'no products found' is still not behaving. I have tried everything I can think of, including editing the 'definitions' file. I have searched every file, php, xml and everything else for the 'no products found' string and it only seems to exist in 'definitions.xml' so I am now completely stumped! I am now wading through several inches of torn out hair! Tim

Hi, Thanks for taking the time to help but unfortunately, neither suggestion works. I had already found the #header #boxes h2 { color: #754C24; } and changed it, colour is still blue. I hadn't found #quick_search span.search > input { color: #717171; but I did and changed it as well - still blue. As detailed below, I have done a fresh install of CC and will fiddle with the css and see what happens. The second answer also does not work. I tried it on the live store, no change, tried it on the development store, also didn't work. So, not liking to be beaten, I did a fresh install of 5.2.2 and created 2 categories with no products. Then edited the language file as per your suggestion - again it didn't work. So I downloaded the entire site and searched every file for the text I had used to replace 'no products found'. I can find the text I used but it doesn't show up, I still get the 'no prooducts found'. I am now completely baffled so me next step is to do a clean install on a different domain - I have one that is dormant and have never had CC installed and we'll see what happens - I'll be back to report! Thanks Tim

Hi, I am nearly finished customizing a client's store using the Mican Blue skin but I have 2 problems I can't solve. 1 - the Search Box - How do I change the colour of the word SEARCH - it is in Blue and I want it to be black 2 - not sure if this this a Mican thing or a general thing - when I click on a main category, I see the sub categories with their images but underneath is a line 'No products found' how do I get rid of this line? Thanks in advance for any help. Tim

Hi, Thanks for your detailed explanation, the way that CC works with images now makes a lot more sense and I am grateful to you for helping me understand. I agree that it doesn't result in 'greater disk space' usage but when you have a large store, it may make a difference. For us store designers, it is fairly simple to resize images but for most of my clients it is a task way beyond their capabilities! Thanks again Tim

Can somebody explain to me why Cubecart uses an image cache? It seems silly to me that the images are uploaded to the images directory and then, as far as I can see, copied to the images cache directory when they are added to a product. It seems to me to be a great waste of disk space. Is there any way that this can be circumvented? And while we are on the subject of images....I have been using OSC for the last 10 years and have recently started using Cubecard 5.2.2 for a client's store. I am in the process of populating the store and as a lot of products are similar, I am cloning them and then changing the bits that need to be changed. It would be very useful if the image path was shown when you are looking at a displayed image in the image tab section of a product. OSC displays the image path as part of the product description. Perhaps the guys at Devillion could take note for a future release? Tim

Thanks - found and done. I cannot believe how much time I spent yesterday looking for it! Tim