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Hi,

I see where cubecart 3.0.17 places the newly added products at the bottom of the pages instead of the top where they should be. Anyway to change that? Any help would be most appreciated.

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Hi,

I see where cubecart 3.0.17 places the newly added products at the bottom of the pages instead of the top where they should be. Anyway to change that? Any help would be most appreciated.

"Should" is one of the most dangerous words in the entire lexicon. I spent a few years in therapy leaching it out of my system.

While I cannot speak for any other developer or store owner, I can say that I don't recall ever seeing "Latest Products" above others. It would not surprise me, given CC's great flexibility and ease of design, to discover that someone has done it that way.

But to paraphrase Mark Twain on the subject of a Talking Dog, "Why bother?" He was referring to the liklihood that the dog has little worth hearing.

My own point is, I consider the Home Page real estate too valuable for just the latest products. It's where I prefer to put either a welcoming message about the store or it's owner (www.allironworks.com or www.rodriguezpuroscigarscigars.com) or a display of Category photos and links (www.vikolya.com or www.itsgreektomejerseycity.com).

Having made my unrequested argument, I can tell you that you can manage the position of Latest Products in the file:

yourdomain.com\skins\yourskin(Legend, Killer, etc.)\styleTemplates\content\index.tpl

I'm not positive of the next step, but offhand, lacking time to test it, I'd start with copying and moving

<!-- BEGIN: latest_prods -->

<div class="boxContent">

<span class="txtContentTitle">{LANG_LATEST_PRODUCTS}</span>

<div style="margin-top: 10px;">

<!-- BEGIN: repeat_prods -->

<div class="latestProds">

<a href="index.php?act=viewProd&amp;productId={VAL_PRODUCT_ID}"><img src="{VAL_IMG_SRC}" alt="{VAL_PRODUCT_NAME}" border="0" title="{VAL_PRODUCT_NAME}" /></a>

<br />

<a href="index.php?act=viewProd&amp;productId={VAL_PRODUCT_ID}" class="txtDefault">{VAL_PRODUCT_NAME}</a>

<br />

{TXT_PRICE} <span class="txtSale">{TXT_SALE_PRICE}</span>

</div>

<!-- END: repeat_prods -->

<br clear="all" />

</div>

<br clear="all" />

</div>

<!-- END: latest_prods -->

to the line directly below <!-- BEGIN: index -->

Then delete the lower material. Save and upload the file, overwriting the original. Since it's a pretty simple edit, you should be able to reverse it if it doesn't work.

Yes I said "should." I think that shrink should give me a refund.

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Hi,

I see where cubecart 3.0.17 places the newly added products at the bottom of the pages instead of the top where they should be. Anyway to change that? Any help would be most appreciated.

"Should" is one of the most dangerous words in the entire lexicon. I spent a few years in therapy leaching it out of my system.

While I cannot speak for any other developer or store owner, I can say that I don't recall ever seeing "Latest Products" above others. It would not surprise me, given CC's great flexibility and ease of design, to discover that someone has done it that way.

But to paraphrase Mark Twain on the subject of a Talking Dog, "Why bother?" He was referring to the liklihood that the dog has little worth hearing.

My own point is, I consider the Home Page real estate too valuable for just the latest products. It's where I prefer to put either a welcoming message about the store or it's owner (www.allironworks.com or www.rodriguezpuroscigarscigars.com) or a display of Category photos and links (www.vikolya.com or www.itsgreektomejerseycity.com).

Having made my unrequested argument, I can tell you that you can manage the position of Latest Products in the file:

yourdomain.com\skins\yourskin(Legend, Killer, etc.)\styleTemplates\content\index.tpl

I'm not positive of the next step, but offhand, lacking time to test it, I'd start with copying and moving

<!-- BEGIN: latest_prods -->

<div class="boxContent">

<span class="txtContentTitle">{LANG_LATEST_PRODUCTS}</span>

<div style="margin-top: 10px;">

<!-- BEGIN: repeat_prods -->

<div class="latestProds">

<a href="index.php?act=viewProd&amp;productId={VAL_PRODUCT_ID}"><img src="{VAL_IMG_SRC}" alt="{VAL_PRODUCT_NAME}" border="0" title="{VAL_PRODUCT_NAME}" /></a>

<br />

<a href="index.php?act=viewProd&amp;productId={VAL_PRODUCT_ID}" class="txtDefault">{VAL_PRODUCT_NAME}</a>

<br />

{TXT_PRICE} <span class="txtSale">{TXT_SALE_PRICE}</span>

</div>

<!-- END: repeat_prods -->

<br clear="all" />

</div>

<br clear="all" />

</div>

<!-- END: latest_prods -->

to the line directly below <!-- BEGIN: index -->

Then delete the lower material. Save and upload the file, overwriting the original. Since it's a pretty simple edit, you should be able to reverse it if it doesn't work.

Yes I said "should." I think that shrink should give me a refund.

Thanks for the help jerseyjoe, but I believe I need to clarify my question just a bit in case it changes the code etc. I did not mean on the homepage , because I my not put any on it. I meant in the category sections. Just trying to make it easier for the person to find the newest releases. Yeah I know they can do a product search.

By the way, who is your doctor? I might need him or her someday. Just Kidding.

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I,m a newbie, I was looking for a good shopping cart to use and came here after reading a few recommendations. I downloaded the program 3.17 and followed everything to the letter. WHAT A PILE OF INSANE PROBLEMS ! I have spent hours sorting problems, came here and it seems everyone and there are 1000.s that have problems, fall outs, broken stores mising items, incorrect code IS THERE ANYTHING ABOUT THIS SYSTEM THAT WORKS ? WHY ON EARTH ANYONE WOULD WANT TO SUBJECT THEMSLEVES TO THIS TIME CONSUMING TORTURE IS BEYOND ME - UNLESS THEY DONT HAVE A LIFE ! GEES! I think it would be easier to scrap the whole thing and just find one that works out of the box so to speak ! there are sooooooooo many here that fight and continually have to adjust and update and de-bug it crazy !WORST DAYS WORK I EVER SPENT GETTING INVOLVED WITH CUBECART. IY A GOOD JOB ITS FREE ! :angry:

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!WORST DAYS WORK I EVER SPENT GETTING INVOLVED WITH CUBECART. IY A GOOD JOB ITS FREE ! :angry:
In case someone is wondering why mellow, easy-goin' ole' Joe needed therapy at 40 years old, that is exactly the kind of message he would have written 35 years ago. By that time I had been fired from 8 excellent jobs, been divorced twice, wrecked 4 new cars, was addicted to pain killers, hadn't been out of my apartment for 3 months and was thinking of suicide. All due to psychological depression which, simply said, is deeply rooted self-loathing and unresolved anger.

Taurus, this is no bull. You could end your pain by seeking help. Life's too short to spend it being angry all the time. Of course, all that corrosive, time-and-energy consuming anger does have the "benefit" of making that life shorter.

Be kinder to yourself, man.

After you calm down, come back here with some specific issues and we'll all be glad to help you. Like anything worthwhile, there's a learning curve to CubeCart. But if this just-made-it through High School graduate was able to learn a few things about CC long after I started collecting Social Security, so can you.

Regards and sincere good wishes for you . . .

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