Following on from a recent post re a corrupt template, 'Shabby' from X6 Themes, which was kindly confirmed by 'Clitheroe Kid' (thanks Joe) there is a further annoying issue with this template apart from copying and pasting stuff can and does crash X6 on an otherwise very stable platform.
On near completion of a site using 'Shabby' I made the fatal error of fixng a couple of things that weren't really broke. Decided I would spruce up the only datepicker in town to something more exciting than gray. No go. As Joe confirms, site settings don't transfer. He suggests that there is a conflict with the Jquery for the datepicker and other Webplus elements and suggests loading the datepicker UI direct from Google as a quick fix.
Next I altered a HTML frame to Body 1 style. This caused the WYSWIG design display to differ considerably from any browser output and in effect framed borders become unpredictable in a browser.
To illustrate the problem, in the attached .wpp I placed 2 initially identical bordered frames with some placeholder text on 1 page left over from hacking everything out from the template. I changed the first paragraph in one frame to Body 1 style and adjusted the frame to a visual tight fit. Preview shows a large unwanted white space at the bottom of the frame. Not removeable without hacking CSS.
Just pointing it out. Not really bothered about a fix as such. The point of using a template is not to have to provide a fix for anything as some paid professional rather than this working for free amateur was supposed to have tested and fixed it first. The Webplus slogan is supposedly about not having to know any HTML or CSS to produce a working site.
Joe pointed out as I hadn't noticed it before, because I had removed it, that the contact form provided in the template is NOT actually a form but a mock up of a form!The alleged 'form' is an admittedly carefully coiffured amalgam of HTML frames, graphic lines and quick rectangles etc. etc. but with no functionality whatsoever! Not so much as a sniff at a form element anywhere. And the point of that is? And what was the designer on at the time?
Fortunately it looks as though no-one else has used this template before or at least not reported it's shortcomings (putting it politely) or indeed beginners may have been put off web site design entirely by it.
I wonder what other joys will reveal themselves in testing over time, as there would appear to be inherent Jquery conflicts within. First time I ever used a template, so won't be relying on Serif templates again.
John B
On near completion of a site using 'Shabby' I made the fatal error of fixng a couple of things that weren't really broke. Decided I would spruce up the only datepicker in town to something more exciting than gray. No go. As Joe confirms, site settings don't transfer. He suggests that there is a conflict with the Jquery for the datepicker and other Webplus elements and suggests loading the datepicker UI direct from Google as a quick fix.
Next I altered a HTML frame to Body 1 style. This caused the WYSWIG design display to differ considerably from any browser output and in effect framed borders become unpredictable in a browser.
To illustrate the problem, in the attached .wpp I placed 2 initially identical bordered frames with some placeholder text on 1 page left over from hacking everything out from the template. I changed the first paragraph in one frame to Body 1 style and adjusted the frame to a visual tight fit. Preview shows a large unwanted white space at the bottom of the frame. Not removeable without hacking CSS.
Just pointing it out. Not really bothered about a fix as such. The point of using a template is not to have to provide a fix for anything as some paid professional rather than this working for free amateur was supposed to have tested and fixed it first. The Webplus slogan is supposedly about not having to know any HTML or CSS to produce a working site.
Joe pointed out as I hadn't noticed it before, because I had removed it, that the contact form provided in the template is NOT actually a form but a mock up of a form!The alleged 'form' is an admittedly carefully coiffured amalgam of HTML frames, graphic lines and quick rectangles etc. etc. but with no functionality whatsoever! Not so much as a sniff at a form element anywhere. And the point of that is? And what was the designer on at the time?
Fortunately it looks as though no-one else has used this template before or at least not reported it's shortcomings (putting it politely) or indeed beginners may have been put off web site design entirely by it.
I wonder what other joys will reveal themselves in testing over time, as there would appear to be inherent Jquery conflicts within. First time I ever used a template, so won't be relying on Serif templates again.
John B