BTS 1.2a Upgrade Package for MS2-MAX v1.5.5

[michael_s]

This upgrade package is for users of MS2-MAX v1.5.5. It upgrades the BTS 1.0b system to 1.2a.

To install this package on your store, follow the install.txt instructions in the zip file.

Please note:

BACKUP your TEMPLATE FILES and DATABASE BEFORE you install this upgrade.

The upgrade is very easy, but if you have customized your templates, you will need to back them up, and re-upload them after the installation of the new system.

The upgrade package is attached below.

[Lynoure]

I tried it and noticed that the CSS template has trouble dealing with wide (150 pixels) small product images. Those seem to break the layout completely.

I made templates/LynoureOld for my old templates and modified common_top_bts.php to
allow switching to use the old templates. However, I cannot switch back to the other templates and I don't get the box in my old store look. What can I do?

[Lynoure]

I found the solution to the second problem:

add following

<?php
// include i.e. template switcher in every template
if(file_exists(DIR_WS_TEMPLATES_BASE . 'common_top_bts.php')) require(DIR_WS_TEMPLATES_BASE . 'common_top_bts.php');
?>

into main_page.tpl.php after line

<!-- warning_eof //-->

[michael_s]

Lynoure, all the templates are just samples. It is up to you to customize them to work with your images.

I don't recommend any of the included templates for a production site, as they are just to show the easy switching ability of the new system.

Also, in the CSS theme, as in any theme that contstrains the width of the page, your images must be constrained to fit as well. I mean think about it. If the total width of the table is 750, and the middle box is 350, and your product image is 250, that doesnt leave a lot of space for a heading, now does it... 100 pixels. It is just simple math...

[innovations]

This upgrade package is for users of MS2-MAX v1.5.5. It upgrades the BTS 1.0b system to 1.2a.

Let me get this right, if we have already run the update from v1.5 to v1.5.5, we still need to update the BTS once more with the BTS v1.2a?

[michael_s]

innovations, no, you do not have to. It is a new upgrade the bts system in 1.5.5.

MAX 1.5.5 will work fine without this upgrade. This is for people who want all the latest features of the template system...

[innovations]

This is for people who want all the latest features of the template system...

That is what I meant, do we need to update the Max 1.5.5 with the BTS 1.2a if we want all the latest features? I just updated my MAX on Friday with the 1.5.5 upgrade and I was wandering if I still lack the BTS 1.2a version.

Sorry for the miscommunication!

[Lynoure]

By "trouble dealing" I didn't mean normal width of the page issues but that the boxes break (the image leaks partially out of the box and boxes overlap each other weirdly) same image sizes work just beautifully in other templates.

I attached a screenshot for those interested. It's reduced to 60% of actual size. The gift voucher image could be smaller than the 150 pixel width, but images of wide hem full length dresses cannot be scaled to much smaller than the GV image size, otherwise they will not be any better than having no images at all.

It might be unrelated, but I realized the CSS template one is the only one with the currency box. The others seems to have lost it somehow.

Edit: It seems that the else clause for using the default box in currencies.php has been left out:

// bof BTSv1.2
if(file_exists(DIR_WS_BOX_TEMPLATES . $box_base_name . '.tpl.php')) {
// if exists, load unique box template for this box from templates/boxes/
require(DIR_WS_BOX_TEMPLATES . $box_base_name . '.tpl.php');
}
else {
// load default box template: templates/boxes/box.tpl.php

}
// eof BTSv1.2

So no wonder the currencies box is missing.

[michael_s]

I am looking at this. Looks like I forgot to add the updated file to the template...

A fix is coming shortly...

[michael_s]

I have updated the zip to fix the currencies.php file. If you already have it installed, all you need to do is unzip it and then replace the /includes/boxes/currencies.php file with the one in this zip.

Or you could just edit /includes/boxes/currencies.php by finding this line:

// load default box template: templates/boxes/box.tpl.php

and adding this below it:

require(DIR_WS_BOX_TEMPLATES . TEMPLATENAME_BOX);