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You can use different templates on different pages of your site. You may choose to use the Blue Top Bar template on the Catalog pages, and maybe the Green Top Bar template on the home page. That is fine and you can do this by choosing your desired template while editing the appropriate page (the catalog page, or your contact page, etc. all have options for which template to use)
However you may wish to use multiple CUSTOM templates and this is certainly possible. You will need to add your custom template that will be in use by default into the Custom Template box in the Template area of the admin. So any pages where you do not choose a specific template, will use this main custom template. Then to create additional custom templates for use on specific pages, follow these instructions:
1. Create a regular HTML file with the extension of .htm. Include
the page names of the site codes within the HTML code, with a PHP path:
include("home/USERNAME/public_html/enc/somefile.php");
Where "somefile.php" is a file within the "enc" (or includes)
directory, as shown in gray next to the site include name on the site
codes page in your store admin.
2. Follow the instructions below when creating the template:
- Do NOT use the %CODE% value - instead, use the actual page name.
- You must include the whole PHP path if multiple pages are to be used.
- The template file should be named with the template's name,
where any spaces are noted as underscores. For example, if you wish to
call your template "Blue Moon", name it "Blue_Moon.htm".
- Template files must end in .htm
- Include absolute image paths (ie.
http://yoursite.com/images/picture.gif) instead of relative ones (ie.
images/picture.gif) in the template.
If in doubt, make a copy of one of the existing templates and look at the HTML code to follow the same procedure.
3. For each .htm template file you create, you can create a matching
.php file that shows all color values. This will serve as a file that
allows the shop to update the link and button colors as they select a
new template. You do not need to create a .php file for each template,
but the link colors will not be updated if a .php file doesn`t exist
(forcing the shop owner to select his or her own colors).
The .php file should be named exactly as the corresponding .htm
template file, except for the extension. Use an existing configuration
file as a guide. For each value, replace only the color value within
quotes.
HINT: Are you still having problems creating
custom templates? Try creating them as custom templates first, using
the custom template box. Then after saving, copy the HTML code in the
index.htm file and paste into a new template page. This auto-creates
all the includes for you, so it's a lot easier to start with.
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