Hikashop does not show frontend

Bought a template for joomla 3, uploaded Hikashop, but I can't see the shop frontend. I created 1 product and category and I can create a menu in main menu that shows that category in the template I bought (only that as you have to choose 1 module from a list to show), but I would like to see the full Hikashop template/site and link to the webshop from the homepage of our website if you understand what I mean.. I am not a professional sadly and have spent way too many hours on it without any result.. Could you help us out?

How do I get to see Hikashop front end so I can see how it works with our website (which I also have to set up from scratch, so not that much to see yet, I first want to see if and how the 2 work together). The page where I see the cart and all the other things you can see on the demo of Hikashop? For I have no clue how to create these pages myself and from what I understand Hikashop has its own template which does not interfere with my joomla template for the website.

Back end in the category menu I can't upload a picture and above the page all the items are listed in a huge blue banner instead of neatly above the controlpanel, can't click on them either that way:

(joomla logo shows like in the small blue banner it used to show and then the following:)
Systeem Configuratie Zones Betaal methoden Verzend methoden BTW Valuta Order statussen Bulk akties Artikelen Voeg artikel toe Artikelen Categorieën Karakteristieken Fabrikanten Series Importeer Klanten Klanten Stemmen Orders Orders Kortingen Weergave Weergaven Inhoud menus Inhoud modules Eigen velden Documentatie Documentatie Update / Over Forum.

What did I do wrong? And why does it not show frontend?

Your help would be greatly appreciated!!
Simone

PS The website I have for now (had a beautiful one made with the demo, but then for unknown reasons images did not display, so I am trying to build one from scratch) is fotoverweij.vanaltena.nl/joomla30/index.php/home

Hi,

Regarding the menu bar in the backend, you need to change the option "menu position" to "above the content" in the configuration of HikaShop and it will display properly.

Regarding the display of your categories and products, I can see the webshop link just fine on your frontend, which then display the listing of the categories and when you click on a category, you get the listing of the products of that category and then you can click on that product.
As far as I can see, that is working fine on your website.

Thank you! Backend problem resolved!

Regarding front end, if I put 1 test category there it shows like you can see (but not as pretty as on the demo), but where are the modules like shown on the demo with the my cart for instance? I would like to have those visible as well. Customers need to be able to see their cart. On the left you also have a module listing all categories & products etc. Now I can only link to that 1 test category in the main menu bar to that page you see now. We need modules with the above info on my screen. How do I show these? I would like to link the button webshop directly to a page like the demo shows, with all the modules left and featured products displayed.

Thanks!! I appreciate your help a lot, after all my hours of fruitless effort to create something workable for my husbands shop, I am grateful to have found some help!

Simone

PS How do I get rid of the link: HikaShop , Joomla!™ Online Store Component on that page? I don't know why it is there or what to do with it as it links to the hikashop site

You need to enable these modules via the joomla modules manager. Once enabled, you'll see them on your frontend.

The footer can be turned off in the configuration of HikaShop with the "show footer" option.

I enabled the shopping cart module, it shows now on the sidecolumn, but does not fit in the module as you can see, how do I fix this? The position it originally had does not show anywhere (position 7), so I chose this one, but as you can see does not look good at all. This can not be right, right?

Then configure it to a valid position of your template.

Just did, see my edited reply, we just crossed paths I think in posting our reply, sorry! Looks horrible though, can you suggest anything to make it look like it should?

That's because you turned on the "show image" option in your cart module's hikashop options. Turn it off and it will be better as it will take less width.

Thanks, it now fits in the module, but it still does not look like the one from the demo with the shopping cart symbol. Is it because I use a joomla template that is not specifically made for a webshop that it looks so different than the demo? Is it possible to still use my template, but have the webshop part of the site looking like the demo?

Hi,

Yes our demo website uses the template CSS to display the image.
The module have a special suffix ( cart ) so the classname of the div is : moduletable-cart

You can check the CSS file of our template : demo.hikashop.com/templates/hagane/css/template.css
And see the CSS rules for the " .moduletable-cart ". We put some commentaries in order to group rules for the different features.

Hope it will help you.

Regards,

Thank you. I have now bought the styles for 40 euros (seemed easier to configure than from scratch) and implemented the picture blue style in my template. The cart still does not show, the module with content of the cart does show nicely, but not the top part where you see the cart in the blue banner where it says 'my cart'.

Do I still need to go into the css file and make the above changes you mentioned? I thought if I bought the styles, when implemented they would show as on the photos provided of that style. I am unsure of which parts of the css to change and where to put it... this is all new to me. I understand css changes design etc. but do not knoe the css language well enough to know where and how tp put what, that is why I bought the style and hoped the modules would show on my template as on the hikashop style page.

I would like to have the modules of the picture blue style shown as on the photos on hikashop for this style and change the color. How do I do this? Here you can see what I mean: fotoverweij.vanaltena.nl/joomla30/index.php/home

Thanks again!!

Regards,
Simone

PS All the modules/items I publish miss this bar at the top with the title. It shows the Joomla template title when activated, but I would like the full module to show, like my cart and categories. Where can I activate these and change the color to fit my template?

Hi, my other question still stands as well, how do I get rid of this link on my pages: HikaShop , Joomla!™ Online Store Component

Thanks heaps!!
Simone

Hi,

Simone wrote: Hi, my other question still stands as well, how do I get rid of this link on my pages: HikaShop , Joomla!™ Online Store Component

www.hikashop.com/support/faq.html

The cart still does not show, the module with content of the cart does show nicely, but not the top part where you see the cart in the blue banner where it says 'my cart'.

Like I said : The module have a special suffix ( cart ) so the classname of the div is : moduletable-cart
You have to specify a class suffix in your Joomla module configuration for your "my cart" module.
After that, for the blue style, the image is configured but the CSS rule is commented.
You have to edit the style (in the backend of HikaShop) and remove the "/* */" just before and just after that: And if your module have the right suffix, the image will be displayed.

Regards,

Hi Jerome,

Removed those /* you said in the css in the backend of Hikashop and added 'moduletable-cart' in the module class suffix, but nothing changed. Did I need another word for the class suffix?

And how does this work for the the other modules? I would like to have a menu on the left listing all products that will be added later (like in the style), but with the bar showing the title. Categories and Articles do not show this either, is this all due to a class suffix that needs to be added? How do I know what to put there?

Thanks!
Simone

Note: I googled info about class suffix and read you need to add a space, this worked! It now shows the cart heading ! Still don't know how to do the same with the other modules though, tips are most welcome.

Hi,

The CSS contains other part (which are commented too) for heading images.
They uses other suffixes than the "table-cart", the best is too look at the CSS file and see which heading images you want.

Kind regards,

Hi Jerome,

I did this already ( I think I have the right one), but the only thing that changed was that in the orange style, the dots appeared under the title. The font is way too large for the module and it just does not look like the picture on the hikashop styles page at all. I would ike to list the categories and its articles/products or brands to choose from in that neatly orange menu like module. It now has white bars underneath the orange ones as well and the text does not fit at all. I tried to change the h3 in other h numbers, thought that referred to heading, but it made no difference.

I was under the impression that I bought the syle as shown as I have little experience in Joomla and css, I see now I have to adjust more than I thought to get it to look like that, and I need a little help with that.. :blush:

Thanks again!
Simone

Hello Simone,

there was the same behaviour on my site. The solution in my case is really simple : In the details of my shop module "cart", the option "Show title" was disabled.

Turn it on, and it works.

Hi,

That is on and was solved by adding a class suffix. The other modules are now giving me trouble in displaying its content as shown on the style from Hikashop. I have no idea how and where to solve this..

You can see what I mean here: www.fotoverweij.vanaltena.nl/joomla30/

I have the menu module of my template as well as the one from Hikashop, I would love the latter to show like on the orange style of Hikashop.

Help/ advise is greatly appreciated! We can only put the images, slides and products in when the site looks presentable.
Simone

Hi,

You can add the following properties in the frontend css file:

Heloo Xavier,

Thanks! That already makes a big difference, I adjusted the font size so the text fits as well. Now I only have to fill it , I assume for a minute the secondary level functions, where products of the categories show once added as a submenu .

Remains 1 question, how do I get the box to look like on the hikashop style example? Now it is in a larger grey like box, in the example it is a smaller box fitting the content if you know what I mean, with I think the same dots as underline the title, these look much better .

I can see it has to do with the padding in the css, but do not know where to put what as to create the look it is supposed to have.

Your help is much appreciated!
Simone