Hi Friends,
I love that new Boost template! It's great.

I am having a problem getting images from a directory to load into a carousel module in banner position. What loads is a little icon with the image title, but no images. They are all jpgs. Do I need to make them png to get them to load?

I've tried different layouts, such as grid, but get the same thing. I've tried plugging a different image directory into it without success.

Any tips appreciated! I downloaded the version of Zentools that is listed with Boost. 1.1.4. The fact that the little image icon with title loads tells me that at least the directory link is working. And they "carousel" just fine, only all I see is the little icon/title going by.

Thanks.

Hi again

Do you have a link for the site?

Cheers
Paul

I disabled the module for now - it was in the banner position at www.sarahkingcomm.com

There is another layout question that has come up. The stacked module in the grid1 position breaks the title on phone. It had happened first when I had
Consider the Possibilities, where it cut of the last 4 letters and said Possibili

So I shortened it to Consider the Possible and it worked on my iPhone 6, but breaks to
Conside
r the
Possibilities

on my brother's Android phone, large screen. Is there a place where I can say nowrap, or adjust the width and font size with the screen? Unfortunately I don't have his phone with me to keep testing this.

Thanks

Hi

I don't have access to an iphone but have you tried media queries?

@media screen and (max-device-width: 420px) {
#grid1 h2 {font-size: 30px;}
}

Something along those lines

Cheers
Paul

Not sure what that means. Shall I just copy that css into my custom css file? Where do I look for media queries?

I have another module published to grid1, and it's not a Zentools module and loads fine on the devices. It breaks the h2, but not mid-word, and so it's ok with me. I don't want to throw off the look, having those modules look different with h2 being different sizes on modules stacked together.

I really wanted the scrolling background photo of the stacked setting for the Zentools module! That doesn't work on mobile devices, neither phone or tablet. Is there some kind of conflict with Zentools functionality and responsiveness?

Just trying to understand the problem so I can understand the solution.

Thanks

The css I suggested to was to reduce the grid1 postion heading 2 fontsize on screens with a max width of 420px

@media screen and (max-device-width: 420px) {
#grid1 h2.zt-block {font-size: 30px;}
}

but no worries if you don't want to use it - the latest example targets a zentool h2 in grid1

Scrolling backgrounds behave inconsistently so developers commonly disable this functionality on mobile devices

So it is behaving as expected functionality wise

Cheers
Paul

Thanks. I ditched the module altogether rather than try to wrestle with it.

But I am back to my original problem, and that is Zentools is not loading content at all. Just the image name. I've tried all different layouts and a couple content directories, with no luck. It doesn't work in any position either.

I can only think there is something amiss with the Zentools installation, even though it was the one that was available with the Boost download. Any suggestions? Should I uninstall it and try again?
www.sarahkingcomm.com/

Just as a heads up I'm seeing 404's on the menu

Make sure you have the latest module installed

Are you able to point me to a page with module not working?

Sorry, got sidetracked last week.

I'm not getting 404's, go figure. The link with the module not working is
www.sarahkingcomm.com/

What version of Zentools should I have? I only downloaded it with the template about 3 weeks ago.

Also having trouble with another site displaying Zentools. I want a grid showing 2 items linked to articles in the below content position. Nothing loads...

www.ecobuildnetwork.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=68

Ok, something strange going on,
www.ecobuildnetwork.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=68

No modules are loading to it. I assigned a banner and a sidebar2 in addition to a Zentools to below content. Something broken?

How are you loading the module?

What position are they published to?

Cheers
Paul

I thought that publishing them in certain positions should make them load. On this page
www.ecobuildnetwork.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=68

There should be 3 modules loading, a banner (standard, no Zen) a sidebar2 (standard, no zen) and a Zentools in belowcontent that should be loading 3 items in grid format with lightboxes.

Is there another setting I need to activate to make them load? I've never had to do that before, publishing them always did the trick.

Given the home menu link is high lighted it could be the itemid is the issue

www.joomlabamboo.com/blog/how-to-joomla/implementing-a-fix-for-menu-item-ids-in-joomla

Try adding a link for the category or the article

Cheers
Paul

That was greek to me. I've tried creating a new category, new menu named after the category and I really can't figure out what needs to happen. Why don't modules publish the old fashioned way? Now I'm hopelessly confused.

Do you have a menu link pointing to the page in question?

If not that individual page then its category

Cheers

www.ecobuildnetwork.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=68

It is supposed to have a banner and sidebar2 that are not zen. And a belowcontent that is Zentools grid linking to 3 articles.

With the article - where is that on the menu?

Have you tried adding this to the menu as a test?

I see the active menu link as home but it isn't given the url
So this goes back to itemid issue as described by the article

Cheers
Paul

Ok, so I was trying to develop the page out of sight until I was ready, and so it wasn't in the main menu. I put it in the main menu and the modules started loading properly

So my question is, does a menu item have to be in the main menu to load modules? Can't a hidden menu item load them?