Perfect Breeze Magento theme installation guide

Initial installation

1. Copy files from the package theme/ dir to your Magento Directory
(PSD/ dir in the package holds PSD source files).

2. Navigate to Backend->System->Configuration->Design->Package Tab-> Current Package Name Field and set this field to default value

3. Navigate to Backend->System->Configuration->Design->Themes Tab and set all fields to perfect_breeze value.

4. Navigate to Backend->System->Configuration->Content Management Tab and set "Enable WYSIWYG Editor" to Disable by Default value.

Create category for main navigation menu

In order to get the main navigation visible, you need to create at least one active subcategory in the root folder. Category should be subcategory of the Root (default) category. Category must be active to be showing in the main navigation.

Create hidden categories

Create 2 categories as subcategories to your theme default category. They must be inactive to be hidden in the main navigation. These categories will be for "Home page products" and "Popular products". Remember the IDs of these categories. See the image below.

Once categories are created it is good to add several products to them. Do not forget to keep indexes in touch. System->Index Management

Create Static Block home_page_header_block

Go to CMS->Static Block to add new static blocks.

Block Title*	home_page_header_block
Identifier*	home_page_header_block
Store View*	Select correct store view
Status	Enabled*
Content

Create Static Block head_phone_block

Go to CMS->Static Block to add new static blocks.

Block Title*	head_phone_block
Identifier*	head_phone_block
Store View*	Select correct store view
Status	Enabled*
Content	<ul class="head_contacts_block"> <li><span class="phone">+1 253.243.2001</span></li> <li><a class="mail" href="mailto:info@yourstore.com">info@yourstore.com</a></li> <li><a href="#">Free Shipping</a></li> <li class="last"><a href="#">Need help?</a></li> </ul>

Create Static Block right_info_block

Go to CMS->Static Block to add new static blocks.

Do not forget to replace "PopularProductsCategoryID" with actual category ID.

Block Title*	right_info_block
Identifier*	right_info_block
Store View*	Select correct store view
Status	Enabled*
Content

Create Static Block left_info_block

Go to CMS->Static Block to add new static blocks.

Do not forget to replace "PopularProductsCategoryID" with actual category ID.

Block Title*	left_info_block
Identifier*	left_info_block
Store View*	Select correct store view
Status	Enabled*
Content

Edit home page

Go to CMS->Pages and Edit/Add home page

Page Title*	home
URL Key	home
Store View	Select correct store view
Status	Enabled*
Content Do not forget to replace "HomeProductsCategoryID" with the ID of one of the created categories
Layout	1column*
Layout Update XML	<reference name="header"> <block type="cms/block" name="home_page_header_block"> <action method="setBlockId"><block_id>home_page_header_block</block_id></action> </block> </reference> <reference name="head"> <action method="addItem"><type>skin_css</type><name>css/slider.css</name><params/></action> <action method="addItem"><type>skin_js</type><name>js/jquery-1.5.2.min.js</name></action> <action method="addItem"><type>skin_js</type><name>js/cycle-fade-effect.js</name></action> <action method="addItem"><type>skin_js</type><name>js/slider.js</name></action> </reference>

 

Extensions

Custom Menu

Please load the Custom Magento menu extension

• Custom Menu Guides
• Custom Menu settings for this template

Shipping price calculator and One page checkout

Included in the package.

• Shipping Price Calculator Installation Guide
• OnePage Magento Checkout Installation Guide

We also recommend adding Lightbox extension to your Magento

• How to change "jQuery Cycle Plugin" effect, for templates without "Total Slider Manager"

Congratulations! Your magento theme is ready!

Thank you for using this theme.

 

HTML & CSS Structure

This theme is built according to Magento standards, you might see the general structure of Magento themes.
HTML structure were kept as default in Magento. changed template phtml files are located at:

 
YourMagentoDir/app/design/frontend/default/perfect_breeze/template

Theme also includes layout configuration xml files here:

 
YourMagentoDir/app/design/frontend/default/perfect_breeze/layout

If you would like to edit the color, font, or style of any elements in one of these columns, you would edit this css file:

 
YourMagentoDir/skin/frontend/default/perfect_breeze/css/skin.css

 

Files Structure

Theme uses standard css files plus custom skin.css which contains all custom styles.

Main directories: php, phtml, xml files

app/

banners and other media

media/

javascripts, css, images used by css

skin/

 

JavaScript

This theme imports three Javascript files.

1. jQuery
2. Cycle-Fade effects plugin
3. noconfilct js file

1. jQuery is a Javascript library that greatly reduces the amount of code that you must write.
2. Most of the animation in this site is carried out from the Cycle-Fade effects plugin. Here is the code which implements fading banner on the home page.
   
   

   slider = jQuery('#slider-content');
   slider.before('<div id="stripNav0" class="stripNav">').cycle({
     fx: 'fade', 
     timeout: 4000, 
     speed: 1000, 
     next: '.stripNavL', 
     prev: '.stripNavR', 
     pager: '#stripNav0'});
   

Magento How Toes

Useful video tutorials powered by Template-help.com

• How to remove the warning messag
• How to add a category
• How to add a simple produc
• How to create a configurable product
• How to create an attribute
• How to create an attribute set
• How to configure tier pricing
• How to configure a product listing layout
• How to add a static page
• How to manage html pages content

Magento template customization

tutorials

• How to change the logo
• How to change the welcome message
• How to disable side-boxes
• How to edit the footer copyright notification
• How to change the home page banner links
• How to disable blocks on the home page

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