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I suppose there's no way I can access the index page so I can get rid of the off canvas menu and implement my own?

Hello, 
Some offcanvas issue has been resolved in the upcoming 1.4.4 release. You can try applying the fix from this commit: https://github.com/abantecart/abantecart-src/commit/195ff5c14fdfbd8d09ed8a59a9d4ec00da2af1e9?w=1

Thank you Basara for pointing out a possible fix.  I actually wasn't familiiar with off canvas menus until a closer look at the css yesterday.

I may eventually opt to turn off the hamburger button.

Made no noticeable difference.  Maybe there's an update on .p-3?

Hello, 
Some offcanvas issue has been resolved in the upcoming 1.4.4 release. You can try applying the fix from this commit: https://github.com/abantecart/abantecart-src/commit/195ff5c14fdfbd8d09ed8a59a9d4ec00da2af1e9?w=1

Thank you Basara for pointing out a possible fix.  I actually wasn't familiiar with off canvas menus until a closer look at the css yesterday.

I may eventually opt to turn off the hamburger button.

As a general best practice, it's always a good idea to:
Make regular backups before experimenting
Clone the template before editing any theme files, so you can safely test changes
Temporarily disable blocks in Layout if you suspect custom CSS added to a block might be affecting scaling or menus

Great tips.  I'm now keeping copies of the originals as well as the progressively altered files AND the slider html (the Field History is not being recorded).

You may also want to try some of the other available themes, sliders to see if their responsive behavior fits your needs better.
https://marketplace.abantecart.com/templates--skins
https://marketplace.abantecart.com/index.php?rt=product/elastic_search&keyword=slider

Thank you for pointing this out to me. I may never have found that on my own.

So I uninstalled AC and reinstalled (essentially losing all the time and effort I had put into it), thinking maybe I'd inadvertently made some change that caused the crappy scaling and wonky drop down menu.

The fresh install behaves exactly the same, meaning this was the intended behavior all along. 

The the drop down menu on the hand held device version isn't working so hot either.

I'm quite certain I've not tweaked the scalability of my Novator v1.4.3 site in any way, as I'm just getting familiar with things around here.

I've been having problems implementing a box shadow on the hero slider images, and it seems to be due to the fact that the body of the site does not properly scale along with the content.

Please see attachment.  This is on a 400 by 700 screen.

Hello.
A few general points that should help clear things up.

First, it's common practice to use the same image sizes and proportions as the original demo banners. You can always inspect the demo source and download the original images to see their exact sizes and aspect ratios https://www.abantecart.com/shopping-cart-demo

Thank you so much for your feedback.

As I understand you, this implies that the hero slider cannot be customized.  Is this correct?

I'm currently trying to figure out how to customize the product cards.  Are they also hardwired?

Second, since the carousel content is HTML, you do not need to upload images to any specific folder. You can upload images anywhere you like and simply reference the correct path in your HTML, replacing the original image path. The slider doesn't care about the physical location as long as the path is valid.


Also, in AbanteCart you don't need to manually upload images via FTP for this. In the HTML editor for the banner/block, there is an "Add Media" button. You can use that button to upload an image directly while editing the banner, and it will insert the correct path automatically.

Yes, I see this now.  Thank you.

Took me all day, but I did make a little progress.

Greetings,

Just today I'm starting on abantecart, so I'm as newbie as it gets.

I'm running v1.4.2 on a linux machine, in case it matters.

Right now I'm trying to edit the Home page carousel, and the documentation tells me to edit the HTML directly in the carousel block, but there's no specifics about image types or size requirements.  Or much of anything else actually.

By inspecting the page and searching my shop's files, I've figured out where to upload the new image files to, but I haven't been able to get the images to act right.  On my laptop they kind of work, but not on my phone.

Here's what it looks like on the laptop:  https://drumdr.com/drum-sales/

I've tried resizing in the HTML, but it seems to have no effect at all.

Suggestions?