Store Logo

[pdunton]

The store logo is dynamically called in store_main.tpl.php from the $Logo_Image array. Where is this array set up?

I see that logo at squirrelcart/themes/squirrelcart/images/store_logo.png.

What is the intended route for customizing the logo?

[Jamie]

The store logo is dynamically called in store_main.tpl.php from the $Logo_Image array. Where is this array set up?

squirrelcart/storefront.php

All images are now setup via arrays obtained by calling the sc_img() function.

I see that logo at squirrelcart/themes/squirrelcart/images/store_logo.png.

What is the intended route for customizing the logo?

It's now a theme image and works like the rest of them. You would need to create a custom theme folder, and inside it an "images" folder. If you then want to customize the logo (which I would hope everyone would want to do) just put your logo in squirrelcart/themes/YOUR_THEME/images/ , and name it store_logo.png, store_logo.gif, or store_logo.jpg.

[pdunton]

Just as I figured it would work. One strike for logic.

Making progress here as I make the switch from ver 2 to ver 3 philosophy.

Will the image dimensions be correctly entered in the $Logo_Image array if the dimensions differ from the original?

[Jamie]

Will the image dimensions be correctly entered in the $Logo_Image array if the dimensions differ from the original?

Yes. I also forgot to mention that if PHP has permission to write to your squirrelcart/themes/YOUR_THEME/images/ folder, you can also upload you logo in the control panel under Settings > Themes, by clicking YOUR_THEME Images.

The arrays for images contain a lot of useful information. You can view it all like this:

<?php sc_print_array($Logo_Image); ?>

We intentionally put a full <img /> tag along with width and height attributes in all templates like this:

<img src="<?php print $Image['dyn'] ?>" width="<?php print $Image['width'] ?>" height="<?php print $Image['height'] ?>" />

If you don't need access to the entire tag in your templates, you can change all that to:

<?php print $Image['tag'] ?>

You can also put your own custom images in your theme and set them up like this:

<?php $my_image = sc_img('name_of_image'); ?>

We'll be writing a developers guide for v3.0.0 with info on that function as well as some others.

[pdunton]

What about the ALT attribute? Important for SEO.

Is there a method of entry?

[Jamie]

For products and categories, the ALT gets set to the name of the product or category. For all other images that make sense to have ALT text, it's been coded in the template files. For the handful of images where an ALT attribute would serve no practical purpose and possibly cause a problem if the image was broken, an empty alt attribute is used to ensure everything validates as XHTML 1.0 transitional.