error templates

[Kev]

Hi,

Whilst testing my site I'm getting a few (expected) errors e.g. I'm purposefully not selecting an address from my delivery book to see what the error page looks like- it looks bad.

I assume the error pages are template driven too- could someone tell me what they're called?

[Kev]

Apparently, according to the AUG, the error strings are formatted by OrderScript.pl but I can't find the relevant bits.

If you go here-

http://rosemarys.cmhosts.net then add something to the cart, proceed to the checkout then leave the shipping destination country blank and click the 'next' button you'll see the errors that I'm getting- basically the error message is displayed in a nested table thats too wide for my design.

I've tried altering the settings in Design | Text | Website | HTML as there is a table in there that matches the parameters but overwriting them and uploading again does no good so it must be specified elsewhere- any clues would be a big help.

TIA.

[Kev]

Found them!

The table sizes (and borders and cellpadding) were hard-coded(!!) into four .pm files.

ac00001.pm
ACTINIC.pm
ActinicConstants.pm
al000001.pm

at around line 126.

Sorted now but tut tut Actinic- hard coding design elements? Not good.

[chrisbrown]

ac00001.pm and al00001.pm are generated from the other files so you don't need to modify them directly. Your changes in the .pm files with more readable names should get carried through.

[Kev]

Well whatever generates them is broke then cos they weren't

[realsmack]

Found em!!! (Error Message Table Width)

Gah!

This one has been driving me nuts. I was changing the al000001.pm file over and over, only to find it overwritten when I updated the file. Thanks for the pointer to change them in the two constants files.

Kee-rist! These *really* should be parsed and use Actinic variables - otherwise what's the point of ACTSTDWIDTH?

My 2 cents -

s.