nop MegaMetro Theme beta

*UPDATE nopMEGAMETRO TEMPLATE IS BEING REDEVELOPED*

*HAVE A LOOK AT THE NEW CHARCOAL THEME FOR NOP METRO STYLE TEMPLATE*

*MORE THEMES ON THE WAY FOR NOP METRO TEMPLATE*

Beta because it's about 90% complete, still some styling to complete.

The goal is to integrate the excellent nop-Template plugins for use with the touch screen friendly theme.


The main features are incorporating the mega menu for quick navigation and the ajax filtering.

Any observations, recommendations welcome.


Demo Store here:*THIS LINK REDIRECTS TO NOP METRO STYLE*

http://www.megametro.websitesolved.co.uk/

Please note the plugins are trial versions.

Nice, but why the name "Metro" when Microsoft itself has abandoned this name because of legal issues?

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57490822-75/why-did-microsoft-kill-the-name-metro/

Thanks.

Hi r_omar,
Thanks for the heads-up - I have read a few similar articles but didn't realize that had dropped it altogether!

It started out as nopTouchScreen then NopSlidingMenus but MetroStyle was a good name for variations - MetroBasic, MegaMetro etc.

I actually associated the term Metro most with the vehicle from the 1980s  -Rover Metro. It handled like a shopping trolley!

I guess Windows 8 theme might be a more suitable name.

Well, the name is nice. I wouldn't change it if it was legal. I am also not sure whether any use of the word "Metro" is illegal. May be "MegaMetro" is OK.. I don't know.

I came across this as well..

Microsoft advises developers to stop using 'Metro' name in apps following possible trademark dispute

I hope I didn't disappoint you. The theme looks nice though.

Agree. Looks promising.

BTW, I would remove carousel from home page if you have <= 3 products (put this logic in the code). Our official commercial themes work this way. Or add some more home page products to sample data.

r_omar wrote:

Not at all, it is easy to miss simple things when setting about a modification like this. Any input is helpful.

Should tell you as well I am adding more themes all the time and hope to bundle a variety of colour and fonts with the template to make it a worthwhile purchase.

So with the current MetroStyle you get a modified layout and menu system with 4 or 5 different themes.
Same with MegaMetro, modified layout, including nop-Template plugins with 4 or 5 themes.

Then there is the possibility of Modern UI styled store that would be suitable as an app / digital download store.

A couple of more notes

1. "Sort by", "display per page", "view as" labels are displayed in some wrong place related to appropriate dropdownlists
2. Quick view does looks friendly for some products. For example, "ASUS Eee PC 1000HA 10-Inch Netbook" clicked here (http://www.megametro.websitesolved.co.uk/notebooks)

P.S. Tested in FF

Thanks Andrei,

I think I've fixed the selectors - the setting for ajax filters in admin was overriding the styles.

Shall have a look at the Quick View styling.

JonNopper wrote:

Hi Jon,

I appreciate your effort in delivering a responsive template for nopCommerce and your theme has the potential to become a valuable nopCommerce product. However our licensing terms forbid their use, even download by vendors of nopCommerce themes, plugins and products, which you obviously are.

http://www.nop-templates.com/t/licensinginfo

Hi Seven Spikes,



My apologies, I should have got in touch with you directly in the first place.



My thinking was to make the MegaMetro Template suitable so that if someone wanted the extra features that the nop-Templates plugins offer they could be integrated into the MetroStyle template.