Brochure Page problem

[cren]

Hi,

Please excuse me if this isn't the correct forum for this post but I could not see a more relevent one. I am having issues with V10 and trying to add Brochure pages to a side menu.

I am modifying the silver theme and need to add a list of brochure pages.

I can see from the userguide a step by step for creating brochure pages but I am struggling to find anyway of actually linking to them in the template.

Does anybody know of a way to do this?

There appears to be a 'Store Information' section in the left column of the theme but nothing appears here. (I currently have several Brochure pages created and would like them to appear here.)

(Is there also a way to add an extra link to the top menu bar in the silver theme?)

TIA.

[Duncan Rounding]

Is the site online? Do you have a URL? Have you modified the design at all?

[NormanRouxel]

The silver theme comes with a list of brochure pages built-in. They appear on the left under "Store Information". If you add / remove brochure pages, that list automatically updates.

If you're not seeing that then you must have deleted some code. The standard code is:

<div class="silver-sidebar-list-top" id="silver-brochure-list">
	<h1>Store Information</h1>
	<ul>
	<actinic:block type="BrochurePagesList" ><li><actinic:variable name="BrochurePageLink" value="Simple Brochure Page Link" /></li></actinic:block></ul>
	<div style="clear: both;"><img src="theme_shim.gif" height="1" alt="spacer"/></div>
</div>

Which you could adapt to make a custom brochure pages list.

E.g. Here's a simple vertical list:

<actinic:block type="BrochurePagesList" >
	<actinic:variable name="BrochurePageLink" value="Simple Brochure Page Link" />
	<br/>
</actinic:block>

[cren]

Hi Guys,

Thanks for your responses. I have made edits to the theme but hadn't had the brochure pages created until now so I cant tell if something else I had edited has caused this to break.

Complete code section I have currently:

++++++
<div class="silver-sidebar-list">
<div class="silver-sidebar-list-bottom">
<div class="silver-sidebar-list-top" id="silver-brochure-list">
<h1>Store Information</h1>
<ul>
<actinic:block type="BrochurePagesList" ><li><actinic:variable name="BrochurePageLink" value="Simple Brochure Page Link" /></li></actinic:block></ul>
<div style="clear: both;"><img src="theme_shim.gif" height="1" alt="spacer"/></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
++++++


My code appears to be the same as the standard code NormanRouxel posted below so could something else be causing this to not work?

TIA.

[NormanRouxel]

Infuriatingly hard to comment on without an URL or any screenshots. And contradictory information doesn't help either.

Do you see "Store Information" appearing on your pages?

If so, are you sure that you actually have any Brochure pages in your site?.

You post #1 says that you had. Your post #4 says that you hadn't!

[cren]

I am currently testing on actinics test hosting as I wanted to ensure actinic is capable of doing what i need it to do before replacing my existing sites so I will PM the url if thats ok?

I do have brochure pages created now. I just didnt have them when I did the previous edits so it may have been broken by something I did days ago but as the brochure pages didnt exist then I didnt expect to see them appear in the 'Store Information' area. (Hope that makes sense?)

Thanks.

[NormanRouxel]

I see that your generated HTML looks like:

<h1>Store Information</h1>
	<ul>
		<li></li>
		<li></li>
		<li></li>
		<li></li>
	</ul>

So you probably have 4 Brochure pages but they don't show because someone's deleted the contents of layout Simple Brochure Page Link.

To fix this, locate it in Design / Library / Layouts, right-click and choose Revert To Factory Settings.

[cren]

Hi,

Thank you for taking the time to look. That might be the problem because when I go to Design / Library / Layouts there is no option for 'Simple Brochure Page Link'

My list is

'Shopping Cart Table Row'
'Single Add To Cart'
'Site Map Section Lists'

Am I looking in the correct place? Or is there any way to completely restore back to original? (I'm happy to start from scratch if easier as i am only testing certain aspects at the moment before building a complete site)

Thanks

[cren]

Actually, I just found it listed as 'Brochure Page Links' but did as you said and all 4 pages are now showing. Thanks so much for taking the time to help troubleshoot this!

[NormanRouxel]

Thank you for taking the time to look. That might be the problem because when I go to Design / Library / Layouts there is no option for 'Simple Brochure Page Link.

Yes there is!

If you stopped at "Brochure Page Links" (which is a layout group, not an individual layout) you didn't go deep enough into the Library. If you'd clicked the [+] sign next to Brochure Page Links, that entry would have expanded to show you the entire groups contents (1 selector and 4 layouts) -one of which would definitely be the one you had to fix.

By choosing Revert to factory on the entire group you probably restored all sub-layouts with one sledgehammer blow. Dangerous however, as that group might have contained some customised layouts that you'd have just clobbered without intending to.

[cren]

Ah, I see! Luckily its only a test site at present so no harm done. The user guides seem to be a little limiting so I wondered if there are any other guides other than those posted in the download section?

There just seems to be so much to learn with Actinic yet the guides only cover a fraction. (my early digging around obviously broke something) Is it just a trial and error process? Can I ask how others have learned? Unfortunately I am in a situation where I need to find an alternative to our current software and then rebuid all the websites within the next few weeks and I'm starting to wonder if its going to be possible.

Thanks.