something curious ...

[john harding]

Suddenly, when I click on a Section in the catalogue, I get, at the bottom of the page, a little grey box that says "*sRecentPrefix**".

It can be viewed (by me at least) at www.ourtext.co.uk.

Does this ring any bells?

[NormanRouxel]

That's part of the Recently Viewed Products capability. The box and its contents should be hidden by CSS.

Either you've deleted the Recently Viewed Products styles from the Actinic Stylesheet. Around line 750 you should see CSS starting:

/* Recently Viewed Products List Style ------------------------------------ */

Or you've removed the condition from around the code that displays the Recent Products in your Overall Layout. E.g. you should have something like:

         <actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22RecentlyViewedListIsEnabled%22%20%2f%3e%20%3d%3d%20True" >
		<actinic:variable name="RecentProducts" />
         </actinic:block>

If that doesn't help it would be useful to know what you've got set in Marketing / Recently Viewed Products.

[john harding]

Thanks, Norman. Slightly over my head, but not my designer's, I'm sure.

I have Recently Viewed Products enabled, together with adding it to the list when Extended Inf. is viewed. Since the vast majority of my products don't have Extended Inf. anyway, and the majority of my users, at present, are making a beeline for one thing and regrettably don't hang about, I can't see that the list is much use. If I disabled it, as a short-term measure, I assume that the mysterious box would disappear, yes?

[NormanRouxel]

If Recent Products is enabled as you say, then the required CSS should have been generated. I don't see it in actinic.css so something is wrong with the Actinic Stylesheet.

As for disabling Recent Products, try it and see what happens.

[john harding]

I can't see a "recently viewed" section in the Stylesheet, so I think you're right, Norman.

[john harding]

Yep. Disabled Recently Viewed and the box disappeared - in offline view anyway. Sometimes logic seems to work.

[NormanRouxel]

If you want to try fixing the stylesheet, here's what needs added. At the bottom should be OK.

/* Recently Viewed Products List Style ------------------------------------ */

<actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22RecentlyViewedListIsEnabled%22%20%2f%3e%20%3d%3d%20True">

#rphtml {
	display: none; 
	visibility:hidden;
} /* Used internally - do not delete */

#recenthtlist {
	width: 500px;
	text-align:left;
}

#recenthtitem {
	border-spacing: 0px;
	border-collapse: collapse;
}

#recenthtitem td {
	width: 110px;
	padding: 4px;
	text-align: center;
	border-left: 1px solid <actinic:variable name="Palette3" />;
	border-right:1px solid <actinic:variable name="Palette3" />;
}

.recenthtitemimage {
	border-top: 1px solid <actinic:variable name="Palette3" />;
}

.recenthtitemdesc	{}

.recenthtitemprice	{}

.recenthtitemdelete {
	border-bottom: 1px solid <actinic:variable name="Palette3" />;
}

.recenthtitemspacer {
	width:2px !important; 
	border:0 !important;
	padding: 0px !important;
}

.recenththeader {
	padding: 3px; font-size: <actinic:variable name="LargeFontSize" />;
	font-weight: 900; margin: 0px; color: <actinic:variable name="Palette2" />;
	width: 496px; border-top: 1px solid <actinic:variable name="Palette3" />;
	border-bottom: 1px solid <actinic:variable name="Palette3" />;
}

.recenthtbuttonleft {
	float: left;
	cursor: pointer;
	width: 100px;
	border: 0;
	background-color: <actinic:variable name="BGColor"/>;
}

.recenthtbuttonright {
	float: right;
	cursor: pointer;
	width: 100px;
	border: 0;
	background-color: <actinic:variable name="BGColor"/>;
	}
	
</actinic:block>

[john harding]

Thanks again. That will be an adventure.

[john harding]

Is the stylesheet actually editable? I don't seem to be able to get an insertion point into it, so I can't just copy in your text, Norman. Right-clicking offers to let me "insert layout" (or variable). Layouts listed include "RecentProducts" and "RecentProductsConfiguration". Do I want one of those, or both?

[leehack]

Click the button on the design tab, it will open then. Of course it is editable, you couldn't alter styles if it wasn't.

[john harding]

OK, Design tab, select page type = Actinic Stylesheet. I have it in front of me. What's my next move, to paste something in?

[leehack]

Just follow the instructions i gave 'click the button'. Not select 'stylesheet from the drop down list'. There's a button to take you directly there (5cm to the right of where you are looking) if you have a look on the toolbar. Window > restore split view layout will give you what you want if you insist on using your current route.

[john harding]

Gottit. Thanks.