New Products Bug

[RuralWeb]

Ive been adding some new products to a site and hiding them until they are finished. Ive just done an upload and they have been included in the new product feed - when you click on the more it takes you to the hidden page

[los_design]

We spotted that earlier this week Malcolm and thought it was just us.

We have now removed the db and will run with it 'naked' online until a resolution is reached on this one and keep the db local.

Regards

[RuralWeb]

I am now running on manual locked new products.

[cdicken]

There's probably a condition you can use to hide these products....

<fx: plays with v8 for a bit>

OK. All you need to do is enter a condition into the new products list layout that says 'Only include products where 'Hide On Web Site' is not selected.

To do this:

• Click the header of the 'New Products' list to select the list layout. It should be called something like 'Sidebar New Products List With Horizontal Dividers'
• You should then see the pink layout selector within the list layout. Highlight this and then click the 'Insert Condition' button (green C with a '+')
• Copy and paste the following code into the condition:

<actinic:variable name="IsProductHiddenOnWebsite" /> == false

This will automatically hide products. Alternatively of course, you can just de-select 'New Products' within the 'Marketing' tab of the product that you want hidden.

[pinbrook]

All you need to do is enter a condition into the new products list layout that says 'Only include products where 'Hide On Web Site' is not selected.

Surely this should be standard? will it be added as standard to future releases?

[cdicken]

Yeah - I see your point. OK - I'll report this as a bug.

[bentleybloke]

NB. In 8.0.2 this fix only seems to work if the product itself is hidden. If the product is in a hidden section it still appears in the list

[cdicken]

Yep - this is a known issue that will be dealt with in the next maintenance release. Thank you for your patience.

[bentleybloke]

Doesn't this also highlight a second bug which is that the variable IsProductHiddenOnWebsite fails when a product is in a hidden section? If a product is in a section which is hidden, then surely the product is also hidden?

[cdicken]

Yep - it's a related issue. The 'IsProductHiddenOnWebsite' is directly linked to the 'Hide on Web Site' checkbox - and only gets its value from that. It currently ignores what is happening at the section level.