where is isincludetositemap?????

[advwebsys]

i'm in the process of converting a site from v3 (!!!) to v8.

surprisingly, things went extremely well - loaded site1 into v4.11, exported, imported into v7, exported then imported into v8.

since the design was quite simple, this actually worked..... well, with one or two exceptions.

the fact that the upgrader renamed all the nav buttons and converted them from jpg to gif is something i don't understand, but that's not the subject of this post.

the existing site has a sitemap button on the front page, and it disappears on interior pages.

the v8 site does NOT have the sitemap button on the front page.

in design view, i see 2 nested if statements surrounding the sitemap image button, one references isincludetositemap and the other references pagetype == store front page

i have to assume that on THIS page (the front page), the second condition above is true, so that isincludetositemap is somehow false.

looking up the variable, i discover that it's in design | library | conditions in group site.

but when i go there, it's nowhere to be found. nor does a find on the entire condition list find it.

so.... where is it and how can i set it?

[NormanRouxel]

Isincludetositemap isn't a Condition. It's a boolean variable that indicates whether the Site Map is to be shown. See Settings / Site Options / Links / Appearance Settings / Include Sitemap Navigation Item.

[advwebsys]

thank you, norman.

i checked this out and the value shown is 'true'.

interestingly enough, the comment on the bottom of the window says:

variable name is "IsIncludeTo SiteMap"

which leads one to ask "when is a variable not a variable?" :-)

now then..... not directed to you, sir, given that it's set to true, why isn't it showing up in either the design view or in a browser preview?

[cdicken]

Hi there

Try this code for including the sitemap button in the design. Replace the existing pink layout placeholder and both sets of 'block' tags with the following:

<actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22IsIncludeToSiteMap%22%20%2f%3e%20AND%20%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22PageType%22%20%2f%3e%20%3d%3d%20%22Section%22" >
   <actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22SectionLevel%22%20%2f%3e%20%3d%3d%200" >
	   <actinic:variable name="NavigationIcon" value="Sitemap Image Navigation Button" />&nbsp;
   </actinic:block>
</actinic:block>

[advwebsys]

mille grazie, cristoforo.

that worked.

the question in my mind is why the generated code didn't, and, btw, there's obviously a documentation error as regards isincludetositemap.

now that iv'e gotten that working, why don't i see the 'home' button (catalog top page) on interior pages?

here's the layout:

<actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22HomePageType%22%20%2f%3e%20%21%3d%20%270%27" >
<actinic:variable name="NavigationIcon" value="Home Image Navigation Button" />&nbsp;
</actinic:block>

are these 'problems' due to the fact that i imported?

[cdicken]

That condition only means 'show the home page unless someone has turned it off in 'Design | Design Options'. There's nothing in there about section levels.

Could I maybe see a test URL and see if that gives me a clue about why the home button is not appearing on section pages?

[advwebsys]

i've not yet allocated space on one of my servers for a testbed. teh catalog is fairly large (1900+ products) and IS live in it's v3 state at www.weberspump.com

[advwebsys]

check out www.weberspump.com/acatalog/test/acatalog

i have only 3 problems left:

1. getting rid of the image 'dot' in the section listings while retaining the flush left layout

2. getting the image rollovers in the navbar to work - they appear to be defined in the layout

3. getting the 'back' button (up a level) to work within the tree

other than that, it looks pretty good, but of course, we need to work on adding all the stuff that wasn't in v3, like color attributes, components etc.