ProductReference and Extended Info page available in search results?

[chrisaka]

I have a somewhat unique layout to my in-development site: http://www.belliesandbooties.com/acatalog/tops.html

I'd like my search results to reflect my section display, and ideally I'd like to do it without creating duplicate products in secondary sections. I'm going to create a custom variable for Manufacturer, and then have direct links that search by that variable. Is there any way to access the ProductReference and the extended info page name, so that I can link directly to the product's page? I use ProductReference to directly to access images, rather than using Actinic's ProductImage and ProductThumbnail (i.e. /images/1038.jpg for the item with the reference # 1038).

If not, any other suggestions? Will I be relegated to duplicating every product?

Thanks,

Chris

[NormanRouxel]

To get the Product Reference into the Search Results

1) Edit SearchScript.pl and look for the line

$ACTINIC::B2B->SetXML('S_ITEM', ($nCount + 1));

Immediately below this add

		# 
		# Product Ref in Search Results
		#
		$ACTINIC::B2B->SetXML('S_PRODREF', $$rarrResults[$nCount]);	# save product ref for display

2) Edit layout Standard Search Result

Wherever you need the reference to be generated add

<Actinic:S_PRODREF/>

[sally01]

Thanks Norman,

I've been looking around for a solution for getting the reference code onto the search page. Works a treat.


Many thanks

[chrisaka]

Norman,

You are THE MAN! Thanks a million!

Chris

[chrisaka]

Two more questions:

How can I access the address of my extended info page in the search results?

Second, my Standard Search Result List doesn't seem to be an Actinic List. When I edit it, the first line does not say "Click here to edit list layout settings," but it shows up in my library with the little list icon. What am I missing? I want to format my search results in a matrix that is 5 across!

Thanks.

[NormanRouxel]

Search results are generated on the server and thus have only limited layout possibilities in Design mode. I have done a patch that extends the results to allow multi columns. Details on www.drillpine.biz/actinicstuff

As for the extended info page name. Unless this is strictly related to your product reference or page name (e.g. info_<prodref>.html) then there isn't a way to do this.