Multiple images

[fgs]

Is it at all possible to display multiple images for a single product at all? If so, how would I go about doing it?

Thanks.

[Dave Fisher]

Please look at the following thread

http://community.actinic.com/showthr...ultiple+images

[fgs]

That's ok, but too flashy for what I'm after - I just to display 3 separate images all the same size next to each other if this is at all possible (without merging them all together in photoshop).

What I want to do here is have the first image as the product image, the second one as the manufacturer's logo and the third one as the product type.

If this is possible to achieve, could I make a column in my spreadsheet throw-up the 3 different images?

Thanks

[leehack]

You need to learn how to create variables Tom and then how to incorporate these variables into new layouts you also need to create. Either that or buy an off the shelf add-on and use that as best you can. Have a look at the section on how to create variables, if you understand that and know a bit of html and css, you should be OK to do it yourself.

[Dave Fisher]

Tom,

This has been covered before. As Lee says you need to create a CUSTOMVAR setting it into the Act_ProductLine.html template and then specifying the image in the products property tab.

Search the forum and you should find more information on how to do this or as mentioned before use normans add-on!

Regards,

Dave

[peblaco]

Are they called CUSTOMVAR in v8?.

[NormanRouxel]

Here's how to do it in broad strokes:

1) Create Product level Variiables for each extra image (Image2, Image3, etc). Make these of type filename and allow it to be empty.

2) In your product layout add code like

<actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22Image2%22%20%2f%3e%20%21%3d%20%22%22">
<img src="<actinic:variable name="Image2" />"/>	
</actinic:block>
<actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22Image3%22%20%2f%3e%20%21%3d%20%22%22">
<img src="<actinic:variable name="Image3" />"/>	
</actinic:block>
etc

[fgs]

WOW! I can't thank you enough there Norman! That works spot on!! Thanks so much!!

[NormanRouxel]

You might also wanty to add

alt="<actinic:variable name="ProductName" encoding="strip"/> - view 2"

etc, to those image tags.

Or create some text variables ImageAlt2, ImageAlt3 and use these instead.

[dyingtosaythis]

Great advice, that worked a treat Norman! Thanks

[jont]

Are they called CUSTOMVAR in v8?.

User Defined Variables is the current name... but I am old school and prefer CUSTOMVAR