Product Layout

[kathynewman]

I want to have some of my product layouts as follows:

Product Description Part 1 (general blurb about product)
Choices
Quantity
Add to Basket
Product Description Part 2 (sizing, colours, instructions etc

The only way I can think of doing this is having Product Description Part 2 as Custom Variables, but is there any other way of spliting out where certain parts of the product description?

Kathy

[leehack]

Use fragments for part 2 is your easiest solution.

[Duncan Rounding]

The not so simple solution would be to write a bit of php to test the product description and display say the first part or second part based on a phrase within the decription.

[kathynewman]

Thanks both - the fragment route would be ok but if possible would much rather keep all the information within the product description - makes much easier when duplicating products in other sections.

PHP does sound the way to go.

Kathy

[NormanRouxel]

This can be done by tweaking Tabber (which Kathy has).

Replacing the Tabs with a set of HR separated items:

Make sure you have Tabber (at least V2.04) installed.

Go to Design / Library / Layouts / TabbedDescriptions
Right-click "TabbedProductTabs" and choose Copy.
Rename that copy to be "HR Separated".
Into "HR Separated" paste the following:

<actinic:block php="true">
// HR Separated Product Description V2.04
$desc = <<<TBPRDSC
<actinic:variable name="ProductDescription" selectable="false" />
TBPRDSC;
if ( preg_match('/(.*?)({.+?}.*$)/', $desc, $bits) )	// is there at least one tab?
	{
	$panecount = 0;
	$havepanes = true;
	$tabhtml = '<div class="tab-panes">';
	$tabcode = $bits[2];
	if ( preg_match('/(.*?){}(.*$)/', $tabcode, $bits) )	// optional {} signifies end of tabbed text
		{
		$tabcode = $bits[1];
		}
	while ( preg_match('/{(.*?)}(.*$)/', $tabcode, $bits) )
		{
		$tabname = $bits[1];
		$tabtext = $bits[2];
		$tabcode = '';
		if (  preg_match('/(.*?)({.+}.*$)/', $tabtext, $bits) )	// more tabs?
			{
			$tabtext = $bits[1];
			$tabcode = $bits[2];
			}
		// output current tab
		echo '<hr/>';
		echo '<h2>' . $tabname . '</h2>';
		echo $tabtext;	
		}
	}
</actinic:block>

OPERATION


In your product layout replace ProductDescription with

<actinic:variable name="TabbedDescriptionAdvanced" value="TabbedProductPrefix" />

<actinic:variable name="TabbedDescriptionAdvanced" value="TabbedProductSuffix" />

<actinic:variable name="TabbedDescriptionAdvanced" value="HR Separated" />

These lines are respectively:
The text before any {...}
The text after any optional {}
The tabbed are now displayed as HR separated items.

These 3 items do not have to be in the same place on the page layout.



CUSTOMISATION

The 3 lines in layout "HR Separated":

		echo '<hr/>';
		echo '<h2>' . $tabname . '</h2>';
		echo $tabtext;

Output the <hr> the title and the body text. Alter as required.

[TraceyHand]

ooh..I might tinker with that!

How can I tell what version of the tabber I'm using?
never mind...found that bit..definitely an old version (1..2 lol)

[NormanRouxel]

Best revisit as I've been making some edits. Will send you the most recent version.