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    Calling Actinic variables from non-Actinic webpages

    I wish/need to call a number of Actinic variables on some non-Actinic webpages. I've seen some pages in the Advanced Guide on how to have the checkout pages appear elsewhere on the internet, but nothing that is generic. (This is to get some multi-level static information pages about products / services, with a similar "look and feel" to the shop, where there's not enough space to have these in brochure pages or similar.)

    I've placed
    <script language="JavaScript src="../acatalog/Act_section_tree.js"></script>
    <script language="JavaScript" src="../acatalog/actiniccore.js"></script>
    <script language="JavaScript" src="../acatalog/actinicextras.js"></script>
    in the <head>.

    Is it just a matter of placing a path for the <actinic:variable value='something" name='Something" />? And is there something similar for an <actinic:block if....> ?

    I've searched the forum, and other resources but without success, and Support say they don't have anything. Grateful for advice and suggestions.



    Thanks
    Rich
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    BTW: I have <Actinic:BASEHREF VALUE="http://www.sitename.co.uk/acatalog/"/> immediately under the <title>. and
    <LINK REL=STYLESHEET HREF="/acatalog/actinic.css">
    <link href="/actinic.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> in the <head>
    Rich

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      #3
      Is it just a matter of placing a path for the <actinic:variable value='something" name='Something" />? And is there something similar for an <actinic:block if....>
      If Actinic isn't generating or uploading your non-Actinic pages, then you can't use Actinic variables there.
      Norman - www.drillpine.biz
      Edinburgh, U K / Bitez, Turkey

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        #4
        Norman you signature has made me laugh - is it a fettish

        "Bitez Turkey"

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          #5
          Beaumont...just how many of those beers have you had this afternoon, eh?
          Tracey

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            #6
            "Bitez Turkey"
            No - Bitez, Turkey - that comma's important - it's where I live in the summer.
            Norman - www.drillpine.biz
            Edinburgh, U K / Bitez, Turkey

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              #7
              Originally posted by TraceyHand View Post
              Beaumont...just how many of those beers have you had this afternoon, eh?
              one, two, three not sure but the foot is great

              No - Bitez, Turkey - that comma's important - it's where I live in the summer.
              so there is, the eyes are glazed

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                #8
                Originally posted by Darren B View Post
                one, two, three not sure but the foot is great
                and it's raised and rested, I'm sure!!
                Tracey

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                  #9
                  Thanks, Norman

                  Is there anything to read anywhere that tells you how to get Actinic to generate a page outside of Actinic, and then to upload said pages?
                  Rich

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                    #10
                    Actinic will only generate pages within Actinic and upload to the acatalog directory, but, if you explain what you are trying to do, perhaps we can come up with an alternative for you!
                    Cheers

                    David
                    Located in Edinburgh UK
                    http://twitter.com/mcfinster

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                      #11
                      Richard what information are you trying to include in these other pages, obviously actinic stuff but i am wondering if gabes tools would be of use, using the sql sync, then constructing your pages with the information taken from the sql databse.

                      D

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                        #12
                        I don't see why there isn't enough space in the brochure pages.
                        Why do you say that?

                        If you explain a bit further maybe there's other ways to acheive what youwant.

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                          #13
                          Wow - what service! Thank heavens for the forum.

                          1) The new shop: We have a new V9 shop in preparation which is close to our company colours etc at http://www.oratetest.pinbrookdedicat...log/index.html.

                          2) Web pages: we have some non shop pages which we're trying to get into the same look and feel - and have failed because of not being "generated in Actinic" (don't know how!). You can see what went wrong at www.oratetest.pinbrookdedicated.co.uk/index.html. We need to keep these non shop pages, we not only get traffic to the site because of them, but also pick up mobile communications work from them, and earn money through affiliate scheme ads.

                          3) Where we came from: we have an old V7 site still running at www.orate.co.uk where we have a lot of similarity between web pages and web shop.

                          You'll see from the test site URL that we're with Jo at Pinbrook who looks after us well. But I'd like to become as proficient as some of you guys who regularly give answers, and Jo's about to go on holiday... and I had the daft idea that this would be a couple of hours work at the most. Ha!

                          Thanks again for the rapid responses.
                          Rich

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                            #14
                            can you not reproduce the pages in actinic, you dont need to use the home page as you index, you can call this something like index1.html, then create a new page in actinic using a different layout and call this your index page.

                            then you can use you existing page layouts mix it in actnic under a custom layout for that page only

                            just a thought, maybe us htaccess to perminately redirect to the new page

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                              #15
                              Could that work, without having the "/acatalog/" part to the page name? And aren't my choices limited to either a shop page (whether section/sub-section/product) or a brochure page?

                              I used the "design" tab and copied the Actinic design across to DreamWeaver. But how do I get that page back "inside" Actinic? And how do I get Actinic to upload a non-shop page if I succeed in creating one?
                              Rich

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