Menu Link

[Faulkds]

Here we go, about to ask a simple question that has been asked a million times....

How would you add an additional link from the actinic menu. e.g the product section menu....

I want to create a link to my gallery site... www.motocc.co.uk/gallery/index.php



I've tried looking through the threads but my mind is a blank as to what to search under....


Waiting to get slated....

[AndyBorrett]

Something like this should do the trick

<a href="http://www.motocc.co.uk/gallery/index.php">Gallery</a>

[Faulkds]

Hi,

But how do i create that in the generated menu script

[leehack]

You don't you just add it after the section menu, or create the gallery as part of your actinic store and therefore in a section. You will need to add the class="product_section" to make the link look the same if you manually add it.

[Faulkds]

Thanks Lee

[NormanRouxel]

You mat also want to add

target="_blank"

to the tag so that it opens in a new page. Otherwise customers may not find their way back to your shop site.

[Faulkds]

Please can you tell me how would that line be entered

<a href="http://www.motocc.co.uk/gallery/index.php">Gallery</a>

[gabrielcrowe]

try this.

...also when in Actinic:
Help > Help Topics > Understanding Layouts > Editing Layouts

[Faulkds]

I dont get this stuff, ask me to get your site on page one of google then I can do it. Ask me anything about motorbikes I can usually answer it... Ask me anything about actinic and im stuffed!!!

Problem that ive got is that before all my other menu items theres a square character then the section name... However, when I enter the following line I get the link but no character?

<p class="product_section"> <a href="http://www.motocc.co.uk/gallery/index.php" target="_blank"
>MotoCC Motorcycle Gallery </a>

www.motocc.co.uk

[gabrielcrowe]

epic fail: close the p tag.

[Faulkds]

Done that - but no difference

<p class="product_section"> <a href="http://www.motocc.co.uk/gallery/index.php" target="_blank"
>MotoCC Motorcycle Gallery </a> </p>

Have a look -

www.motocc.co.uk

[parklifeclothes]

The link seems to be working to get you to the gallery but not back to site.

On another note, you have so many different links on the front page to other sites you are potentially losing customers by showing them what they can get elsewhere, one of the adsense ads had a pair of biker gloves on ebay at £16 right next door to your biker gloves at £30 and many people will be take a look at that link and before you know it be off your site giving their custom to someone else. Just my opinion

[NormanRouxel]

It looks like you're using the Executive theme and a Top Level Section List With Horizontal Dividers. Here's how to do what you want for that theme and layout.

First remove what you've done.

Go to Design / Library / Layouts / Top Level Section List / Top Level Section List With Horizontal Dividers / Edit List Layout Settings / End Of List / Edit

Insert the following before the existing code:

<div class="dotted_line_blue"><img src="acatalog/theme_shim.gif" height="1" width="1" alt=" " /></div>
<ul class="products">
 <li>
  <a class="product_section" href="http://www.motocc.co.uk/gallery/index.php" target="_blank">MotoCC Motorcycle Gallery</a>
 </li>
</ul>

[gabrielcrowe]

you arent getting a little bullet point, becasue your link isnt part of a list.

<ul class="products"><li><a class="product_section" href="acatalog/Video_section.shtml"> Video Links</a>	</li></ul>

use this as a template for your link.

http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/lists.html

[NormanRouxel]

Hehe, Gabe. Looks like my 06:11PM was a few seconds before yours.