list elements in a product description

[greyhound]

Hi,

My client wants to create a list (<ul><li></li></ul>) in the desription of a product.

Am I missing something as I cannot find a list option in the text editor.

Is this high level functionality that is on the wish list or are their instructions somewhere on how to achieve this.

Regards,

[NicNac]

Hi,

My client wants to create a list (<ul><li></li></ul>) in the desription of a product.

Am I missing something as I cannot find a list option in the text editor.

Is this high level functionality that is on the wish list or are their instructions somewhere on how to achieve this.

Regards,

I entered one in a fragment the other day, no reason it shouldn't work in a product description (I don't think?).

Here's my example anyway. It lists a company name followed by an image which is a link to their site.

!!<<ul>>!!
!!<<li>>!!!!<<span style='font-size: 12px;'>>!!Zebra!!<</span>>!!

!!<<a href="http://www.zebra.com">
<img src="ZebraLogo.jpg" alt="Zebra" border="0" ></a>>!!
!!<</li>>!!
!!<<li>>!!!!<<span style='font-size: 12px;'>>!!Zebra Card!!<</span>>!!

!!<<a href="http://www.zebracard.com">
<img src="ZebraCardLogo.jpg" alt="Zebra Card" border="0" ></a>>!!
!!<</li>>!!!!<</ul>>!!

[NormanRouxel]

Nicola's way works but needs rather a lot of typing. You can embed HTML in descriptions by starting it with !!< and ending with >!!. You could put this around every tag (like above) but:

!!<
<ul>
<li>Item1</li>
<li>Item2</li>
<li>Item3</li>
</ul>
>!!

Is a bit more concise.

[NicNac]

Nicola's way works but needs rather a lot of typing. You can embed HTML in descriptions by starting it with !!< and ending with >!!. You could put this around every tag (like above) but:

!!<
<ul>
<li>Item1</li>
<li>Item2</li>
<li>Item3</li>
</ul>
>!!

Is a bit more concise.

Thought it might! Doesn't matter thought because I c & p'd most of it!

[greyhound]

HTML Lists

Hi people - thanks for the replies.

I have put html in but I would prefer the client to be able to enter their own lists via the text editor GUI (and I dont want them to have to mess around with html)

I was hoping Actinic had it in the text editor and I has just missed it.

Its crazy really, I built a CMS system for a client last week and bought a $37.00 componant for text editing and it allows the client to add lists.

I am building a site using dotnetnuke (open source) and the FCKEditor also allows users to create lists via the GUI.

I'm amazed yet again that such simple functionality is made so difficult in Actinic...........

[leehack]

I'm amazed yet again that such simple functionality is made so difficult in Actinic...........

The inability to add a list really is bad I agree and needs addressing nowadays.

[RuralWeb]

I remember discussing this in v8 beta testing many years ago so maybe in v56

[Firecom]

Interesting, how would you set it to open the link in a new window rather than taking you away from the store / product page?

[leehack]

Just convert the list item to a link using normal methods and add a target. Just standard html is all that is required, no trickery.

<li><a href="blah.html" target="_blank">blah</a></li>

[NormanRouxel]

such simple functionality is made so difficult in Actinic

You could make something that automates it for your customers and stops them needing to know any HTML.

E.g. A bit of PHP that takes in the product Description and replaces all [ with <ul>, all ] with </ul> and all ~ with <li>. A bit of code would also put the </li> tags in where neded.

So you tell your customer to create a list this:

[
~Item 1
~Item 2
~Item 3
]

Post if you'd find this useful and I'll see what could be done.

[greyhound]

Lists

Norman,

Thanks very much for your input (and your script offer)

I may have a go at creating a script and seeing how I get on. To be honest I'm not using Actinic for new clients due to its restrictive nature and outdated model so I may just add the lists manually as and when the client requires them.