creating a list by product group different odd or even?

[bangers]

Hi All,
I am creating a list according to a product group i have set, no problem there.

However i would like to use a different class in my div tag depending on wether the product is either an odd number in the list or an even number.

So i format differently depending on wether 1,3,5,7 in list or 2,4,6,8 etc.

My odd aligning left with padding and my evens aligning right without padding for an example.

Any ideas if i can do this? or do I need two seperate product groups and a bit more tinkering which would be a bit of a shame to have to do this.

Help appreciated as ever,
Cheers
Lee

[NormanRouxel]

Product (and Fragments) are laid out by an Actinic List. You can use the ListIndex variable and a bit of PHP within a Condition to detect whether it's odd / even and output code as required.

<actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22ListIndex%22%20%2f%3e%20%26%201" >
	<actinic:variable name="ListIndex" /> is ODD
</actinic:block>
<actinic:block if="%21%20%28%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22ListIndex%22%20%2f%3e%20%26%201%29" >
	<actinic:variable name="ListIndex" /> is EVEN
</actinic:block>

The PHP within the condition is a simple boolean and with 1.

<actinic:variable name="ListIndex" /> & 1

and

! (<actinic:variable name="ListIndex" /> & 1)

[bangers]

Cheers norman, does this apply to a product group which may have products from many different sections/sub sections?

(If so great, I'll just have to find the php to detect the difference.) Scrap that, your a star

Cheers Lee

[NormanRouxel]

No idea. Try it and see. My example above simply displays the word ODD or EVEN.

P.S. Edited my post above to use a boolean AND rather than Modulus 2 as AND'ing is faster.

[bangers]

Actually, no it doesn't but I'll have another go.

[leehack]

Tag the odd or even text onto the end of class name used, ie

lee(Odd) {}

lee(Even) {}

etc.

[bangers]

hi lee,
thanks already have classes setup, i simply add another class to the div if it is odd.

haven't got the code to work yet mind you so maybe it doesn't apply to a product group, can you think of another way I could differentiate?

using norman's code above, if i were to want just odd or even to appear - I am only getting ODD returned.

[leehack]

Are we talking the product group number or the sequence of the product on the page?

[NormanRouxel]

Works for me in a Product Layout. You're not telling where you've put the code so it's difficult to comment.

[NormanRouxel]

I've amended my post #2 to display the ListIndex variable alongside the Odd / Even result. That may help you see what's going wrong.

[bangers]

Hi Lee,
Product group has already been determined and is what is selecting the few products in the list.

What i am trying to do is to take that list and publish them in a sequence that gives ever other product in the list an extra css class.

Example
So by default all:
<div class="all">

But ever other take the above and add an extra class:
<div class="all extra_class">

[leehack]

If its every other product you want to do that, then why not use the odd/even feature of the list layout?

[bangers]

Ah yes, lee good lateral thinking, i could do it this way providing i can get it t work inside the blocks to produce the list in the first place (I've never done this before). Cheers

Norman - My list returns:
1 is ODD
5 is ODD
5 is ODD
1 is ODD

and exactly matches where they appear in their respective section/category lists

[bangers]

Works for me in a Product Layout. You're not telling where you've put the code so it's difficult to comment.

Hi Norman i have created a custom layout which will appear on the homepage only. List is pulled in between the follwing:

<actinic:block type="EntireSectionList" >
<actinic:block type="ProductList" >
<actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22GroupID%22%20%2f%3e%20%3d%3d%201" >
---Product layout code here---<+ your code determining odd or even>
</actinic:block>
</actinic:block>
</actinic:block>

[bangers]

Lee -

If its every other product you want to do that, then why not use the odd/even feature of the list layout?

I'm trying to but i can't think how i can use a standard list layout - unless i can somehow add my "custom featured product list" to the existing list types found in the drop down when you choose> layouts>new layout type>layout type = list and get to choose productlist attributelist etc.

Otherwise where would I be able to select product group 1 only?