Two more layout queries

[george]

Right. On Monday I had a list of about twenty things to do to our site. Twelve are done. The lengthy ones (hiding and deleting oos products, and some category re-shuffling) I've still to do.

There are a couple though that I think I might need some help on.

The first one happens throughout the site, even if the product templates selected are the same. The first product is how it should be, image on the left, and the info on the right of it.

http://www.footballheaven.net/acatal...ants_New_.html

The ones below it all have the same layout selected but on some browsers the info etc is showing below the image? As below...

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/294/pennantlayout.jpg

Its very annoying this actually, and it just seems to happen to random products? I really should have investigated it fully a long time ago but always got fed up looking and not finding anything different between the products.

The second one is to add some marketing text that comes up when you do an offer thingy. I thought this would be easy enough but get fatal errors when I started digging into this yesterday.

Heres the okay version...

http://www.footballheaven.net/acatal...up_Series.html

Its the "Stock Clearance. Buy any two videos and get a third (the cheapest one) free. While stocks last." bit that I need to add to the parent layout here...

http://www.footballheaven.net/acatal...ideos_A-L.html

Hope thats all understandable (and sortable).

[Rich Brady]

George, in response to your first query. Does this only happen to items that have a lot of text?

It may be something to do with how your div/table is set up?

[george]

You'd think so but no. These products only have one word...

http://www.footballheaven.net/acatal...s_England.html

*strokes beard and frowns, deep in thought*

[george]

"put a set width on that containing div"


errr, okay... I'll errrr.... just do that.... ... err.....

[george]

I think I've unmeanfully (is that a word?) withheld some vital information from my initial post. Because I'm a retard. Obviously. Anyway...

...its not the actual product layout thats dodgy (Standard with image on left), they seem to be fine... its this silly inbetween subsection thingy that one has to use to show all the products of a section on one page as well.

Sorry for missing out that bit. Yet more

[peblaco]

Er, I'm not quite sure I follow you there on the "silly inbetween subsection thingy" I might need more information on that. Are we still talking about this page [LINK] or another?

[Rich Brady]

Er, I'm not quite sure I follow you there on the "silly inbetween subsection thingy" I might need more information on that. Are we still talking about this page http://www.footballheaven.net/acatal...ants_New_.html or another?

You read my mind

[george]

Are we still talking about this page http://www.footballheaven.net/acatal...ants_New_.html or another?

Yeah, we are.

That is a section of subsections. If you click on one of the product titles that will show you the actual product and its layout that i'm trying to replicate (in the previous section of subsections).


*wonders if hes really overcomplicated matters now*

[george]

Its the layout I'm using for the subsection to show the product that must be problematic. (funnily enough the one that needs the marketing info added too).


How can I post it on here?

[george]

I added more text to the first item to prove that it was that causing the problem and it was. Well done for the very quick spot Hursty.

http://www.footballheaven.net/acatal...ants_New_.html

Ok, that proven. I dig deeper.

[george]

<actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22IsProductFormUsed%22%20%2f%3e">

<form method="post" action="<actinic:variable name="OnlineScriptURL" value="Shopping Cart Script URL" />">

<input type="hidden" name="SID" value="<Actinic:Variable Name="SectionID"/>" />

<input type="hidden" name="PAGE" value="PRODUCT" />

<input type="hidden" name="PAGEFILENAME" value="<actinic:variable name="SectionPageName" />" />

<Actinic:SECTION BLOB='<Actinic:Variable Name="SectionCatFile"/>'/>

<actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22IsHostMode%22%20%2f%3e">

<!-- Hidden field when in trial mode -->

<input type="hidden" name="SHOP" value="<Actinic:Variable Name="HiddenFields"/>" />

</actinic:block>

</actinic:block>



<div class="product_list">


<actinic:block type="ProductList" >
<div class="image_product"><a href="<actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22IsLoginPageSuppressed%22%20%2f%3e%20AND%0d%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22UnregCustomersAreNotAllowed%22%20%2f%3e" ><actinic:variable name="SectionPageName" /></actinic:block><actinic:block if="%28%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22IsLoginPageSuppressed%22%20%2f%3e%20%3d%3d%20false%29%20OR%0d%28%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22UnregCustomersAreNotAllowed%22%20%2f%3e%20%3d%3d%20false%29" ><actinic:variable name="SectionURL" /></actinic:block>" target="_self"><img src="<actinic:variable name="ProductImageFileName" />" border="0"/></a></div>
<div style="float:left;"><h3 class="product"><a href="<actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22IsLoginPageSuppressed%22%20%2f%3e%20AND%0d%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22UnregCustomersAreNotAllowed%22%20%2f%3e" ><actinic:variable name="SectionPageName" /></actinic:block><actinic:block if="%28%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22IsLoginPageSuppressed%22%20%2f%3e%20%3d%3d%20false%29%20OR%0d%28%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22UnregCustomersAreNotAllowed%22%20%2f%3e%20%3d%3d%20false%29" ><actinic:variable name="SectionURL" /></actinic:block>" target="_self"><span style="color:<actinic:variable name="Palette2" />">
<actinic:variable name="SectionName" /></span></a></h3>
<actinic:variable name="SectionDescription" /><br/>
<actinic:block type="PriceList" >
<b><actinic:variable name="PriceLayout" /></b><br>

</actinic:block>
<actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22IsAddToCartButtonShown%22%20%2f%3e%20AND%20%0d%28%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22NumberAttributesInPushButtonGrid%22%20%2f%3e%20%3d%3d%200%29" >
<br/>

<Actinic:Variable Name="QuantityPrompt"/>&nbsp;

<input type="text" name="Q_<Actinic:Variable Name="ProductReference"/>" size="4" value="<Actinic:Variable Name="DefaultQuantity"/>" class="form_input_general" />
<br/><br/>
<actinic:variable name="AddToCartButton" />

</actinic:block>
<actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22IsOutOfStockShown%22%20%2f%3e">
<br /><br /><strong><span class="actrequired"><br /><Actinic:Variable Name="OutOfStock"/></span></strong>
</actinic:block>

<actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22IsCatalogSuspendedShown%22%20%2f%3e">
<br /><br /><strong><span class="actrequired"><Actinic:Variable Name="CatalogSuspended"/></span></strong>
</actinic:block>
<actinic:variable name="ProductAlsoBoughtList" />

<actinic:variable name="ProductRelatedProductsList" />
<br/><br/>
</actinic:block>
</div>
</div>


<actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22IsProductFormUsed%22%20%2f%3e">

</form>

</actinic:block>

[peblaco]

If I understand you correctly, I think you are trying to copy the table from the product layout to the section layout?

If you look at the product layout code you can copy some variables such as PriceList and PriceLayout, others like ProductAlsoBoughtList and ProductRelatedProductsList may work you would need to test, not all of the product variables work in the section layout.

[Rich Brady]

I understand that you're trying to replicate the product layout, but why?

There is no more information at product level then there is at Section level, so why make the visitor go through that extra step? Just use MPP?

[george]

If I understand you correctly, I think you are trying to copy the table from the product layout to the section layout?

That was the idea back in the day when I originally set it up.

[george]

Just use MPP?

MPP? Oh. *searches for MPP*