New Products Sidebar -link problems

[Editorkit]

Hi good people of the forum

I have our test site nearing completion at www.fakemast.com,

On some products I have created a "fake" main product so that we can have stock control using permutations. I have given these a product reference number with a plus at the end eg (9330+)

Unfortunately this seems to have killed the link in the new products list (and also in the related product lists.)

I don't know whether its the + thats causing the problem or the fact that I have hidden all product references with a plus on them on the product pages.

Heres the code in the bestsellers list

<a href="<actinic:variable name="SearchCGIURL" />?PRODREF=<actinic:variable name="ProductID" />&amp;NOLOGIN=1<actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22IsHostMode%22%20%2f%3e">&amp;SHOP=<actinic:variable name="ShopID" /></actinic:block>"><Actinic:Variable Name="ProductName"/></a>
<!-- <actinic:variable name="ProductImageLayout" /> -->
<img style="border: 0;" src="<actinic:variable name="ProductImageFileName" />" width="75" alt="<actinic:variable name="ProductName" encoding="strip"/>" />
<actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22IsProductReferenceVisible%22%20%2f%3e%20AND%20%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22Show%20Part%20Number%22%20%2f%3e" >
  (Ref: <actinic:variable name="ProductReference" />)
</actinic:block>
<!-- <actinic:variable name="PriceListRetail" /> -->

Any suggestions gratefully recieved

Thanks Chris

[leehack]

Why not remove the + from one product and try to see if that is the problem? Likewise if that doesn't work, then try unhiding one and seeing if that works. Surely it takes longer to explain your 2 theories than test out and prove or disprove them?

[Editorkit]

Thanks Leehack you are absolutely right.

I did occur to me shortly after I posted the message, I think it was reluctance to change a product reference and hence remove any existing links... or maybe just innate lazyness.

For the record a + symbol in the product reference was indeed the problem.

[jont]

Actinic should really prevent specially reserved characters from being added into the ref field as it can cause no end of issues when the encoded field is not used.