Product Info Compact Rows

[saucysal]

I am following the instructions in the Advanced Users Guide and in Getting Started with Design p 23 to lay out products in very compact rows. I have typed in Notepad the html exactly as supplied, saved it, have selected the resultant file Act_ProductLineCompact.html, using Browse, in the Layout tab of the product section, Overall Layout item. However, just a list of NETQUOTEVARS comes up in the preview window. What am I doing wrong?

Sarah

[NormanRouxel]

Best post your template so we can see.

[saucysal]

Compact Rows

The template is exactly as in the manual:

NETQUOTEVAR:ENDSEPARATOR
NETQUOTEVAR:PRODUCTFORMBEGIN
<tr>
<td colspan="3">
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td width="250"><a name="NETQUOTEVAR:PRODUCTANCHOR">NETQUOTEVAR:PRODUCTNAME</a></td>
<td align="right" width="100">NETQUOTEVAR:PRODUCTPRICE</td>
<td align="right">NETQUOTEVAR:PRODUCTQUANTITY</td>
<td align="right">NETQUOTEVAR:ADDTOCARTBUTTON</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
NETQUOTEVAR:PRODUCTFORMEND
NETQUOTEVAR:NEXT

[NormanRouxel]

Works just fine for me.

I copied that lot into a new file Act_ProductLineCompact.html and then selected that for a product using Product Details / Layout / Select.

Just a thought. Did you use a text editor or a word processor? Best use Notepad to do this and not Word.

[saucysal]

Thank you

Thanks Norman. I've sorted the problem. I was putting the template in the Section rather than the Product. I had hoped that I would not have to select the template individually for all 450 products plus their duplicates. I will have to weigh up whether the result will be worth the time.

Sarah

[NormanRouxel]

Don't start all that clicking yet.

You can choose that Template at the Section Level via Section Details / Product / Default layout.

And you can set it for the entire catalog at Design / Options / Layouts / Product Templates / Default Product Layout.