ok answer this one on editing the html

[Froogle]

Got a site working away fine but wanted to edit some of the html.

All I want to do is create an external link in the product description.

So I edit the html file and do an upload, the edit I done dissapears.

So I edit the html file on the server, refresh and the link is there. Do an upload and it dissapears.

What is happening ?

[pinbrook]

you are probably editing the wrong template.

What file are you editing? which folder is the file in?

you should be editing a file that starts with ACT_ which you will find in site1. You should not be editing anything in SiteHTML folder or Preview folder as these will be overwritten.

[Froogle]

you are probably editing the wrong template.

What file are you editing? which folder is the file in?

you should be editing a file that starts with ACT_ which you will find in site1. You should not be editing anything in SiteHTML folder or Preview folder as these will be overwritten.

damn thats what it is !

ok how do I find the ACT_ file then for the file I am wanting to edit ?

cheers

[jont]

The template depends on what you are trying to acheive - if it is a link in every product edit the Act_ProductLine .. if you only want the link to appear in a few of the product descriptions you could enter the HTML into the product description box and use !!< >!! to surround the HTML

eg

!!<<a href="www.mydomain.com">my link</a>>!!

[Froogle]

The template depends on what you are trying to acheive - if it is a link in every product edit the Act_ProductLine .. if you only want the link to appear in a few of the product descriptions you could enter the HTML into the product description box and use !!< >!! to surround the HTML

eg

!!<<a href="www.mydomain.com">my link</a>>!!

ahh its as simple as that ?!?

so lets say I want to add a link to update the firmware for a drive, I would just add the above code into the product description within acintic and it will add that html in ?

cheers

[garyhay]

!!<<a href="www.mydomain.com">my link</a>>!!

Maybe use this instead if you want to open a new window and keep your site live.

!!<<a href="www.mydomain.com" target="_blank">my link</a>>!!

[Froogle]

cool

so can you put any html code in you like as long as you add the !!< >!! around it ?

[NormanRouxel]

Yes. It's in the help. Look for Embedding HTML.

[Luddite]

Sorry to push in on this thread - I've been trying to do this as well. I've added the code that Gary suggested - it works but the link that is being created takes you to a page like this: http://www.theperfectpad.co.uk/links...sgardens.co.uk

........which obviously doesn't exist. Do I need to add/remove a bit of code so that the link becomes external to my website?

This is for a links page which I am setting up using fragments.

Nick

[pinbrook]

Nick

what code did you use to get the above result?

[NormanRouxel]

If you're talking about embedded HTML in the product description then, as Gary says,

!!<<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk" target="_blank">BBC news</a>>!!

will be all you need. I amended Gary's example to point to a real site so you can test it as-is.

[Luddite]

I must be doing something fundamentally wrong!
I've put the offending page online with the (unedited) code that Norman sent - click on the link below and you'll see my problem.

http://www.theperfectpad.co.uk/acatalog/Links.html

Nick

[jont]

Hi Nick,

your link is set up to look just for news.bbc.co.uk - so it is trying to find that page on your website - you need to add in the http://www part as well so the browser knows to look up another website

[jont]

although if you are actually trying to link to the bbc.news.co.uk website it does not have the www in front of it but just http://news.bbc.co.uk

[Luddite]

thanks very much Jont, Jo & Norman - all sorted now.
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