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    Questions relating to Kays medical online shop
    (designed using the Smart template)
    site link

    Basket Details / login in the side boxes
    The client has asked could we move the Login link to one of the boxes down the right side of the site – giving the link more prominence. They have also requested that the
    “Basket Details” box have a link inside it that will take the user to the view basket page. Is this possible?

    Request to register for an account
    The client would like a form on the site – that allows the user to “request to register for an account” – sending their details to kays medical – so they can update their customer accounts. What is best way to create this form?
    Is there an existing form that we can amend?
    If so - how do we add more fields, using Actinic?

    Product codes
    We are also trying to resolve a product code issue – allowing us to include the product codes that correspond with the clients printed catalogue. When importing the database we keep getting the following error:
    “Line 149: The product reference "13000002" is the same as an existing product. All product references must be unique.” Stopping the data import.
    The client is also looking into this issue but is it possible to fix this error in Actinic –
    i.e. – “allow duplicate product codes”

    In the database the column title is called “Original Product Reference”

    Is there an option in Actinic to have these codes searchable on the site.

    I've turned off the "Auto generate product codes option" but on the website there are still some product codes being generated – these are not the codes that were supplied in the database – do you know were they are coming from

    Meta Data
    What is the best way to include Metadata to the online shop.
    Is there an option in Actinic or could I just add the metadata to the template
    (as the client would like the metadata info to be the same on all the pages?)

    #2
    Hi there

    Basket Details / login in the side boxes
    The client has asked could we move the Login link to one of the boxes down the right side of the site – giving the link more prominence. They have also requested that the
    “Basket Details” box have a link inside it that will take the user to the view basket page. Is this possible?
    Yes, simply open your Act_Primary.html or Act_BrochurePrimary.html and simply type in on the right hand side
    Code:
    <a href="NETQUOTEVAR:NAVBLOGINLINK">Click here to Login</a>
    You could even have a button with the link.

    Code:
    Request to register for an account
    The client would like a form on the site – that allows the user to “request to register for an account” – sending their details to kays medical – so they can update their customer accounts. What is best way to create this form?
    Is there an existing form that we can amend?
    If so - how do we add more fields, using Actinic?
    I would say keep the forms separte. You can amend the existing form, see this thread: http://community.actinic.com/showthread.php?t=9401

    Product codes
    We are also trying to resolve a product code issue – allowing us to include the product codes that correspond with the clients printed catalogue. When importing the database we keep getting the following error:
    “Line 149: The product reference "13000002" is the same as an existing product. All product references must be unique.” Stopping the data import.
    The client is also looking into this issue but is it possible to fix this error in Actinic –
    i.e. – “allow duplicate product codes”

    In the database the column title is called “Original Product Reference”

    Is there an option in Actinic to have these codes searchable on the site.

    I've turned off the "Auto generate product codes option" but on the website there are still some product codes being generated – these are not the codes that were supplied in the database – do you know were they are coming from
    You can have duplicate product to import, but they must be the following:

    Duplicate Number ! Product Referenence Number

    So if you had a calculator which was a product reference number of 5, and you wanted to import a duplicate, the product reference would be '1!5'. If you wanted to add another one, then it would be '2!5'.

    Meta Data
    What is the best way to include Metadata to the online shop.
    Is there an option in Actinic or could I just add the metadata to the template
    (as the client would like the metadata info to be the same on all the pages?)
    Sure, simply go to the sections in the content tree, then you have a "Meta Tags" tab. You can put the information here.

    Kind Regards
    Nadeem Rasool
    SellerDeck Development

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      #3
      thats great - thank you

      I've got the login to appear in the right sided box.

      What's the "netvar" code i would need to include to do the same for the
      basket box on the right side. I want to include a link under the amount
      that will take you to the view basket page?

      Is there a list of these netvar commands somewhere?


      Product codes
      the client has supplied a database (over 3000products).
      In the database they have repeated codes for products - like shoes with different sizes. Example
      shoe1 size 6 the code in the database is 99999
      shoe2 size 8 the code in the database is 99999
      *when importing the database - an error message says “Line 149: The product reference "13000002" is the same as an existing product. All product references must be unique.” Stopping the data import.

      * there is a number of examples like this in the database

      I could ask them to change the names of these product codes - making them all unique but then they wouldn't correspond with the one in their printed catalogue.

      * they want these codes to appear on the website - to correspond with the one in their printed catalogue.

      Metadata
      With over 3000 products we were thinking about having a set of keywords and descriptions that would apply for the whole site. How is this possible - instead of adding a meta tag to each page.

      Once again - thank for you for your comments

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        #4
        Hi there

        I could ask them to change the names of these product codes - making them all unique but then they wouldn't correspond with the one in their printed catalogue.
        To import duplicate products into Actinic, you will need to follow what i had written before. It will be the same product reference number, however you need to tell Actinic it is a duplicate, and this is done by having a ' <number of duplicate> ! <product reference number>'. I'm afraid there is no way around this.

        With over 3000 products we were thinking about having a set of keywords and descriptions that would apply for the whole site. How is this possible - instead of adding a meta tag to each page.
        You could simply edit your 'Act_Primary.html' and include the meta data here, this will then apply it for the whole site.

        Kind Regards
        Nadeem Rasool
        SellerDeck Development

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          #5
          Thank you --- that worked perfectly!!!!!!!

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