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**jont** · 01-Sep-2005, 09:21 AM

You can set this up using a CUSTOMVAR in the side bar or wherever on the page. You can't include the product directly so some manual typing will be required. Edit the Act_Primary.html template and include the CMV's - you will need 1 for the product image and 1 for the text and then specify these values in Design | Options | Shop Defaults. You client would then just have to update these 2 fields when the offer changes. The text can include a link through to the offer product.

The old price can be added in using HTML in the product description - you can use a different colour / font face or even use the somewhat nasty strikethrough tag but that may cause some browser issues.

**jont** · 01-Sep-2005, 09:25 AM

You could also create a seperate HTML page with the image and offer details and get Actinic to include the file as a CUSTOMVAR - if your client has a web creation tool this may be an easier option for including links and formatting etc. Remember to strip out the <head> and <body> tags from the HTML page if you go down this route

**Perfect Eye** · 01-Sep-2005, 09:51 AM

Hi Jont - thanks for the feedback, it sounds do-able. Would you be able to break down the first post a bit further. We're a bit hazy on your instructions.

Do you mean we should create a html page and hand code the products details in of what we want to appear on the special offer graphic. e.g. we dont actually reference a specific product directly through actinic. Then save it, and set it up as a custom variable?

We'd then refer to this variable through the act_primary template? (bit confused why we'd need 2 custom variables - and how they'd link to the design section of actinic).

Or am i barking completely up the wrong tree?

(and we're not creating any new html files, but instead new fields within Actinic?).....

**jont** · 01-Sep-2005, 10:06 AM

If your client has web editing software (Dreamweaver, Frontpage etc) then creating a HTML page and inserting would be the easiest solution for them.

Create a HTML page - best to use a table or <div> to constrain the sizes to match the area on the Actinic page - and add in images and text and the link through to the special offer product.

In Actinic under Advanced | Custom Properties create a new CUSTOMVAR called say OFFER. Edit the Act_Primary.html template adding in CUSTOMVAR:OFFER

Under Design | Options | Site Defaults | Properties click the "+" button and select OFFER - enter the file name of the HTML page you created above - check "Use as Customvar" , "File NAme" and "Use File Content"

Actinic will then insert the special offer HTML page details wherever it sees CUSTOMVAR:OFFER

The HTML page you created with the offer details will have the <head> and <body> tags which will also get copied into the Actinic page which has its own <head> and <body> tags so these should be deleted out of the HTML page accordingly.

Your client then has to simply change the 1 HTML page for the new offers and link through to the product and at the next upload the new details will be incorporated by Actinic.

HTH

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