New product image template

[jont]

Post lunch break - I recall have a similar (but different issue) trying to draw a CMV of a HTML file c/w image and text into the Act_Primary ages back when on v6 and failing to get it to work fully.

Why not cut out the Act_ProductImage route and code direct into the Act_MrProductLine with something like

<img src="NETQUOTEVAR:IMAGEFILE" alt="NETQUOTEVAR:ALTERNATETEXT" width="NETQUOTEVAR:IMAGEWIDTH" height="NETQUOTEVAR:IMAGEHEIGHT" border=1>

plus any other attributes you want in there and then specify that product template against the desired products... obviusly depending on what exactly you are trying to achieve....

[wjcampbe]

OK - I got this working.

I created the Act_myProductImage.html template file.
Created Advanced | Custom Property MYPRODIMG
Added MYPRODIMG to Design | Options Site Defaults, set the value to Act_myProductImage.html ticked use as customvar, file name and use file contents.
[add] Edited the product layout template and added CUSTOMVAR:MYPRODIMG in front of, then commented out NETQUOTEVAR:PRODUCTIMAGE.[/add]
Went to the product and added the customvar to Properties tab - again specifying the Act_myProductImage.html value and ticking use as customvar, file name and use file contents.

It works

[domino1]

Bill, That's exactly what I've done. It works except for the ALT text.
Have you hovered the mouse over the product image and confirmed that the ALT text is correct?

[jont]

Bill - does that work for you on a global scale under Design Options | Site Defaults and removing the CMV against each product?

[domino1]

Jont, I noticed that one too. You shouldn't need to include the CUSTOMVAR in the product properties since its defined globally in the design settings. I've added it in just to make sure it doesn't make a difference and it doesn't.

[domino1]

Jont, I tried bypassing the Act_MyProductImage.html file and putting the code directly into Act_ProductLine file as you suggested and I get the same result. Still no ALT text!!

[jont]

grrrrr.....

going to be something VERY obvious or an Actinic impossibility

[wjcampbe]

@Jont #19 - No it would not work properly until I included the Customvar as a property on the product.

Before that step, I got a border surrounding my alternate text customvar content (which adds extra text to the NQV:ALTERNATETEXT) with NQV:ALTERNATETEXT spelled out within the wrapping text (i.e. not coverted).

@domino1 #18 - yes the alt text I am getting is correct (as described above).

[domino1]

Bill,
I'm using V6 non-business. I don't have a "use as CUSTOMVAR" tickbox. I only have "Filename" and "Use file content" check boxes. For me, it doesn't matter whether or not I include the customvar in the product. I still get the same result. See jpg.

[wjcampbe]

Actinic don't list any change to CUSTOMVAR handling in the "Enhancements in v7" - sorry. I am using v7 Catalog.

Try adding a customvar alttext, mine is

buy' + NETQUOTEVAR:ALERNATETEXT + 'from Egyptian Wonders with confidence. Click this image to see the full range.

- see if that will display (I commented out the standard NQV).

[domino1]

Tried that Bill. I get NETQUOTEVAR:ALTERNATETEXT planted in the middle unconverted.

I think the problem is that NETQUOTEVAR:ALTERNATETEXT is context sensitive. If you look in the advanced user guide you can see that it's meaning differs depending on where it is called from. EG from Act_BrochureImage.html it gets converted to "Company Name". It only gets converted to the product's "Short Description" text if used in the context of Act_ProductImage.html.

It seems that NETQUOTEVAR:ALTERNATETEXT is meaningless in the context of my file Act_MyProductImage.html.

The only way that I can get the ALT text to display correctly is to add a new CUSTOMVAR called ALTTEXT. I've then added that CUSTOMVAR into the properties of the product and cut and pasted the "Short Description" text in as its value.

[wjcampbe]

FWIW - as soon as I removed the CUSTOMVAR from the product properties, the new image setup broke and I was back to the ALTTEXT customvar with the NQV unconverted in the middle and a border.

[domino1]

Thanks for your help on this fellas!

[jont]

<img src="NETQUOTEVAR:IMAGEFILE" alt="NETQUOTEVAR:ALTERNATETEXT" width="NETQUOTEVAR:IMAGEWIDTH" height="NETQUOTEVAR:IMAGEHEIGHT" border=1>

Hmm... changing NQV:ALTERNATETEXT to NQV:PRODUCTNAME .... gets the border, the image and the ALT text in FF but nothing in IE!!!

[jont]

Hahaha... remove the height and width variable gets it working in IE and with the ALT text also