I need help....

[Doc]

I need help ...I have to get my site up and running this w/e. I have hundreds of images which I have broken down into 6 sections or studios..I want to display a collage of images in each studio (section) in the catalogue...how do I do that...many thanks
cheers
steve

[jont]

If you are wanting to create a collage you will need to use something like PhotoShop or Paint Shop Pro etc to create the image - you can then use that image at the section level or in a brochure page by adding a fragment with a image and again specifying the new image

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Jont
thanks..I already have all the images...I just need to display them in the calaogue section across and down rather then down..
If you just specify a list of products, they show up like a single column list...i want them to run across...and then down..like a 2D array..
TIA

[wjcampbe]

I have answered a PM on this, but would also like to leave a reference for others to the 'Creating a page of thumbnails' section of the Advanced User Guide.

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Hi Bill
Sorry..where is the PM? ..how do you read it..
OK the advanced guide has a section called Laying out products in multiple columns...is that what you are refering to?
I wonder why is it not easy just to create a table and fill it up with td's of the images across the table?
TIA
steve

[wjcampbe]

Steve,

PM = Private Message = the direct email exchange we just made. It will be in your inbox.

No, I'm referring to page 24 of the v7 Advanced Users Guide

Creating a Page of Thumbnail Section Links...........................................................................24

It is easier than creating a table and filling up td's - you let Actinic do that for you. All you do is create catalog pages and identify the images for actinic.

[Doc]

It seems my PM is not enabled...I will find out why..
OK ..I have tried p.24.....didnt seem to work..it created pages of section links but without the thumbnail images...

[wjcampbe]

Steve - the message will be in your yahoo email inbox.

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Bill
Thanks..I read it...and implemented the stuff..it works..but there is a bit of a strange behaviour...the text appears twice next to the image...it doubles itself..dont know why..
and how would i open a new detailed window if the user clicks on the thumpnail?
cheers

[wjcampbe]

OK - the sectionimage template needs to be tweaked now. Here is the code I use to show the section Image with only the title underneath. Both image and text are clickable.

<!-- SectionLine HTML begin -->
<!-- Insert HTML for the beginning of a section title -->

<DIV ALIGN="LEFT">

<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="10">

	<TR>

		<TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">
			<A HREF="NETQUOTEVAR:SECTIONLINK">NETQUOTEVAR:SECTIONIMAGE</A>
		</TD></tr>

		<tr><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="MIDDLE">
			<A HREF="NETQUOTEVAR:SECTIONLINK">NETQUOTEVAR:SECTIONNAME</A>
			<!-- span class="actxsmall">NETQUOTEVAR:SECTIONTEXT</span -->
		</TD>

	</TR>

</TABLE>

</DIV>
NETQUOTEVAR:NEXT
<!-- Insert HTML for the end of a section title -->
<!-- SectionLine HTML end -->

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