licensing and act_primary

[emaginedtp]

can i only license 1 site if ive got actinic catalog? do i need to upgrade?

problem i have also is i've redesigned my shop but when i make the chages to the Act_Primary.html it doesnt alter anything in the shop.

[Duncan Rounding]

1. Yes you can only licence one site with Catalog. You would need another Catalog licence or an upgrade to Developer to be able to have multiple sites.
2. Some questions that might help...Do you see the changes in preview? Have you uploaded the changes successfully to the site?

Duncan R

[emaginedtp]

if for example i change the logo in the html, it doesnt change in the preview. if i change the logo in actinic options it changes ok. but i wont get the look i want if i dont make the changes to the html

[Duncan Rounding]

Actinic works by automatically creating your html pages based on templates you can configure. If you change the created html pages they will be overwritten again by Actinic. Check the advanced user guide and the design guide for details on changing templates or the Actinic help.

In this case you will need to modify a template called Act_Primary that will be in your Site1 folder. You can preview changes you make in Actinic.

Make sure you backup your template files before you modify them.

Duncan R

[emaginedtp]

yeah, i was changing the act_primary html file but it wasnt changing anything in the shop preview

[wjcampbe]

What Duncan is trying to tell you is that Actinic will regenerate its original content unless you make your changes in the right places. For example - the logo is not in Act_Primary, but is brought in from Design | Options by one of the NETQUOTEVARs. This is how Actinic works, some NETQUOTEVARs bring in one configuration value, other bring a whole chapter of data. Best to read the Starter Guide, the Design Guide and the Advanced Guide a couple of times each to get an idea of how it all works, then go along to the website and read all of the Knowledgebase articles (even some of the v5 and v6 threads contain little snippets of information that can help you with v7).

Actinic is daunting, but not insurmountable. The more you read before you start, the easier it will be to use. Good Luck and welcome to the club.