navbxxxlink - button links - new shop template

[clum]

I am trying to add some templates to the actinic shop i am building.

The netquotevar links on the template seem not to function... (as made using the help sheets from actinic), I have tried using these links and direct links, (which don't find the pages presumably because they are dynamically generated).

Links look like this at the mo...

<a href="NETQUOTEVAR:NAVBXXXLINK" target="index.htm"

have i made an error in this script?

have i missed an extra bit??

Test-site: http://www.somersetorganics.co.uk/acat/

I have a 2templates at the moment.
one for the "accat/" - page (intro/welcome page) with standard links, (Eg. = index.html)which finds the shop pages ok, one with netquotevar;navbxxxlink (s). for the shop itself, in which links fail and open a new window...!

before i make the brochure and shop page templates different, i would like to concentrate on getting the shop aspect running...

http://www.somersetorganics.co.uk/acat/acatalogue/ (<link fails as its a dynamic page).

Help gratefully received.

[clum]

I am getting conflicting info here.....

the FAQ section tells me to use the following button link code:

code--------------------
<a href="http://url.to.link.to/" onMouseOver="SwapImage('image_name','rollover_image.gif')" onMouseOut="RestoreImage()">
<img src="normal_image.gif" alt="Some alternative text" name="image_name" border="0">
</a>
-------------code


but actinic help sheet tells me to use...

code -----------------
<a href="NETQUOTEVAR:NAVBXXXLINK"
target="NETQUOTEVAR:NAVBXXXTARGET" onMouseOut="RestoreImage()"
onMouseOver="SwapImage('whatever1','whatever2.gif');"><img
name="whatever1" src="whatever1.gif" width="86" height="75"
border="0" alt="NETQUOTEVAR:NAVBXXXTEXT"></a>
-----------code

where does the actual link url appear from in the 2nd code snippit?

[wjcampbe]

In your first post target="index.html" is wrong.

target=" " needs to contain one of the specified values for this attribute, not the name of the file you want to go to.

To open in the same web browser page you use target="_self" to open in a new window/page use target="_blank".

Your 2nd post
NETQUOTEVAR:NAVBXXXLINK is converted by the Actinic software into the correct url for the XXX when you generate your web pages, so the generated html will be identical whether you use the FAQ method or the Help method.

[clum]

SO why does it not mention replacing xxx with url anywhere in the help docs...!?!? It read that the target=..... would work, it looked odd, but it was shrouded in actinicyness and ithought this would resolve standard issues with target=""

i'll give it a try now. Many thanks

[wjcampbe]

You don't replace xxx with anything. Actinic does if you are using the standard links to go to the standard places.

NAVBCARTLINK will be changed to the url for the cart page, NAVBHOMELINK will change to the url for the Shop Home page etc.

If you want a link to a non-standard page, you need to give the URL, the target attribute value, and the alt text value instead of using the NETQUOTEVARs, but the command format will remain the same, because this format is specified by the HTML standards.