Removing sub-section names from sections

[pammyjz]

Hi everybody,

I'm sure this is an easy one for all you brainys. I just want to stop showing the sub-section names on the main catalogue list.

Thankyou!

Pam
www.marketestalls.com

[NormanRouxel]

Basically you want to remove the YahooSections list and replace it with just the To Level Sections list.

Edit Act_Primary.html and replace the block

                        <script language=Javascript1.2>
                     	document.write(YahooSections(section_tree)) 
                        </script>

with

NETQUOTEVAR:TOPLEVELSECTIONSTOP

If that works as you want, you can also remove the now redundant block of code

<!--@act NETQUOTEVAR:SECTIONTREE_RAW -->

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript" TYPE="text/javascript">
<!--
function YahooSections(ar)
{
var strIDs = '';
for (var i=1;i<=ar.length;i++)
  {
  if (ar[i].sURL != null)
    {
    strIDs += '<a href="' + ar[i].sURL + '"><span class="actxxsmall"><b><font color="NETQUOTEVAR:FGCOLORCSS">' + ar[i].sName + '</font></b></span></a><br>';
      {
      if (ar[i].pChild)
        {
        for (var j=1;j<=ar[i].pChild.length;j++)
          {
          if (ar[i].pChild[j].sURL != null)
            {
            strIDs += '<a href="' + ar[i].pChild[j].sURL + '"><span class="actxxsmall"><font color="NETQUOTEVAR:FGCOLORCSS">' + ar[i].pChild[j].sName + '</font></span></a><br>';
            }
          }
        }
      }
    strIDs += '<br>'
    }
  }
return strIDs
}
//-->
</SCRIPT>

[Luddite]

What kind of effect do you think this would have on search engines?
Nick

[jont]

If the sitemap.html link is added to the bottom of all pages then everything should still be spidered and not linked via the cgi-bin (which the original and altered navigation will do)

[jont]

Pamela - interesting concept - have you had much interest in the venture? Has Actinic Express had an impact?

[pammyjz]

Wow Norman - how brilliant are you? Thankyou so much for your help. I'm going to go off and think of loads more questions for you now....... Many thanks Pam

[NormanRouxel]

Nick,

This will actually help with search engines as these TOPLEVELSECTIONSTOP aren't javaScript generated but appear directly in the HTML.

It's still a good idea to link to the Site Map as this links on to everything.

[pammyjz]

Hmmm - dont know what Actinic Express is. I'm getting lots of interest but its hard work. If you know anyone who may be interested please send them my way! Kind regards. Pam

[pammyjz]

Basically you want to remove the YahooSections list and replace it with just the To Level Sections list.

Edit Act_Primary.html and replace the block

                        <script language=Javascript1.2>
                     	document.write(YahooSections(section_tree)) 
                        </script>

with

NETQUOTEVAR:TOPLEVELSECTIONSTOP

If that works as you want, you can also remove the now redundant block of code

<!--@act NETQUOTEVAR:SECTIONTREE_RAW -->

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript" TYPE="text/javascript">
<!--
function YahooSections(ar)
{
var strIDs = '';
for (var i=1;i<=ar.length;i++)
  {
  if (ar[i].sURL != null)
    {
    strIDs += '<a href="' + ar[i].sURL + '"><span class="actxxsmall"><b><font color="NETQUOTEVAR:FGCOLORCSS">' + ar[i].sName + '</font></b></span></a><br>';
      {
      if (ar[i].pChild)
        {
        for (var j=1;j<=ar[i].pChild.length;j++)
          {
          if (ar[i].pChild[j].sURL != null)
            {
            strIDs += '<a href="' + ar[i].pChild[j].sURL + '"><span class="actxxsmall"><font color="NETQUOTEVAR:FGCOLORCSS">' + ar[i].pChild[j].sName + '</font></span></a><br>';
            }
          }
        }
      }
    strIDs += '<br>'
    }
  }
return strIDs
}
//-->
</SCRIPT>

Hi Norman - looks like I spoke too soon. I followed the instructions you gave and it seemed to work on the test pages (ctrlW). However the live site is still showing the sub-section names. Any more ideas? Thanks Pam

[NormanRouxel]

You may be using more than one Primary Template. E.g. If I look at http://www.marketestalls.com/acatalog/index.html that seems to be fine.

If I look at http://www.marketestalls.com/acatalo...h_Choices.html there's nothing showing at all. You'll have to check and see if these pages are usiong differnt Primart templates.

Also you should make the same change to Act_BrochurePrimary.html as I see you've got the menu on these pages too.

[jxm28788]

This will actually help with search engines as these TOPLEVELSECTIONSTOP aren't javaScript generated but appear directly in the HTML

Possible a silly question, but... why use the yahoo thingy in the first place? What benefits does it provide. Or more importantly, what advantages will I lose when I ditch it?

[NormanRouxel]

John

The YahooSections is only useful if you want a Top and Second level list. The drawbacks are:

1) Search engines can't follow the links. Adding a link to the Sitemap fixes this.

2) If you have a huge site then the generated JavaScript structure can become very large leadind to slow loading pages.

If you only want Top level links there's (as above) a better way to do it as this links to all your top level sections in a search engine friendly way without needing a Site map or loading a big JavaScript file.

[jxm28788]

cool. smaller, faster, friendlier... what's not to like

[rikartalex]

Having problems with this myself. I have followed the advice above but the top level sections are not even being listed at www.valentinewigs.co.uk. Can anyone help?

Richard

[jxm28788]

Can you see NETQUOTEVAR:TOPLEVELSECTIONSTOP in your act_primary template? If so can you paste the code around it into the thread so we can see?