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    Can I display a table of information within the product description?

    One of our products is available in 3 different materials and 12 different sizes. The best way of displaying the prices for this product would just to be able to show a table of information and then have them make their choices from drop down lists.

    How do I go about inserting a table of information in the description?
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    #2
    You can embed html in the description text box by wrapping it in !!< and >!! actinic html identifiers.
    Bill
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      #3
      Just make a small snippet of HTML containing the table and enclose it between !!< and >!! as these special markets tell Actinic to pass the enclosed stuff through as HTML. Then just paste it into your Product Description.

      E.g.


      Code:
      !!<
      <table border=1>
       <tr>
        <td>Cell1</td>
        <td>Cell2</td>
       </tr>
      </table>
      >!!
      Norman - www.drillpine.biz
      Edinburgh, U K / Bitez, Turkey

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        #4
        Fantastic! Thankyou both for your speedy responses.
        www.virtuaffinity.com

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          #5
          PS. It's also possible to have a single list of radio buttons, 36 long, and to add table code in the HTML for field name of each Choice so that a table of radio buttons is displayed rather than a single long list of radio buttons.

          E.g.
          Code:
          Displaying Radio Buttons In a Table
          
          Say you have choices Priced like
          
          Size 	Glass	Wood	Stone
          
          Small	£1.00	£2.00	£3.00
          Medium	£1.50   £2.50   £3.50
          Large	£2.00	£3.00	£4.00
          X-Large	£2.50   £3.50   £4.50
          
          Instead of having two lists, we can make a single radio button list containing all combinatations.
          We can alter each Choice's HTML for Name and Separator fields to display them in a table 
          instead of a single list.
          
          
          To implement the above:-
          
          Create a product of zero price.
          
          Now create a component withing that product called "Variation" (or whatever you need).
          
          Within that Component create an Attribute called "Type", using Radio Buttons.
          
          In this Attributes "HTML for Name" field put (the single long line):-
          
          <table bgcolor="#bbddff"><tr><td>Size</td><td>Glass</td><td>Wood</td><td>Stone</td></tr><tr><td>Small</td><td>  
          
          For this Attribute create Choices in the following sequence:-
          
          Name Field                   	HTML For Name Field	Separator / User Defined Field
          
          Small / Glass			£1.00			</td><td>
          Small / Wood			£2.00			</td><td>
          Small / Stone			£3.00			</td></tr><tr><td>Medium</td><td>
          Medium / Glass			£1.50			</td><td>
          Medium / Wood			£2.50			</td><td>
          Medium / Stone			£3.50			</td></tr><tr><td>Large</td><td>
          Large / Glass			£2.00			</td><td>
          Large / Wood			£3.00			</td><td>
          Large / Stone			£4.00			</td></tr><tr><td>X-Large</td><td>
          X-Large / Glass			£2.50			</td><td>
          X-Large / Wood			£3.50			</td><td>
          X-Large / Stone			£4.50			</td></tr></table>
          
          
          Now open this Component and under "Permutations" do "Fill List" and enter all the prices as per above.
          
          Finally Edit Act_VariantAttributeName.html and replace "<BR>" with " " (a single space).
          
          That should now give you a pretty matrix, with the price displayed for each possible combination.
          Attached Files
          Norman - www.drillpine.biz
          Edinburgh, U K / Bitez, Turkey

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            #6
            Hi
            I would like to do exactly this but in V8. Am nearly there but obviously there is no separator field on choices. I tried creating a user defined field to put the html in but this didn't work. Any ideas?
            Many many thanks
            Rick
            Rick Marengo
            AXLR8 CRM integrated with Actinic and leading accounts and telephone systems
            please visit our website at www.axlr8.com

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              #7
              V8 has a built-in setting RadioButtonColumnCount that will do this. It's on the Layout tab of the Attribute.
              Norman - www.drillpine.biz
              Edinburgh, U K / Bitez, Turkey

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