Arranging Products in Columns

[elastics]

Hi,

I need to arrange my items in the online catalog in columns 2 wide and all my product listings in columns 3 wide.

I set the 'online catalog' page to do this using 'Design/Options/Sections/Default Location and Arrangement of Section Lists' and set the first and subsequent column count to 2. This however did not change the layout of my products, only the 'Online Catalog' page.

So I then selected a product section and went to 'Layout/Location and Arrangement of Section List' and selected 'Override Default Settings' - Setting the first row count to 3 and subsequent row count to 3.

This however did not change my layout, I am still laid out in rows, one product below the next.

Must be something simple that I am missing, any advise appreciated.

Thanks

[jont]

You are just altering the section layouts and not the product layout pages

Check out Normans site for multi column layout at www.drillpine.biz this is a template hack and not something automatically created under Actinic

[elastics]

Thanks John, Normans site was useful and I have used his column changes, though I still do not have the functionality that I need. Let me clarify...

I am selling Jewelry, so my product images are quite small and are categorised into 4 sections: Rings, Earrings, Necklaces and Bracelets. My home page comprises of 4 fragments that link to the 4 sections.

1. I would like to arrange my home page into 2 column / 2 row format, each showing an image and description of sections in my catalog. How do I change this page into 2 columns and 2 rows?

When a section is selected from the home page...

2. I then need each section to display the products within in a 3 column format, image and title only.

When a product is selected from the section page...

3. I need the selected product to appear as a single item, in a single row, with title, full description, choices and add2cart button.

I am hoping someone has done something similar and can save me a bit of time in development.

Thanks

[jont]

You can set the NUMCOLS (from memory think that is what Norman called it) declaration in each section so you can have 2 columns, 3 columns, 4 columns etc as required depending on how deep into the section / subsections your are.

You will also need to edit the Act_SectionLine.html templates to set the image, text and descriptions layout as you desire - again the template can be specified on a section by section basis as needed.

The products in a single row wil need a change to the Act_ProductLine.html template - check the forum for compact product layout for previous threads - there is a compact layout as standard which you can use or modify accordingly to suit your own needs