Images/ Thumbnails for an UpSell

[chimps]

Hello All,

I have just started using Actinic for redesigning a web store, which was made using Actinic.

There are two things I would like to add in my store

a) Customers could see the thumbnails of other products (when they select a product). When they click on any thumbnail, it should take the customer to that product details page where they can buy that product.

And

b) I could show/create an up-sell as advised in the “Creating an Up-Sell" in the start up guide. But I want to show customers the image of the up-sell as well.

I would appreciate if any one can any one provide me with the solutions to my two queries.

Thanks.

[wjcampbe]

www.drillpine.biz has an Actinic Upsell product. v8 has a similar feature as standard.

[jont]

You can also do this using a modified product template with the upsell products set as duplicates with an anchor taking the user back to the main product proper

[chimps]

You can also do this using a modified product template with the upsell products set as duplicates with an anchor taking the user back to the main product proper

Thanks for the information will have a go at that.

Also one more thing. I want to use thumbnails on my front page as well. How do I do that ? I mean I was able to do it by adding new fragments but then I want my products to be in column.

Thanks

[jont]

You can modify your fragment templates to also use the multiple column hack .... the proceedure is just the same as for modifying the Act_ProductLine.html template.

[chimps]

You can modify your fragment templates to also use the multiple column hack .... the proceedure is just the same as for modifying the Act_ProductLine.html template.

Hi,

I tried the same but made some errors, the fragments on my homepage were not in columns ( still in rows - and not in a line). I guess I messed up and had to redo the page again. To get multiple columns we need to make changes in Act_ProductLine.htm, Act_ProductSeparator.html and Act_ProductBody.html. But I still cant arrange my fragments on my homepage.

Can you please let me know how to go about this.

Thanks.

[jont]

The product layout and the fragment layouts are essentially created the same way as part of an overall table .... check you are editing the correct fragment (click edit next to the layout) and follow the same instructions as per the Act_ProductLine.html ... from memory this is a bit of Javascript which adds in the row count... it will work so if it doesn't recheck your code as likely to be a typo.

Your other option - depending on your XHTML / CSS skills - is to remove the table elements and create multiple column fragments using CSS - this is not a task to be undertaken lightheartedly and your easiest course is still the javascript method.

[jont]

Another less desirable solution is to create another table in say Dreamweaver with your multi-column layout and images with links and copy the code into a text only fragment ... placing the code between !!< and >!!