which template?

[seanpaul]

Hi All,

This may be a little tricky to understand, but here goes

Can anyone tell which template controls the tables within which the product description and image sit when I am using Act_ProductLineRight as my product layout template in V6 Dev with Business as my theme.

Basically I am trying to redesign the layout of my images and descriptions.

[Andy Warner]

NO! but a quick and easy test is....

I cant remember of hand and Im not at my 'proper' pc, but, what you can do is select the template(s) you think it is, and change the table border to 5 or 10 (use different values for each template) as a debug tool, refresh the site and see which table comes from which template and WRITE SOME COMMENTS in the table. thats what I did and it made things a lot simpler to keep track of. then just reset the border to 0 before uploading.

andy

[harlequin]

possible solution

Hi SeanPaul, This is a method i use and it is discussed in the advanced userguide which is available from the actinic site.

I think Andi's method above is suited to product layout templates with a clearly visable table and cells however in Actinic 6, some, if not all product templates it just looks like a whole load of code with no start or definable table.

The secret is that at the very top of ActProductLineWhatever.html you are editing you need to add the <TABLE> tag at the very start of the code and add a closing</TABLE> tag to the end.

This SHOULD have the effect in a visual HTML editor of letting you 'see' your table cells clearly, and edit how you wish.
If using a WYSIWYG Editor, I would strongly advise finding a way of looking closely at the source code (an option in most wysiwyg editors,) and making sure that when you 'move' things, you do not corrupt 'critical' NETQUOTEVAR's as this can stop the template from functioning when online, (it can look fine, but not work if someone actually tries to order)

I am trying to find a good way to explain but really it boils down to learning the NETQUOTEVARS and their needs and SYNTAX. Sounds grim but it isnt really.....

Dont forget though to remove the <TABLE> and </TABLE> tags before uploading although I am sure i forgot to once or twice with no Ill effects :-)

I was gonna try give a load more advice but you are probably better off getting the userguides from Actinic and bothering to print them out. ( only about 85 pages - bargain)

Hope this helps, I have posted three replys now so If I am talking rubbish, someone please put me out of my misery......hahahaha

[harlequin]

further info

http://community.actinic.com/showthr...=&threadid=227

this is the kind of NETQUOTEVAR's I was calling 'critical'

[seanpaul]

Thanks Harlequin, that info should get me moving in the right direction