Is it possible to split the sections...?

[jxm28788]

As the title says, is it possible to split the sections in actinic?

What I mean is, if you create 20 top level sections for example, can you then change it so instead of it just having one big list of 20 on the left, you could have a list of 10, then a gap, then say 6, another gap, then the other 4?

Could it be done by inserting 'invisible' sections at the appropriate points?

[leehack]

In V8 very easy, on V7 more difficult and better to be hard coded probably. Unless you go a level further up and have your split levels to become your TLS's.

[AndyBorrett]

Try creating a new section where you want the breaks with an underscore character. The next break would be a double underscore and so on.

Andy
www.seriouslysilver.co.uk

[leehack]

Hack Of The Year Award.

[Paul Bulpit]

Brilliantly simple. Award commendation seconded.

[jxm28788]

I don't get it...

If I do that then I get an ugly looking underscore in my list, and 2 underscores further down in the list. and what's more the customer can click on the underscore(s) which takes them to an empty page...

did I miss something...?

eg.

HP Printers
Lexmark Printers
Epson Printers
_
HP Ink
Lexmark Ink
Epson Ink
__
HP Paper
Epson Paper

[Duncan Rounding]

No, only perhaps a hint of sarcasm earlier on.

[jxm28788]

No, only perhaps a hint of sarcasm earlier on.

yeah, missed that completely...

Unless you go a level further up and have your split levels to become your TLS's.

Not sure what you mean by that? It's the TLS that I want the splits in, so I can segement different sections instead of having them in one big list (see example above, but in real life the list is much bigger...)

[leehack]

Not sure what you mean by that? It's the TLS that I want the splits in, so I can segement different sections instead of having them in one big list (see example above, but in real life the list is much bigger...)

Well say for example you have 20 clothing sections as your current TLS, and you now wanted to split into men, sheilas and children. You would create 3 new TLS (men, sheilas, children) and then move the 'current' TLS into those new sections. In effect the current TLS lose their TLS status and become sub-sections of the new TLS.

Clear as mud huh? I know what i mean at least lol.

[jxm28788]

oh, right... nah that's no use. when my site finally finishes uploading I guess I could try the old alt-254 trick, see if that works...

[AndyBorrett]

As the current holder of the 'hack of the year' award ;-)

I'd like to point out that ALT 255 would be a better choice than ALT 254

If you look at our site (www.seriouslysilver.co.uk) I think you will see the effect you want - basically a spacer in the menu between sections.

The menu is generated by Normans script but it just displays the TLS from Actinic.

On a more serious note, do any real Actinic experts know what is causing the error on the search page?

Andy (HOY 2008)

[Paul Bulpit]

Applications for HOY 2009 open on 1st March.






I just assumed that what I was seeing on seriouslysilver was the result of the hack & it looked pretty good to me. I can't use it as my list is now hard-coded! But I wish I'd known about it sooner.

PS he means this:

Unknown search command () found in file: ../htdocs/acatalog/customsearch.fil

Please wait for your browser to forward you to the next page or click here.

Please click on Confirm to add the item to your basket or Checkout Now to go straight to the checkout.

[jxm28788]

I'd like to point out that ALT 255 would be a better choice than ALT 254

ah yes, that's what I meant - gosh, it must be about 15 years since I used alt codes...

and yes it does give the spacer effect - but if the user clicks in the right place it's still an active link, so not really much use...

[AndyBorrett]

After sitting down and looking at the search problem for a few hours I found the problem although I don't know why it happened

Unknown search command () found in file: ../htdocs/acatalog/customsearch.fil

Looking in the 'searchable properties' property I found an empty value which is what the () refers to in the error message.

[gabrielcrowe]

oh foo! i seem to have completely missed the fact that this is a v7 thread. I leave this solution here in case a v8 person walks in and does soemthing daft like me.

your underscaore hack would work, if you created a block that prints a couple of line breaks if its and underscore and prints the item and link if its normal text.

you'd have to set up like:

<actinic:block type="TopLevelSectionList" >
<actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22SectionPageName%22%20%2f%3e%20%21%3d%20%22%5f%22%20OR%20%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22SectionPageName%22%20%2f%3e%20%21%3d%20%22%5f%5f%22%20OR%20%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22SectionPageName%22%20%2f%3e%20%21%3d%20%22%5f%5f%22" >
	<actinic:variable name="SectionPageName"/>
</actinic:block>	
<actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22SectionPageName%22%20%2f%3e%20%3d%3d%20%22%5f%22%20OR%20%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22SectionPageName%22%20%2f%3e%20%3d%3d%20%22%5f%5f%22%20OR%20%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22SectionPageName%22%20%2f%3e%20%3d%3d%20%22%5f%5f%22" >
	<br /><br />
</actinic:block>
</actinic:block>

this might work. (note, untested)