Design Help Please V7

[Megahertz]

Hi there,

Forgive me if this a very basic question. I've spent the weekend getting my site to work with Protx / Barclays and this seemed to go much smoother than I was expecting.

But I'm stuck now on a basic design issue.

I want to put a banner down the right hand side of the site with all of the payment information on (credit card logos) as well as some information about delivery times etc.

I have managed to work out how to set up some basic text - but not sure how to get the information I need in the column.

Could anybody please point me in the right direction?

My site (I'm making changes all the time) is
http://www.t2technical.co.uk/acatalog/shop.html

This site (found from a recent poster) has exactly what I need!
http://www.greenknightgames.co.uk/

Thanks!

[jont]

Forgive me if this a very basic question

Depends on your knowledge of HTML.

Essentially you need to edit your main primary layouts - from factory these are :

Act_Primary.html
Act_BrochurePrimary.html
Act_PrimaryCheckout.html

.... the whole layout is a nest of <table> tags. You need to add another coloumn <td> to the main table where the content is held.

At the moment the structure is:

<table>
   <tr>
      <td> ..... left column
      </td>

      <td> ..... main content
      </td>
   </tr>
</table>

Your layout needs to resemble :

<table>
   <tr>
      <td> ..... left column
      </td>

      <td> ..... main content
      </td>

      <td> ..... right column
      </td>
   </tr>
</table>

That is the simplified version and the code in real life is more complicated as lots of other nested tables in there. A good trick is to change the <table> that you think is the suspect to use:

<table border="1">

to temporarily switch on the borders to check you are working with the right one.

Don't forget to take a backup prior to starting.

HTH

[Megahertz]

Thanks for that. I suppose I've got to brush up on my html - never mind.

How would it be if I loaded the page into Dreamweaver and uploaded it back again?

Is that a sensible way forward, or fraught with possibility of major errors?

Thanks

Tim

[Duncan Rounding]

No you can't do that as Actinic will overwrite it.

You can however load the template file Act_Primary for example into Dreamweaver and save it again after changes - then upload with Actinic as normal.

Backup your templates before attempting any changes.

[RuralWeb]

Look for the template manager in the menu system to load templates into dreamweaver

[acompton]

This site (found from a recent poster) has exactly what I need!
http://www.greenknightgames.co.uk/

Fame, at last!

Bear in mind that I started with a clean layout, not one of the themes

[Megahertz]

Thanks for the advice guys. I will experiment later....

Alan, hope you didn't mind me using your site as an example.

Just out of interest, I think I spoke too soon about integrating Protx / Barclays - Protx have been fantastic - really helpful - but because I've been using my BMS account in the past to capture credit cards and process them manually, I cannot simply update my ePDQ lite system - I need a new merchant number! Frustrating as Protx work weekends and answer the phone after a couple of rings - I've been on hold with Barclays so long today I could know all their 'on-hold' music off by heart.....

[Megahertz]

However, I have just ordered a new Henry Hoover whilst I've been on hold so at least my office will be clean. Thanks Mal.....