External Link to specific SECTION

[Laylah]

Hi

I am aware that you can link to a specific product via

http://www.yourURL/cgi/ss000004.pl?P...CODE&NOLOGIN=1


where CODE is the product reference

but . . .

is it possible to use a similar dynamic call to a 'section'?

thanks in advance

[Mike Hughes]

If it's an external link then just go straight to the html page as those with accounts won't have logged in yet and for everyone else it doesn't matter.

mike

[Laylah]

If I update the site the page title changes then the link dies.


The dynamic product link I mentioned calling ss000004.pl ALWAYS finds the product (i.e it's 'dynamic')

[Laylah]

Having searched the postings and the knowledge base I found it in the advanced users guide on page 48

cheers

[Laylah]

Hi

After a closer look the Advanced User Guide suggestion on page 48 does not do what I want — so to re-iterate :-

I am aware that you can link to a specific product via

http://www.yourURL/cgi/ss000004.pl?...E&NOLOGIN=1

where CODE is the product reference

This ALWAYS finds the product if it is in the catalogue. [This is a 'dynamic' link.]

I want to be able to make a similar 'dynamic' link to a section.

Example.

I have a sub-section 'Alchemy' and at present this is found http://www.mandrake-press.com/acatal...lchemy_95.html [this a 'static' link]

Advanced User guide suggests using http://your.URL/cgibin/ss00000x.pl?S...html&NOLOGIN=1 which translated into real life is
http://www.mandrake-press.com/cgi-bi...html&NOLOGIN=1

Therefore, if the catalog is updated the Alchemy section may get a new file name and thus the static link to a specific file name dies. [I can't see any real point in the suggested method because http://www.mandrake-press.com/acatal...lchemy_95.html is simpler and achieves the same result!]

On the question of external links -- I can see it is possible to link to a search results page by doing a search and copying the address from the browser

i.e. using the term 'alchemy' I get http://www.mandrake-press.com/cgi-bi...=-1&TB=A&SHOP=

I would be grateful for any info on the parameters

&PR=-1
&TB=A
&SHOP=

[NormanRouxel]

In V6 you can easily fix the name of a Section. Just double-click a Section in the catalog tree and choose Advanced / Layout / Page Name. From then on Actinic won't change it.

Norman