Direct to product?

[koivision]

I would like to be able to direct customers direct to a product from a webpage link,

If i have 20 items in a particular section of actinic and they are coming from a different page can i get them to go straight to the item rather than just the top of the page that contains the product

I am sure i have seen this on an actinic site

I use V5

Thank you

Lee Green
www.koivision.co.uk

[phyzar]

solution?

hi,
Im not sure if this is what you are particularly requiring, but I direct my users to a specific product in my acatalog shop with the following, extracted from the advanced user guide for v5. (can be found on the actinic homepage)

Taking people straight to a product
It is possible to take people straight to a specific product with a hyperlink of the following form:

<a href="http://www.myserver.com/cgi-bin/ss00000x.pl?PRODREF=12345">Click here</a>

Where:
• http://www.myserver.com/cgi-bin is the URL of your CGI-BIN
• ss00000x.pl is the name of your search script with the 'x' replaced with your CGI ID number
• 12345 is the product reference of your desired product.

You can use this functionality to create a small form in the page where people can search for their desired product by entering the reference number into a text field.

The HTML for this would have the following form:

<FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="http://www.myserver.com/ss00000x.pl">
<P>Product Reference:
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="PRODREF" SIZE="20">
<INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Lookup">
</P>
</FORM>

Please note that if you are putting this form within the main body of the page, you would need to enter </FORM> above the code and:

<FORM METHOD=NETQUOTEVAR:CGIMETHOD ACTION="NETQUOTEVAR:CGIURL">
<INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME="SHOP" VALUE="NETQUOTEVAR:SHOP">
after it in order to not disrupt the main form that controls adding products to the shopping cart.
http://www.myserver.com/acatalog/">

so i work it as: http://www.myownserver.com/cgi-bin/s...REF=0854769315

where prodref is the reference number / name given to a product in the product details - reference field. (I use ISBN number as im selling books / music)

Best of luck,
JD

*keep on learning

[koivision]

Thank you

Thank you for your help, i will give this a try

Lee Green
www.koivision.co.uk