New Product List - possible to have Title only list?

[Ben Spiral]

I'd like to have a list of New Products on the front page but I'd like to see just the product title and perhaps the first line of description. Is there a way to achieve this: my mock up of what I'm after is here with the new products down at the bottom.

[leehack]

I'm pretty sure it's in the AUG Ben, you can limit it to show x number of characters. I just get rid of it completely nowadays.

[RuralWeb]

Its also been posted to death on the forum

[Ben Spiral]

Its also been posted to death on the forum

Really? Can you post a link as I must be blind - searched 3 times under 'New Product List'.

[Ben Spiral]

I'm pretty sure it's in the AUG Ben, you can limit it to show x number of characters. I just get rid of it completely nowadays.

Thanks Lee, I'll take a look.

[RuralWeb]

Starter for ten http://community.actinic.com/showthr...ght=limit+text

[Ben Spiral]

Rural - yes, I've seen that bit which details shortening the description and it works great but how is styling controlled?

As per my original post - I want a list of the titles one under another with a single line description underneath. How do I achieve that kind of appearance? That's the part I can't find info on...but I'm sure it's been covered 'to death' already, right?

[leehack]

Its just a case of a heading and then the text underneath Ben (usually a paragraph tag or you could use a <h3> for example), you adjust where these items sit in the layout on the design tab.

<h2 class="BensH2Class>Product Name</h2>
<p class="BensParagraphClass">Product Description</p>

Then have those 2 classes in your stylesheet and add your styles as you wish. You will also find that you can use what actinic uses as standard and adjust that, but you may be best while experimenting to use your own styles, so the original styling stays in place.

[RuralWeb]

That's the part I can't find info on...but I'm sure it's been covered 'to death' already, right?

Thanks for the sarcastic reply - As Lee has so kindly posted the answer that has as you say already been done to death on the fourm and you are too lazy to look.

Ben as a designer its best to only show clients mockups of sites that you have the skills to actually design and not rely on the forum to design for you. All your questions are very basic and are covered in the AUG/forum search. I would also suggest you attend the Actinic design course which is very good.

Just my opinion of course

[Ben Spiral]

Thanks for the sarcastic reply - As Lee has so kindly posted the answer that has as you say already been done to death on the fourm and you are too lazy to look.

Ben as a designer its best to only show clients mockups of sites that you have the skills to actually design and not rely on the forum to design for you. All your questions are very basic and are covered in the AUG/forum search. I would also suggest you attend the Actinic design course which is very good.

Just my opinion of course

Cripes, someone got out of the coffin the wrong side. I'm not too lazy to look, just as I don't spend my entire life reading every single post I'm not familiar with them all. What I search for therefore doesn't necassarily translate into what the posts cover.

Trust me, I have no wish to waste people's time. Least of all yours: I can tell by the majority of your recent posts you are very busy posting 'it's been done to death before' or 'already been covered' whenever people post questions so this is obviously a significant drain on your day. I just don't understand why, with time as precious to a genius such as yourself, you even bother with the snide remarks that you do? Would have thought that was beneath you.

Your final bitchy little comment regarding site design hardly dignifies a response but I will respond simply by saying that surely if people never attempted things they hadn't done before we would be riding bikes with square wheels and eating grubs, no? Your posts smell of elitism and
bitterness in equal measure. If you don't want to help anyone, why bother trying to belittle them? Did you get picked on at school? Got no friends etc? Just seems a little poor form. Just my opinion of course.

[Ben Spiral]

Its just a case of a heading and then the text underneath Ben (usually a paragraph tag or you could use a <h3> for example), you adjust where these items sit in the layout on the design tab.

<h2 class="BensH2Class>Product Name</h2>
<p class="BensParagraphClass">Product Description</p>

Then have those 2 classes in your stylesheet and add your styles as you wish. You will also find that you can use what actinic uses as standard and adjust that, but you may be best while experimenting to use your own styles, so the original styling stays in place.

Hi Lee,

Thanks for that - all makes sense. Much appreciated.

Ben

[RuralWeb]

that surely if people never attempted things they hadn't done before

Most people would buy a book on css and learn the things that have been done before and go beyond that - that what the forum is for ie to push Actinic and develop it not go over the same old things day after day - if that happens you get the same old reply which is all most normal people need to point them in the right direction.

[pinbrook]

just as I don't spend my entire life reading every single post I'm not familiar with them all. What I search for therefore doesn't necassarily translate into what the posts cover.

One of the main challenges of this community is to keep it on track with easy to find solutions.

Its often useful to use the Google search above as this often brings back better results, but you should never consider time spent searching a waste of time as often you can extend your knowledge of Actinic by reading through posts that may be irrevelant at the time but may trigger an interesting enhancement for the future or may trigger knowledge of a known bug before you fall into its clutches.

[Ben Spiral]

Just a quick one to say thanks to the more helpful members of the forum for the pointers. I've managed to get the site looking and doing exactly what I specified. Even managed to wrestle an external RSS feed in a DIV on the first page! (I found that a little tricky but committed it to memory now)

The finished site (bar a few minor tweaks) is here:

Thanks again.