Thumbnail images in checkout pages v7

[foxtrot]

Hi,

does anyone know if it is possible to customise the shopping cart so a thumbnail image of the selected product can be loaded into the checkout page?
Also is is possible to include a text link to the product page to open up a new window?

1. I hear that thumbnails in checkout can have a positive impact on conversion rates.

2. many people hit the back button to take a look at their purchase and get lost......and bye bye sale etc. Hence my thinking would be a text link to full product page could also improve the experience for the customer.

Any insight, experience on this?

look forward to hearing from you

[Nadeem]

Hi Matt

Norman from Drillpine has written a patch to include thumbnail images in the checkout stages. Please click here for the patch.

Also is is possible to include a text link to the product page to open up a new window?

In actinic, this can only be achieved by using the extended information tab in the product layout.

Kind Regards

[NormanRouxel]

I think V7 now supports images in the checkout. They're not enabled by default so you should check this forum for other posts regarding this.

Norman

[Nadeem]

Hi there

I believe the thumbnail images get shown on the search results, but no on the checkout stages.

Kind Regards

[NormanRouxel]

They do work in the cart. You just have to enable them. See thread http://community.actinic.com/showthread.php?t=9620

Here's the relevant bit from Chris

Actinic will use whatever image you specify in the 'Thumbnail' field for the thumbnail in the shopping cart. If there is no entry in the 'Thumbnail' field then Actinic will use the default product image.

To turn on images in the shopping cart, include the following code within 'Act_ShoppingCartXML.html' between <Actinic:XMLTEMPLATE NAME="ProductLine"> and its equivalent closing XML tag: </Actinic:XMLTEMPLATE>

<Actinic:REMOVE TAG="THUMBNAIL">
<IMG SRC="NETQUOTEVAR:THUMBNAIL" THUMBNAILSIZE>
</Actinic:REMOVE>

Norman

[Nadeem]

Well you learn something new everyday

Kind Regards

[NormanRouxel]

If you want your images scaled down then change

<IMG SRC="NETQUOTEVAR:THUMBNAIL" THUMBNAILSIZE>

to be

<IMG SRC="NETQUOTEVAR:THUMBNAIL" width=75><!--THUMBNAILSIZE-->

and bingo they're all scaled to be (e.g.) 75 wide.

Norman

PS You should be able to do this via Actinic but not 'till 7.0.2 will it
work properly.

[jxm28788]

Hi,

This works fine on my site, except for one thing...

If I add a "cart content" discount then when this appears in the checkout it has a broken image next to it (which makes sense because it's a discount and therefore doesn't have an image).

Somebody mentioned a 'default image' being displayed if none exists, so where do I set the default and should that fix this problem?

To see the issue go here:

www.sordin-supreme.co.uk

Then add any pair of ear defenders and any pair of glasses to the cart to get the discount displaying in the cart. (or see attachment)

[jxm28788]

Never mind, figured out the problem. (that happens every time - I sit there for ages and can't figure it out, post the question, then 2 minutes later I solve it myself )

I didn't have the 'remove' tags - when I put them in it solved the problem.

[acompton]

Never mind, figured out the problem. (that happens every time - I sit there for ages and can't figure it out, post the question, then 2 minutes later I solve it myself )

This is known in the programming industry as the 'janitor' syndrome or the 'cardboard programmer' syndrome. Going to the trouble of explaining the problem carefully to someone else (doesn't matter who) means you realise what is wrong yourself.

[pinbrook]

This is known in the programming industry as the 'janitor' syndrome or the 'cardboard programmer' syndrome. Going to the trouble of explaining the problem carefully to someone else (doesn't matter who) means you realise what is wrong yourself.

I choose a brickwall ...