Right hand boxes - custom properties

[paulbeckett]

Hi

When first starting with Actinic I used a completely blank template. And of course I am now not sure how to get the series of boxes on the right hand side of every page.

I know it is a custom property - and infact in customer properties - there are rightbartext and right bar title already there. But I am not sure which html sheet to manipulate - perhaps Act_Primary - if I would like the boxes on every page.

If any one can point me in the right direction I would appreciate it.

Paul

[paulbeckett]

Hi Guys and Girls

A little bit more information. The following post explains how to use the rightbars but when i do this nothing happens. I presume this is becuase I haven't got the the custom properties in the html?

Using text in the sidebar boxes
Go to 'Design | Options | Site Defaults' and locate the 'Properties' table. With this table, you will see four rows that have the following values in the 'Property' field:
RIGHTBARTITLE - the title of the box in the right column
RIGHTBARTEXT - the text of the box in the right column
LEFTBARTITLE - the title of the box in the left column
LEFTBARTEXT - the text of the box in the left column
You can edit the text that appears in these places in the design by changing the text within the 'Value' fields for the four rows. You don't need to worry about the 'Is File Name' or 'Use File Contents' fields.
Placing an image in the right sidebar box instead of text
Go to 'Design | Options | Site Defaults' and locate RIGHTBARTEXT row.
Within the 'Value' field, enter the filename of an image you want to appear within the design. This image needs to be in your 'Site1' folder.
Select the 'Is File Name' box.
Next, go to the 'Layouts' tab and click 'Edit' next to the 'Default Overall Layout' field.
Search for CUSTOMVAR:RIGHTBARTEXT and change it to read:
<img src="CUSTOMVAR:RIGHTBARTEXT" border="0">
Save your changes and preview the results.
Using the contents of a file in the left sidebar box
Go to 'Design | Options | Site Defaults' and locate LEFTBARTEXT row.
Within the 'Value' field, enter the filename of an file that contains some text you want to include into the sidebar box.This file needs to be in your 'Site1' folder
Select 'Is File Name' and 'Use File Contents'.

[paulbeckett]

A bit more info:

I have searched all the html in my site 1 folder for RIGHTBARTITLE and RIGHTBARTEXT but they do not exist. Therefore I suspect it is a case of including the property in the correct location.

If anyone can point me to a suitable position so that I have a row of standard boxes on the right hand side throughout my site, I would appreciate it.

Thanks

Paul

[TraceyG]

Hi,

I suggest you take a look at an original Act_Primary.html file to see how these properties are used. Go to 'c:\program files\actinic v7\formats\themes\Smart' and take a look at the primary template in here.