section descriptions

[Chris_Lucas]

I am selling product ranges on my store, and have set up each section to sell a particular range. I want to have a description of the range at the top of each page, rather then on the catalogue page.
I've managed to format the sections into columns to display the product, but I don't know how to include the range descriptions on the appropriate pages via the templates.

Can anyone help?

[Jan]

There is a template called 'Description only, useful for inserting messages', you could create a new product, put it at the top of each section and use this template to make it in effect into a comment.

Regards,

[Chris_Lucas]

Only problem with that, is that I've laid out my page:

header

N Product1 Product2 Product3 Product4
a Product5 Product6 Product7 Product8
v Product9 Product10 Product11 Product12
Product13 Product14 Product15 Product16

And as far as I've managed to decipher the template, if I set up a new product that would be centered above the product list, it'd probably through the formating out... like this?

header

Range description
N Product1 Product2 Product3 Product4
a Range description
v Product5 Product6 Product7 Product8
Range description
Product9 Product10 Product11 Product12
Range description
Product13 Product14 Product15 Product16

I may be wrong...

[Ben]

Hi Chris

A work around for doing this is to use a custom property. Create a new one and specify the value (your description text) in the section details. Then edit the Act_ProductLine template and insert this customvar at the top. You may need to use a few empty table cells either side of the text to get it centred.

HTH

[Chris_Lucas]

Found out how to do it... Much digging around in templates didn't really help, but then I was flicking through some random documentation and came across the NETQUOTEVAR:SECTIONTEXT description, and after some swearing and fiddling, got it to work... and there was much rejoicing!

Next question, how do the NETQUOTEVAR:NAVBXXXLINK arguments work? In the documentaion, it tells you what it does... great, perfect, sounds like exactly what I want... but not how to use it!

Thanks for your comments and help!

-C

[Ben]

If you have the Advanced User Guide, check out 'Inserting Individual Navigation Buttons' on page 18 & 19. NETQUOTEVAR:NAVBXXXLINK can be used as the reference of your custom links.

[Chris_Lucas]

So does that just allow me to replace the displayed Link text with my own? Can't I just do that in the design options? Or is it to allow graphics?

-C

[Ben]

It gives you more flexibility over the placement and display of the link, including graphics. You can create a individual link separate from the rest of the navbar.

[ocbon]

Hi

I'm new to this. Can someone give more detailed instructions on exactly how to use the description only template.

Thanks a bunch

ocbon

[cdicken]

Create a new product at the top of a section. Give it a short description of something like 'Section Description' and de-select the 'Can be ordered online' checkbox.

In the 'General' tab (click 'Advanced' if you cannot see the 'General' tab) locate the 'Product Layout' field and click the down arrow to change the selection to 'Description only, useful for inserting messages'.

Click 'OK' and then preview your store to see the results.

[ocbon]

Hi Chris

What a difference in the pages this makes! For a lot of my products, the description was basically the same, just he sizing, colors, pricing was different, so now the customers don't have to keep seeing the same description over and over.

I think I may have posted this - description is at top of section with products underneath - that is fine if a customer clicks a section.

If a customer does a search they will go directly to the product, which may be, at the bottom of the page. Is there someway to get them to the top to read the description and then back to the actual product they were viewing.

Again, thanks for your help
Bonnie

[cdicken]

It looks like Toby has answerd this for you at http://community.actinic.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6168