CUSTOMVAR text label

[Tarquin]

I have added a CUSTOMVAR:RATED to Act_ProductLine.html.

What is the syntax to add the corresponding label for the variable?

[Mike Hughes]

First declare the CUSTOMVAR as 'text' in 'advanced>custom properties'

Then go to the properties tag on the product details screen. Click '+' on the top LH corner of the table and a new row will appear. Click on the cell in first column of the row and a drop down list with your declared customvars appears. Select the one you want and then enter the text you want to appear in the next column.

Mike

[Tarquin]

Thanks for the advice Mike but that’s not what I am after.

I have got that far and the page displays this value. But there is no text to explain what the value means.

What I would like to do is display the label too without hard coding this text into Act_ProductLine.html.

The end result I am after is

If value exists display Label and Value

If value is null display nothing - Much like not adding a price for a product. No price is displayed and neither is the Label ‘Price’.

(I hope I am making sense)

Kevin

[NormanRouxel]

You'd need some JavaScript on your Product Template where you want this optional text to display. E.g.

<script language=JavaScript>
<!--
if ( 'CUSTOMVAR:RATED' ) document.write( 'My description ' );
// -->
</script>
CUSTOMVAR:RATED

You can not use the single quote ( ' ) in your CUSTOMVAR:RATED text as this will break the JavaScript.

Norman

[Mike Hughes]

Ok, now I understand.

Customervars work by actinic replacing the customvar with the text. So I don't think what you're after can be done that way.

Some oprions are:

a) Include the label in the text.
b) Use two customvars, one for the label, another for the text.


You could also try using a file which would allow you more formatting control over the displayed text. You could also try calling a file for the first customvar and embedding the text into the file using the second customvar, but I don't know if this would work and you'd still need 2 customervars per label/text combination.

Mike