Product Information Fields

[Rick Steven]

I would like to have include files used for certain products and not for
others. I am hoping that I can use a single product template for all
products and just insert the different include files into the Product Fields
for each product.

I tried to put [-- INCLUDE include-file-name --] in the PRODUCT.Field1 area
and then included this into my custom template:

<p>
[-- IF PRODUCT.Field1 --]
[-- PRODUCT.Field1 --]
[-- END_IF --]
</p>

but the resulting html page simply shows "[-- INCLUDE include-file-name --]"
on the page instead of processing the include file. I also tried to put [--
INCLUDE include-file-name PROCESS --] in the Product Field box with the same
results.

Is it possible to use an include file this way, or do I have to hard code it
into the product template and have different templates for different
products that use different include files?

Thanks for any help,
Rick

[Jim]

ShopSite template tags can only be used in the template itself and not
in data fields like the product field1. You might try something like this.

[-- IF PRODUCT.Field1 "" --]
<!-- Product field one is empty so don't do anything here -->
[-- Else --]
[-- INCLUDE PRODUCT.Field1 PROCESS--]
[-- END_IF --]

In product.field1 you put the name of the file you want to include.

Jim


Rick Steven wrote:

I would like to have include files used for certain products and not for
others. I am hoping that I can use a single product template for all
products and just insert the different include files into the Product Fields
for each product.

I tried to put [-- INCLUDE include-file-name --] in the PRODUCT.Field1 area
and then included this into my custom template:

p
[-- IF PRODUCT.Field1 --]
[-- PRODUCT.Field1 --]
[-- END_IF --]
/p

but the resulting html page simply shows "[-- INCLUDE include-file-name --]"
on the page instead of processing the include file. I also tried to put [--
INCLUDE include-file-name PROCESS --] in the Product Field box with the same
results.

Is it possible to use an include file this way, or do I have to hard code it
into the product template and have different templates for different
products that use different include files?

Thanks for any help,
Rick

[Rick Steven]

Hi Jim,

I tried what you said but when I published the changes I got the following
error:

Generating Page [0:Gift Specialists Inc]...
Adding Product [Test Featured Product]...
gsi-product-featured [270]: Template Error: Could not find include file:
/usr/local/apache/cgi-bin/sc/templates/includes/PRODUCT.Field1

It seems like SS isn't getting the include name from the product field,
instead it is looking for an include called PRODUCT.Field1 which doesn't
exist.

Any ideas?

Rick

"Jim" <jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:e1ecba$jna$1@eval.shopsite.com...

ShopSite template tags can only be used in the template itself and not in
data fields like the product field1. You might try something like this.

[-- IF PRODUCT.Field1 "" --]
!-- Product field one is empty so don't do anything here --
[-- Else --]
[-- INCLUDE PRODUCT.Field1 PROCESS--]
[-- END_IF --]

In product.field1 you put the name of the file you want to include.

Jim


Rick Steven wrote:
I would like to have include files used for certain products and not for
others. I am hoping that I can use a single product template for all
products and just insert the different include files into the Product
Fields for each product.

I tried to put [-- INCLUDE include-file-name --] in the PRODUCT.Field1
area and then included this into my custom template:

p
[-- IF PRODUCT.Field1 --]
[-- PRODUCT.Field1 --]
[-- END_IF --]
/p

but the resulting html page simply shows "[-- INCLUDE
include-file-name --]" on the page instead of processing the include
file. I also tried to put [-- INCLUDE include-file-name PROCESS --] in
the Product Field box with the same results.

Is it possible to use an include file this way, or do I have to hard code
it into the product template and have different templates for different
products that use different include files?

Thanks for any help,
Rick

[Jim]

Try setting a var with the product.field1 and then use the var as the
include.


[-- IF PRODUCT.Field1 "" --]
<!-- Product field one is empty so don't do anything here -->
[-- Else --]
[-- VAR.FILE2OPEN product.field1 --]
[-- INCLUDE VAR.FILE2OPEN PROCESS--]
[-- END_IF --]

Jim

Rick Steven wrote:

Hi Jim,

I tried what you said but when I published the changes I got the following
error:

Generating Page [0:Gift Specialists Inc]...
Adding Product [Test Featured Product]...
gsi-product-featured [270]: Template Error: Could not find include file:
/usr/local/apache/cgi-bin/sc/templates/includes/PRODUCT.Field1

It seems like SS isn't getting the include name from the product field,
instead it is looking for an include called PRODUCT.Field1 which doesn't
exist.

Any ideas?

Rick

"Jim" <jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:e1ecba$jna$1@eval.shopsite.com...
ShopSite template tags can only be used in the template itself and not in
data fields like the product field1. You might try something like this.

[-- IF PRODUCT.Field1 "" --]
!-- Product field one is empty so don't do anything here --
[-- Else --]
[-- INCLUDE PRODUCT.Field1 PROCESS--]
[-- END_IF --]

In product.field1 you put the name of the file you want to include.

Jim


Rick Steven wrote:
I would like to have include files used for certain products and not for
others. I am hoping that I can use a single product template for all
products and just insert the different include files into the Product
Fields for each product.

I tried to put [-- INCLUDE include-file-name --] in the PRODUCT.Field1
area and then included this into my custom template:

p
[-- IF PRODUCT.Field1 --]
[-- PRODUCT.Field1 --]
[-- END_IF --]
/p

but the resulting html page simply shows "[-- INCLUDE
include-file-name --]" on the page instead of processing the include
file. I also tried to put [-- INCLUDE include-file-name PROCESS --] in
the Product Field box with the same results.

Is it possible to use an include file this way, or do I have to hard code
it into the product template and have different templates for different
products that use different include files?

Thanks for any help,
Rick

[Rick Steven]

Jim - you are the MAN!

worked great!

Thanks a bunch,
Rick

"Jim" <jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:e1ejja$oab$1@eval.shopsite.com...

Try setting a var with the product.field1 and then use the var as the
include.


[-- IF PRODUCT.Field1 "" --]
!-- Product field one is empty so don't do anything here --
[-- Else --]
[-- VAR.FILE2OPEN product.field1 --]
[-- INCLUDE VAR.FILE2OPEN PROCESS--]
[-- END_IF --]

Jim

Rick Steven wrote:
Hi Jim,

I tried what you said but when I published the changes I got the
following error:

Generating Page [0:Gift Specialists Inc]...
Adding Product [Test Featured Product]...
gsi-product-featured [270]: Template Error: Could not find include
file: /usr/local/apache/cgi-bin/sc/templates/includes/PRODUCT.Field1

It seems like SS isn't getting the include name from the product field,
instead it is looking for an include called PRODUCT.Field1 which doesn't
exist.

Any ideas?

Rick

"Jim" <jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:e1ecba$jna$1@eval.shopsite.com...
ShopSite template tags can only be used in the template itself and not
in data fields like the product field1. You might try something like
this.

[-- IF PRODUCT.Field1 "" --]
!-- Product field one is empty so don't do anything here --
[-- Else --]
[-- INCLUDE PRODUCT.Field1 PROCESS--]
[-- END_IF --]

In product.field1 you put the name of the file you want to include.

Jim


Rick Steven wrote:
I would like to have include files used for certain products and not
for others. I am hoping that I can use a single product template for
all products and just insert the different include files into the
Product Fields for each product.

I tried to put [-- INCLUDE include-file-name --] in the PRODUCT.Field1
area and then included this into my custom template:

p
[-- IF PRODUCT.Field1 --]
[-- PRODUCT.Field1 --]
[-- END_IF --]
/p

but the resulting html page simply shows "[-- INCLUDE
include-file-name --]" on the page instead of processing the include
file. I also tried to put [-- INCLUDE include-file-name PROCESS --]
in the Product Field box with the same results.

Is it possible to use an include file this way, or do I have to hard
code it into the product template and have different templates for
different products that use different include files?

Thanks for any help,
Rick