question about default product template

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Re: question about default product template

Postby loren_d_c » Tue Aug 26, 2003 4:24 pm

There is no way to add anything to the HEAD section of a More Info Page
without creating a custom product template, the product template is
where the More Info Page for the product is defined. If you are creating
a custom product template, you can do pretty much anything you want with
the More Info Pages.

-Loren



SheilA wrote:
This is turned on already. You cannot modify or add <head></head> tags in
the header and footer. If you add this, it makes a duplicate <head></head
tag in the pages.

Try it out.


"Brent" <brent@sd360.com> wrote in message
news:bignef$f52$1@support.shopsite.com...

Try turing on the univeral header and footer on the more-info pages under
Preferences > More Info.
This will tell ShopSite to display the header and footer on the more-info
pages.

Brent


"SheilA" <SHEILA@aol.com> wrote in message
news:bigm4o$eta$1@support.shopsite.com...

Oh oh oh, I found an example. My site is not ready and is a mess. But

here

is the dilemma.
I have some css sheets that must be accessed for each page in the site,

so

the formatting for text and borders and such and also colors is all
consistent, and also some javascript. I want the header to be on all of

the

pages, and I cant seem to do it.

Here is an example of how the header for main category pages is fine,

but

then the 'more info page' shows the <head></head> tag to contan only the
page name. Take a look.

http://www.outdoorexpressions.com/

S

"Keith Petty" <support@specialmart.com> wrote in message
news:3F4BDCC2.B3AC5B88@specialmart.com...

What are you trying to put into the <head> </head> section?

SheilA wrote:


There is no way to modify this <head></head> tags in the product

pages

or I

should say, the 'more information page' without doing a custom

template

which I am working on. THe default template in shopsite simply puts

the

name of the page in <head></head> for each 'more info page' when a

user

clicks on the 'more information page' link. If this is not

enabled,

then

all is well as the meta tag section in 'pages-edit page content' is
displayed.

It is only when the 'more information page' is clicked. This is

where

my

problem arises.

Does anybody have any ideas?

Thanks again

"Keith Petty" <support@specialmart.com> wrote in message
news:3F4B8178.4DB0B244@specialmart.com...

What you are saying then is that you are trying to write code into

the

head

/head> tag of the product page but have no way to edit it in shop

site?

Keith

SheilA wrote:


Yes, I totally understand this. My previous messages still

apply.

which is this:
Basically, the meta tag section you set set in 'pages' content

does

not

carry through to the product pages, when you go to an individual

product

page, all this is gone and a new <head> tag is created with just

the

description of the product, this comes from default product

template.

and if you put <head></head> stuff in the Header portion of

Header/Footer it

creates it s own second entry of <head></head>. This is a

problem.

Perhaps

I am doing something wrong, if not, a serious bug in shopsite.
I hope somebody knows the answer.

Thanks

"Keith Petty" <support@specialmart.com> wrote in message
news:3F4AEC49.D647D054@specialmart.com...

I think that there is some confusion about what the "Universal

Header"

is

verses

the "<head>" section of an html page when using ShopSite.

The "Universal Header" in ShopSite is not the same as the

"<head>"

section

of

standard html source code.

When entering information into the "Universal Header" field of

ShopSite

you

should think of it as the top of a news paper where you would

have

the

name of

the paper displayed.

Keith

SheilA wrote:


Hello

THese are checked. I cant seem to include any header info

on

Header

and

Footer under preferences, because it will create another

head

/head

tag, because these are already created in pages, edit page

content.

But

this does not carry through to the product pages. That is

my

problem,

so I

have to create a product template.
how do you avoid this problem.

Thanks

"Loren" <loren_d_c@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:bid5u1$ij3$1@support.shopsite.com...

If you are referring to the products' More Info Pages,

there

are

some

global configuration options for those, including whether

or

not

to

put

the Header and Footer on the More Info Pages, located in

Preferences -

More Info Pages.

-Loren


SheilA wrote:

Thanks for your response.
I have the essential header information that I did put

in

the

header

and

footer in shopsite, but this does not seem to carry

through

to

the

product

pages. It should I would think. But for some reason,

it

is

not.

The

header info for the product pages contains nothing but

the

TITLE

for

the

page.

Thanks again

jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:bi7tie$va9$1@support.shopsite.com...


SheilA wrote:


is there a way to get a copy of the default product

template,

and

then

use


it to make a new template? I just want to add some

lines

to

the

header

of


each product page.

Thanks



The default ShopSite templates are hard coded in C code

so

they

are

not

available as custom templates. The default templates

must

contain

code

to handle every possible configuration for the page and

product

settings

and so are quite complicated. Normally a store doesn't

need

all

that

complexity so the custom templates can be simpler

because

they

only

need

to specify the data fields that are actually being used

by

the

store.

Help in defining custom templates can be found in the

help

at:

http://www.shopsite.com/help/6.3/en-US/ ... intro.html

And sample template examples can be found in the

ShopSite

help

at:

http://www.shopsite.com/help/6.3/en-US/ ... .spec.html

If you just need to add some lines to the header of each

page

have

you

tried putting it in the store Header under Preferences

Header

Footer?

You asked for the "default product template" but you

would

really

need

to put the information in a Page template for it to show

on

pages.

Jim







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