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Can a developer still create a custom perl template in ShopSite 6?

In ShopSite 5, naming a perl style template in such a way that the name
began with numbers, the page was parsed using Perl. In ShopSite6 Beta, this
does not seem to work. Has this feature been removed in ShopSite 6?

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Yes, no perl templates in ShopSite 6. This makes the Publish much faster.
ShopSite has always recommended that the perl templates not be modified
for this
reason, and has never supported any perl template modifications.

Pretty much anything that can be done in a normal ShopSite template can
now (v6)
be done in a custom template using the Custom Template specification found
here:
http://www.shopsite.com/help/6.0/en-US/ ... intro.html

The thing that comes to mind that custom templates still can't do is
sub-products/cross-sell, but that is about it.

-Loren


Jason Rush wrote:

Can a developer still create a custom perl template in ShopSite 6?

In ShopSite 5, naming a perl style template in such a way that the name
began with numbers, the page was parsed using Perl. In ShopSite6 Beta,
this
does not seem to work. Has this feature been removed in ShopSite 6?

######################################################
"It's your business....WhyStruggle?"

Jason Rush, Web Developer
WhyStruggle?
11700 W 85th Suite #101
Lenexa, KS 66214
phone: 913.438.2662 | fax: 913.438.2332 | toll-free: 877.320.0767
jrush@whystruggle.com | http://www.whystruggle.com

Services for e-business development: consulting, design, commerce,
integration
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How do I set up columns on a custom templated page?
(eg. 3 columns per row with multiple rows of products as seen here:
http://www.rockcreekmeats.com/e-store/chops.shtml )
That was the whole reason we ever made our own Perl templates based on the
default templates.

"Loren" <loren_d_c@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3C7FE62E.2EBCC185@yahoo.com...
Yes, no perl templates in ShopSite 6. This makes the Publish much faster.
ShopSite has always recommended that the perl templates not be modified
for this
reason, and has never supported any perl template modifications.

Pretty much anything that can be done in a normal ShopSite template can
now (v6)
be done in a custom template using the Custom Template specification found
here:
http://www.shopsite.com/help/6.0/en-US/ ... intro.html

The thing that comes to mind that custom templates still can't do is
sub-products/cross-sell, but that is about it.

-Loren


Jason Rush wrote:

Can a developer still create a custom perl template in ShopSite 6?

In ShopSite 5, naming a perl style template in such a way that the name
began with numbers, the page was parsed using Perl. In ShopSite6 Beta,
this
does not seem to work. Has this feature been removed in ShopSite 6?

######################################################
"It's your business....WhyStruggle?"

Jason Rush, Web Developer
WhyStruggle?
11700 W 85th Suite #101
Lenexa, KS 66214
phone: 913.438.2662 | fax: 913.438.2332 | toll-free: 877.320.0767
jrush@whystruggle.com | http://www.whystruggle.com

Services for e-business development: consulting, design, commerce,
integration
######################################################

See the Custom Template Specification in the documentation I pointed to
before.
Actually, here is the direct link:

http://www.shopsite.com/help/6.0/en-US/ ... .spec.html

See in the Product Tags section, that a 'numcolumns' variable has been
added to
the LOOP tags, it is explained under the LOOP PRODUCTS section.

-Loren


Jason Rush wrote:

How do I set up columns on a custom templated page?
(eg. 3 columns per row with multiple rows of products as seen here:
http://www.rockcreekmeats.com/e-store/chops.shtml )
That was the whole reason we ever made our own Perl templates based on
the
default templates.

"Loren" <loren_d_c@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3C7FE62E.2EBCC185@yahoo.com...
Yes, no perl templates in ShopSite 6. This makes the Publish much
faster.
ShopSite has always recommended that the perl templates not be
modified
for this
reason, and has never supported any perl template modifications.

Pretty much anything that can be done in a normal ShopSite template
can
now (v6)
be done in a custom template using the Custom Template specification
found
here:
http://www.shopsite.com/help/6.0/en-US/ ... intro.html

The thing that comes to mind that custom templates still can't do is
sub-products/cross-sell, but that is about it.

-Loren


Jason Rush wrote:

Can a developer still create a custom perl template in ShopSite 6?

In ShopSite 5, naming a perl style template in such a way that the
name
began with numbers, the page was parsed using Perl. In ShopSite6
Beta,
this
does not seem to work. Has this feature been removed in ShopSite 6?

######################################################
"It's your business....WhyStruggle?"

Jason Rush, Web Developer
WhyStruggle?
11700 W 85th Suite #101
Lenexa, KS 66214
phone: 913.438.2662 | fax: 913.438.2332 | toll-free: 877.320.0767
jrush@whystruggle.com | http://www.whystruggle.com

Services for e-business development: consulting, design, commerce,
integration
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Cool. I like the addition of settings your own variables.

Sorry that I missed it before. I glanced over the document and it looked
like the same specification as the one for 5.0

Thanks for the explanation.
Jason Rush

"Loren" <loren_d_c@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3C80163C.ABE0DE30@yahoo.com...
See the Custom Template Specification in the documentation I pointed to
before.
Actually, here is the direct link:


http://www.shopsite.com/help/6.0/en-US/ ... .spec.html

See in the Product Tags section, that a 'numcolumns' variable has been
added to
the LOOP tags, it is explained under the LOOP PRODUCTS section.

-Loren


Jason Rush wrote:

How do I set up columns on a custom templated page?
(eg. 3 columns per row with multiple rows of products as seen here:
http://www.rockcreekmeats.com/e-store/chops.shtml )
That was the whole reason we ever made our own Perl templates based on
the
default templates.

"Loren" <loren_d_c@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3C7FE62E.2EBCC185@yahoo.com...
Yes, no perl templates in ShopSite 6. This makes the Publish much
faster.
ShopSite has always recommended that the perl templates not be
modified
for this
reason, and has never supported any perl template modifications.

Pretty much anything that can be done in a normal ShopSite template
can
now (v6)
be done in a custom template using the Custom Template specification
found
here:

http://www.shopsite.com/help/6.0/en-US/ ... intro.html

The thing that comes to mind that custom templates still can't do is
sub-products/cross-sell, but that is about it.

-Loren


Jason Rush wrote:

Can a developer still create a custom perl template in ShopSite 6?

In ShopSite 5, naming a perl style template in such a way that the
name
began with numbers, the page was parsed using Perl. In ShopSite6
Beta,
this
does not seem to work. Has this feature been removed in ShopSite
6?

######################################################
"It's your business....WhyStruggle?"

Jason Rush, Web Developer
WhyStruggle?
11700 W 85th Suite #101
Lenexa, KS 66214
phone: 913.438.2662 | fax: 913.438.2332 | toll-free: 877.320.0767
jrush@whystruggle.com | http://www.whystruggle.com

Services for e-business development: consulting, design, commerce,
integration
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