Updating Custom Product Template Problems

[plaidfox]

Hey, I'm a little new to the whole shopsite system, but I think I have most of the basic understanding down. However, I'm having some custom template problems.

When I go in and edit the product custom template (like adding <h1></h1> tags or even adding some text {hello world!}) the program allows me to save the template, but when I go and look at the product pages, they are the exact same as the first time I uploaded them into the system.

For example: I created a product custom template where the name of the product was not in a header tag. I created the product, assigned it to the custom template, assigned it to the correct page, uploaded all the information, then viewed the page. Everything came out alright, but the name didn't look right, so I went into the custom template, added the <h1></h1> tags, saved it, then looked back at the page and nothing has changed. However, if I create a new product (or copy the last one) and assign the same variables, that product's name is in a header format.

Does shopsite only create one html product page and not update it when changing custom templates? Any help would be appreciated.

[Jim]

Changes to pages or products are not made until the store is published either by clicking on the Publish tab or going to Utilities > Publish > Regenerate.

Changing a page or product template does not trigger the Publish tab to pop up so if you make changes to a template you will need to use one of the above methods to apply the changes to your store pages.

Note that changes to the templates for dynamically generated pages (like the shopping cart, search, tell a friend, gift certificate) will be effective immediately and no publish is required.

[plaidfox]

Ah, thank you very much. The regenerate worked quite well... except for the first product which I had trouble with originally. *shrug* I'm not going to worry about it right now. Thanks again!