Tell a friend email: Click below to see the item: PAGE LINK

[Don Lundell]

The email that's generated from a tell-a-friend link has the following text:

Click below to see the item:
PAGE LINK
Your friend etc...

(where PAGE LINK is the text in an a href to the page)

I'm trying to figure out how to replace "PAGE LINK" with something else.

Can it be done? I notice that the string "PAGE LINK" is in one of the compiled
libraries and I don't see it anywhere in the templates or store text entries.

Thanks,

- dc

[jim]

Are you seeing the actual text "PAGE LINK"? I see either the page name
or if the email Tell a Friend is activated from a moreinfo page the
Product name in that location.

The information put there is generated by the tag
[-- TELL_FRIEND_PAGE_LINK --].

Jim



Don Lundell wrote:

The email that's generated from a tell-a-friend link has the following
text:

Click below to see the item:
PAGE LINK
Your friend etc...

(where PAGE LINK is the text in an a href to the page)

I'm trying to figure out how to replace "PAGE LINK" with something else.

Can it be done? I notice that the string "PAGE LINK" is in one of the
compiled
libraries and I don't see it anywhere in the templates or store text
entries.

Thanks,

- dc

[Don Lundell]

On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 07:50:18 -0700, jim <beeutahful@gmail.com> wrote:

Are you seeing the actual text "PAGE LINK"? I see either the page name
or if the email Tell a Friend is activated from a moreinfo page the
Product name in that location.

I'm inserting the code from the bottom of the tell-a-friend page.

Is it maybe not parsed the same when it's not coming from a product or moreinfo page?

The information put there is generated by the tag
[-- TELL_FRIEND_PAGE_LINK --].

Right.

Where can one view/edit this tag?

Thanks,

- dc

[jim]

See answers below marked by -
Jim

Don Lundell wrote:

On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 07:50:18 -0700, jim <beeutahful@gmail.com> wrote:


Are you seeing the actual text "PAGE LINK"? I see either the page name
or if the email Tell a Friend is activated from a moreinfo page the
Product name in that location.

I'm inserting the code from the bottom of the tell-a-friend page.

-

In order for the code at the bottom of the page to be useful you need to
follow the instructions on that page which are:
"To create a link to the Tell A Friend popup set your string and url
values, save and then copy and paste the link:"

So you need to enter the text you want in the message and the url for
the page into the two field, then save the page, then come back to the
page and copy the newly create link from the bottom box and paste it
where you want it. Note that this would require you to create a
separate link for each page. This method would be the one to use if you
are hand creating html pages and not using ShopSite to generate the
store pages.

Is it maybe not parsed the same when it's not coming from a product or
moreinfo page?
######

The text from that field is not parsed at all. It is code that you
paste on to a page and is used just like an order anywhere link would be.

The information put there is generated by the tag
[-- TELL_FRIEND_PAGE_LINK --].

Right.

Where can one view/edit this tag?
######

You put the tag [-- TELL_FRIEND_PAGE_LINK --]in a custom page or
moreinfo page template and the appropriate code is magically generated.
There isn't any editing that can be done to its output. Custom
template help can be found for Tell a Friend at:
http://www.shopsite.com/help/8.0/en-US/ ... te.tf.html
http://www.shopsite.com/help/8.0/en-US/ ... ec-tf.html

Thanks,

- dc
I suppose you could build the links using some other method. Here is

the code from the default Link to Tell a Friend field.
<a href="#"
onClick="window.open('http://blister.shopsite.com/cgi-bin/jim/automation/sc/tellfriend.cgi?storeid=*10cbd54c2616d8602e5d&str=Link%20to%20Page&from=http%3A%2F%2Fblister.shopsite.com%2Fautop%2Findex.html','tellfriend','width=560,height=560,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,
status=yes');return false;">Link to Page</a>

If you break it apart it would be
AN HREF OPENING A NEW WINDOW RUNNING THE TELLFRIEND.CGI
<a href="#" onClick="window.open('
URL TO TELLFRIEND CGI
http://blister.shopsite.com/cgi-bin/jim ... friend.cgi
STOREID (encrypted or un incrypted)
?storeid=*10cbd54c2616d8602e5d
STRING TO DISPLAY ON PAGE FOR LINK URL ENCODED
&str=Link%20to%20Page
PAGE FROM WHICH THE LINK WAS ACTIVATED
&from=http%3A%2F%2Fblister.shopsite.com%2Fautop%2Findex.html
INFORMATION ABOUT THE WINDOW BEING CREATED
','tellfriend','width=560,height=560,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,
FINISH OUT THE HREF WITH THE TEXT FOR THE LINK
status=yes');return false;">Link to Page</a>

So although it would be possible to manually create the links it would
be a lot easier to use the tag in a custom template or enter the text
and url on the Tell a Friend configuration screen and let ShopSite
create the link.

Jim

[TracyC]

So you need to enter the text you want in the message and the url for

the page into the two field, then save the page, then come back to the
page and copy the newly create link from the bottom box and paste it
where you want it. Note that this would require you to create a
separate link for each page. This method would be the one to use if you
are hand creating html pages and not using ShopSite to generate the
store pages.

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I just upgraded to 8.0 today and have been trying to 'activate' the tell
a friend feature. I WANT to use the automatic (shopsite generated)
method to enable the tell a friend feature (Merchandising Tools > Tell A
Friend configuration). I have enabled the feature. I do not want it
displayed on all pages, but I do want it displayed on the more info
pages. I have made my selections accordingly and I have saved them.
Nothing...no tell a friend anywhere to be found. The publish tab does
not pop up, but I have tried publishing anyway. Nothing. Any ideas?

Thanks.

Tracy in NM

[jim]

TracyC wrote:

So you need to enter the text you want in the message and the url for
the page into the two field, then save the page, then come back to the
page and copy the newly create link from the bottom box and paste it
where you want it. Note that this would require you to create a
separate link for each page. This method would be the one to use if
you are hand creating html pages and not using ShopSite to generate
the store pages.

------------
I just upgraded to 8.0 today and have been trying to 'activate' the tell
a friend feature. I WANT to use the automatic (shopsite generated)
method to enable the tell a friend feature (Merchandising Tools > Tell A
Friend configuration). I have enabled the feature. I do not want it
displayed on all pages, but I do want it displayed on the more info
pages. I have made my selections accordingly and I have saved them.
Nothing...no tell a friend anywhere to be found. The publish tab does
not pop up, but I have tried publishing anyway. Nothing. Any ideas?

Thanks.

Tracy in NM

What template/theme are you using? Does it support the Tell a Friend
feature? If not you will have to add the appropriate tags to your
template for it to work.

Jim

[TracyC]

What template/theme are you using? Does it support the Tell a Friend
feature? If not you will have to add the appropriate tags to your
template for it to work.

Hi Jim,

Thanks for your reply. I'm using the Tabbed Navigation Theme. That
must be the problem. Is there a list somewhere of the themse that
support the Tell A Friend feature? We've been thinking about changing
our look anyway...it would be good if I knew which ones we could pick
from that support the Tell A Friend Feature.

THANKS!

Tracy in NM

[loren_d_c]

Only the two new themes that have been added to ShopSite since the Tell
A Friend feature was added will automatically have the Tell A Friend
feature built in, so currently that would be the 'Awesome Orange' theme
and the 'Elite - left menu' theme. Any other built-in ShopSite templates
or themes will not automatically have tell-a-friend links just by
enabling the feature. Any of course if you are using custom templates,
the ShopSite upgrade would not have modified your custom templates to
add this feature, your custom template designer would need to add the
appropriate template tags to the templates to include the Tell A Friend
feature.

-Loren


jim wrote:

TracyC wrote:

So you need to enter the text you want in the message and the url for

the page into the two field, then save the page, then come back to
the page and copy the newly create link from the bottom box and paste
it where you want it. Note that this would require you to create a
separate link for each page. This method would be the one to use if
you are hand creating html pages and not using ShopSite to generate
the store pages.


------------
I just upgraded to 8.0 today and have been trying to 'activate' the
tell a friend feature. I WANT to use the automatic (shopsite
generated) method to enable the tell a friend feature (Merchandising
Tools > Tell A Friend configuration). I have enabled the feature. I
do not want it displayed on all pages, but I do want it displayed on
the more info pages. I have made my selections accordingly and I have
saved them. Nothing...no tell a friend anywhere to be found. The
publish tab does not pop up, but I have tried publishing anyway.
Nothing. Any ideas?

Thanks.

Tracy in NM


What template/theme are you using? Does it support the Tell a Friend
feature? If not you will have to add the appropriate tags to your
template for it to work.

Jim

[TracyC]

Loren wrote:

Only the two new themes that have been added to ShopSite since the Tell
A Friend feature was added will automatically have the Tell A Friend
feature built in, so currently that would be the 'Awesome Orange' theme
and the 'Elite - left menu' theme.

GREAT! Thanks for your help, Loren.

Much appreciated!

Tracy in NM

[loren_d_c]

The 'Awesome Orange' theme and the 'Elite - left navigation' theme.

Also note that if it is just on the More Info Pages that you want this,
you could make a copy of the tab product template (see Merchandising ->
Custom Templates -> Copy ShopSite Template in the product section) and
add the template tags there, and change all your products to use this
new customized template instead of the default tab product template.

-Loren



TracyC wrote:

What template/theme are you using? Does it support the Tell a Friend
feature? If not you will have to add the appropriate tags to your
template for it to work.


Hi Jim,

Thanks for your reply. I'm using the Tabbed Navigation Theme. That
must be the problem. Is there a list somewhere of the themse that
support the Tell A Friend feature? We've been thinking about changing
our look anyway...it would be good if I knew which ones we could pick
from that support the Tell A Friend Feature.

THANKS!

Tracy in NM