Customizing pages question/html question

[Whitt Wilkins]

Hey everyone, I am using shopsite to add a store on a friend of mine's site.
I have certain features(java link bar,etc) that I want to use instead of the
links that shopsite gives me. Is there a way to edit the shopsite files to
be saved in different directories, and to edit their html/links so I can
incorporate the site I already made into the site?

Thanks.

Whitt Wilkins

[jim]

ShopSite will regenerate the pages in the store whenever you push the
publish tab or Utilities > Publish > Regenerate. This would wipe out
any editing that you may do to them. The files could be placed in
different directories if 1) you create the directories by hand ahead of
time. 2) ensure that they have proper permissions for the webserver to
write to them 3) specify the full path in the File Name location on Edit
Page Layout screen.

The better way to do this would be to use a custom template that either
has your links built into the template or that uses an [-- include -
--] statement to read the links in from a separate file.

It would also be possible to put the links in one of the page fields
(Text 1, Text 2, Text 3) and depending on which template you are using
the could be placed in various locations on the page.

Jim

Whitt Wilkins wrote:

Hey everyone, I am using shopsite to add a store on a friend of mine's site.
I have certain features(java link bar,etc) that I want to use instead of the
links that shopsite gives me. Is there a way to edit the shopsite files to
be saved in different directories, and to edit their html/links so I can
incorporate the site I already made into the site?

Thanks.

Whitt Wilkins

[Whitt Wilkins]

How do I get custom templates made?
Right now what I am doing is adding things and publishing to un-numbered
pages(that aren't linked to) and copying the shopping cart links shopsite
produces onto my existing pages. Templates would seem to work a hell of a
lot better.

Thanks for the help

Whitt
"jim" <jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:dvvs2q$spi$1@eval.shopsite.com...

ShopSite will regenerate the pages in the store whenever you push the
publish tab or Utilities > Publish > Regenerate. This would wipe out
any editing that you may do to them. The files could be placed in
different directories if 1) you create the directories by hand ahead of
time. 2) ensure that they have proper permissions for the webserver to
write to them 3) specify the full path in the File Name location on Edit
Page Layout screen.

The better way to do this would be to use a custom template that either
has your links built into the template or that uses an [-- include -
--] statement to read the links in from a separate file.

It would also be possible to put the links in one of the page fields
(Text 1, Text 2, Text 3) and depending on which template you are using
the could be placed in various locations on the page.

Jim

Whitt Wilkins wrote:
Hey everyone, I am using shopsite to add a store on a friend of mine's
site.
I have certain features(java link bar,etc) that I want to use instead of
the
links that shopsite gives me. Is there a way to edit the shopsite files
to
be saved in different directories, and to edit their html/links so I can
incorporate the site I already made into the site?

Thanks.

Whitt Wilkins

[jim]

Custom templates aren't too difficult once you get the hang of how they
work. Basically all fields that you can enter data in in the ShopSite
back office have a tag that will display that information on a page when
it is generated. The tags look like [-- -.yyyyy --] where - is
the main reference to where the item is located in the back office, i.e.
Page, product, store etc. and the yyyyy is the specific item being
referenced like Name, Price, image etc. You can find a list of the tags
here:
http://shopsite.com/help/8.0/en-US/temp ... sheet.html

The templates contain sections which define how specific items are laid
out. These sections begin with [-- DEFINE - --] and end with [--
End_DEFINE - --] where - is the section title like Page, Product,
Search, More_info_Page etc. You can find example templates here:
http://shopsite.com/help/8.0/en-US/sc/p ... .page.html
There is a tutorial here: http://www.shopsite.com/templates/tutorial/

Once you are somewhat familiar with the available tags and what a
template looks like you can start modifying your designed html page to
contain the ShopSite tags which will generate the output you are looking
for. So for example in your designed html page you may show the page
name. You simply edit the html of your page and replace the text for
your page name with the proper tag [-- page.name --] If you have a main
graphic on the page you could replace the graphic with the tag [--
page.graphic --] Similarly for the product template you would take the
section of your page where you are displaying products use the code for
a single product and create a template that represents that product [--
product.name --] [-- product.price --] etc.

There are loop tags that allow you to repeat items like navigation
links, a series of products or subproduct, search results etc.

It can take some time to create the initial template and get things the
way you want them but once you do it you can simply publish your store
after making any changes in the back office and you don't have to
manually edit the pages any more.

If you don't feel comfortable doing this type of work there are
Certified ShopSite Designers listed at http://shopsite.com/csd.html who
you can hire to help you with the templates.

If you decide to tackle it yourself you can post specific questions here.

Jim

Whitt Wilkins wrote:

How do I get custom templates made?
Right now what I am doing is adding things and publishing to un-numbered
pages(that aren't linked to) and copying the shopping cart links shopsite
produces onto my existing pages. Templates would seem to work a hell of a
lot better.

Thanks for the help

Whitt
"jim" <jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:dvvs2q$spi$1@eval.shopsite.com...
ShopSite will regenerate the pages in the store whenever you push the
publish tab or Utilities > Publish > Regenerate. This would wipe out
any editing that you may do to them. The files could be placed in
different directories if 1) you create the directories by hand ahead of
time. 2) ensure that they have proper permissions for the webserver to
write to them 3) specify the full path in the File Name location on Edit
Page Layout screen.

The better way to do this would be to use a custom template that either
has your links built into the template or that uses an [-- include -
--] statement to read the links in from a separate file.

It would also be possible to put the links in one of the page fields
(Text 1, Text 2, Text 3) and depending on which template you are using
the could be placed in various locations on the page.

Jim

Whitt Wilkins wrote:
Hey everyone, I am using shopsite to add a store on a friend of mine's
site.
I have certain features(java link bar,etc) that I want to use instead of
the
links that shopsite gives me. Is there a way to edit the shopsite files
to
be saved in different directories, and to edit their html/links so I can
incorporate the site I already made into the site?

Thanks.

Whitt Wilkins

[Whitt Wilkins]

Thanks for all of the help Jim! I am going to try to do this myself, so I am
sure I will have more posts in here in the upcoming days.

Again, thanks for the help.

Whitt

"jim" <jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:e02ja4$9kb$1@eval.shopsite.com...

Custom templates aren't too difficult once you get the hang of how they
work. Basically all fields that you can enter data in in the ShopSite
back office have a tag that will display that information on a page when
it is generated. The tags look like [-- -.yyyyy --] where - is
the main reference to where the item is located in the back office, i.e.
Page, product, store etc. and the yyyyy is the specific item being
referenced like Name, Price, image etc. You can find a list of the tags
here:

http://shopsite.com/help/8.0/en-US/temp ... sheet.html

The templates contain sections which define how specific items are laid
out. These sections begin with [-- DEFINE - --] and end with [--
End_DEFINE - --] where - is the section title like Page, Product,
Search, More_info_Page etc. You can find example templates here:
http://shopsite.com/help/8.0/en-US/sc/p ... .page.html
There is a tutorial here: http://www.shopsite.com/templates/tutorial/

Once you are somewhat familiar with the available tags and what a
template looks like you can start modifying your designed html page to
contain the ShopSite tags which will generate the output you are looking
for. So for example in your designed html page you may show the page
name. You simply edit the html of your page and replace the text for
your page name with the proper tag [-- page.name --] If you have a main
graphic on the page you could replace the graphic with the tag [--
page.graphic --] Similarly for the product template you would take the
section of your page where you are displaying products use the code for
a single product and create a template that represents that product [--
product.name --] [-- product.price --] etc.

There are loop tags that allow you to repeat items like navigation
links, a series of products or subproduct, search results etc.

It can take some time to create the initial template and get things the
way you want them but once you do it you can simply publish your store
after making any changes in the back office and you don't have to
manually edit the pages any more.

If you don't feel comfortable doing this type of work there are
Certified ShopSite Designers listed at http://shopsite.com/csd.html who
you can hire to help you with the templates.

If you decide to tackle it yourself you can post specific questions here.

Jim

Whitt Wilkins wrote:
How do I get custom templates made?
Right now what I am doing is adding things and publishing to un-numbered
pages(that aren't linked to) and copying the shopping cart links
shopsite
produces onto my existing pages. Templates would seem to work a hell of
a
lot better.

Thanks for the help

Whitt
"jim" <jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:dvvs2q$spi$1@eval.shopsite.com...
ShopSite will regenerate the pages in the store whenever you push the
publish tab or Utilities > Publish > Regenerate. This would wipe out
any editing that you may do to them. The files could be placed in
different directories if 1) you create the directories by hand ahead of
time. 2) ensure that they have proper permissions for the webserver to
write to them 3) specify the full path in the File Name location on
Edit
Page Layout screen.

The better way to do this would be to use a custom template that either
has your links built into the template or that uses an [-- include -
--] statement to read the links in from a separate file.

It would also be possible to put the links in one of the page fields
(Text 1, Text 2, Text 3) and depending on which template you are using
the could be placed in various locations on the page.

Jim

Whitt Wilkins wrote:
Hey everyone, I am using shopsite to add a store on a friend of mine's
site.
I have certain features(java link bar,etc) that I want to use instead
of
the
links that shopsite gives me. Is there a way to edit the shopsite
files
to
be saved in different directories, and to edit their html/links so I
can
incorporate the site I already made into the site?

Thanks.

Whitt Wilkins

[Whitt Wilkins]

So I have to do insert those tags into my desired output html file, then
make sure it is in the right directory, then publish it... Right? What
changes do I need to make to the "pages" section of the shopsite control
panel before I publish it so specific parts of a page don't get overwritten?

Thanks.


"jim" <jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:e02ja4$9kb$1@eval.shopsite.com...

Custom templates aren't too difficult once you get the hang of how they
work. Basically all fields that you can enter data in in the ShopSite
back office have a tag that will display that information on a page when
it is generated. The tags look like [-- -.yyyyy --] where - is
the main reference to where the item is located in the back office, i.e.
Page, product, store etc. and the yyyyy is the specific item being
referenced like Name, Price, image etc. You can find a list of the tags
here:

http://shopsite.com/help/8.0/en-US/temp ... sheet.html

The templates contain sections which define how specific items are laid
out. These sections begin with [-- DEFINE - --] and end with [--
End_DEFINE - --] where - is the section title like Page, Product,
Search, More_info_Page etc. You can find example templates here:
http://shopsite.com/help/8.0/en-US/sc/p ... .page.html
There is a tutorial here: http://www.shopsite.com/templates/tutorial/

Once you are somewhat familiar with the available tags and what a
template looks like you can start modifying your designed html page to
contain the ShopSite tags which will generate the output you are looking
for. So for example in your designed html page you may show the page
name. You simply edit the html of your page and replace the text for
your page name with the proper tag [-- page.name --] If you have a main
graphic on the page you could replace the graphic with the tag [--
page.graphic --] Similarly for the product template you would take the
section of your page where you are displaying products use the code for
a single product and create a template that represents that product [--
product.name --] [-- product.price --] etc.

There are loop tags that allow you to repeat items like navigation
links, a series of products or subproduct, search results etc.

It can take some time to create the initial template and get things the
way you want them but once you do it you can simply publish your store
after making any changes in the back office and you don't have to
manually edit the pages any more.

If you don't feel comfortable doing this type of work there are
Certified ShopSite Designers listed at http://shopsite.com/csd.html who
you can hire to help you with the templates.

If you decide to tackle it yourself you can post specific questions here.

Jim

Whitt Wilkins wrote:
How do I get custom templates made?
Right now what I am doing is adding things and publishing to un-numbered
pages(that aren't linked to) and copying the shopping cart links
shopsite
produces onto my existing pages. Templates would seem to work a hell of
a
lot better.

Thanks for the help

Whitt
"jim" <jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:dvvs2q$spi$1@eval.shopsite.com...
ShopSite will regenerate the pages in the store whenever you push the
publish tab or Utilities > Publish > Regenerate. This would wipe out
any editing that you may do to them. The files could be placed in
different directories if 1) you create the directories by hand ahead of
time. 2) ensure that they have proper permissions for the webserver to
write to them 3) specify the full path in the File Name location on
Edit
Page Layout screen.

The better way to do this would be to use a custom template that either
has your links built into the template or that uses an [-- include -
--] statement to read the links in from a separate file.

It would also be possible to put the links in one of the page fields
(Text 1, Text 2, Text 3) and depending on which template you are using
the could be placed in various locations on the page.

Jim

Whitt Wilkins wrote:
Hey everyone, I am using shopsite to add a store on a friend of mine's
site.
I have certain features(java link bar,etc) that I want to use instead
of
the
links that shopsite gives me. Is there a way to edit the shopsite
files
to
be saved in different directories, and to edit their html/links so I
can
incorporate the site I already made into the site?

Thanks.

Whitt Wilkins

[Rick Steven]

Hi Jim,

This link is beautiful - I was looking for something like this! Thank you
very much!

When are the new and improved Custom Tag Reference and the Cookbook going to
be released?

--
Thank you very much and have a great day,

Rick Steven
Gift Specialists Inc

www.GiftSpecialistsInc.com

"jim" <jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:e02ja4$9kb$1@eval.shopsite.com...

Custom templates aren't too difficult once you get the hang of how they
work. Basically all fields that you can enter data in in the ShopSite
back office have a tag that will display that information on a page when
it is generated. The tags look like [-- -.yyyyy --] where - is the
main reference to where the item is located in the back office, i.e. Page,
product, store etc. and the yyyyy is the specific item being referenced
like Name, Price, image etc. You can find a list of the tags here:
http://shopsite.com/help/8.0/en-US/temp ... sheet.html

The templates contain sections which define how specific items are laid
out. These sections begin with [-- DEFINE - --] and end with [--
End_DEFINE - --] where - is the section title like Page, Product,
Search, More_info_Page etc. You can find example templates here:
http://shopsite.com/help/8.0/en-US/sc/p ... .page.html
There is a tutorial here: http://www.shopsite.com/templates/tutorial/

Once you are somewhat familiar with the available tags and what a template
looks like you can start modifying your designed html page to contain the
ShopSite tags which will generate the output you are looking for. So for
example in your designed html page you may show the page name. You simply
edit the html of your page and replace the text for your page name with
the proper tag [-- page.name --] If you have a main graphic on the page
you could replace the graphic with the tag [--
page.graphic --] Similarly for the product template you would take the
section of your page where you are displaying products use the code for a
single product and create a template that represents that product [--
product.name --] [-- product.price --] etc.

There are loop tags that allow you to repeat items like navigation links,
a series of products or subproduct, search results etc.

It can take some time to create the initial template and get things the
way you want them but once you do it you can simply publish your store
after making any changes in the back office and you don't have to manually
edit the pages any more.

If you don't feel comfortable doing this type of work there are Certified
ShopSite Designers listed at http://shopsite.com/csd.html who you can hire
to help you with the templates.

If you decide to tackle it yourself you can post specific questions here.

Jim

Whitt Wilkins wrote:
How do I get custom templates made?
Right now what I am doing is adding things and publishing to un-numbered
pages(that aren't linked to) and copying the shopping cart links shopsite
produces onto my existing pages. Templates would seem to work a hell of a
lot better.

Thanks for the help

Whitt
"jim" <jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:dvvs2q$spi$1@eval.shopsite.com...
ShopSite will regenerate the pages in the store whenever you push the
publish tab or Utilities > Publish > Regenerate. This would wipe out
any editing that you may do to them. The files could be placed in
different directories if 1) you create the directories by hand ahead of
time. 2) ensure that they have proper permissions for the webserver to
write to them 3) specify the full path in the File Name location on Edit
Page Layout screen.

The better way to do this would be to use a custom template that either
has your links built into the template or that uses an [-- include -
--] statement to read the links in from a separate file.

It would also be possible to put the links in one of the page fields
(Text 1, Text 2, Text 3) and depending on which template you are using
the could be placed in various locations on the page.

Jim

Whitt Wilkins wrote:
Hey everyone, I am using shopsite to add a store on a friend of mine's
site.
I have certain features(java link bar,etc) that I want to use instead
of
the
links that shopsite gives me. Is there a way to edit the shopsite files
to
be saved in different directories, and to edit their html/links so I
can
incorporate the site I already made into the site?

Thanks.

Whitt Wilkins

[jim]

The documentation team is working on another project right now but they
will get back to that feature within the next couple of months.

Jim

Rick Steven wrote:

Hi Jim,

This link is beautiful - I was looking for something like this! Thank you
very much!

When are the new and improved Custom Tag Reference and the Cookbook going to
be released?

[jim]

You need to put your html between the [-- define - --] and [--
end_define - --] tags. Then you replace the sections of your html
where data from the store database needs to be placed with the
appropriate tag such as [-- page.name --] or [-- page.text1 --] etc.
Then save that file as a template under Merchandising > Custom Templates
making sure you put it in the proper location (page, product, search etc)

In the Edit Page Layout or Edit Product Layout, etc section you select
the template you created and want to use. Then when the store is
published that template will be used to generate the page. Note that
this will overwrite any page that has the same filename as what you
specify on the Edit Page Info section. It is not a partial replacement
but will replace the entire page. If you have sections that you want to
keep intact you need to use the [-- include - --] tag to read that
data into the page that ShopSite is generating.

Jim

Whitt Wilkins wrote:

So I have to do insert those tags into my desired output html file, then
make sure it is in the right directory, then publish it... Right? What
changes do I need to make to the "pages" section of the shopsite control
panel before I publish it so specific parts of a page don't get overwritten?

Thanks.


"jim" <jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:e02ja4$9kb$1@eval.shopsite.com...
Custom templates aren't too difficult once you get the hang of how they
work. Basically all fields that you can enter data in in the ShopSite
back office have a tag that will display that information on a page when
it is generated. The tags look like [-- -.yyyyy --] where - is
the main reference to where the item is located in the back office, i.e.
Page, product, store etc. and the yyyyy is the specific item being
referenced like Name, Price, image etc. You can find a list of the tags
here:

http://shopsite.com/help/8.0/en-US/temp ... sheet.html
The templates contain sections which define how specific items are laid
out. These sections begin with [-- DEFINE - --] and end with [--
End_DEFINE - --] where - is the section title like Page, Product,
Search, More_info_Page etc. You can find example templates here:
http://shopsite.com/help/8.0/en-US/sc/p ... .page.html
There is a tutorial here: http://www.shopsite.com/templates/tutorial/

Once you are somewhat familiar with the available tags and what a
template looks like you can start modifying your designed html page to
contain the ShopSite tags which will generate the output you are looking
for. So for example in your designed html page you may show the page
name. You simply edit the html of your page and replace the text for
your page name with the proper tag [-- page.name --] If you have a main
graphic on the page you could replace the graphic with the tag [--
page.graphic --] Similarly for the product template you would take the
section of your page where you are displaying products use the code for
a single product and create a template that represents that product [--
product.name --] [-- product.price --] etc.

There are loop tags that allow you to repeat items like navigation
links, a series of products or subproduct, search results etc.

It can take some time to create the initial template and get things the
way you want them but once you do it you can simply publish your store
after making any changes in the back office and you don't have to
manually edit the pages any more.

If you don't feel comfortable doing this type of work there are
Certified ShopSite Designers listed at http://shopsite.com/csd.html who
you can hire to help you with the templates.

If you decide to tackle it yourself you can post specific questions here.

Jim

Whitt Wilkins wrote:
How do I get custom templates made?
Right now what I am doing is adding things and publishing to un-numbered
pages(that aren't linked to) and copying the shopping cart links
shopsite
produces onto my existing pages. Templates would seem to work a hell of
a
lot better.

Thanks for the help

Whitt
"jim" <jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:dvvs2q$spi$1@eval.shopsite.com...
ShopSite will regenerate the pages in the store whenever you push the
publish tab or Utilities > Publish > Regenerate. This would wipe out
any editing that you may do to them. The files could be placed in
different directories if 1) you create the directories by hand ahead of
time. 2) ensure that they have proper permissions for the webserver to
write to them 3) specify the full path in the File Name location on
Edit
Page Layout screen.

The better way to do this would be to use a custom template that either
has your links built into the template or that uses an [-- include -
--] statement to read the links in from a separate file.

It would also be possible to put the links in one of the page fields
(Text 1, Text 2, Text 3) and depending on which template you are using
the could be placed in various locations on the page.

Jim

Whitt Wilkins wrote:
Hey everyone, I am using shopsite to add a store on a friend of mine's
site.
I have certain features(java link bar,etc) that I want to use instead
of
the
links that shopsite gives me. Is there a way to edit the shopsite
files
to
be saved in different directories, and to edit their html/links so I
can
incorporate the site I already made into the site?

Thanks.

Whitt Wilkins

[Whitt Wilkins]

Thanks for the help. I have a question about link bars, etc. It there a way
to not automatically generate a link bar based on the subcategories I define
when I publish a page?

I guess this ties into my other question: How would I set up a page/template
with a java link bar from www.velocity-performance.net/store.html so it
keeps the link bar the same and just adds the products/prices/add to cart
button in certain frames in the center?

Thanks. I'm sure I'll think of a few more questions in a little bit.

Whitt

"jim" <jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:e0aaic$qfj$1@eval.shopsite.com...

You need to put your html between the [-- define - --] and [--
end_define - --] tags. Then you replace the sections of your html
where data from the store database needs to be placed with the
appropriate tag such as [-- page.name --] or [-- page.text1 --] etc.
Then save that file as a template under Merchandising > Custom Templates
making sure you put it in the proper location (page, product, search etc)

In the Edit Page Layout or Edit Product Layout, etc section you select
the template you created and want to use. Then when the store is
published that template will be used to generate the page. Note that
this will overwrite any page that has the same filename as what you
specify on the Edit Page Info section. It is not a partial replacement
but will replace the entire page. If you have sections that you want to
keep intact you need to use the [-- include - --] tag to read that
data into the page that ShopSite is generating.

Jim

Whitt Wilkins wrote:
So I have to do insert those tags into my desired output html file, then
make sure it is in the right directory, then publish it... Right? What
changes do I need to make to the "pages" section of the shopsite control
panel before I publish it so specific parts of a page don't get
overwritten?

Thanks.


"jim" <jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:e02ja4$9kb$1@eval.shopsite.com...
Custom templates aren't too difficult once you get the hang of how they
work. Basically all fields that you can enter data in in the ShopSite
back office have a tag that will display that information on a page
when
it is generated. The tags look like [-- -.yyyyy --] where -
is
the main reference to where the item is located in the back office,
i.e.
Page, product, store etc. and the yyyyy is the specific item being
referenced like Name, Price, image etc. You can find a list of the
tags
here:


http://shopsite.com/help/8.0/en-US/temp ... sheet.html
The templates contain sections which define how specific items are laid
out. These sections begin with [-- DEFINE - --] and end with [--
End_DEFINE - --] where - is the section title like Page, Product,
Search, More_info_Page etc. You can find example templates here:
http://shopsite.com/help/8.0/en-US/sc/p ... .page.html
There is a tutorial here: http://www.shopsite.com/templates/tutorial/

Once you are somewhat familiar with the available tags and what a
template looks like you can start modifying your designed html page to
contain the ShopSite tags which will generate the output you are
looking
for. So for example in your designed html page you may show the page
name. You simply edit the html of your page and replace the text for
your page name with the proper tag [-- page.name --] If you have a main
graphic on the page you could replace the graphic with the tag [--
page.graphic --] Similarly for the product template you would take the
section of your page where you are displaying products use the code for
a single product and create a template that represents that product [--
product.name --] [-- product.price --] etc.

There are loop tags that allow you to repeat items like navigation
links, a series of products or subproduct, search results etc.

It can take some time to create the initial template and get things the
way you want them but once you do it you can simply publish your store
after making any changes in the back office and you don't have to
manually edit the pages any more.

If you don't feel comfortable doing this type of work there are
Certified ShopSite Designers listed at http://shopsite.com/csd.html who
you can hire to help you with the templates.

If you decide to tackle it yourself you can post specific questions
here.

Jim

Whitt Wilkins wrote:
How do I get custom templates made?
Right now what I am doing is adding things and publishing to
un-numbered
pages(that aren't linked to) and copying the shopping cart links
shopsite
produces onto my existing pages. Templates would seem to work a hell
of
a
lot better.

Thanks for the help

Whitt
"jim" <jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:dvvs2q$spi$1@eval.shopsite.com...
ShopSite will regenerate the pages in the store whenever you push the
publish tab or Utilities > Publish > Regenerate. This would wipe out
any editing that you may do to them. The files could be placed in
different directories if 1) you create the directories by hand ahead
of
time. 2) ensure that they have proper permissions for the webserver
to
write to them 3) specify the full path in the File Name location on
Edit
Page Layout screen.

The better way to do this would be to use a custom template that
either
has your links built into the template or that uses an [-- include
-
--] statement to read the links in from a separate file.

It would also be possible to put the links in one of the page fields
(Text 1, Text 2, Text 3) and depending on which template you are
using
the could be placed in various locations on the page.

Jim

Whitt Wilkins wrote:
Hey everyone, I am using shopsite to add a store on a friend of
mine's
site.
I have certain features(java link bar,etc) that I want to use
instead
of
the
links that shopsite gives me. Is there a way to edit the shopsite
files
to
be saved in different directories, and to edit their html/links so I
can
incorporate the site I already made into the site?

Thanks.

Whitt Wilkins

[Whitt Wilkins]

The website the link bar is on is:
http://www.velocity-performance.net/store/

Instead of the one I posted.

Thanks!

"Whitt Wilkins" <whittw@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:e0kl5i$27s$1@eval.shopsite.com...

Thanks for the help. I have a question about link bars, etc. It there a
way
to not automatically generate a link bar based on the subcategories I
define
when I publish a page?

I guess this ties into my other question: How would I set up a
page/template
with a java link bar from www.velocity-performance.net/store.html so it
keeps the link bar the same and just adds the products/prices/add to cart
button in certain frames in the center?

Thanks. I'm sure I'll think of a few more questions in a little bit.

Whitt

"jim" <jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:e0aaic$qfj$1@eval.shopsite.com...
You need to put your html between the [-- define - --] and [--
end_define - --] tags. Then you replace the sections of your html
where data from the store database needs to be placed with the
appropriate tag such as [-- page.name --] or [-- page.text1 --] etc.
Then save that file as a template under Merchandising > Custom Templates
making sure you put it in the proper location (page, product, search
etc)

In the Edit Page Layout or Edit Product Layout, etc section you select
the template you created and want to use. Then when the store is
published that template will be used to generate the page. Note that
this will overwrite any page that has the same filename as what you
specify on the Edit Page Info section. It is not a partial replacement
but will replace the entire page. If you have sections that you want to
keep intact you need to use the [-- include - --] tag to read that
data into the page that ShopSite is generating.

Jim

Whitt Wilkins wrote:
So I have to do insert those tags into my desired output html file,
then
make sure it is in the right directory, then publish it... Right? What
changes do I need to make to the "pages" section of the shopsite
control
panel before I publish it so specific parts of a page don't get
overwritten?

Thanks.


"jim" <jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:e02ja4$9kb$1@eval.shopsite.com...
Custom templates aren't too difficult once you get the hang of how
they
work. Basically all fields that you can enter data in in the
ShopSite
back office have a tag that will display that information on a page
when
it is generated. The tags look like [-- -.yyyyy --] where -
is
the main reference to where the item is located in the back office,
i.e.
Page, product, store etc. and the yyyyy is the specific item being
referenced like Name, Price, image etc. You can find a list of the
tags
here:



http://shopsite.com/help/8.0/en-US/temp ... sheet.html
The templates contain sections which define how specific items are
laid
out. These sections begin with [-- DEFINE - --] and end with [--
End_DEFINE - --] where - is the section title like Page,
Product,
Search, More_info_Page etc. You can find example templates here:
http://shopsite.com/help/8.0/en-US/sc/p ... .page.html
There is a tutorial here: http://www.shopsite.com/templates/tutorial/

Once you are somewhat familiar with the available tags and what a
template looks like you can start modifying your designed html page
to
contain the ShopSite tags which will generate the output you are
looking
for. So for example in your designed html page you may show the page
name. You simply edit the html of your page and replace the text for
your page name with the proper tag [-- page.name --] If you have a
main
graphic on the page you could replace the graphic with the tag [--
page.graphic --] Similarly for the product template you would take
the
section of your page where you are displaying products use the code
for
a single product and create a template that represents that product
[--
product.name --] [-- product.price --] etc.

There are loop tags that allow you to repeat items like navigation
links, a series of products or subproduct, search results etc.

It can take some time to create the initial template and get things
the
way you want them but once you do it you can simply publish your
store
after making any changes in the back office and you don't have to
manually edit the pages any more.

If you don't feel comfortable doing this type of work there are
Certified ShopSite Designers listed at http://shopsite.com/csd.html
who
you can hire to help you with the templates.

If you decide to tackle it yourself you can post specific questions
here.

Jim

Whitt Wilkins wrote:
How do I get custom templates made?
Right now what I am doing is adding things and publishing to
un-numbered
pages(that aren't linked to) and copying the shopping cart links
shopsite
produces onto my existing pages. Templates would seem to work a hell
of
a
lot better.

Thanks for the help

Whitt
"jim" <jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:dvvs2q$spi$1@eval.shopsite.com...
ShopSite will regenerate the pages in the store whenever you push
the
publish tab or Utilities > Publish > Regenerate. This would wipe
out
any editing that you may do to them. The files could be placed in
different directories if 1) you create the directories by hand
ahead
of
time. 2) ensure that they have proper permissions for the webserver
to
write to them 3) specify the full path in the File Name location on
Edit
Page Layout screen.

The better way to do this would be to use a custom template that
either
has your links built into the template or that uses an [-- include
-
--] statement to read the links in from a separate file.

It would also be possible to put the links in one of the page
fields
(Text 1, Text 2, Text 3) and depending on which template you are
using
the could be placed in various locations on the page.

Jim

Whitt Wilkins wrote:
Hey everyone, I am using shopsite to add a store on a friend of
mine's
site.
I have certain features(java link bar,etc) that I want to use
instead
of
the
links that shopsite gives me. Is there a way to edit the shopsite
files
to
be saved in different directories, and to edit their html/links so
I
can
incorporate the site I already made into the site?

Thanks.

Whitt Wilkins

[Jim]

You could either put the hardcode for the javascript that generates the
links right into the template or you could put the javascript into an
include file that is inserted by ShopSite when the pages are generated.

Jim

Whitt Wilkins wrote:

The website the link bar is on is:
http://www.velocity-performance.net/store/

Instead of the one I posted.

Thanks!

"Whitt Wilkins" <whittw@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:e0kl5i$27s$1@eval.shopsite.com...
Thanks for the help. I have a question about link bars, etc. It there a
way
to not automatically generate a link bar based on the subcategories I
define
when I publish a page?

I guess this ties into my other question: How would I set up a
page/template
with a java link bar from www.velocity-performance.net/store.html so it
keeps the link bar the same and just adds the products/prices/add to cart
button in certain frames in the center?

Thanks. I'm sure I'll think of a few more questions in a little bit.

Whitt

"jim" <jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:e0aaic$qfj$1@eval.shopsite.com...
You need to put your html between the [-- define - --] and [--
end_define - --] tags. Then you replace the sections of your html
where data from the store database needs to be placed with the
appropriate tag such as [-- page.name --] or [-- page.text1 --] etc.
Then save that file as a template under Merchandising > Custom Templates
making sure you put it in the proper location (page, product, search
etc)
In the Edit Page Layout or Edit Product Layout, etc section you select
the template you created and want to use. Then when the store is
published that template will be used to generate the page. Note that
this will overwrite any page that has the same filename as what you
specify on the Edit Page Info section. It is not a partial replacement
but will replace the entire page. If you have sections that you want to
keep intact you need to use the [-- include - --] tag to read that
data into the page that ShopSite is generating.

Jim

Whitt Wilkins wrote:
So I have to do insert those tags into my desired output html file,
then
make sure it is in the right directory, then publish it... Right? What
changes do I need to make to the "pages" section of the shopsite
control
panel before I publish it so specific parts of a page don't get
overwritten?
Thanks.


"jim" <jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:e02ja4$9kb$1@eval.shopsite.com...
Custom templates aren't too difficult once you get the hang of how
they
work. Basically all fields that you can enter data in in the
ShopSite
back office have a tag that will display that information on a page
when
it is generated. The tags look like [-- -.yyyyy --] where -
is
the main reference to where the item is located in the back office,
i.e.
Page, product, store etc. and the yyyyy is the specific item being
referenced like Name, Price, image etc. You can find a list of the
tags
here:

http://shopsite.com/help/8.0/en-US/temp ... sheet.html
The templates contain sections which define how specific items are
laid
out. These sections begin with [-- DEFINE - --] and end with [--
End_DEFINE - --] where - is the section title like Page,
Product,
Search, More_info_Page etc. You can find example templates here:
http://shopsite.com/help/8.0/en-US/sc/p ... .page.html
There is a tutorial here: http://www.shopsite.com/templates/tutorial/

Once you are somewhat familiar with the available tags and what a
template looks like you can start modifying your designed html page
to
contain the ShopSite tags which will generate the output you are
looking
for. So for example in your designed html page you may show the page
name. You simply edit the html of your page and replace the text for
your page name with the proper tag [-- page.name --] If you have a
main
graphic on the page you could replace the graphic with the tag [--
page.graphic --] Similarly for the product template you would take
the
section of your page where you are displaying products use the code
for
a single product and create a template that represents that product
[--
product.name --] [-- product.price --] etc.

There are loop tags that allow you to repeat items like navigation
links, a series of products or subproduct, search results etc.

It can take some time to create the initial template and get things
the
way you want them but once you do it you can simply publish your
store
after making any changes in the back office and you don't have to
manually edit the pages any more.

If you don't feel comfortable doing this type of work there are
Certified ShopSite Designers listed at http://shopsite.com/csd.html
who
you can hire to help you with the templates.

If you decide to tackle it yourself you can post specific questions
here.
Jim

Whitt Wilkins wrote:
How do I get custom templates made?
Right now what I am doing is adding things and publishing to
un-numbered
pages(that aren't linked to) and copying the shopping cart links
shopsite
produces onto my existing pages. Templates would seem to work a hell
of
a
lot better.

Thanks for the help

Whitt
"jim" <jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:dvvs2q$spi$1@eval.shopsite.com...
ShopSite will regenerate the pages in the store whenever you push
the
publish tab or Utilities > Publish > Regenerate. This would wipe
out
any editing that you may do to them. The files could be placed in
different directories if 1) you create the directories by hand
ahead
of
time. 2) ensure that they have proper permissions for the webserver
to
write to them 3) specify the full path in the File Name location on
Edit
Page Layout screen.

The better way to do this would be to use a custom template that
either
has your links built into the template or that uses an [-- include
-
--] statement to read the links in from a separate file.

It would also be possible to put the links in one of the page
fields
(Text 1, Text 2, Text 3) and depending on which template you are
using
the could be placed in various locations on the page.

Jim

Whitt Wilkins wrote:
Hey everyone, I am using shopsite to add a store on a friend of
mine's
site.
I have certain features(java link bar,etc) that I want to use
instead
of
the
links that shopsite gives me. Is there a way to edit the shopsite
files
to
be saved in different directories, and to edit their html/links so
I
can
incorporate the site I already made into the site?

Thanks.

Whitt Wilkins

[Whitt Wilkins]

Good idea. I asked my original question.. is there a way to keep the
different category page's sidebar from appearing so it doesn't appear twice?

Thanks.


"Jim" <jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:e0rfsr$vbc$1@eval.shopsite.com...

You could either put the hardcode for the javascript that generates the
links right into the template or you could put the javascript into an
include file that is inserted by ShopSite when the pages are generated.

Jim

Whitt Wilkins wrote:
The website the link bar is on is:
http://www.velocity-performance.net/store/

Instead of the one I posted.

Thanks!

"Whitt Wilkins" <whittw@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:e0kl5i$27s$1@eval.shopsite.com...
Thanks for the help. I have a question about link bars, etc. It there a
way
to not automatically generate a link bar based on the subcategories I
define
when I publish a page?

I guess this ties into my other question: How would I set up a
page/template
with a java link bar from www.velocity-performance.net/store.html so it
keeps the link bar the same and just adds the products/prices/add to
cart
button in certain frames in the center?

Thanks. I'm sure I'll think of a few more questions in a little bit.

Whitt

"jim" <jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:e0aaic$qfj$1@eval.shopsite.com...
You need to put your html between the [-- define - --] and [--
end_define - --] tags. Then you replace the sections of your
html
where data from the store database needs to be placed with the
appropriate tag such as [-- page.name --] or [-- page.text1 --] etc.
Then save that file as a template under Merchandising > Custom
Templates
making sure you put it in the proper location (page, product, search
etc)
In the Edit Page Layout or Edit Product Layout, etc section you select
the template you created and want to use. Then when the store is
published that template will be used to generate the page. Note that
this will overwrite any page that has the same filename as what you
specify on the Edit Page Info section. It is not a partial
replacement
but will replace the entire page. If you have sections that you want
to
keep intact you need to use the [-- include - --] tag to read that
data into the page that ShopSite is generating.

Jim

Whitt Wilkins wrote:
So I have to do insert those tags into my desired output html file,
then
make sure it is in the right directory, then publish it... Right?
What
changes do I need to make to the "pages" section of the shopsite
control
panel before I publish it so specific parts of a page don't get
overwritten?
Thanks.


"jim" <jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:e02ja4$9kb$1@eval.shopsite.com...
Custom templates aren't too difficult once you get the hang of how
they
work. Basically all fields that you can enter data in in the
ShopSite
back office have a tag that will display that information on a page
when
it is generated. The tags look like [-- -.yyyyy --] where
-
is
the main reference to where the item is located in the back office,
i.e.
Page, product, store etc. and the yyyyy is the specific item being
referenced like Name, Price, image etc. You can find a list of the
tags
here:


http://shopsite.com/help/8.0/en-US/temp ... sheet.html
The templates contain sections which define how specific items are
laid
out. These sections begin with [-- DEFINE - --] and end with [--
End_DEFINE - --] where - is the section title like Page,
Product,
Search, More_info_Page etc. You can find example templates here:
http://shopsite.com/help/8.0/en-US/sc/p ... .page.html
There is a tutorial here:
http://www.shopsite.com/templates/tutorial/

Once you are somewhat familiar with the available tags and what a
template looks like you can start modifying your designed html page
to
contain the ShopSite tags which will generate the output you are
looking
for. So for example in your designed html page you may show the
page
name. You simply edit the html of your page and replace the text
for
your page name with the proper tag [-- page.name --] If you have a
main
graphic on the page you could replace the graphic with the tag [--
page.graphic --] Similarly for the product template you would take
the
section of your page where you are displaying products use the code
for
a single product and create a template that represents that product
[--
product.name --] [-- product.price --] etc.

There are loop tags that allow you to repeat items like navigation
links, a series of products or subproduct, search results etc.

It can take some time to create the initial template and get things
the
way you want them but once you do it you can simply publish your
store
after making any changes in the back office and you don't have to
manually edit the pages any more.

If you don't feel comfortable doing this type of work there are
Certified ShopSite Designers listed at http://shopsite.com/csd.html
who
you can hire to help you with the templates.

If you decide to tackle it yourself you can post specific questions
here.
Jim

Whitt Wilkins wrote:
How do I get custom templates made?
Right now what I am doing is adding things and publishing to
un-numbered
pages(that aren't linked to) and copying the shopping cart links
shopsite
produces onto my existing pages. Templates would seem to work a
hell
of
a
lot better.

Thanks for the help

Whitt
"jim" <jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:dvvs2q$spi$1@eval.shopsite.com...
ShopSite will regenerate the pages in the store whenever you push
the
publish tab or Utilities > Publish > Regenerate. This would wipe
out
any editing that you may do to them. The files could be placed in
different directories if 1) you create the directories by hand
ahead
of
time. 2) ensure that they have proper permissions for the
webserver
to
write to them 3) specify the full path in the File Name location
on
Edit
Page Layout screen.

The better way to do this would be to use a custom template that
either
has your links built into the template or that uses an [-- include
-
--] statement to read the links in from a separate file.

It would also be possible to put the links in one of the page
fields
(Text 1, Text 2, Text 3) and depending on which template you are
using
the could be placed in various locations on the page.

Jim

Whitt Wilkins wrote:
Hey everyone, I am using shopsite to add a store on a friend of
mine's
site.
I have certain features(java link bar,etc) that I want to use
instead
of
the
links that shopsite gives me. Is there a way to edit the shopsite
files
to
be saved in different directories, and to edit their html/links
so
I
can
incorporate the site I already made into the site?

Thanks.

Whitt Wilkins

[Jim]

I'm not sure I understand what you are asking can you show an example of
where it is appearing twice? What are you doing to create it when it
appears twice? Maybe a copy of the template you are using would help.

Jim

Whitt Wilkins wrote:

Good idea. I asked my original question.. is there a way to keep the
different category page's sidebar from appearing so it doesn't appear twice?

Thanks.


"Jim" <jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:e0rfsr$vbc$1@eval.shopsite.com...
You could either put the hardcode for the javascript that generates the
links right into the template or you could put the javascript into an
include file that is inserted by ShopSite when the pages are generated.

Jim

Whitt Wilkins wrote:
The website the link bar is on is:
http://www.velocity-performance.net/store/

Instead of the one I posted.

Thanks!

"Whitt Wilkins" <whittw@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:e0kl5i$27s$1@eval.shopsite.com...
Thanks for the help. I have a question about link bars, etc. It there a
way
to not automatically generate a link bar based on the subcategories I
define
when I publish a page?

I guess this ties into my other question: How would I set up a
page/template
with a java link bar from www.velocity-performance.net/store.html so it
keeps the link bar the same and just adds the products/prices/add to
cart
button in certain frames in the center?

Thanks. I'm sure I'll think of a few more questions in a little bit.

Whitt

"jim" <jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:e0aaic$qfj$1@eval.shopsite.com...
You need to put your html between the [-- define - --] and [--
end_define - --] tags. Then you replace the sections of your
html
where data from the store database needs to be placed with the
appropriate tag such as [-- page.name --] or [-- page.text1 --] etc.
Then save that file as a template under Merchandising > Custom
Templates
making sure you put it in the proper location (page, product, search
etc)
In the Edit Page Layout or Edit Product Layout, etc section you select
the template you created and want to use. Then when the store is
published that template will be used to generate the page. Note that
this will overwrite any page that has the same filename as what you
specify on the Edit Page Info section. It is not a partial
replacement
but will replace the entire page. If you have sections that you want
to
keep intact you need to use the [-- include - --] tag to read that
data into the page that ShopSite is generating.

Jim

Whitt Wilkins wrote:
So I have to do insert those tags into my desired output html file,
then
make sure it is in the right directory, then publish it... Right?
What
changes do I need to make to the "pages" section of the shopsite
control
panel before I publish it so specific parts of a page don't get
overwritten?
Thanks.


"jim" <jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:e02ja4$9kb$1@eval.shopsite.com...
Custom templates aren't too difficult once you get the hang of how
they
work. Basically all fields that you can enter data in in the
ShopSite
back office have a tag that will display that information on a page
when
it is generated. The tags look like [-- -.yyyyy --] where
-
is
the main reference to where the item is located in the back office,
i.e.
Page, product, store etc. and the yyyyy is the specific item being
referenced like Name, Price, image etc. You can find a list of the
tags
here:

http://shopsite.com/help/8.0/en-US/temp ... sheet.html
The templates contain sections which define how specific items are
laid
out. These sections begin with [-- DEFINE - --] and end with [--
End_DEFINE - --] where - is the section title like Page,
Product,
Search, More_info_Page etc. You can find example templates here:
http://shopsite.com/help/8.0/en-US/sc/p ... .page.html
There is a tutorial here:
http://www.shopsite.com/templates/tutorial/
Once you are somewhat familiar with the available tags and what a
template looks like you can start modifying your designed html page
to
contain the ShopSite tags which will generate the output you are
looking
for. So for example in your designed html page you may show the
page
name. You simply edit the html of your page and replace the text
for
your page name with the proper tag [-- page.name --] If you have a
main
graphic on the page you could replace the graphic with the tag [--
page.graphic --] Similarly for the product template you would take
the
section of your page where you are displaying products use the code
for
a single product and create a template that represents that product
[--
product.name --] [-- product.price --] etc.

There are loop tags that allow you to repeat items like navigation
links, a series of products or subproduct, search results etc.

It can take some time to create the initial template and get things
the
way you want them but once you do it you can simply publish your
store
after making any changes in the back office and you don't have to
manually edit the pages any more.

If you don't feel comfortable doing this type of work there are
Certified ShopSite Designers listed at http://shopsite.com/csd.html
who
you can hire to help you with the templates.

If you decide to tackle it yourself you can post specific questions
here.
Jim

Whitt Wilkins wrote:
How do I get custom templates made?
Right now what I am doing is adding things and publishing to
un-numbered
pages(that aren't linked to) and copying the shopping cart links
shopsite
produces onto my existing pages. Templates would seem to work a
hell
of
a
lot better.

Thanks for the help

Whitt
"jim" <jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:dvvs2q$spi$1@eval.shopsite.com...
ShopSite will regenerate the pages in the store whenever you push
the
publish tab or Utilities > Publish > Regenerate. This would wipe
out
any editing that you may do to them. The files could be placed in
different directories if 1) you create the directories by hand
ahead
of
time. 2) ensure that they have proper permissions for the
webserver
to
write to them 3) specify the full path in the File Name location
on
Edit
Page Layout screen.

The better way to do this would be to use a custom template that
either
has your links built into the template or that uses an [-- include
-
--] statement to read the links in from a separate file.

It would also be possible to put the links in one of the page
fields
(Text 1, Text 2, Text 3) and depending on which template you are
using
the could be placed in various locations on the page.

Jim

Whitt Wilkins wrote:
Hey everyone, I am using shopsite to add a store on a friend of
mine's
site.
I have certain features(java link bar,etc) that I want to use
instead
of
the
links that shopsite gives me. Is there a way to edit the shopsite
files
to
be saved in different directories, and to edit their html/links
so
I
can
incorporate the site I already made into the site?

Thanks.

Whitt Wilkins

[Whitt Wilkins]

Jim, do you want me to email you so I can communicate easier?

"Jim" <jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:e0rvrs$95d$1@eval.shopsite.com...

I'm not sure I understand what you are asking can you show an example of
where it is appearing twice? What are you doing to create it when it
appears twice? Maybe a copy of the template you are using would help.

Jim

Whitt Wilkins wrote:
Good idea. I asked my original question.. is there a way to keep the
different category page's sidebar from appearing so it doesn't appear
twice?

Thanks.


"Jim" <jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:e0rfsr$vbc$1@eval.shopsite.com...
You could either put the hardcode for the javascript that generates the
links right into the template or you could put the javascript into an
include file that is inserted by ShopSite when the pages are generated.

Jim

Whitt Wilkins wrote:
The website the link bar is on is:
http://www.velocity-performance.net/store/

Instead of the one I posted.

Thanks!

"Whitt Wilkins" <whittw@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:e0kl5i$27s$1@eval.shopsite.com...
Thanks for the help. I have a question about link bars, etc. It there
a
way
to not automatically generate a link bar based on the subcategories I
define
when I publish a page?

I guess this ties into my other question: How would I set up a
page/template
with a java link bar from www.velocity-performance.net/store.html so
it
keeps the link bar the same and just adds the products/prices/add to
cart
button in certain frames in the center?

Thanks. I'm sure I'll think of a few more questions in a little bit.

Whitt

"jim" <jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:e0aaic$qfj$1@eval.shopsite.com...
You need to put your html between the [-- define - --] and [--
end_define - --] tags. Then you replace the sections of your
html
where data from the store database needs to be placed with the
appropriate tag such as [-- page.name --] or [-- page.text1 --] etc.
Then save that file as a template under Merchandising > Custom
Templates
making sure you put it in the proper location (page, product, search
etc)
In the Edit Page Layout or Edit Product Layout, etc section you
select
the template you created and want to use. Then when the store is
published that template will be used to generate the page. Note
that
this will overwrite any page that has the same filename as what you
specify on the Edit Page Info section. It is not a partial
replacement
but will replace the entire page. If you have sections that you
want
to
keep intact you need to use the [-- include - --] tag to read
that
data into the page that ShopSite is generating.

Jim

Whitt Wilkins wrote:
So I have to do insert those tags into my desired output html file,
then
make sure it is in the right directory, then publish it... Right?
What
changes do I need to make to the "pages" section of the shopsite
control
panel before I publish it so specific parts of a page don't get
overwritten?
Thanks.


"jim" <jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:e02ja4$9kb$1@eval.shopsite.com...
Custom templates aren't too difficult once you get the hang of how
they
work. Basically all fields that you can enter data in in the
ShopSite
back office have a tag that will display that information on a
page
when
it is generated. The tags look like [-- -.yyyyy --] where
-
is
the main reference to where the item is located in the back
office,
i.e.
Page, product, store etc. and the yyyyy is the specific item
being
referenced like Name, Price, image etc. You can find a list of
the
tags
here:


http://shopsite.com/help/8.0/en-US/temp ... sheet.html
The templates contain sections which define how specific items are
laid
out. These sections begin with [-- DEFINE - --] and end with
[--
End_DEFINE - --] where - is the section title like Page,
Product,
Search, More_info_Page etc. You can find example templates here:

http://shopsite.com/help/8.0/en-US/sc/p ... .page.html
There is a tutorial here:
http://www.shopsite.com/templates/tutorial/
Once you are somewhat familiar with the available tags and what a
template looks like you can start modifying your designed html
page
to
contain the ShopSite tags which will generate the output you are
looking
for. So for example in your designed html page you may show the
page
name. You simply edit the html of your page and replace the text
for
your page name with the proper tag [-- page.name --] If you have a
main
graphic on the page you could replace the graphic with the tag [--
page.graphic --] Similarly for the product template you would
take
the
section of your page where you are displaying products use the
code
for
a single product and create a template that represents that
product
[--
product.name --] [-- product.price --] etc.

There are loop tags that allow you to repeat items like navigation
links, a series of products or subproduct, search results etc.

It can take some time to create the initial template and get
things
the
way you want them but once you do it you can simply publish your
store
after making any changes in the back office and you don't have to
manually edit the pages any more.

If you don't feel comfortable doing this type of work there are
Certified ShopSite Designers listed at
http://shopsite.com/csd.html
who
you can hire to help you with the templates.

If you decide to tackle it yourself you can post specific
questions
here.
Jim

Whitt Wilkins wrote:
How do I get custom templates made?
Right now what I am doing is adding things and publishing to
un-numbered
pages(that aren't linked to) and copying the shopping cart links
shopsite
produces onto my existing pages. Templates would seem to work a
hell
of
a
lot better.

Thanks for the help

Whitt
"jim" <jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:dvvs2q$spi$1@eval.shopsite.com...
ShopSite will regenerate the pages in the store whenever you
push
the
publish tab or Utilities > Publish > Regenerate. This would
wipe
out
any editing that you may do to them. The files could be placed
in
different directories if 1) you create the directories by hand
ahead
of
time. 2) ensure that they have proper permissions for the
webserver
to
write to them 3) specify the full path in the File Name location
on
Edit
Page Layout screen.

The better way to do this would be to use a custom template that
either
has your links built into the template or that uses an [--
include
-
--] statement to read the links in from a separate file.

It would also be possible to put the links in one of the page
fields
(Text 1, Text 2, Text 3) and depending on which template you are
using
the could be placed in various locations on the page.

Jim

Whitt Wilkins wrote:
Hey everyone, I am using shopsite to add a store on a friend of
mine's
site.
I have certain features(java link bar,etc) that I want to use
instead
of
the
links that shopsite gives me. Is there a way to edit the
shopsite
files
to
be saved in different directories, and to edit their html/links
so
I
can
incorporate the site I already made into the site?

Thanks.

Whitt Wilkins