text box options

[Pam Laing]

Looking to switch from Miva to ShopSite with a client that sells stationery.
Many of the products have a slew of options as they are customizable
products so "fill in" boxes are used for things like name, dates, text, etc.
I only see 1 textarea box I can click to have and I can have multiple drop
downs, but can I have multiple textara or text boxes for product attributes?

[jim]

There is only one text field to contain input from the user. It is
possible using a custom template and javascript to create multiple input
fields that will all be placed into the one text field. When input
fields are given the same name the data is concatenated into a single
comma separated list when the form is submitted. This basically what
you would want to do for input and then you would need to parse the data
back out when you process the order.

Jim

Pam Laing wrote:

Looking to switch from Miva to ShopSite with a client that sells stationery.
Many of the products have a slew of options as they are customizable
products so "fill in" boxes are used for things like name, dates, text, etc.
I only see 1 textarea box I can click to have and I can have multiple drop
downs, but can I have multiple textara or text boxes for product attributes?

[Pam Laing]

I will need to do this. But don't really know where to begin. I have
customized both page and product templates, but need your help where to do
this.

Where can I find the javascript that would do this? (not a javascript
writer)
What is the name of the one text field that ShopSite uses?
Can I do it all through the template or do I need the form tags in the "more
info" of the more page?

Thanks for any help you can provide.

Pam

"jim" <jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:e1n99h$72e$1@eval.shopsite.com...

There is only one text field to contain input from the user. It is
possible using a custom template and javascript to create multiple input
fields that will all be placed into the one text field. When input fields
are given the same name the data is concatenated into a single comma
separated list when the form is submitted. This basically what you would
want to do for input and then you would need to parse the data back out
when you process the order.

Jim

Pam Laing wrote:
Looking to switch from Miva to ShopSite with a client that sells
stationery. Many of the products have a slew of options as they are
customizable products so "fill in" boxes are used for things like name,
dates, text, etc. I only see 1 textarea box I can click to have and I can
have multiple drop downs, but can I have multiple textara or text boxes
for product attributes?

[Ward]

I have the same need for multiple text fields. Combining these fields is not practical because they should be individually editable on the cart page.

Has there been any change since mid-2006?