How to do this

Store Builder Questions
1

If you look at this page



RedrumMedia.com is for sale | HugeDomains



You can see that each item is listed in two parts name and title on two different lines, instead of all item info on one line. There isn't a way to do this built into cs-cart is there? or an addon? This is custom work?

2

the title field will accept
and other html tags but not sure how many characters it will accept in the field length if you need to use color tag etc.



John

3

That is just a search URL with the name inputted into it. That is a pretty cool way to go, but I think I'd go slightly different. I think it would be better to set the band name as a feature and then have the link to the feature. It would essentially be accomplishing the same thing, but then the band name could be used elsewhere more easily.



Flow had an addon developed that put the brand name in the product details page and made it clickable. He also has his manufacturer name on a separate line of his product name. He posted the addon here on the forum somewhere. It works really great and I think it is something similar to what you want. The addon is on his Amazingy site. Maybe if he sees this post, he'll put the URL on here. Otherwise, PM me and I'll show you what I mean.



Thanks,



Brandon

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[quote name='brandonvd' timestamp='1327880805' post='130195']

That is just a search URL with the name inputted into it. That is a pretty cool way to go, but I think I'd go slightly different. I think it would be better to set the band name as a feature and then have the link to the feature. It would essentially be accomplishing the same thing, but then the band name could be used elsewhere more easily.



Flow had an addon developed that put the brand name in the product details page and made it clickable. He also has his manufacturer name on a separate line of his product name. He posted the addon here on the forum somewhere. It works really great and I think it is something similar to what you want. The addon is on his Amazingy site. Maybe if he sees this post, he'll put the URL on here. Otherwise, PM me and I'll show you what I mean.



Thanks,



Brandon

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The site I'm working on is a music site and this idea seems pretty cool, since you can easily click on the name and bring up everything you have without going to the search box. Not sure how all those search links would play out with google, but I guess you could block them all from google right.



With the band name as a feature it wouldn't be a clickable link thought would it?



Never even occured to me to try the
tag, amazing how simple and right in front of your face some things are. Seems like it would be a lot of work to input those search lines for every item though, I thought it would have to be a custom made box in the product section of admin or something.

5

Are they clickable right out of the box? No, they are not. But with some modifications they can be. Check out how I have my products http://www.saltwatertogo.com/aquarium-lighting/aquarium-bulbs/compact-fluorescent-aquarium-bulbs/65-watt-compact-fluorescent-aquarium-bulbs/current-usa-65-watt-460nm-actinic-sunpaq-pc-lamp.html



Then if you do something like what Flow has, you can put this feature up next to the title as well as inside the tab. Pretty cool really.



Brandon

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[quote name='brandonvd' timestamp='1327891224' post='130205']

Are they clickable right out of the box? No, they are not. But with some modifications they can be. Check out how I have my products http://www.saltwater…aq-pc-lamp.html



Then if you do something like what Flow has, you can put this feature up next to the title as well as inside the tab. Pretty cool really.



Brandon

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Yes, very cool. I have some learning to do. Just quickly playing with it I couldn't even get a link to work in a feature text box.

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This is what my skins/my-skin/customer/views/products/components/product_features.tpl looks like:


{* $Id: product_features.tpl 11988 2011-03-05 09:44:33Z 2tl $ *}

{foreach from=$product_features item="feature"}
{if $feature.feature_type != "G"}


{if $feature.full_description|trim}{include file="common_templates/help.tpl" text=$feature.description content=$feature.full_description|unescape id=$feature.feature_id show_brackets=true}{/if}


{if $feature.feature_type == "M"}
{assign var="hide_prefix" value=true}
{else}
{assign var="hide_prefix" value=false}
{/if}

{strip}
{if $feature.prefix && !$hide_prefix}{$feature.prefix}{/if}
{if $feature.feature_type == "C"}
 
{elseif $feature.feature_type == "D"}
{$feature.value_int|date_format:"`$settings.Appearance.date_format`"}
{elseif $feature.feature_type == "M" && $feature.variants}

{elseif $feature.feature_type == "E"}

{elseif $feature.feature_type == "S"}
{foreach from=$feature.variants item="var"}
{if $var.selected}{$var.variant}{/if}
{/foreach}
{elseif $feature.feature_type == "N" || $feature.feature_type == "O"}
{$feature.value_int|default:"-"}
{else}
{$feature.value|default:"-"}
{/if}
{if $feature.suffix && !$hide_prefix}{$feature.suffix}{/if}
{/strip}

{/if}
{/foreach}

{foreach from=$product_features item="feature"}
{if $feature.feature_type == "G" && $feature.subfeatures}
{include file="views/products/components/product_features.tpl" product_features=$feature.subfeatures}
{/if}
{/foreach}



Maybe that might help a bit.



Thanks,



Brandon

8

John, outting html in product names is not a good idea for SEO reasons, even though it works.



You can download my addon for free at http://flowing-webde…r-brand-add-on/

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[quote name='Flow' timestamp='1327916594' post='130223']

John, outting html in product names is not a good idea for SEO reasons, even though it works.



You can download my addon for free at http://flowing-webde…r-brand-add-on/

[/quote]



How does this thing work? I installed it but I don't know what to do after that and I don't see anything different.

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[quote name='dotell' timestamp='1328499712' post='130660']

How does this thing work? I installed it but I don't know what to do after that and I don't see anything different.

[/quote]



Hey, sorry I just now see this message. Did you get it to work? You have to clear your cache after installing. What is does is shown here: [url=“http://flowing-webdesign.com/cs-cart-manufacturer-brand-add-on/”]http://flowing-webdesign.com/cs-cart-manufacturer-brand-add-on/[/url]

11

I do have this working now. It's awesome!!! Thanks! How can I change the type style from bold to normal or the color. I'd like experiment with the look?

12

It seems to have taken over the spot where the catalog number was though? Can I have both the catalog number below the title and this addon?

13

I had put my addthis code in this file below, but after activating this addon it doesn't appear anymore. Where do I need to put the addthis code to make it work with this addon? I had the code below the add to cart button.



/skins/basic/customer/blocks/product_templates/default_template.tpl