Re: Not really WebCat

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1997


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 10470
interpreted = N
texte = Robert:We've run into this ourselves quite a few times. One course of action is to have another database that manages which picture is show. A simple database with two fields, sku and name, would suffice. Then either leave the name blank if the picture doesn't exist or place the dummy.gif name in the field. In the first case you could use the [hide]/[show] contexts to determine whether to show the dummy gif or the named gif.Obviously it would be nice to have this happen automatically, however, the time hit to search for images could be quite a bit. That doesn't mean we won't add some sort of feature like this in the future, we just don't have a way to do it that we're happy with.Thanks.John.>Didn't know where else to ask. > >I have a series of gifs called upon from webcat by sku# ie > > > >Until I get all the pics scanned and saved I would like to refer to a >couple of dummy gifs. Could webcat know there is no gif for it? If not >how can I go about renaming Thousands of dummy.gif aliases(sp)? > > >Robert Minor > >__________________________________________________________ >CyberMill Website Designers & Publishers >8616 Joseph Ave >St. Louis, MO 63144 >voice 314-962-4024 >email: webmaster@cybermill.com >http://www.cybermill.com/ >__________________________________________________________ >We are not responsible for any misspelling or misinformation >please check with your internet provider for defects. > > >------------------------------------ >To leave this talk list send an email to >macjordomo@smithmicro.com >with BODY >unsubscribe WebDNA-Talk >------------------------------------ > > > John A. Hill, V.P. Marketing ********************************* Pacific Coast Software * Home of the Web's best 11770 Bernardo Plaza Ct. #462 * Catalog and Merchant software San Diego, CA 92128 * http://www.smithmicro.com Phone: 619-675-1106 Fax: 675-0372 ********************************* ------------------------------------ To leave this talk list send an email to macjordomo@smithmicro.com with BODY unsubscribe WebDNA-Talk ------------------------------------ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Not really WebCat (Robert Minor 1997)
  2. Re: Not really WebCat- (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  3. Re: Not really WebCat (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  4. Re: Not really WebCat (Grant Hulbert 1997)
  5. Re: Not really WebCat- (grichter@panavise.com (Gary Richter) 1997)
  6. Re: Not really WebCat (John Hill 1997)
  7. Re: Not really WebCat (Robert Minor 1997)
  8. Re: Not really WebCat - need HTML Grider (Server1 1997)
  9. Re: Not really WebCat (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  10. Not really WebCat (Robert Minor 1997)
Robert:We've run into this ourselves quite a few times. One course of action is to have another database that manages which picture is show. A simple database with two fields, sku and name, would suffice. Then either leave the name blank if the picture doesn't exist or place the dummy.gif name in the field. In the first case you could use the [hide]/[show] contexts to determine whether to show the dummy gif or the named gif.Obviously it would be nice to have this happen automatically, however, the time hit to search for images could be quite a bit. That doesn't mean we won't add some sort of feature like this in the future, we just don't have a way to do it that we're happy with.Thanks.John.>Didn't know where else to ask. > >I have a series of gifs called upon from webcat by sku# ie > > > >Until I get all the pics scanned and saved I would like to refer to a >couple of dummy gifs. Could webcat know there is no gif for it? If not >how can I go about renaming Thousands of dummy.gif aliases(sp)? > > >Robert Minor > >__________________________________________________________ >CyberMill Website Designers & Publishers >8616 Joseph Ave >St. Louis, MO 63144 >voice 314-962-4024 >email: webmaster@cybermill.com >http://www.cybermill.com/ >__________________________________________________________ >We are not responsible for any misspelling or misinformation >please check with your internet provider for defects. > > >------------------------------------ >To leave this Talk List send an email to >macjordomo@smithmicro.com >with BODY >unsubscribe WebDNA-Talk >------------------------------------ > > > John A. Hill, V.P. Marketing ********************************* Pacific Coast Software * Home of the Web's best 11770 Bernardo Plaza Ct. #462 * Catalog and Merchant software San Diego, CA 92128 * http://www.smithmicro.com Phone: 619-675-1106 Fax: 675-0372 ********************************* ------------------------------------ To leave this Talk List send an email to macjordomo@smithmicro.com with BODY unsubscribe WebDNA-Talk ------------------------------------ John Hill

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