Re: multiple search commands
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1997
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 14679
interpreted = N
texte = >What I'm trying to accomplish is making the page as dynamic and ultimately >database dependent on most functions. I would hope this would make >maintaining the site easier.Oh absolutely! We design lots of sites this way: just a few templates with dynamic data in them make the site look like it has thousands of pages. And the maintenance is *much* easier when you only have to change something once.>Like I mentioned before this is a clothing site, which will have multiple >categorys of clothing, and to display those categories like the tearoom >does, but I also want on the same page to display products immediately from >one of those categories and randomly display 3 or 4 thumbnail imagesYep, WebCatalog excels at this stuff. Just tackle one piece at a time, and before you know it, it's done. I assume you're trying to do 'merchandising', where the site makes some suggestions of other products based on what they search for or put in their basket? And perhaps lists of options for the various products they buy?[Lookup] and [Search] are your friends, and they love to be 'used'.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ==== eCommerce for the Rest of Us ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/
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>What I'm trying to accomplish is making the page as dynamic and ultimately >database dependent on most functions. I would hope this would make >maintaining the site easier.Oh absolutely! We design lots of sites this way: just a few templates with dynamic data in them make the site look like it has thousands of pages. And the maintenance is *much* easier when you only have to change something once.>Like I mentioned before this is a clothing site, which will have multiple >categorys of clothing, and to display those categories like the tearoom >does, but I also want on the same page to display products immediately from >one of those categories and randomly display 3 or 4 thumbnail imagesYep, WebCatalog excels at this stuff. Just tackle one piece at a time, and before you know it, it's done. I assume you're trying to do 'merchandising', where the site makes some suggestions of other products based on what they search for or put in their basket? And perhaps lists of options for the various products they buy?
[lookup] and
[search] are your friends, and they love to be 'used'.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ==== eCommerce for the Rest of Us ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/
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