Re: Non Standard Product Display Layout
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It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 35674
interpreted = N
texte = note you can use as many [founditems] loops as you need within a [search]. You couldalso set text vars as you suggest.Yes there is an indexing var inside [founditems] (actually all the looping tags inwebcat have this that I remember)try [index]. You have the HTML docs handy? Here's the online version-http://betadoc.smithmicro.com/HTH-Johnjames wrote:> Hi all, I've been working with webCat this week (thanks to the help I> got here doing the install). I'm trying to build a template for> displaying products that doesn't look like a database table. In other> words I don't have all the info lined up in nice tables, that are so> easy to generate within a [founditems][/founditems] loop.> I'm displaying 4 items per page. I want the pictures to basically be> together, then the descriptions together at the bottom, the code> between the pictures is not repeating, so I can't build it directly> in a loop easily.> What would be the best way to handle this? I though about setting> some text variables (like picX, and DescriptionX and PriceX, where X> changes on each iteration through the loop) and running the loop at> the top of the page. Then I will have the info I need stored in> variables and I can put the stuff anywhere. My question though is> this, is there an index like variable that is generated within the> [founditems][/founditems] loop?>> Any help is greatly appreciated, you don't need to give me the code> (though if you feel like it I won't complain) just a conceptual> discussion is fine.> thanks again,> james@imnyc.com-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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note you can use as many [founditems] loops as you need within a [search]. You couldalso set text vars as you suggest.Yes there is an indexing var inside [founditems] (actually all the looping tags inwebcat have this that I remember)try [index]. You have the HTML docs handy? Here's the online version-http://betadoc.smithmicro.com/HTH-Johnjames wrote:> Hi all, I've been working with webCat this week (thanks to the help I> got here doing the install). I'm trying to build a template for> displaying products that doesn't look like a database table. In other> words I don't have all the info lined up in nice tables, that are so> easy to generate within a [founditems][/founditems] loop.> I'm displaying 4 items per page. I want the pictures to basically be> together, then the descriptions together at the bottom, the code> between the pictures is not repeating, so I can't build it directly> in a loop easily.> What would be the best way to handle this? I though about setting> some text variables (like picX, and DescriptionX and PriceX, where X> changes on each iteration through the loop) and running the loop at> the top of the page. Then I will have the info I need stored in> variables and I can put the stuff anywhere. My question though is> this, is there an index like variable that is generated within the> [founditems][/founditems] loop?>> Any help is greatly appreciated, you don't need to give me the code> (though if you feel like it I won't complain) just a conceptual> discussion is fine.> thanks again,> james@imnyc.com-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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