Re: Non Standard Product Display Layout

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2000


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 could also set text vars as you suggest. Yes there is an indexing var inside [founditems] (actually all the looping tags in webcat 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/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Non Standard Product Display Layout (John Butler 2000)
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  3. Non Standard Product Display Layout (james 2000)
note you can use as many [founditems] loops as you need within a [search]. You could also set text vars as you suggest. Yes there is an indexing var inside [founditems] (actually all the looping tags in webcat 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/ John Butler

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