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mattkrause · 03-10-2004 04:13:33

On the product detail pages, I like the navigation links that result from ste_cat_nav (i.e. "home>monitors").

But after I email-a-friend from the product detail page, the category portion of that nav link drops out (so "home>monitors" becomes simply "home").

I notice the demo cart on the CCP website also does this.

Is there a way I can keep the category name in there on that navigation link?

Thanks,

Matt

scoutch · 03-10-2004 08:51:58

That would require some modifications in ste_cat.pl file in the NAV paragraph. If you do not know how to make these modifications, I'd suggest you send a quote to ATS, he'll do the job fast and fair for you.

mattkrause · 03-11-2004 01:51:47

Thanks Scoutch. I'll just put it on the "back burner" for now.

Matt

webmaster · 03-12-2004 13:03:30

It appears that the email a friend form doesn't have the cat variables in it. Add them to the Email A Friend Form element:

Code:


<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="cat" VALUE="(CGIVAR)category_id(/CGIVAR)">
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="catstr" VALUE="(CGIVAR)catstring(/CGIVAR)">

mattkrause · 03-12-2004 18:30:49

Thanks for checking in on this one, Nick.

I added your suggested tags to the ste_emailfriend element. I made sure to put them between the <form></form> tags. But the category still gets dropped from the Nav links after returning from Email-A-Friend.

I viewed the source code on the html page BEFORE clicking Email A Friend. I see the new tags there, but the cat data isn't populated. They say:
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="cat" VALUE="">
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="catstr" VALUE="">

The same tags, when they're up higher on the source code in the product detail portion, say:
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="cat" VALUE="Evil_Eye">
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="catstr" VALUE="">

Any idea what's up?

My site: wwwhomesickturk.com/ccp51/cgi-bin/cp-app.cgi

BTW, it's a back-burner issue for me, so isn't crying out for resolution if it's a thorny issue.

Thanks Nick.

Matt

scoutch · 03-12-2004 18:44:08

It looks like the products are related with the category strings but the categories are not related with the products . . .

And you did put has mentionned in your emailafriend page ?

mattkrause · 03-12-2004 19:02:48

Hi Scoutch,

I'm not sure what to do with your post. Other than associating products with categories via the "Related Categories" box on the "Manage Products" pages, is there somewhere else I should be tying them together?

And yes, I did put the two "INPUT TYPE" tags into the emailafriend page (between the <form></form> tags in ste_emailfriend).

Matt

scoutch · 03-12-2004 19:08:44

And yes, I did put the two "INPUT TYPE" tags into the emailafriend page (between the <form></form> tags in ste_emailfriend).

You mean right under : ste_mail_emailfriend_proc's input right ?

I just hope you won't need to add a :

&initialize_sub_require('ste_cat_nav');
&ste_cat_nav;

in the ste_mail.pl file because ... to be honnest, I don't know the rest that goes after these two lines with e-mail a friend function since it is not an independant page that we can just type with the cp-app file (i.e : cp-app.cgi?pg=emailafriend) since that won't work.

I'm stuck myself . . . how surprising hehe !

Wait a sec . . . that's it. Move the two mentionned lines from Nick on "top" on the : "product_name" line. That should take effect.

Keep me posted on this.

mattkrause · 03-13-2004 02:22:47

Scoutch,

No, when I say...

mattkrause,03/12/2004 06:30:49 PM wrote:

And yes, I did put the two "INPUT TYPE" tags into the emailafriend page (between the <form></form> tags in ste_emailfriend).

I just mean in the ste_emailfriend element, in the Admin section, under "HTML Pages & Elements", "Manage Site Elements". Nick's post suggested adding them into the element, and that's what I understand it to mean.

I tried your suggestion, moving the two INPUT tags above the product_name line in the ste_emailfriend element. But it's still dropping the cat name.

Unless someone posts further instruction, I'll just see if I can hand it over to Mark at ATS, have him take care of it for me.

Thanks,

Matt

Kryptronic Software Support Forum

#1 03-10-2004 04:13:33

Category Link

#2 03-10-2004 08:51:58

Re: Category Link

#3 03-11-2004 01:51:47

Re: Category Link

#4 03-12-2004 13:03:30

Re: Category Link

Code:

#5 03-12-2004 18:30:49

Re: Category Link

#6 03-12-2004 18:44:08

Re: Category Link

#7 03-12-2004 19:02:48

Re: Category Link

#8 03-12-2004 19:08:44

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#9 03-13-2004 02:22:47

Re: Category Link

mattkrause,03/12/2004 06:30:49 PM wrote:

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