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Hi i have a website www.aipgamespot.co.uk
i am creating this as a Games & Console store
have changed the below to show category 521 consoles and games
// limit contents to this category
define('VERTICAL_CATEGORY_ID', 521);
But now the website has a category tree, But nothing showing in the products...
please view the website to see exactly what i mean...
hope someone can assist..
Murad
The main shop front page calls the file index.php using the template index.tpl which I don't believe would automatically include a list of products like you see on the productlist pages. Looking at what others have done with specific categorised shop fronts, to bulk up their frontpage they have used some nice hotpicks and the likes.
There are loads of little things you could do to add direct content to that page though, you could add hotpicks, you could use widgets, you could add anice intro with some special offers, or anything like that. your only limit really is your own imagination.
Saying that, the index page should automatically include hotpicks anyway by default, so i'm sure why exactly yours is not. You haven't removed the code for that have you?
Hi no nothing has been changed...
just edited the category ID.....Which is 521
The content appears if i change the category id to say books, or ladies fashion... then the site is OK..
problem seemd to be with this category ID..
HOPE YOU CAN ASSIST..
In your index.tpl template do you have the following line of code???
{include file="elements`$DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR`hot_picks.tpl"}
IntroSites
23-10-08, 16:41
maybe 521 has no hotpicks
maybe 521 has no hotpicks
I thought hot picks were simply products taken from any category with products, otherwise for example on a normal index page which is not set to any category at all, hotpicks would not show up? Also no games would ever show up on random hotpick pages if that were the case surely?
One thing we could do to see what is going on here, would be to have debug mode switched on, it would then at least spit out any errors going on, which would give us a better clue as to why nothing is showing up, mebbe?
Hi The following line is present...
{include file="elements`$DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR`hot_picks.tpl" }
also please can you explain what this debug mode is and how you do it...
Murad
Confuscius
24-10-08, 01:06
How many hotpicks are you showing in index.php?
$oHotPicksParams->iLimit = 9;
include_once('elements'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'hot_p icks.php');
NO CURLY BRACES AND WHERE ARE THE DOTS????????????????????
Also the forum page is showing a space between 'p' and 'i' for some reason. Category 521 does have hotpicks!
Hi The following line is present...
{include file="elements`$DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR`hot_picks.tpl" }
also please can you explain what this debug mode is and how you do it...
Murad
Murad, this line can be found within your productlist.tpl and index.tpl files. It loads the smarty templates for your hotpicks. I would leave this in.
The debug mode will allow you to view what is being sent to the server and what is being received in its raw form. The raw form consists of pure XML which forms your SOAP call. SOAP is the protocol we use within ProductServe so allow your ShopWindow client to communicate with our servers.
This said, I have ran a few tests this morning against your account and believe that your problem is that you are not joined to any merchants that have hotpicks for this category.
If you log into the affiliate area and goto Join New Merchants on the right hand side you can join a few more. I would suggest joining Play.com as I know they definitely have hotPicks for this category. Best bet is to browse and see which merchants take your fancy :D
The more merchants you join with products in these category's the more products will show up in your ShopWindow installation.
NOTE: When you join new merchants they may not appear in your ShopWindow installation instantly.
Hope this helps. :cool:
This said, I have ran a few tests this morning against your account and believe that your problem is that you are not joined to any merchants that have hotpicks for this category.
lmao, hmmm..... :p
Didn't see that one coming... :eek:
Trees, woods and something about vision springs to mind on this one. :o
Murad, this line can be found within your productlist.tpl and index.tpl files. It loads the smarty templates for your hotpicks. I would leave this in.
The debug mode will allow you to view what is being sent to the server and what is being received in its raw form. The raw form consists of pure XML which forms your SOAP call. SOAP is the protocol we use within ProductServe so allow your ShopWindow client to communicate with our servers.
This said, I have ran a few tests this morning against your account and believe that your problem is that you are not joined to any merchants that have hotpicks for this category.
If you log into the affiliate area and goto Join New Merchants on the right hand side you can join a few more. I would suggest joining Play.com as I know they definitely have hotPicks for this category. Best bet is to browse and see which merchants take your fancy :D
The more merchants you join with products in these category's the more products will show up in your ShopWindow installation.
NOTE: When you join new merchants they may not appear in your ShopWindow installation instantly.
Hope this helps. :cool:
Hi but with the shopwindow software, you don't need to physically join any merchants....do you ??
as i was advised that all merchants are included to appear...
or is this not the case for the Hotpicks for 521 ..?
Hi Ollie
That seems to have worked,
i joined a few merchants, and now the hotpicks are showing...
Great ....Thanks for that..