Manufacturer Search dropdown box

cekman · #1 () 01-31-2008, 06:36 PM

I am using Layout 9 for my store. In that layout the manufacturer search shows all of the manufacturers on the left frame. Since I have over 800 - that won't work for me.

Layout 8 has a dropdown box in the frame - this would work for me.

I talked to support and they told me I could modify file frame.html in layout 9 by removing the comments from the FORM line in layout 9.

I did that and removed the comments from the end form </FORM> also.

This gives me a drop-down box but doesn't populate it.

I tried a few more things but couldn't figure it out.

I have programming experience - just not a lot of HTML. I would gladly pay support by the hour to walk me through it - rather than do it for me - since I want to learn the system as I go. That doesn't appear to be an option though.

Has anyone here modified layout 9 to show the drop-down box for manufacturer search? If so could you work me through it?

I would be glad to send you the code I have so far - it is pretty straight-forward and I think I'm just missing something small.

If not - can anyone tell me if I copy the code exactly from layout 8 and replace the code in layout 9 - will that work?

Thank you
Cekman
Cobweb Corner

mueller · #2 () 01-31-2008, 08:43 PM

In the past when I have run into this problem it is because I left out a form tag or something like that. Make sure you have the following tags opening and closing:
form



Other than that I don't see anything that should keep this from working on the template you are trying to move it to.

cekman · #3 () 02-01-2008, 07:42 PM

Mueller,

Can you explain something to me. I have extensive database background - but hardly and web design background. So - I know enough to be very dangerous in something like 3dCart.

Anyway I thought



was a COMMENT? Because my trusty HTML book tells me that a hidden comment starts with <!- and ends with ->

Is the file/field information actually stored in that line?

Thank you - I know you're probably rolling your eyes at this - but if I can get a few basics answered it will really put me on the right track.

Cekman
Cobweb Corner

mueller · #4 () 02-02-2008, 07:37 AM

Actually I am not rolling my eyes, I am not sure but from what I know about 3DC those "tags" that you will see with the Start and End in the seem to work with their platform to tell the system that a function is being invoked. I have had problems in the pas when these were not intact.

This is not to say your book is wrong, but rather the comments are being used for a custom application and are stripped at the time the page is built and served so they don't make it down to the browser to render or ignore.

Hope this helps.