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[Tim CDN]

Hi all

When you are editing the product description and are using html to design it, is there an alternative to link to another page other than a static link?

This is what I am using
<a href="http://www.testsite.com/xcart/testpage.html">

I would like to use a dynamic link like:
<a href="testpage.html">
Because when I change my cart the the root directory all the links I have made will have to be redone.

Is that possible? What code do I have to use to enable these links?

Or should I keep the static link for SEO purposes?

Wow - So much to learn!

[JWait]

I don't understand why you would create a product page in html, x-cart creates product pages dynamically using templates.

[Tim CDN]

I am using html to design the layout of the product description - not the actual product page. Sorry, I wasn't very clear about that.

I want to link to static pages without having to input a static link.

[gb2world]

I also am not clear on what you are trying to do and why
<a href="testpage.html">
would not work if testpage is a static page or rewritten URL created within xcart.

I don't use 4.2, but on 4.1.x, you can use a smarty variable that indicates your cart location:
<a href="{$current_location}/testpage.html">
This works in XCART - so if you are making html pages outside xcart, there is more involved in using the smarty variables.

[Tim CDN]

Two issues
#1
What I am trying to do is link a to a page from either text or an image.

To link a page I am trying to use:
<a href="testpage.html">
this works with static pages - I think I have sorted this prob out.

#2

When I try to show an image into the product description I would like to use smarty but I am having problems

If I use:
<img src="{$ImagesDir}/test.gif" alt="" />

in the HTML of the product description it won't pull the image.

But if I use this:

<img src="http://www.testsite/images/test.gif" alt="" />

It works

Thanks for the help

[JWait]

In admin - general settings is the field "Parse Smarty tags in the content of embedded static pages" checked?

[carpeperdiem]

Originally Posted by Tim CDN

If I use:
<img src="{$ImagesDir}/test.gif" alt="" />

in the HTML of the product description it won't pull the image.

But if I use this:

<img src="http://www.testsite/images/test.gif" alt="" />

It works

Your images must live in /skin1/images

/skin1/images = {$ImagesDir}

DO NOT use /images unless you want to break your site when it goes https.