Advanced Product Display Options

You can control many aspects of this display in your Software Configuration by changing the following variables.

 

xdisplaycategoryimages

Setting this to Yes means that the image for the category or subcategory that the products belong to is displayed at the top of the page.

Xdisplaycategoryfiles

Setting this to Yes means that any filename entered into the catextra field of the category record will be displayed at the top of the product listing

 

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The image above the product display comes from the category record of the category of products being displayed. The text below the image comes from a file that is referenced in the catextra field of the category record.

 

There are many more features that you can add to enhance your product display. Many of these are described elsewhere in this manual, but the table below provides a quick reference to some that you may find useful.

 

Xallowratingproducts

Setting this to Yes allows your customers to add their reviews of products.

Xallowratingsummary

Setting this to Yes displays a summary of current reviews in the product name column.

Xcrossselling

Setting this to Yes automatically displays any crossselling products defined in the product record. This is useful if you have related products that you want to refer interested customers to.

Xcrosssellingimage

Setting this to Yes displays an image when generating crossselling the links. This is also used in Also Bought feature.

XProExdCrossSellingTemplate

Used as the HTML template to be used when generating Cross Selling Products at extended description page.

XProExdCrossSellingTemplateInvent

Used as the HTML template to be used when generating Cross Selling Products (for those products with child products) at extended description page.

Xextendedpopup

Setting this to Yes generates a pop-up link to the extended description pages, rather than a standard link.

Xgenerateshopexdlink

Setting this to Yes means VPCART will generate a link to the extended description page for all products.

Xgeneratesku

Setting this to Yesgenerates an SKU based on the product code and any codes defined in the other featurefield. This SKU is displayed along with the product name when added to the cart.

Xproductdisplaysaving

Setting this to Yes displays the difference between the Price field and the Retail Price field in your product record as a saving that your customer is receiving.

xratingproducthyperlink

Setting this to Yes automatically generates a hyperlink to add and list customer submitted reviews.

Xproductlinktellafriend

Setting this to Yes automatically adds a hyperlink to a Tell a Friend page.

xproductpagingnextprevious

Setting this to Yes  replaces the page numbers at the bottom of the page with Next and Previous buttons or text.

Xproductsperpage

The number of products displayed per page. Default is 10.

Xproductquestion

Setting this to Yes generates a link so the customer can send a product specific question to you.

Xproductmakeanoffer

Setting this to Yes generates a link for the customer to make an offer on a product.

xproductwishlist

Setting this to Yes generates a link to add the product to the customer’s wish list.

[formattaxinclusive cprice] in thetmp_product.htm

Tax inclusive price will be displayed in your product extended page.

[formattaxexclusive cprice] in thetmp_product.htm

Tax exclusive price will be displayed in your product extended page.

xproduct_loadmore_enable

Setting this to Yes to display "Load more results" button.

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