So you can see what I'm trying to do, here's the code from my admin
%OUI%Browse CDs from our independent bands.
%catcodeL|{01}%
But here's the code from the page source:
...Browse CDs from our independent bands.
<A
HREF="http://indiemusiccentral.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Catego
ry_Code=CD">CD</A>
CD is the category code for my parent category, and 01 is the category code
for my sub-category, so the page source code should read
...Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=01"> instead. I have no idea why the code is
changing. Any ideas? (By the way, I've got Open Designer)
mivaman writes:
> Ooops, I sent this to Chuck instead of the list. Sorry Chuck.
>
> It just seems that a lot of the solutions offered are basically "Buy
> another module". From Miva's online docs, it appears to be a fully
> functional program out of the box, but once I've committed to using it, it
> looks like I'll have to keep spending more and more money to do even the
> most trivial things and it's very frustrating. Maybe I'm going through
> "culture shock" right now. All I want to do is list my subcategories on my
> parent category's page. So I bought Open Designer, and I followed the
> instructions in those docs to the letter and it's still not working. I
> looked in the page source and the coding is all wrong even though what I
> entered in the admin is correct. I posted a note on the OD forum and can't
> get a response. I'm really frustrated so I apologize if I'm ranting.
>
> Chuck Lasker writes:
>
>> Just to keep things "real," I've been involved in many, many Miva
>> Merchant
>> sites, and I haven't yet had a client spend $2,000 on modules. That would
>> have to be a pretty feature-intense site (maybe with OpenXB?). On
>> average, a
>> decent site I work on runs between $300 and $600 in modules. Compared to
>> a
>> brick and mortar business, that's chump change - not even a couple of
>> display units can be bought for that...
>>
>> Chuck
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erin O'Reilly" <[email protected]>
>> To: <[email protected]>; "'Miva User Group 1'"
>> <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 4:16 PM
>> Subject: RE: [mru] Newbie help
>>
>>
>>> If you are able to find an e-commerce program that does everything you
>>> want it to do for less money, please let me know. Because I will
>>> consider making the switch.
>>>
>>> Straight out of the box, Miva certainly does not do what I want it to
>>> do. And I've bought a lot of modules as a result. But the way I see it,
>>> buying modules is great because I'm only paying for what I want and I'm
>>> not paying for any features that I don't want.
>>>
>>> All told, I think I've spent about $2000 on modules. I don't think
>>> that's alot of money to set up a store at all. I can't imagine that
>>> there is an out of the box solution that could meet all my needs for
>>> less money.
>>>
>>> But I could be wrong - so if you find it let me know.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [email protected]
>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bruce P Barr, IMC
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 10:26 PM
>>> To: Miva User Group 1
>>> Subject: RE: [mru] Newbie help
>>>
>>>
>>> You mean I have to buy another module? I thought having Open Designer
>>> would take care of this without me spending money here there and
>>> everywhere. I don't mean to offend anyone, but Miva is starting to look
>>> like a money pit. If I just have to keep buying modules for every little
>>> task I may as throw in the towel now...
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Jason Henderson [mailto:[email protected]]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 9:18 PM
>>> To: [email protected]; Miva User Group 1
>>> Subject: Re: [mru] Newbie help
>>>
>>>
>>> Bruce,
>>>
>>> Category Page Templates
>>> http://jmhonline.net/mivamerchantmod...Screen_Modules
>>>
>>> and Subcategory Navigation by netblaZon
>>> http://jmhonline.net/m?keywords=subcategory+navigation
>>>
>>> can both dynamically list your subcategories in the content area and
>>> even supress your category tree from expanding if you desire. OpenUI
>>> Supermod can do it as well.
>>>
>>> Jason
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>>>
>>> > Yes I'm new, so please bear with me. I have a Parent Category of CDs,
>>> > with sub-categories of Rock, Urban, etc. What I want to do is list the
>>>
>>> > sub-categories in the category header underneath the instructions for
>>> > CD. The category code for the Rock sub-category is 01-C. I've inserted
>>>
>>> > the following code in the CD category header: %OUI%CDs
>>> > Browse our CDs from independent bands by clicking on the links to the
>>> > left or on the following links.
>>> >
>>> > %catnameL|{01-C}%
>>> > However, the Rock category name doesn't appear, just the CD category
>>> > name.
>>> > Any ideas?
>>> > Thanks,
>>> > Bruce
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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