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RESOLVED: Category Index/Landing page?
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 4:58 pm
by vhemlani
I'd like to have it so that upon clicking on a specific category, it loads a content page instead of the product grid.
It would be sort of like having a index.html file within a public folder. Browsing to the public folder would automatically load the index.html file. Except in my case, I want it so that browsing to a specific category loads a content page.
Thanks. Any help would be appreciated.
Re: Category Index/Landing page?
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 3:05 am
by s_ismail
You may accomplish this task by creating a user control in conlib folder and insert an asp PlaceHolder control in it. On clicking on specific category read contents of html file and insert into PlaceHolder like this one
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string path = "Html File Path";
if (File.Exists(path))
{
StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(File.OpenRead(path), System.Text.Encoding.Default);
strContents = sr.ReadToEnd();
sr.Close();
Literal literal = new Literal();
literal.Text = strContents;
HtmlContentPH.Controls.Add(literal);
}
Now use this control on Category Page by going on Edit screen.
Re: Category Index/Landing page?
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 6:02 am
by jmestep
Are you wanting to store the content within Able? If so, you can set the category to use the CategoryDetails display page and hide the links- it shows the category description up at the top.It would be like the following, only no links at the bottom.
http://www.perelandra-ltd.com/Environme ... 8C736.aspx
RESOLVED: Category Index/Landing page?
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 12:38 pm
by vhemlani
I ended up using CategoryGrid4 control. I put in my landing page content into the description of the category, and categorygrid4 control pulled it to display at the category level. I also modified categorygrid4 to remove the display of the sub-categories below the description.