HTML page intergration

[Naegle]

I'd like to add a feature on my store that can link additional information to each product.

 

Products feature a "more info" link to the manufactures webpage, and I?ve installed the PDF link contribution; both essentially take you out of the store.

 

I would like to add an info box based off of the reviews feature that links information to the product, without having to open a new page or window. This could also be used to link additional articles and web pages to my store. I?m assuming it may also increase website ranking through more search engine friendly documentation.

 

My PHP knowledge is limited, so my question is, can I incorporate HTML or PDF documents into my store, similar to the old html "frames" method?

 

 

THANKS!

[Naegle]

I thought I'd post my progress just in case someone else might find this useful...

 

To summarize, I'm going to build a new Info Box (unless someone else has) that will link existing pages to my products, like the reviews Info Box. Pages would include things like technical information, use instructions, etc. I want it to be incorporated into the store, instead of opening new windows outside the osC design.

 

After searching, I found some more info. It looks like the solution through iframes or CSS...HOWEVER, it would affect search engine ranking.

 

Post #710238

"The biggest problem you'll have putting osC in frames, or in an iframe, is that it's very difficult to dynamically generate the meta title based on the content of the page. This will make it hard to rank very well on your product, and category pages."

Post #710238

"Frame based websites will get you zero rankings with search engines.- Vger"

Post #674348

"Most browsers will block iframes by default these days, as they are so often misused. Best to leave them alone.- Vger"

 

Will frames only affect the pages that incorporate them, our will my whole site be penalized?

 

I?ll keep looking for information on the code work, unless someone would be kind enough to point me in the right direction?

[Mediajuggle]

I would trash the iframes... you can do in CSS what an iframe does

[Naegle]

I would trash the iframes... you can do in CSS what an iframe does

 

 

Sounds good to me....

 

If I'm not mistaken, i think this is what I'm looking for...

Tabbed Product_info page with the WebFX tabpane

 

I'm going to give it a try...

[Crazypilot]

Hey, This sounds interesting!

 

I am as well interested of using existing html documentation in my Osc-shop.

By having a server side product description in proper html I believe SEs would be more likelly to sniff up the contents.

Regarding the use of frames I believe SEs are looking at each page independently and that was working really good for me a few years ago when I had a frame site in .asp with inserted htlm pages.

 

Isn't there a small piece of code that refers to a http:// html page that one could insert in the product description page?

 

Regards

Crazypilot

[Naegle]

I have a contibution installed, that seems to do the trick (WebFX tabpane) which is based off of this WebFX.

 

HOWEVER, its not working like I'd hoped, and I thought I'd post a question here before I cluttered the support thread.

 

I'm trying to link to existing HTML pages outside of my osC store. I think the hyperlinks are corrupting the code, because I'm only getting one tab (SAMPLE)

 

Has anyone made this work with external pages?

Is there an easier way to do this?

[Naegle]

Has anyone made this work with external pages?

 

 

For those that are interested, I got the external links to work. Just make sure your html code is clean, (which was my problem) and check all your image links. Works great. Wonderful contribution!