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Good day all!

 

I have literally been searching the forum for 5 hours trying to figure this out. I am about to setup a electronics store, and I need to know how to do this. If one was to go here they would see that the specs for the phone are listed in a nice tabular format to the right. This is what I want to achieve. The problem is, that I need to do this for more than 50 cellphones, and enter in the respective info for each product. To do that with HTML would be very tedious and tiring.

 

I have searched inside the contributions, but have not found anything that can solve this problem for me. I want this to be user friendly as well so that when I turn the site over to the customer, they won't need to learn HTML to enter in the product specifications for each phone.

 

Please, if you could direct me in anyway as to how to achieve this, I would be most grateful :)

 

Thanks

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You can try adding something like this in the description field:

 

 

<table width="600" border="2" cellspacing="2" class="specsReg_alt">

<tr>

<td width="170" class="specsHeading">MODEL</td>

<td width="430" class="specsReg">ATV70</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="170" class="specsHeading_alt">POWERPLANT</td>

<td width="430">Honda Clone Built by Lifan<br>

70cc, Air Cooled, Four Stroke</td>

 

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="170" class="specsHeading">DRIVE SYSTEM</td>

<td width="430" class="specsReg">Solid Chain Driven Axle</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="170" class="specsHeading">TRANSMISSION</td>

<td width="430" class="specsReg">Single Speed Centrifugal Clutch</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="170" class="specsHeading_alt">STARTING SYSTEM</td>

<td width="430">Electric Starter</td>

 

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="170" class="specsHeading">SUSPENSION</td>

<td width="430" class="specsReg">Front: Dual Adjustable Independent Shocks<br>

Rear: Mono Adjustable Shock</td>

</tr>

 

<tr>

<td width="170" class="specsHeading">BRAKING SYSTEM</td>

 

<td width="430" class="specsReg">Front: Dual Mechanical Drum<br>

Rear: Single Hydraulic Disc</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="170" class="specsHeading_alt">TIRES & WHEELS</td>

<td width="430">Agressive Offroad Knobby Tires<br>

Steel 6" Wheels</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="170" class="specsHeading">DIMENSIONS</td>

 

<td width="430" class="specsReg">Length: 124cm<br>

Width: 71cm<br>

Height: 92cm<br>

Seat Height: 62cm<br>

Weight: 78kgs<br>

Weight Capacity: 80Kgs</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="170" class="specsHeading_alt">OTHER INFO </td>

<td width="430">Speed Limiting Thumb Throttle Assembly<br>

High Visablity Front & Rear Reflectors<br>

Safety Walk Behind Teather<br>

Built-in Trickle Charger<br>

Manuals and Tool kit<br>

<br>

**Minor Assembly of Wheels, Handle Bars, Bumpers and Reflectors Required.**</td>

 

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="170" class="specsHeading">WARRANTY </td>

<td width="430" class="specsReg">6 Months Part Warranty (Labour Not Included)</td>

</tr>

</table>

 

That works good enough for me.

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Using product extra field and Easy Populate to enter the data could be more maintainable and easier for the future.

 

Default html table and cut and paste into the product table, then add product specific data might just be faster.

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Using product extra field and Easy Populate to enter the data could be more maintainable and easier for the future.

 

Default html table and cut and paste into the product table, then add product specific data might just be faster.

 

hi, i've heard about those, but im too afraid to touch them. could you explain them to me please. i assume they're contribs?

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PEF and EP are contributions.

 

Rather than me repeat the excellent documentation that come with them you should go and read the contribution description.

 

There is also documentation contained in each contribution on how to install it and also how to use it.

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PEF and EP are contributions.

 

Rather than me repeat the excellent documentation that come with them you should go and read the contribution description.

 

There is also documentation contained in each contribution on how to install it and also how to use it.

 

cool. thanks for that ;) i just don't want to turnover the project to the buyer and they have to copy and paste code everytime they want to add/change phone specs.

 

once again thanks!

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Some one has to do something to add new products/update exisitng products. You need to make it as easy as possible for someone else to do this.

 

Because you do not want to be called on each time products change.

 

Enjoy

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Geoffrey,

 

Maintenance agreements are a staple to Web Developers. I offer maintenance agreements to all of my customers which includes catalog additions/changes/deletions for a flat rate monthly fee. So, from the web developers point of view easy isn't always good. B)

 

 

 

Chris

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Fine if they want to pay never ending fees

 

I offer solutions that allow the client to do it themself, but if they want to pay me to update their site fine too.

 

Did you see DaveDad's rant about DSW?

 

Still if it works for you.......

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