Miva Merchant 4 Module FAQs » Product Page Templates (BROK_PRODTEMPLATES )

I would like to have my attributes display differently within a single product depending on the attribute. For example, I would like the first "select" type attribute to have a default of <Select One> but only the first one.

(2004/09/01)You can use conditionals in the attribute fields to display different attribute tokens depending on hte attribute. You can test on the attribute database fields: code, attribute id, attribute name, etc. and also on:

g.Total_Attributes (the "number" of that attribute displayed for that product. The first displayed attribute is 1, the second, 2, etc.).

g.Count_Attributes (the "number" of the attribute in that attribute row. So the first attribute in a "row" would be 1, the second would be 2, etc.).

So in your particular example:

The token, to be used in the "select" attribute field, for displaying the field w/ the "select one" is

%fields|<Select one>|%

The token for displaying the select list without the is simply:

%fields%

So you may be able to use a conditional to test on the Attribute code (assuming that the first select attribute has a consistent Attribute code):

%begin_if|Attributes.d.code EQ 'Foo'|%
%fields|<Select One>|%
%else%
%fields%
%end_if%

In addition to testing for the attribute code you might be able to test on the variable g.Total_Attributes. This keeps track of the total number of attributes displayed for the product (first attribute is 1, second attribute is 2, etc).

So if the select type attribute is always the very first attribute displayed you could use:

%begin_if|g.Total_Attributes|%
%fields|<Select One>|%
%else%
%fields%
%end_if%

371/12%Last update: 2004-12-07 12:51
Author: Support
Revision: 1.0

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