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Not a problem Scarlett,

I did mean to blame you for anything.. Glad you case got solved

Simply made the reply as I'm still trying to find out an answer to my question as well.
So no hijacking done Scar!

Hi Avalight.
Why do you want to put this on a static page? - It would only show whatever YOUR list was at the time you grabbed the data - pretty much defeating the purpose of the code.

If you really do want to do this then you need to "view source" against the page in the front end and grab <div id="recentprds"> through to </div>

Hamish
I didn't think I could mix asp code on a html page. I just noticed the store map html page doesn't have all the generated code like the header.asp and footer.asp pages do, the recently viewed being one of them.

Curt

Avalight, the only way to get ASP scripting to run is to do so on a .ASP page. You cannot do this on a .html page. This applies to smallRecentProducts.asp.

Are you trying to implement the smallRecentProducts include on static HTML pages because you want to make your store's visual interface consistent on non-store pages, but want to avoid losing your search engine placement for old pages that have been around a while?

On a store we launched this week, we were confronted with over 30 old product category pages from the client's prior store. ProductCart was replacing a different cart. The old pages have strong placement and we didn't want to lose those listings. So we used www.isapirewrite.com to create rules that cross-reference the old .HTM pages to the ProductCart pages, specifying these as 301 redirects.

A similar strategy could be accomplished for you, if this indeed is your goal. Create new .asp pages which duplicate your .htm pages, include whatever new functionality you require, and use IR to redirect the old page references to the new pages.

Would that achieve your goals?

Afraid not Hamish,

Actually have not found no CSS references for the recently viewed items.

So it's still an open wish!

Thanks for your reply

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worldofrugs Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 24-April-2008 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote worldofrugs Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29-April-2008 at 11:08am
	Not a problem Scarlett, I did mean to blame you for anything.. Glad you case got solved Simply made the reply as I'm still trying to find out an answer to my question as well. So no hijacking done Scar!

avalight Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 21-September-2007 Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote avalight Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29-April-2008 at 8:20pm
	While we are talking about the recently viewed items, I want to put this code on a plain ole HTML page. I tried to cut and paste the code from the smallrecentproducts.asp file and that doesn't work. Is there any other way? Or do I need only part of that code. Should I start a new post for this...same for small shopping cart onto a html page. I did that for the smallsearchbox.asp code, that works. Thanks
	Curt

Hamish Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12-October-2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 56	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hamish Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30-April-2008 at 3:57am
	Hi Avalight. Why do you want to put this on a static page? - It would only show whatever YOUR list was at the time you grabbed the data - pretty much defeating the purpose of the code. If you really do want to do this then you need to "view source" against the page in the front end and grab <div id="recentprds"> through to </div>

Hamish Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12-October-2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 56	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hamish Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30-April-2008 at 2:09pm
	Hi Avalight, Sorry, I think I misunderstood your post - You can create a "nearly" static page where the only ASP element is recently viewed items. It's not ythat hard to do, but it will still be an asp page.

avalight Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 21-September-2007 Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote avalight Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01-May-2008 at 12:20am
	Hamish I didn't think I could mix asp code on a html page. I just noticed the store map html page doesn't have all the generated code like the header.asp and footer.asp pages do, the recently viewed being one of them.
	Curt

avalight Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 21-September-2007 Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote avalight Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01-May-2008 at 12:35am
	For example, I don't think I can put this code on a html page and have it work... <!--#include file="smallRecentProducts.asp"-->
	Curt

Greg Dinger Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Certified ProductCart Developers Joined: 23-September-2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 238	Post Options Post Reply Quote Greg Dinger Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01-May-2008 at 1:02am
	Avalight, the only way to get ASP scripting to run is to do so on a .ASP page. You cannot do this on a .html page. This applies to smallRecentProducts.asp. Are you trying to implement the smallRecentProducts include on static HTML pages because you want to make your store's visual interface consistent on non-store pages, but want to avoid losing your search engine placement for old pages that have been around a while? On a store we launched this week, we were confronted with over 30 old product category pages from the client's prior store. ProductCart was replacing a different cart. The old pages have strong placement and we didn't want to lose those listings. So we used www.isapirewrite.com to create rules that cross-reference the old .HTM pages to the ProductCart pages, specifying these as 301 redirects. A similar strategy could be accomplished for you, if this indeed is your goal. Create new .asp pages which duplicate your .htm pages, include whatever new functionality you require, and use IR to redirect the old page references to the new pages. Would that achieve your goals?

Hamish Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12-October-2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 56	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hamish Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01-May-2008 at 3:16pm
	Hi Worldofrugs, This topic has wandered a bit away from your original request - obviously you touched upon a subject several people are interested in. Did you have any luck getting what you wanted with the CSS?

worldofrugs Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 24-April-2008 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote worldofrugs Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01-May-2008 at 3:20pm
	Afraid not Hamish, Actually have not found no CSS references for the recently viewed items. So it's still an open wish! Thanks for your reply

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