adding additional info hotlink or button??

[highlander2]

zencart 1.37
www.mccarthyhighland.com

I would like to implement a "hotlink" or button for individual products or category, that brings up "additional info" when it is clicked. normal operation is click on a product to display it,a dn choose options. there's a place for descriptive info, however I'd like to also give them the option to get MORE info if they want it.

I haven't been able to figure out how to do this and can't find any info on it.

Can anyone explain to me how to do this properly?

[schoolboy]

You could use the EXISTING "product URL" feature in zencart.

When you add (or edit) a product, in the product data input screen there is a field into which you can insert a URL for a product's "webpage".

If you create a range of EZpages, for example, you can prevent them from taking a menu link by not activating these in the EZPages header/sidebox/footer options, but giving them a sort order of, say, "1". This activates the EZPage, but its link won't display anywhere on your site's menu schemes.

Then, in your product add/edit screen, insert the FULL PATH to that EZPage... eg:

http://www.YOURWEBSITE.COM/index.php...page=page&id=2

(note that - as per the instruction - you omit the "http://")

In a default install of ZC, this link will appear to your visitors right at the bottom of the product info page, but re-positioning it is easy...

Just open (for editing):

includes/templates/template_default/templates/tpl_product_info_display.php

(do this on a COPY of the file on your local machine).

You will see that the page elements are neatly delimited by comment tagging <!-- bof xxxxxx --> then some code <!-- eof xxxxxx -->

Find the one encased by:

<!--bof Product URL -->
 some code here
<!--eof Product URL -->

CUT that section and PASTE it above a section element of your choice.

You can also edit some language defines to change the label and message of the resultant link if you want to.

(As the tpl_product_info_display.php is now CUSTOMISED, you should add the edited file to:

includes/templates/YOUR-TEMLATE/templates/