Include an html page in a product description? (server side includes)

[jwoodall]

Does anyone know if it is possible to include an html page within the product description?

I have tabs installed and rather than doing text for each tab, I would like to use a pre-written html page that is generated by a script that I run locally.

The script puts everything in nice tables with images, descriptions, etc. then generates an html page for it.

I just need to "include" that page in my product description so that it will be displayed below the product description tab.

Thanks!

Joseph Woodall

[usernamenone]

add a new folder inside your includes folder and name it text_blocks.

Open a blank html page. (don't use head,body or html on off tags. Add your html formatted content to that page save it as added_descriptions.html and save it inside the text_blocks folder.

So far you have cart/includes/text_blocks/added_descriptions.html

Open your product discription and where you would like the html content, add this code.

<td width="100&#37;" valign="top"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr> <td> <?php include('includes/text_blocks/added_descriptions.html'); ?> </td></tr>
</table>
</td>

[reza]

add a new folder inside your includes folder and name it text_blocks.

Open a blank html page. (don't use head,body or html on off tags. Add your html formatted content to that page save it as added_descriptions.html and save it inside the text_blocks folder.

So far you have cart/includes/text_blocks/added_descriptions.html

Open your product discription and where you would like the html content, add this code.

<td width="100%" valign="top"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr> <td> <?php include('includes/text_blocks/added_descriptions.html'); ?> </td></tr>
</table>
</td>

your answer is what I looked for some months and without answer. I did your instructions, but I didn't get any results:
this is what I did:
1- includes/-->make directory name: text_blocks
2- put this html file: form1.html
----- bof contents of the file-----
<form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="MAILTO:****.com">
<label for="textfield">
<div align="right">car type </div>
</label>
<div align="right">
<label for="label"></label>
<p>
<input type="text" name="textfield2" id="label" />
</p>
<p>
<label for="label2">id number </label>
</p>
<p>
<input type="text" name="textfield" id="textfield" />
</p>
<p>
<label for="select">fuel<br />
</label>
<select name="select" id="select">
<option>benzin</option>
<option>gasoil</option>
<option>gas</option>
<option>mixed</option>
</select>
</p>
<p>
<label for="textarea">comments<br />
</label>
<textarea name="textarea" cols="60" rows="6" id="textarea"></textarea>
</p>
<p>
<label for="label2">external color <br />
</label>
<input type="text" name="textfield3" id="label2" />
</p>
<p>
<label for="Submit">send</label>
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit" id="Submit" />
<label for="label3"><br />
<br />
reset</label>
<input type="reset" name="Submit2" value="Reset" id="label3" />
</p>
</div>
</form>

----eof contents of the file----------
3- add this to product info in admin page of some products:
<td width="100%" valign="top"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr> <td> <?php include('ncludes/text_blocks/form1.html'); ?> </td></tr>
</table>
</td>


add product, and in product page in frontshop, nothing from this form.
I did it also with html and body tags, but no change.
any idea?

[usernamenone]

A couple of things: Your bof content of file needs to be removed and you don't use any html, head or body tags.

Try this . open notepad and paste this in

<table width="100&#37;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="MAILTO:****.com">
<label for="textfield"></label>
<div align="right"><label for="textfield">car type</label></div>
<label for="textfield"></label>
<div align="right">
<label for="label"></label>
<p>
<input type="text" name="textfield2" id="label" />
</p>
<p>
<label for="label2">id number </label>
</p>
<p>
<input type="text" name="textfield" id="textfield" />
</p>
<p>
<label for="select">fuel<br />
</label>
<select name="select" id="select">
<option>benzin</option>
<option>gasoil</option>
<option>gas</option>
<option>mixed</option>
</select>
</p>
<p>
<label for="textarea">comments<br />
</label>
<textarea name="textarea" cols="60" rows="6" id="textarea"></textarea>
</p>
<p>
<label for="label2">external color <br />
</label>
<input type="text" name="textfield3" id="label2" />
</p>
<p>
<label for="Submit">send</label>
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit" id="Submit" />
<label for="label3"><br />
<br />
reset</label>
<input type="reset" name="Submit2" value="Reset" id="label3" />
</p>
</div>
</form>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

Then this has an error in it and should read as:

<td width="100%" valign="top"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr> <td> <?php include('includes/text_blocks/form1.html'); ?> </td></tr>
</table>
</td>

Next: I am not too sure a form will work but may with the correct path

[reza]

hi thanks for reply. off course I didn't put bof and eof in the html file.
I tried with your table codes with the correction of the echo script in product page, again withut results.
for chacking your point, I wrote only one line and saved instead of form1.html, so even with a simple line without form etc, still diesn't work;
I suppose there is a problem in the <?php include ...., because it doesn't request the form1.html,

[reznikvova]

Hi,

Any solution. This is what I want to accomplish also. The above does not work, sorry.