changing main page index listing layout

Hi :smile:
The shop i'm customizing regards travel and has a little products to show up .
I'd like that the main page could open with one medium - big product image per line tabbed left on the center column and the description at the right of the picture.
i draw a sketch below to give the idea......

--------------- blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah
| *********| blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah
| ***IMG **| blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah
| *********| blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah

I tryed to to format this way the main page in the admin but i didn't suceed.
I can only see the picture and the price in the center of the column .
How can i set my main page to open like that?

Thank you
Emilio

hi
is there an answer for this maybe from the team ?
Sorry if i look like bumping on the same thread but it's really important for me.
Maybe i was not clear...
In a few words what i need is opening the main page whith 2 or 3 products and the description of them that is missing...
I know that is possible put a product for each line and hack a little to make it appear on the left and not on the center but the description text of the products on the main page i have no idea how to implement and i was not able to find similar requests in the forum.
I'd be grateful if someone can enlighten me and think that many zenners are looking for this feature.
Thank you

Are you wanting to make only a couple of specific products show, or were you wanting it more elaborate, like displaying two RANDOM products?

Why not just code in the pictures by hand, write in the descriptions, and hyperlink the text and image associated with the particular product to that particular products' actual page? It seems that would be easiest to me...

well this could be a solution... hard coding the main page even though practically i don't know how....
But i'm worried of messing up the code for instance when i've to upgrade
or what could happen when i've to change again the main page listing products
for new ones?
I'm making the site for a friend and doing so means that i have to hard code the page each time he needs to put a new product i'm confused about that...

Here is some sample code. If you go into the DEFINE PAGES EDITOR and edit define_main_page using the TEXT ONLY OPTION! you can paste this code in and tweak it to how you want it to look (point it to your images, change image diminsions to match yours, and of course change YOURSITE.com to your domain, also put your images in /images/ if not there already, or point to correct location):

<p><a href="<A href="http://www.YOURSITE.com/product1.html"><img">http://www.YOURSITE.com/product1.html"><img src="<http://www.meditationstore.net/images/product1.gif>" width="100" height="100" hspace="18" border="0" align="left" /></a> <a href="<A href="http://www.YOURSITE.com/product1.html">Blah">http://www.YOURSITE.com/product1.html">Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah </a></p> <p><a href="<A href="http://www.YOURSITE.com/product1.html">blah">http://www.YOURSITE.com/product1.html">blah blah blahblah blah blahblah blah blahblah,</a></p> <p><a href="<A href="http://www.YOURSITE.com/product2.html">blah">http://www.YOURSITE.com/product1.html">blah blah blah blahblah blah blahblah blah blah</a>.</p> <p><a href="<A href="http://www.YOURSITE.com/product2.html"><img">http://www.YOURSITE.com/product2.html"><img src="<http://www.meditationstore.net/images/product2.gif>" width="100" height="100" hspace="18" border="0" align="left" /></a><span class="style1"><a href="<A href="http://www.YOURSITE.com/product2.html">Blah">http://www.YOURSITE.com/product2.html">Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah </a></span></p> <p class="style1"><a href="<A href="http://www.YOURSITE.com/product2.html">blah">http://www.YOURSITE.com/product2.html">blah blah blahblah blah blahblah blah blahblah,</a></p> <p class="style1"><a href="<A href="http://www.YOURSITE.com/product2.html">blah">http://www.YOURSITE.com/product2.html">blah blah blah blahblah blah blahblah blah blah.</a></p>

Doing it this way you WILL have to go in and change everything to point to new products each time you want it changed.

Nice and easy solution i just finished experimenting it and seems nice.
Was messing up because i was thinking about doing the same thing to show up ,for example, in the "featured products" or "new products" index listing that would be nice to implement also :smile:

if you change the <p> tags to <br /> ones it will make the text more natural looking, too...

emilio:

Nice and easy solution i just finished experimenting it and seems nice.
Was messing up because i was thinking about doing the same thing to show up ,for example, in the "featured products" or "new products" index listing that would be nice to implement also :smile:

that would require the assistance of a better webmaster than I.... perhaps Kuroi or Kim or Ajeh or the Doc could help you do that if you buy them a cup of coffee or ask nice or something...

glad to help..

Thank you Humbll your assistance was precious and showed me an easy way of thinking at the solution while i was thinking in a more laboriuos manner :lookaroun

Hope someone of the team with some spare time could give some assistance like implementing some variable in the featured or new products listing like linda did answering to another thread about product description in the shopping cart :smile: