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19 Sep 2008, 7:29 PM
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How do I add a new Category Page but use HTML on it

I would like to add a new Category page, so that it shows in the Navigation Panel on the left. Yet, I need to use HTML on that page.

Can somebody please point me in the right direction. I have searched the Tutorials using - How do I add a New page/Category Page. Plenty of pointers but not what I want. I have seen somewhere on here a step by step of how to do it, but for the life of me cannot find it now...

Newbie by the way here.

19 Sep 2008, 9:59 PM
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Re: How do I add a new Category Page but use HTML on it

Category "Pages" are fundamentally just LINKS to deeper product data (including sub-categories). There is a text input screen in Categories Description that works off HTMLArea, and you can toggle to HTML mode by clicking the <> menu symbol. Then paste your raw html in there and toggle back to wysiwyg mode.

However, if you are using the categories description facility to offer up other types of info, you will (by default) see a link that says "There are no products in this category" (or similar).

If you want to ADD pages of info to your zenshop, then you should rather use EZpages, not the categories description feature.

20 Sep 2008, 4:22 PM
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Re: How do I add a new Category Page but use HTML on it

Thank you. I think I understand. I will have a look at the EZ pages.

23 Sep 2008, 6:26 PM
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Re: How do I add a new Category Page but use HTML on it

Having transferred my HTML code to the description page, I find that the coding does not work - yet the coding works on the live HTML site.

Should I get the code to work, the next question is: How do I get the link onto the Category sidebox please.