Custom Sizing Customer Text Entry

[Jeff Singer]

I'm new here. We're adopting our old site to use Shopsite's Buy Anywhere
buttons.

We sell medical apparel often customized with the customer's name and
title for an extra charge based on
how many lines of embroidery are required. Variables also include thread
color and letting style. This is difficult, but fairly common cart task.

I've tested three methods. The best may be to "create customer text
entry box" for each product to go in the cart and add drop down menus in
the cart for the other info.

The only problem is the text entry box is way too large, being fixed at
about 5 rows of 50 characters. Our maximum embroidery size is 3 by 24.
Plus, such a large text box takes up a lot of Cart real estate.

Anyone know how to resize the PRODUCT text entry box that goes in the
cart? There doesn't seem to be a custom cart template tag that controls
that box's size. Someone suggested using CSS.

Any ideas? How have other Shopsite sites handled similar product
customization?

Jeff at
Ackley Uniforms

http://www.ackley-uniforms.com

[Rick]

Have you figured out a solution to this yet?
--
Thank you and have a great day,

Wizard Empire Inc
Rick Steven

www.WizardEmpire.com

"Jeff Singer" <info@ackley-uniforms.com> wrote in message
news:42038AC5.FD85EE8C@ackley-uniforms.com...

I'm new here. We're adopting our old site to use Shopsite's Buy Anywhere
buttons.

We sell medical apparel often customized with the customer's name and
title for an extra charge based on
how many lines of embroidery are required. Variables also include thread
color and letting style. This is difficult, but fairly common cart task.

I've tested three methods. The best may be to "create customer text
entry box" for each product to go in the cart and add drop down menus in
the cart for the other info.

The only problem is the text entry box is way too large, being fixed at
about 5 rows of 50 characters. Our maximum embroidery size is 3 by 24.
Plus, such a large text box takes up a lot of Cart real estate.

Anyone know how to resize the PRODUCT text entry box that goes in the
cart? There doesn't seem to be a custom cart template tag that controls
that box's size. Someone suggested using CSS.

Any ideas? How have other Shopsite sites handled similar product
customization?

Jeff at
Ackley Uniforms

http://www.ackley-uniforms.com

[joe boom]

Nope, and as a newbie here, I'm puzzled as to why Loren or other Shopsite
people didn't answer my first and only request for help. Maybe it was a dumb
question. .




"Rick" <rsteven@wizardempire.com> wrote in message
news:d1ta0a$srf$1@eval.shopsite.com...

Have you figured out a solution to this yet?
--
Thank you and have a great day,

Wizard Empire Inc
Rick Steven

www.WizardEmpire.com

"Jeff Singer" <info@ackley-uniforms.com> wrote in message
news:42038AC5.FD85EE8C@ackley-uniforms.com...
I'm new here. We're adopting our old site to use Shopsite's Buy Anywhere
buttons.

We sell medical apparel often customized with the customer's name and
title for an extra charge based on
how many lines of embroidery are required. Variables also include thread
color and letting style. This is difficult, but fairly common cart task.

I've tested three methods. The best may be to "create customer text
entry box" for each product to go in the cart and add drop down menus in
the cart for the other info.

The only problem is the text entry box is way too large, being fixed at
about 5 rows of 50 characters. Our maximum embroidery size is 3 by 24.
Plus, such a large text box takes up a lot of Cart real estate.

Anyone know how to resize the PRODUCT text entry box that goes in the
cart? There doesn't seem to be a custom cart template tag that controls
that box's size. Someone suggested using CSS.

Any ideas? How have other Shopsite sites handled similar product
customization?

Jeff at
Ackley Uniforms

http://www.ackley-uniforms.com

[loren_d_c]

Joe,

1) This is a user forum, not a source of official technical support.
Anyone can answer a question here, including merchants, designers,
resellers, integrators, ShopSite employees, etc. ShopSite employees do
so when they have time and have input, not necessarily as part of their
job. If people start demanding that I post a response to every question,
then I will have to stop posting altogether.

2) The answer to this, as you already mentioned, is probably CSS. I am
not a CSS expert, and CSS is not a ShopSite-specific function. There are
probably others (like a CSS designer, for example) who would know more
about this than I do, or who could consult a book on CSS just as easily.

Don't get me wrong, I do like helping people when I can, I just don't
have the exact CSS for you to use at my fingertips, so you might want to
pose your question to someone who might know more about it.

-Loren


joe boom wrote:

Nope, and as a newbie here, I'm puzzled as to why Loren or other Shopsite
people didn't answer my first and only request for help. Maybe it was a dumb
question. .




"Rick" <rsteven@wizardempire.com> wrote in message
news:d1ta0a$srf$1@eval.shopsite.com...

Have you figured out a solution to this yet?
--
Thank you and have a great day,

Wizard Empire Inc
Rick Steven

www.WizardEmpire.com

"Jeff Singer" <info@ackley-uniforms.com> wrote in message
news:42038AC5.FD85EE8C@ackley-uniforms.com...

I'm new here. We're adopting our old site to use Shopsite's Buy Anywhere
buttons.

We sell medical apparel often customized with the customer's name and
title for an extra charge based on
how many lines of embroidery are required. Variables also include thread
color and letting style. This is difficult, but fairly common cart task.

I've tested three methods. The best may be to "create customer text
entry box" for each product to go in the cart and add drop down menus in
the cart for the other info.

The only problem is the text entry box is way too large, being fixed at
about 5 rows of 50 characters. Our maximum embroidery size is 3 by 24.
Plus, such a large text box takes up a lot of Cart real estate.

Anyone know how to resize the PRODUCT text entry box that goes in the
cart? There doesn't seem to be a custom cart template tag that controls
that box's size. Someone suggested using CSS.

Any ideas? How have other Shopsite sites handled similar product
customization?

Jeff at
Ackley Uniforms

http://www.ackley-uniforms.com

[Rick]

(Hypothetically) how would one use CSS to make this work?

Thank you and have a great day,

Wizard Empire Inc
Rick Steven

www.WizardEmpire.com

"Loren" <loren_d_c@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:d1tmem$2q8$1@eval.shopsite.com...

Joe,

1) This is a user forum, not a source of official technical support.
Anyone can answer a question here, including merchants, designers,
resellers, integrators, ShopSite employees, etc. ShopSite employees do so
when they have time and have input, not necessarily as part of their job.
If people start demanding that I post a response to every question, then I
will have to stop posting altogether.

2) The answer to this, as you already mentioned, is probably CSS. I am not
a CSS expert, and CSS is not a ShopSite-specific function. There are
probably others (like a CSS designer, for example) who would know more
about this than I do, or who could consult a book on CSS just as easily.

Don't get me wrong, I do like helping people when I can, I just don't have
the exact CSS for you to use at my fingertips, so you might want to pose
your question to someone who might know more about it.

-Loren


joe boom wrote:
Nope, and as a newbie here, I'm puzzled as to why Loren or other Shopsite
people didn't answer my first and only request for help. Maybe it was a
dumb question. .




"Rick" <rsteven@wizardempire.com> wrote in message
news:d1ta0a$srf$1@eval.shopsite.com...

Have you figured out a solution to this yet?
--
Thank you and have a great day,

Wizard Empire Inc
Rick Steven

www.WizardEmpire.com

"Jeff Singer" <info@ackley-uniforms.com> wrote in message
news:42038AC5.FD85EE8C@ackley-uniforms.com...

I'm new here. We're adopting our old site to use Shopsite's Buy Anywhere
buttons.

We sell medical apparel often customized with the customer's name and
title for an extra charge based on
how many lines of embroidery are required. Variables also include thread
color and letting style. This is difficult, but fairly common cart task.

I've tested three methods. The best may be to "create customer text
entry box" for each product to go in the cart and add drop down menus in
the cart for the other info.

The only problem is the text entry box is way too large, being fixed at
about 5 rows of 50 characters. Our maximum embroidery size is 3 by 24.
Plus, such a large text box takes up a lot of Cart real estate.

Anyone know how to resize the PRODUCT text entry box that goes in the
cart? There doesn't seem to be a custom cart template tag that controls
that box's size. Someone suggested using CSS.

Any ideas? How have other Shopsite sites handled similar product
customization?

Jeff at
Ackley Uniforms

http://www.ackley-uniforms.com

[loren_d_c]

Define the pixel height and width for textareas on the shopping cart
screen. I wish I knew the specific CSS for that, but I don't.

-Loren



Rick wrote:

(Hypothetically) how would one use CSS to make this work?

Thank you and have a great day,

Wizard Empire Inc
Rick Steven

www.WizardEmpire.com

"Loren" <loren_d_c@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:d1tmem$2q8$1@eval.shopsite.com...

Joe,

1) This is a user forum, not a source of official technical support.
Anyone can answer a question here, including merchants, designers,
resellers, integrators, ShopSite employees, etc. ShopSite employees do so
when they have time and have input, not necessarily as part of their job.
If people start demanding that I post a response to every question, then I
will have to stop posting altogether.

2) The answer to this, as you already mentioned, is probably CSS. I am not
a CSS expert, and CSS is not a ShopSite-specific function. There are
probably others (like a CSS designer, for example) who would know more
about this than I do, or who could consult a book on CSS just as easily.

Don't get me wrong, I do like helping people when I can, I just don't have
the exact CSS for you to use at my fingertips, so you might want to pose
your question to someone who might know more about it.

-Loren


joe boom wrote:

Nope, and as a newbie here, I'm puzzled as to why Loren or other Shopsite
people didn't answer my first and only request for help. Maybe it was a
dumb question. .




"Rick" <rsteven@wizardempire.com> wrote in message
news:d1ta0a$srf$1@eval.shopsite.com...


Have you figured out a solution to this yet?
--
Thank you and have a great day,

Wizard Empire Inc
Rick Steven

www.WizardEmpire.com

"Jeff Singer" <info@ackley-uniforms.com> wrote in message
news:42038AC5.FD85EE8C@ackley-uniforms.com...


I'm new here. We're adopting our old site to use Shopsite's Buy Anywhere
buttons.

We sell medical apparel often customized with the customer's name and
title for an extra charge based on
how many lines of embroidery are required. Variables also include thread
color and letting style. This is difficult, but fairly common cart task.

I've tested three methods. The best may be to "create customer text
entry box" for each product to go in the cart and add drop down menus in
the cart for the other info.

The only problem is the text entry box is way too large, being fixed at
about 5 rows of 50 characters. Our maximum embroidery size is 3 by 24.
Plus, such a large text box takes up a lot of Cart real estate.

Anyone know how to resize the PRODUCT text entry box that goes in the
cart? There doesn't seem to be a custom cart template tag that controls
that box's size. Someone suggested using CSS.

Any ideas? How have other Shopsite sites handled similar product
customization?

Jeff at
Ackley Uniforms

http://www.ackley-uniforms.com

[Rick]

Loren,

Sorry, I think I misunderstood the original question. I was hoping to
actually change the customer text entry from a "Text Area" to a "Text Box"
where I could define the max characters.

--
Thank you and have a great day,

Wizard Empire Inc
Rick Steven

www.WizardEmpire.com

"Loren" <loren_d_c@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:d1unfv$fm8$1@eval.shopsite.com...

Define the pixel height and width for textareas on the shopping cart
screen. I wish I knew the specific CSS for that, but I don't.

-Loren



Rick wrote:
(Hypothetically) how would one use CSS to make this work?

Thank you and have a great day,

Wizard Empire Inc
Rick Steven

www.WizardEmpire.com

"Loren" <loren_d_c@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:d1tmem$2q8$1@eval.shopsite.com...

Joe,

1) This is a user forum, not a source of official technical support.
Anyone can answer a question here, including merchants, designers,
resellers, integrators, ShopSite employees, etc. ShopSite employees do so
when they have time and have input, not necessarily as part of their job.
If people start demanding that I post a response to every question, then
I will have to stop posting altogether.

2) The answer to this, as you already mentioned, is probably CSS. I am
not a CSS expert, and CSS is not a ShopSite-specific function. There are
probably others (like a CSS designer, for example) who would know more
about this than I do, or who could consult a book on CSS just as easily.

Don't get me wrong, I do like helping people when I can, I just don't
have the exact CSS for you to use at my fingertips, so you might want to
pose your question to someone who might know more about it.

-Loren


joe boom wrote:

Nope, and as a newbie here, I'm puzzled as to why Loren or other
Shopsite people didn't answer my first and only request for help. Maybe
it was a dumb question. .




"Rick" <rsteven@wizardempire.com> wrote in message
news:d1ta0a$srf$1@eval.shopsite.com...


Have you figured out a solution to this yet?
--
Thank you and have a great day,

Wizard Empire Inc
Rick Steven

www.WizardEmpire.com

"Jeff Singer" <info@ackley-uniforms.com> wrote in message
news:42038AC5.FD85EE8C@ackley-uniforms.com...


I'm new here. We're adopting our old site to use Shopsite's Buy
Anywhere
buttons.

We sell medical apparel often customized with the customer's name and
title for an extra charge based on
how many lines of embroidery are required. Variables also include
thread
color and letting style. This is difficult, but fairly common cart
task.

I've tested three methods. The best may be to "create customer text
entry box" for each product to go in the cart and add drop down menus
in
the cart for the other info.

The only problem is the text entry box is way too large, being fixed
at
about 5 rows of 50 characters. Our maximum embroidery size is 3 by 24.
Plus, such a large text box takes up a lot of Cart real estate.

Anyone know how to resize the PRODUCT text entry box that goes in the
cart? There doesn't seem to be a custom cart template tag that
controls
that box's size. Someone suggested using CSS.

Any ideas? How have other Shopsite sites handled similar product
customization?

Jeff at
Ackley Uniforms

http://www.ackley-uniforms.com

[loren_d_c]

Rick,

You can't actually change the type of form field that is beng used,
however by changing the height you may be able to make it look like a
text field instead of a textarea. I don't know if you can control the
amount of data intered in a textarea via CSS. If not, perhaps you could
do this with JavaScript instead. Or, if you are passing the data into
the Customer Text Entry field from your store page along with the
product and you don't need it to be editable on the shopping cart
screen, you could probably make the field inactive via CSS so that
shopper can't enter or change info in it on the shopping cart screen.

-Loren



Rick wrote:

Loren,

Sorry, I think I misunderstood the original question. I was hoping to
actually change the customer text entry from a "Text Area" to a "Text Box"
where I could define the max characters.

[Rick]

Loren,

I love your idea about using CSS to make the text box uneditable in the
shopping cart screen! Can you point me in the right direction as to where I
need to start, what templates, includes, etc need to be modified to make
this happen? I don't really know where ShopSite gets the info to create the
shopping cart table in the first place.
--
Thank you and have a great day,

Wizard Empire Inc
Rick Steven

www.WizardEmpire.com

"Loren" <loren_d_c@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:d1vthr$809$1@eval.shopsite.com...

Rick,

You can't actually change the type of form field that is beng used,
however by changing the height you may be able to make it look like a text
field instead of a textarea. I don't know if you can control the amount of
data intered in a textarea via CSS. If not, perhaps you could do this with
JavaScript instead. Or, if you are passing the data into the Customer Text
Entry field from your store page along with the product and you don't need
it to be editable on the shopping cart screen, you could probably make the
field inactive via CSS so that shopper can't enter or change info in it on
the shopping cart screen.

-Loren



Rick wrote:
Loren,

Sorry, I think I misunderstood the original question. I was hoping to
actually change the customer text entry from a "Text Area" to a "Text
Box" where I could define the max characters.

[Jim]

Go to Merchandizing > Custom templates and under the section Shopping
Cart Templates use the Copy ShopSite Template to make a copy of the
default template in your stores data directory. Edit that template and
you will see the line [-- INCLUDE sc_cart.css PROCESS --] which is the
style sheet being used for the shopping cart. Now go to the Include
Files section of the Custom Template page and use the Copy ShopSite
Include to copy the sc_cart.css template to the store's data directory.
You can then edit the style sheet. Note that you cannot copy the file
from the ShopSite template to the store's data directory with the same
name but it can be copied again once it is in the data directory and
given the same name. If a template has the same name in the data
directory as the ShopSite directory the one in the data directory will
be use.

I don't know how you would change the style sheet to accomplish what you
want but there are probably some good books on CSS that you could look
it up in.

Jim

Rick wrote:

Loren,

I love your idea about using CSS to make the text box uneditable in the
shopping cart screen! Can you point me in the right direction as to where I
need to start, what templates, includes, etc need to be modified to make
this happen? I don't really know where ShopSite gets the info to create the
shopping cart table in the first place.

[Rick]

Great! Thanks Jim. I will start working on it.
--
Thank you and have a great day,

Wizard Empire Inc
Rick Steven

www.WizardEmpire.com
"Jim" <jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:d21m6k$vpr$1@eval.shopsite.com...

Go to Merchandizing > Custom templates and under the section Shopping Cart
Templates use the Copy ShopSite Template to make a copy of the default
template in your stores data directory. Edit that template and you will
see the line [-- INCLUDE sc_cart.css PROCESS --] which is the style sheet
being used for the shopping cart. Now go to the Include Files section of
the Custom Template page and use the Copy ShopSite Include to copy the
sc_cart.css template to the store's data directory. You can then edit the
style sheet. Note that you cannot copy the file from the ShopSite
template to the store's data directory with the same name but it can be
copied again once it is in the data directory and given the same name. If
a template has the same name in the data directory as the ShopSite
directory the one in the data directory will be use.

I don't know how you would change the style sheet to accomplish what you
want but there are probably some good books on CSS that you could look it
up in.

Jim

Rick wrote:
Loren,

I love your idea about using CSS to make the text box uneditable in the
shopping cart screen! Can you point me in the right direction as to
where I need to start, what templates, includes, etc need to be modified
to make this happen? I don't really know where ShopSite gets the info to
create the shopping cart table in the first place.