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Hi,

You can use any html editor to create your page and then paste it into your html template. The only
non standard stuff is where you use [[ variable ]] to call specific text from your associated language file
ie mypage.page.shtml and associated mypage.page.pm
you would call some_variable value from your .pm by putting in your html template [[some_variable]]

as an example:
page_title = "My Page" in your language file
Putting [[page_title]] in your template will display My page on your web page

To call your page from other pages you can put the in each html template you want the link in or add it to one of the CLASS files to have it appear in all ie Top_Navigation.

Obviously your page html template should refer to any of the classes you need to maintain the look and feel such as header, footer etc etc which are called by .

Ahmed has done a demo custom page in the script already - just look at your html template editor for Test.page.shtml or it may be Mypage.page.shtml I cant remember which. 

Anyways I hope that helps, was just passing through and thought Id offer some help

Developing a UK Auction Site :

Http://www.eBaSyi.com

I'm really glad you did and appreciate your suggestions, which I followed to the letter, alas with no joy!!!

I'm beginning to think that I may not have installed the software properly although I had reviewed the process & re-installed it again several times. Based on your example I created a page: "Our Services" using the Template Editor/New Custom Page Name box.

The script created the page "Our Services.page.shtml" in the Template Editor and "Our Services" in the Language Manager, but without the .pm extension. (Is that as it should be?) The page "Our Services.page.shtml" in the Template Editor has the following variables:

<TR><TD WIDTH="100%">[[page_title]]</TD></TR>

<TR><TD WIDTH="100%">[[page_body_text]]<BR>

To be able to call the page up on my site, do I replace the variable [[page_title]] with [[Our Services.page.shtml]] or do I leave both variables as they are? - To show the link to the page at the bottom of all my web pages on the site, do I include the following line to the Class Editor page "Bottom_Navigation"?:

<td align="center" class="botnavlnk" nowrap><A href=" <!--CLASS::Page:Our Services-->

">[[our services]]</a> <font color="#465E00" size="2">|</font></td>

Or should it be?:

<td align="center" class="botnavlnk" nowrap><A href=" <!--CLASS::Our Services--> ">[[our_services]]</a> <font color="#465E00" size="2">|</font></td>

I think I had followed your example closely and I have tried all the other examples I found in the forum but nothing seems to be working for me at the moment. I would appreciate your comment on the above.

Thanks

Hi Mewsoft, I would really appreciate your help here.

I've had this script a week now and I've yet to get over this first stage.

Thanks

Created language files will appear without .pm but their real name is infact something like my_page.page.pm \

Remember the variables you call in links will need to be put in the general language file aswell to be generally available to the script.\

For example\
[[Page_Title]] for My_page.page.shtml will work from My_page.page.pm when your custom page is called but [[Page_Title]] will not work on your index page.\
To add variable produced links use the general.pm language file for the variables.\

\ Lastly I am assuming you have not created your custom page name with any spaces in the name? Use the underscore or something ie my page.page.shtml = wrong must be something like my_page.page.shtml\

\ Only other suggestions are where is ur site page with the not working page and I`ll take a look when I get a sec or can you say what is not working? ie No page, Link doesnt work, page doesnt display properly etc.

cheers

Developing a UK Auction Site :

Http://www.eBaSyi.com

Developing a UK Auction Site :

Http://www.eBaSyi.com

Developing a UK Auction Site :

Http://www.eBaSyi.com

\ Nah best to keep your admin area secure. Just start by trying to add the link to your custom page from your Top or Bottom Navs and Ill take a look at the pages, then once we got the page being called we can look at any issues from there.

Just try add the links to your custom pages and then post the url to whatever page you are trying to display the links on.

cheers

Developing a UK Auction Site :

Http://www.eBaSyi.com

\ Nah best to keep your admin area secure. Just start by trying to add the link to your custom page from your Top or Bottom Navs and Ill take a look at the pages, then once we got the page being called we can look at any issues from there.

Just try add the links to your custom pages and then post the url to whatever page you are trying to display the links on.

cheers

Developing a UK Auction Site :

Http://www.eBaSyi.com

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Hi Raider – thanks for taking a look.

I created the following page OurServices and the template named it: “OurServices.page.shtml”

<!--CLASS::Header-->
<DIV ALIGN="center"><CENTER>
<TABLE BORDER="0" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="0" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" CELLSPACING="0">
<TR><TD ALIGN="center" WIDTH="100%">
<!--CLASS::Top_Navigation-->
<!--CLASS::Top_Area-->
<!--CLASS::Welcome_Area-->
<!-------------------------------------------------->
<TABLE BORDER="0" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="middle" WIDTH="600" CELLSPACING="1" CELLPADDING="4">
  <TR><TD WIDTH="100%">[[page_title]]</TD></TR>
  <TR><TD WIDTH="100%">[[page_body_text]]<BR>
 <B>How to edit these custom files</B><BR>
 Edit the language files <B>OurServices.page.pm</B> from the Language Manager. Also edit the template file <B>OurServices.page.shtml</B> from the template editor for each them.<BR>
 </TD></TR>
</TABLE>
<!-------------------------------------------------->
<BR>
<!--CLASS::Bottom_Navigation-->
<!--CLASS::Bottom-->
</TD></TR>
</TABLE>
</CENTER></DIV>
<!--CLASS::Footer-->

This page “OurServices” was created by the template in the Language Manager with the varible names “page_body_text”  and “page_title”

I inserted in the “Bottom_Navigation” page in the Class Editor the following link …..

<td align="center" class="botnavlnk" nowrap><A href="<!--CLASS::Page:OurServices-->">[[ourservices]]</a> <font color="#465E00" size="2">|</td>

…… in the hope that it would create a link “Our Services” at the bottom of every page, which can be used to call up the page from the website:

I know I’ve probably got confused over time and made a simple and obvious mistake, but I really appreciate your help with this.
Thanks

\ The format of your link to put in any of your Top, bottom classes is correct
\ Have you remembered to create variable "ourservices" in your General.pm language file ?
To see if this is the problem replace [[ourservices]] in your link with just text Our Services to see if your link displays on the pages you want it too, if it does then you most likely need to check the variable is definately in your general language file and remember to use the correct case.
Currently if [[ourservices]] is not a variable in your general.pm your link will not display as the

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<a href

will be blank

\ In all cases remember the variables used in any language file other than General are specific to the associated Html file - Any variables in the General language file are pretty universal.

Developing a UK Auction Site :

Http://www.eBaSyi.com

Thanks, Raider - It works!!!

Don't know what I would have done without your help!!!

Cheers