The flypage is the flypage assigned to your category to display the products.

Any time a flypage is referenced it would be the one stored in html/templates/product_details

Most people use the default 'flypage.php' But you can assign different flypages to different categories so that products are displayed differently depending on the category.

If my mod is installed and your product_type is called herbal then you should not see {herbal} in your product description when viewing the product.

If you have {product_type} in your flypage and the icons are displayed then my mod is not in place. If it shows {product_type} then my mod is in place but your product name is incorrect.

One more thing to remember your image files should start with icon_ (forgot about that!)

p.s.
If you have your site online, please provide a url. It does make diagnosing problems easier!

Here is the fly_type_new.php

Guys thanks for your help on this.

OK, I didn't know to not use the php extension in the custom fly page, but do now!
I'm working through the instructions now to see if I can get this to work.

The test site is at:
http://www.herbsofgrace.co.uk/joomla/
I'm working on the 'Bleckman Anti Fungal Formula' product here:
http://www.herbsofgrace.co.uk/joomla/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=18&category_id=15&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=26

Pressure is mounting as I am starting a new contract (full time) in London on Monday, this site is for my brother and was supposed to be commenced in April but he has only just geared up for it!

Bingo!!!

Thank you so much, this is now working as advertised.



I had put the custom fly page in: /administrator/components/com_virtuemart/html/templates/product_details

When it should be: /admnistrator/components/com_virtuemart/html/templates/

Must read more clearly, must read...

Thank you again, one happy bunny here .

Great! Welcome to the club!

It's nice to know that a simple file can do so much!

I will, I promise, put up a tutorial on writing product type flypages. I still think they should be called something else such as product type extensions. But I believe mod goes some way to not needing them unless a special output is required such as the icons.

I'm glad you like it.

Just to add to this, I have a modification for csvimproved that allows product type data to be uploaded with the product data. At the moment it has to be done separately and xref have to be done manually. The mod allows the data to be uploaded in one hit. The only pre-requisites are the product type has to already exist and the product sku must be included.

This has been used successfully on a site with just over 1000 products and over 50 product type fields. A sample can be seen here

It's in Norwegian, the only standard tags are addtocart and product_desc. It uses my lightbox too.

I love it Mark, such a useful mod.
Makes it so easy for non technical types to add products, and add a single product type that they can then use drop downs to indicate features.
And so nice and clean too
Time to hit the Paypal button again, as you yourself have said it is so much easier to find the answers required here than at the Virtuemart forum.

Guys,

Did you find my guide useful for helping others? I just wanted to help Mark supporting the Icon question.
I remember how hard was the way to find here the working solution...

Cheerz,

B.

Bulesz, I most certainly did.
It was re-reading your guide, and Marks, when I realised my mistake.
Following a script such as yours knowing that it works helps, and little tips such as not using the '.php' extension on the flypage would have tripped me up (ok it did!).
Thank you again .

Thanks for your reply, Im glad to hear that it was useful in the deep water.

Mark's excellent mod is very useful, and could have a lots capability!

Anyway could we use somehow the type tag in the browse flypage? (I mean the 'NEW' mark would be great feature in the browse page! What do you think?

Cheerz,

B.