Displaying products on an alternative template

The selected product can be output on a second, specially designed template. A typical use case is a print view that does without navigation, basket, and advertising space. The buyer’s selection is not lost: selected variants and completed text input fields are carried over to the alternative template.

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Two fields belong together, and both are inside the product form. The hidden field names the target template, and the button triggers the switch.

...
<form action="~FORM-Product~" method="post" name="product" id="productform">
   ...
   <input type="hidden" name="~WS-AlternativeProductTemplate~" value="deutsch/ws_product_print.htm">
   <input type="submit" name="~BT-AlternativeProductTemplate~" value="Druckansicht">
   ...
</form>
...

Both tags are in the name attribute, not in the value. ~WS-AlternativeProductTemplate~ provides the field name under which the shop expects the template name. The value contains the subshop as a directory, in the example deutsch/. With several subshops, the template therefore needs the matching path per subshop, otherwise the buyer ends up in the wrong language version. The target template can be chosen freely. For a print view, a name such as ws_product_print.htm is a good choice, and for other purposes a different one accordingly.

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Displaying products on an alternative template

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