a simple alteration to make big imporvement to nop CMS

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we've heard many requests to integrate nop with the big cms applications - that would be great but i think the current cms is adequate for an ecommerce store at present

but it has one major drawback - if you create a new topic, you have to manually add the generated link to the site ( or add it to an existing topic )

PROPOSAL:

we add a third checkbox to the topic page ( currently we have one for 'include in sitemap' and 'password protected' )

this third checkbox would be 'include link in infoblock'


in

InfoBlock.cshtml,

we would search for topics where this checkbox was selected and if it is, we would display the link


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further to that simple suggestion, it would make sense to do three other things.

1) if the checkbox is selected, a previously hidden input field would appear asking storeowner to enter a
'user friendly link name'
- this would be the name that appears in the infoblock. (the topic title should not be used because it could potentially be far too long )
- the 'user friendly link name'  should be a required field ( if the checkbox is selected )


2) for greater control of the way they are displayed, we should include a 'display order' ( again, only visible if checkbox is selected )


3) (maybe) instead of adding it to the InfoBlock, create a new block - let's call it

TopicBlock.cshtm

and add the links in here

I say maybe because another block might make the site too bloated.




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ShippingInfo
PrivacyInfo
ConditionsOfUse
AboutUs

are 'out of the box' topics which would need the checkbox checked and a 'user friendly link name' provided in the default store


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Thanks, Hayden. But the work item is already created here. I've just modified it a bit (included your three other things)

BTW, this task entirely can be done as widget ("info block" widget).  Similar to "Live chat" block

oops, not keeping up :-)

There is an integration of Nop with Composite c1. Has anyone checked it?

eadameg wrote:
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