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Problem:

The eButtonz buy buttons I have added to my web page have disappeared in Dreamweaver but they appear in my web browser.

Solution 1:

The eButtonz buy button is handled by Dreamweaver as an "invisible element". To view the eButtonz placeholder whilst in edit view ensure View > Visual Aids > Invisible Elements is selected as shown below:

Dreamweaver Invisible Elements preferences

Use Invisible Elements preferences to specify which kinds of elements will be visible when you select View > Visual Aids > Invisible Elements. (For more information about invisible elements, see About invisible elements in Dreamweaver help.)

To change Invisible Elements preferences:

1 Choose Edit > Preferences, then click Invisible Elements.
2 Select which elements should be made visible. A check mark next to the name of the element in the dialog box means the element is visible when View > Visual Aids > Invisible Elements is selected.

We recommend the following settings:

Solution 2:

On exiting Dreamweaver eButtonz carries out "housekeeping". It scans your web site for eButtonz buy buttons and automatically:

1. Deletes buy buttons belonging to products that have been deleted from your product list.

2. Deletes buy buttons that have been manually pasted into the wrong store.

Note: eButtonz does not allow buy buttons from more than one store to be added to an individual web page. A web page can only be linked to one eButtonz catalogue. This is to prevent multiple baskets launching in your web page and causing confusion between one catalogue and another. When adding buy buttons using "insert buy button" from the product list eButtonz checks whether the buy button is being added to a web page correctly associated with the store you are working with and automatically allows or disallows the insertion. However if buy buttons are manually copied and pasted from one page to another this check can not be made

Solution 3:

Check your source code. Select a buy button and press "F10"

Your buy button should look very similar to this:

<ebutton id="mirror463" sid="5487Furniture" >
<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
makeB("5487Furniture","mirror463","../image/add2basket.gif","1");
//-->
</script>
</ebutton>

Anatomy of the code:

mirror463 = product code
5487Furniture = store id
../image/add2basket.gif = URL of your buy button image OR the text of your buy button
1 = style of buy button - 1 is the code for an image, 0 is a form button with text only, 2 is a form button with text and the price displayed

Please check the following:

1. Product code: mirror463 matches the product code in product list
2. Store id: 5487Furniture matches the head code of your web page. To check scroll up the head code and ensure you view it as source code. The store id is on line 4 of the eButtonz head code:

<ebuttonz_script>
<script language="JavaScript">
<!-- www.eButtonz.com version 4
var eBshop="5487Furniture";

Solution 4:

Check that a product with the correct code (mirror463 in this example) exists in the store file:

IMPORTANT - BACKUP YOUR STORE FILE FIRST AND PLACE THE BACKUP ON YOUR DESKTOP

Store files are located as follows:

C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Dreamweaver 4\Configuration\ThirdPartyTags\ebuttonz\5487Furniture.txt file

Note: we suggest you open the 5487Furniture.txt file with Notepad (PC users) or Simple Text (Mac users)

A product code in the store file looks like this:

<pr d="4ft mirror with gold effect frame" tp="1" tx="../image/add2basket.gif" p="75.59" sg="Yes" v="Yes" st="" sv="" c="mirror463" w="2500" wu="grams" ur="http://www.mywebsite/products/mirrors.htm" u="each" f="no"/>

Anatomy of the code:

pr d = product description
tp="1" = style of buy button
tx= URL of your buy button image OR the text of your buy button
p= price
sg= Price inclusive of tax - yes or no
v= apply VAT (UK only) yes or no
st= apply state tax (US only) yes or no
sv= if a price is displayed on in the buy button should VAT be included (UK only) - yes or no
c= product code
w= weight
wu= weight unit
ur= url of web page with buy button added
u= unit / sold per
f= allow fractional purchases - yes or no

NOTE : WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU DO NOT EDIT THE STORE FILE - PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT OFFER SUPPORT FOR CORRUPT STORE FILES.

Also check the folder (where the page is stored) is equal to the "site" attribute in the store file - Example:

site="file:///C|/mydocsy/mywebsite/

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