Techniques: Displaying Random Products & Categories

You can setup your shop to display random products by using the ekm:Tag system, this means that if you are using a standard template you may need to edit it to insert the random product code.

The easiest way to display a random product is to use the code...

[ekm:showdata] 
	data='products'; 
	location='randomlocation';
	includelist='randomproduct';
[/ekm:showdata]

... if you want more control over this you can edit the [ekm:showdata] tag to layout the product and/or category in any format you wish. For example a nice simple display would be achieved with...

[ekm:showdata] 
	' Data to Show
	data='products'; 
	location='randomlocation';
	includelist='randomproduct';

	' Basic Layout & Navigation 
	page_navigation='no'; 

	' Navigation Options when logged in 
	editbuttons='NO'; 

	' Image Sizes 
	image_ratio='80'; 
	image_width='auto';
	image_height='auto'; 

	' Font Face, Font Size and Font Style (Bold, Italic, etc) 
	font_formatting='NO'; 

	' Output Format 
	output_start=''; 
		output_row_start=''; 
			output_column_start=''; 
				output_item='[image][name][price]'; 
			output_column_end=''; 
		output_row_end='';
	output_end=''; 

	' Element Replace 
	element_replace='null';
[/ekm:showdata]

... we would suggest reading the documentation on the [ekm:showdata] tag for more information on how you can customise the layout.

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