How do I link to my website?

Summary

You can link to your FindIt unit advertising website or Platinum O+ e-commerce website from your own website, or host it in an "iframe". To do this the most effectively the information here will be useful to you or your web developer.

More Information

Where is my website?

First of all, to find your FindIt or e-commerce website:

• Go to " Reports & Settings Maintenance Options Platinum O and Catalyst FindIt Online Control Panel".
• To link to your website copy and paste the displayed URL into your web browser. It will be something like:

http://www.catalyst-findit.com/index.php?c=...(long number identifying your website)...

Unit Search (FindIt)

To link directly to your FindIt unit listing, take the URL above and add: &dest=search

E-Commerce Shop (eShop & eTrade)

To link directly to your e-commerce shop, take the URL above and add: &dest=listing

How do I change the layout?

You can adjust the layout of the screen to a certain extent to fit your main website style:

Width

&w=

• To change the width of the page to, say, 800 pixels, take the URL above and add: &w=800

Navigation Panel

&nav=

• To show the website "navigation" panel on the right-hand side instead of the left, add: &nav=r
• To hide the website "navigation" panel completely, add:&nav=h

Page Headings

&h=

• You can hide the usual page heading images by adding: &h=n

Results per Page

&rpp=

• You can set the amount of results per page in your searches by, using 25 as an example adding: &rpp=25
• Valid amounts: 10, 25, 50, 100

Can I show units matching a search?

You can have links on your site that would show only certain units by performing a search:

You can limit your search to specific data types with the following options;

Website address parameters

Unit Type

&t=

• To perform a search for, say, your motorcycles only, add:&t=1
• 1: Motorcycles
• 2: Cars
• 3: Caravans
• 4: Motorhomes
• 5: Agricultural Machinery
• 6: Boats
• 7: Quad Bikes and ATVs
• 8: Trucks
• 9: Commercial Vehicles
• 10: Tricycles and Quadricycles
• 11: Caravan Accessories
• 12: Electric Assisted Pedal Cycles
• 13: Pedal Bicycles
• 14: Trailers
• 15: Plant Machinery

New or Used?

&n=

• To search for new units only add: &n=y
• To search for used units only add: &n=n

Location

&l=

• &l=42 would search for units at the dealer's site '42' only. To find the appropriate id of a site: go to the dealer's home page, choose the desired site from the "Location..." selection, hit [Search] and find &l= in the page URL.

Caravan Berths

&bth=

• To search for 4 berth caravans or motorhomes add: &bth=4.
• The number can be from 1 to 9.

Engine Size

&mincc= and &maxcc=

• To restrict the search to units with an engine size of no less than '1400cc' add : &mincc=1400.
• To restrict the search to units with an engine size of no more than '2000cc' add : &mincc=2000.

Price

&minp= and &maxp=

• To restrict the search to units with a price no less than '£4000' add : &minp=4000.
• To restrict the search to units with a price no more than '£8000' add : &maxp=8000.

Unit Year

&miny= and &maxy=

• To restrict the search to units with a year no less than '2005' add : &miny=2005.
• To restrict the search to units with a year no more than '2010' add : &maxy=2010.

Search Text

• To perform a text search for, say "yamaha r1", take the URL above and add the following (note that spaces have to be replaced with a plus (+) symbol):

&s=yamaha+r1

The following specific search options should added using the &s=[options] format and be separated by a space, while the search area and search term should be seperated by a colon (':').

Make

make:Suzuki will search for a 'Suzuki'.

Model

model:GSXR will search for all GSXR models.

Description

description:fast would search for units with 'fast' within the items description.

Colour

colour:red would search for units that are 'red'.

Notes

notes:fast would search the notes for the term 'fast'.

Features

features:airbags would search for 'airbags' within the units feature list

Type

type:scooter would search for a unit that has been advertised as being a 'scooter'. For a car, this could be 'saloon' or 'cabriolet' etc.

Fuel

fuel:petrol would search for units that run on 'petrol'.

Gears

gears:6 would search for the term '6' within the transmission type.

Category

category:racing would search for units advertised as a type of unit used for 'racing'.

All search terms entered/added without the first part ([here]:[not here]) will be searched for using the normal searching procedure.

To search for a 'green honda YZF', you would use; &s=make:honda model:yzf colour:green To search for a 'blue tourer', you would use; &s=colour:blue category:tourer

Can I stop the search expanding it's search past the given term?

Yes, you can do this by turning off the wider search function, by adding the following to your URL

&nws

• Note: =xxx is not required for this

Can I control what gets shown on my e-commerce pages?

You can customise the information displayed on your web shop in the following ways:

V.A.T.

&vat=

• To show VAT-exclusive prices by default, take the URL above and add: &vat=ex

Once a customer creates an account and logs in, the site will automatically include V.A.T. in prices, or not, depending on their registered country and business V.A.T. details.

How can I change my style?

If you would like to change the style of the linked "iframe" this can be done using a '.css' file that you will need to create using the elements from the "FindIt" or "e-commerce website".

If you would like to know what an element is on the page then (using Firefox or Chrome) you can right mouse click on an item/section and got to "Inspect Element" then enter this into the '.css' file you create.

• This '.css' file will need to be hosted by you.
• You will then need to inform "Catalyst Support" of the URL for the location of the file who will attach it to your account.
• Any further changes you may want can be done using this file, without any intervention from Catalyst.

Tip: The .css file is loaded server-side and then included in the webpage online. It is done this way to avoid potential browser warnings that can occur if the .css file is only accessible via http: and not https:. Some caching is involved, so if you make changes and want to see the result straight away you can close/reopen your browser or clear cookies, etc.

Tip: When creating the '.css' file it is recommended only to include the elements of the items you wish to change. This should help avoid confusion of the elements you are changing.

As this service is free for clients with a current maintenance or rental agreement your attention is drawn to the "Internet based Services" section of the current Platinum Terms of Use (Available from the "Login" screen of Platinum on the latest version of Platinum available here) which states that the Catalyst Copyright Footer should be visible on each page. The Current Terms and Conditions Can be found Here.

How do I scroll to the top of the iframe on page load?

If you have particularly long pages and would like to scroll the user back to the top of the page when they click on an item, then you can add the following piece of code to the <iframe> element:

onload="scrollTo(0,0);"

This will ensure that every page in the <iframe> is loaded at the top. (To tweak the exact position of the page, alter the second number in the brackets, e.g. onload="scrollTo(0,450);".)

See also

• Downloading a Platinum update
• HTML tags
• How do I add items to my ecommerce website?
• How do I add news to my website?

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