Hello CC friends:

I cannot figure out what I'm doing wrong, but when I link a word or phrase to a shopping cart page I've created, the previewer displays (what looks like) the cart meta data. I haven't posted the link to the .scc page online so I've pasted the first several lines below. Can anybody determine what I must change to view the shopping cart? Please let me know if you need more to work with.

FYI, I believe it connected fine the first time I linked the cart page. I have deleted and re-entered the term or phrase linking to the cart. I have also renamed the cart and changed the link to match. Thanks for your help.
dman

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
- <root>
- <application>
<name>CoffeeCup Shopping Cart Creator</name>
<version>3.0.5</version>
</application>
- <shop>
<name>The Renegade Brewer's Malt</name>
<currency>USD</currency>
<weightunit>lbs</weightunit>
- <header>
<logo>TheRenegadeBrewersMalt_files\images\logo.png</logo>
<keywords>homebreweing, home brewing, brewing, malt, malted grain, hops, yeast, brewing equipment</keywords>
<description>A great place to get goods, advice, and buddies.</description>
</header>
- <website>
- <![CDATA[ http://therenegadebrewer.com
]]>
</website>

can't answer that dman .... but I thought you might like to know you have a typo on the top image.

Make Smoother, Fresher Suds, Thank You Can Buy At The Store

Probably should be than

PopPicker- thanks for the head's up. I'll get that fixed tonight.

Anybody else out there that can tell me what I'm doing incorrectly?

Why not just use standard html tags like:

<a href="http://www.mydomain.com/shop">Online shop</a>

or
<a href="http://www.mydomain.com/shop"><img src="logo.gif"></a>

I agree with Scott, use the html tags. If you need to link to one particular page, browse to that page with your browser<IE, FireFox, whatever you use), then copy the address of that page found at the top of your browser in the address field. Now use the proper html tags,
<a href="https://cctropicalparadisepets.com/shop/viewitem.php?groupid=2&productid=83">Check out my ID tag details</a>
with the address you copied from the browser. That should create the link you're looking for. The example I gave will take you directly to my item detail section of my dog tag product.

After looking at my post I thought it might be a little confusing. The tags you want to use are:
<a href=""></a>
Now look at my example above to see where to put your details.

Hello Scott and Craig:

Thank you very much for your attention to this dilemma. I understand your posts and the tags, however, trying to follow your suggestions for code detail that should lead to my cart page, still perplexes me.

If I may: Code is getting easier, yet I rely heavily on the visual editor. At this point I'm sure I am incorrectly linking the cart address, however, the steps I have taken in V-E are:

1) Type the word or phrase to create the link
2) Highlight the phrase and right click
3) Select the page to link

H-Editor pages link easily, however, this is what I find in the code when I try linking the cart page (I have copied code starting with the table that houses the cart link in question to the next cell which will house the next cart link to a different product line):

<div>
<table style=
"Z-INDEX: 114; LEFT: 17px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 322px"
height="56" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" width="1078">
<tbody>
<tr valign="top">
<td width="147">
<p align="center"><font><br></font><font face="Andalus" color=
"#000000"><strong><a href=
"file://C:/Users/Mike/Brewhouse/TheRenegadeWebsite/TheRenegadeBrewersMalt.scc"><font face="Andalus"
color="#000000"><strong>Malt and
Grain</strong></font></a><a href="TheRenegadeBrewersMalt.scc"
target="_blank" therenegadebrewersmalt.scc=
""></a></strong></font></p>
</td>
<td width="146">
<p align="center"><font face="Andalus" color=
"#000000"><strong><br>
&nbsp;Extract</strong></font></p>
</td>

Can you decipher from this what I am doing incorrectly?

Your expertise is much appreciated,
dman

I certainly am no expert, but, In the link you have <a href="file:c:/users/mike/brewhouse
I think that is the offender. It seems as though you are referencing a file on your hard drive. You need to get rid of that reference and just link it to your web page. below is the link I created to an individual item in my cart. I hope this helps you get over the hump.

<div align="center"><a href="https://cctropicalparadisepets.com/shop/viewitem.php?groupid=2&productid=83"><img src="images/engrave_tag_button.png" width="391" height="47" alt="Engrave Dog Tag - $6.99" border="0" align="" /></a></div>

Just to make it clear
<div align="center"><a href="https://cctropicalparadisepets.com/shop/viewitem.php?groupid=2&productid=83"></a></div>
is the link to the item

<img src="images/engrave_tag_button.png" width="391" height="47" alt="Engrave Dog Tag - $6.99" border="0" align="" />
Is a graphic I have for them to click on. You could just use a text line as well.

<div align="center"><a href="https://cctropicalparadisepets.com/shop/viewitem.php?groupid=2&productid=83">CLICK HERE</a></div>

What are you linking to the project file for shopping cart? "file://C:/Users/Mike/Brewhouse/TheRenegadeWebsite/TheRenegadeBrewersMalt.scc"

1) Type the word or phrase to create the link
2) Highlight the phrase and right click
3) Select Link and then in the URL BOX, enter in http://mydomain.com/shop