Netsuite Web Design Help
I receive a lot of email from developers and designers asking for help with their NetSuite Web Design. Usually it is a designer who is used to traditional web programming like PHP and CSS. Yet, NetSuite has a big learning curve so I try to help out when I can…
Example of an email conversation about NetSuite Web Design:
QUESTION:
I have a question for you maybe you could help me with. I’m not getting much help from the Netsuite Support folks.I’m trying to redesign a website that’s already in the Netsuite system with a new look, which will require me to change a whole bunch of code in different places (going from HTML3 to XHTML1/CSS).
I’d rather touch up all the pages already in the system than create everything from scratch. Is there a way to stage an existing website (netsuite system) and make all the necessary changes in the system with the availability of preview without affecting the way the live site looks right now?
ANSWER:
In NS, there is a section called “web site themes”. You can create a new theme using your new code and design and then hit PREVIEW and it will open the site and allow you to do a staging server test environment without making the new site live yet.QUESTION:
Thanks so much! I have 3 quick additional questions if you don’t mind.1. I cannot for the life of me find the code that is wrapping my main “left hand side” navigational items, which is basically Shop Categories and Sub Categories. I know the actual items get built out from Netsuite, but where do I find the HTML code that is wrapped around each navigational item (tr,td,classes,etc). Any ideas?
2. I have redesigned the client’s entire website in table-less XHTML/CSS. Does Netsuite fully support this or am I SOL and gonna have to rewrite the code to work with some “wrapper” tables for major elements of the site?
3. Is there a good support community on Netsuite? I have registered for their message board, but do you know of any other communities with knowledgeable people?
You’ve been very helpful already!
ANSWER:
1. There should be a section called “Left Side Navigation Template” in Web Site Theme > Body. Click on the help for that section will show you have to add the code2. NS still forces the main sections of the templates to be wrapped in tables. So I do 90% CSS and insert them in each of the table cells, example: http://www.utilitysafeguard.com/
3. The user group is the best community. It is much better than the NS support itself.
That url is: (You need to be an NS owner to get access)
https://usergroup.netsuite.com/users/index.php
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