E-commerce page_content not outputting suppressed modules

[Ricardo_A1]

I am just creating a new layout using the standard BC modules and suppressing them but for some reason it doesnt render the large layout when clicked on the small product image link code is:

<div class="row large-collapse medium-uncollapse">

<div class="large-12 columns f-12">{tag_cataloguebreadcrumbs, /}</div>

<div class="large-3 columns breadcrumbs">

<h4>{{name}}</h4>

  <div class="is-hidden"> {tag_cataloguelist,2,,,true,true,true  template="" collection="catList"} </div>

  {% if catList.items -%}

  <ul class="menu vertical">

    {% for item in catList.items -%}

   <a class="f-13" href="{{item.url}}">{{item.name}}</a><br />

    {% endfor -%}

  </ul>

  {% endif -%}

</div>

<div class="large-9 columns grid">

  <div class="row collapse">

  {tag_productlist,,_self,20,Alphabetical,true,true template="" collection="prodList"}

  {% for i in prodList.items -%}

  <div class="large-3 medium-4 columns art-thumb margin-bottom" style="float: left; margin-bottom: 5px;">

   <a href="{{i.url}}">

    <img src="{{i.smallImage}}" width="100%" alt="{{i.name}}"/>

   </a>

  </div>

{% endfor -%}

</div>

</div>

<div class="footer clear">{tag_previouspage,<img src="/CatalystImages/module_previous.png"/>} {tag_nextpage,<img src="/CatalystImages/module_next.png"/>} <br />

  <br />

  {tag_pagination}</div>

</div>

I have hidden the {tag_cataloguelist,2,,,true,true,true  template="" collection="catList"}  because it renders 2x for some reason and the {tag_productlist} suppressed renders the products but when clicked it wont load the large layout which is unchanged...

Any ideas Anybody..Please.

[Liam Dilley]

That does not support collections etc. It will not function properly and you will find other issues not just with the detail view not loading. Certain ecommerce features that require the BC specific classes, id's and layouts will fail to work.

I know there is a page in the docs talking about tags and collections but I have contacted BC about that because they should not have put that page up, this is one of many reasons why they should not have done so.

[Ricardo_A1]

I've spent the past 2 days trying to get this sorted but so far not even BC themselves came with an explanation so I guess you're right, it's something released in the Docs but does not work.  

the tags themselves from the page_content.html will only work either all suppressed or all as standard, but suppressed won't render the products large layout.

Nevertheless it's passed on to BC developers to take a look at.

[Liam Dilley]

For me, at this stage they should not offer the support Richard.
It is not just about getting that to work, there is a massive amount more to this. Like I said, the id's and classes that the BC scripting to make eCommerce function wont exist doing things like this and BC either needs to offer a massive amount of support, heaps more documentation and handling all the support requests covering all that OR re-write all their scripting to be more advanced.

Considering the updates and what we get these days each month I do not believe they are able to do either.. It is best they just say they do not support this.

Not what you may want to hear but I believe for this, that is the best course of action.

[Ricardo_A1]

The issue has finally passed to BC Engineers to investigate the issue.

[Liam Dilley]

They already know about it. Like I said, there is not much you can do about it unless your willing to support everyone and all the issues you have not noticed yet as you not got that far.

Which will be to much support to cover.

I was face to face with the lead engineer on tags and why some of them render collections and how they differ etc and this was a while ago.

[Ricardo_A1]

Oh well... Looks like they maybe trying to re-invent the wheel!  I will just knee and pray maybe by 2020 somehow they will get BC to a decent level of development resources.