vs2.1 Best way to add a Datasheet pdf

[Eversale]

Hi all,

what is the best way to add a pdf datasheet for each product ?
use this :
osCommerce Community Add-Ons

or in 2.1, is there a better way ?
what are the new 'tabs' tab1-tab6 for in the product description ?
can I use tab 1 for a link to a pdf in say, images/pdf folder ?

quick guidance here please.
Rob

[blackhawk]

One approach:
If you're looking for speed because you have A LOT of pdfs to associate to products then you can take an alternative approach. Create product fields with Easy Populate. Associate your pdf links for these fields. And just go down that csv file row by row, input your pdf links into the proper product field columns. You can do 100 in minutes. Then import your csv file back to your store site. (don't forget to upload your pdf files to the proper directory you are using and 'communicating that' with your product fields links.

bh

[Eversale]

My turn to give something back ....

I coded the following as an addition to includes/modules/product_tabs.php

I wanted to use the new 'tab' feature in vs2.1
the default module checks to see if there is any content in the tab, if so, displays it.
I changed it to check if a pdf exists, if so display it.
I also have an install guide, and if that exisits, display it.
it still requires the language files to set the name for your tab i.e
in includes/languages/english/product_info.php, i.e define('TAB1', 'Datasheets'); (do the same for German, Spanish etc)

the pdf datasheet and install guide reside in the same folder that the mopics stores your product image
i.e in /images/big_image is have
productx.jpg, productx.pdf, and productx.install.pdf

so ALL you have to do, to dsiplay a 'datasheet' tab or not, is to upload a pdf doc with the same file name as the main picture.

the code checks if the pdf exists, and if so, creates a datasheet tab, and then displays either of the files (or both) with a 'pdf' icon.
If no pdf, then no tab. SWEET !

looks Sweet, and fully uses the new vs2.1 BTS

Enjoy.
Rob