If you are using Store Tags along with Microsoft FrontPage^® 2000 or later* to build your Merchant Solutions store, you will need to make one edit to the Store Tag code for item and section modules and order buttons prior to pasting the code into FrontPage.

HTML tags (<A>,<IMG>, etc . . .) take attributes ("href", "src" etc . . .) that define the tags properties and actions. Often times section and item modules or order buttons place the Store Tags within an attribute for an HTML tag.

For example, the code for an order button appears with the <FORM> tag as:
<form method="post" action="<!--#ystore_order id="ITEM_ID_GOES_HERE" -->">

The same code pasted into FrontPage is changed as follows (changes appear in red):
<form method="post" action="%3c!--#ystore_order id="ITEM_ID_GOES_HERE" -->">

As you can see from this example, FrontPage alters the code which prevents the Web browser from calling the Store Tag information from Catalog Manager.

To prevent this issue, you must remove the quotation marks from within the attribute prior to pasting the Store Tag or module into FrontPage. You can edit the code within the Store Tag Wizard or Modules fields before copying the code for pasting, or use a text editor to replace the quotation marks.

To use a Text Editor to replace quotation marks:

1. Select the item or section you wish to get Store Tags for from the Store Tags Wizard within the Store Tag Hub.
2. Copy the Store Tag code (Ctrl + C on your keyboard).
3. Open a text editor such as Windows Notepad.
4. Paste the code into the text processor (Ctrl + V on your keyboard).
5. Choose Edit > Replace from the menu.
6. Type a quotation mark (") in the "Find what" field, leave the "Replace with" field blank, and click [Replace All]. All the quotation marks will be removed from the code you pasted.
7. Copy the code from the text editor and paste it into FrontPage.

*Note: The workaround outlined in this document will not work for Microsoft Front Page 98 or previous versions. You will need to upgrade to a Microsoft FrontPage 2000 or later, or use another HTML editing tool.