Product description

[shahin]

Hi,

 

I want to show product description at product listing page.

 

I have seen some contributions about how to add a short description at product listing page.All of those contributions involved some modification of the database structure.

 

But I don't want to change the database structure.

 

Could anybody tell me how can I add a description at the product listing page without modifying database structure!

Thanks in advance

Shahin

[wheeloftime]

Hi,

 

I want to show product description at product listing page.

 

I have seen some contributions about how to add a short description at product listing page.All of those contributions involved some modification of the database structure.

 

But I don't want to change the database structure.

 

Could anybody tell me how can I add a description at the product listing page without modifying database structure!

Thanks in advance

Shahin

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That depends. If you want to show something different from your normal product description you are stuck to something new. If a part from the orignal product description would do then you can just add that underneath the product name in your product listing. You can see a very rudimentary example on my shop as I kept it simple and just show the first 60 characters from the normal product description without checking for line breaks, if I am in the middle of a word or anything.

Look in your catalag/modules/product_listing.php for

          case 'PRODUCT_LIST_NAME':
           $lc_align = '';
           if (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['manufacturers_id'])) {
             $lc_text = '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCT_INFO, 'manufacturers_id=' . $HTTP_GET_VARS['manufacturers_id'] . '&products_id=' . $listing['products_id']) . '">' . $listing['products_name'] . '</a> <br><br> ' . substr($listing['products_description'],0,60) . '...';
           } else {
             $lc_text = ' <a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCT_INFO, ($cPath ? 'cPath=' . $cPath . '&' : '') . 'products_id=' . $listing['products_id']) . '">' . $listing['products_name'] . '</a> <br><br> ' . substr($listing['products_description'],0,60) . '...';
           }
           break;