Guest Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 Hi, any ideas how I can increase the product description length for each item in the index page, its set to about 70 characters or so at the moment and cuts ofF important information. Perhaps I could show the full description for each item for sale...any ideas? Kind Regards. KB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jk Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 Hi,any ideas how I can increase the product description length for each item in the index page, its set to about 70 characters or so at the moment and cuts ofF important information. Perhaps I could show the full description for each item for sale...any ideas? Kind Regards. KB Try to connect you to you mysql table products_description, and fix the lenght to the right value for products_name or the others fields ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 Try to connect you to you mysql table products_description, and fix the lenght to the right value for products_name or the others fields ;) Very fast reply, thanks for that I'll give it a go - many thanks. KB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 Try to connect you to you mysql table products_description, and fix the lenght to the right value for products_name or the others fields ;) Hi JK, tried to change the fields but still not expanding on the index page - here is the extract from the database: Field Type Attributes Null Default Extra Action products_id int(11) No auto_increment language_id int(11) No 1 products_name varchar(64) No **** changed this to 255 and to varchant - no effect *** products_description text Yes NULL *** changed this to 255 and to varchant - no effect *** products_url varchar(255) Yes NULL products_viewed int(5) Yes 0 Any ideas? Kind Regards. KB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jk Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 Hi JK,tried to change the fields but still not expanding on the index page - here is the extract from the database: Field Type Attributes Null Default Extra Action products_id int(11) No auto_increment language_id int(11) No 1 products_name varchar(64) No **** changed this to 255 and to varchant - no effect *** products_description text Yes NULL *** changed this to 255 and to varchant - no effect *** products_url varchar(255) Yes NULL products_viewed int(5) Yes 0 Any ideas? Kind Regards. KB index.php is showing to you the newest products, and this is this description that you would like to increase ? Try to see in your catalog/includes/modules/new_products.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 index.php is showing to you the newest products, and this is this description that you would like to increase ? Try to see in your catalog/includes/modules/new_products.php Hi JK, I have looked at the catalog/includes/modules/new_products.php and found this part of the code which read 80, I have increased it to 120 but it still does not increase the discription on products that are already listed, maybe I should add another product to see if it changes anything. $product_info_str .= '<div class="productBox_prod_discr">'.substr($product['products_description'], 0, 120).'</div>'; The site is http://www.freshisbest.co.uk/index.php it's locked out to the public until it goes live so feel free to view exactly what I mean - the descriptions cut short. Kind Regards. KB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jk Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 Hi JK,I have looked at the catalog/includes/modules/new_products.php and found this part of the code which read 80, I have increased it to 120 but it still does not increase the discription on products that are already listed, maybe I should add another product to see if it changes anything. $product_info_str .= '<div class="productBox_prod_discr">'.substr($product['products_description'], 0, 120).'</div>'; The site is http://www.freshisbest.co.uk/index.php it's locked out to the public until it goes live so feel free to view exactly what I mean - the descriptions cut short. Kind Regards. KB. templatemonster ;) includes/modules/products_news.php is the right file. I think with this template You will have to make a hack: 1st possibility: - with the header tags module and replace 'product description' by 'products_head desc'. 2nd choise: - replace $product_info_str .= '<div class="productBox_prod_discr">'.substr($product['products_description'], 0, 120).' - by $product_info_str .= '<div class="productBox_prod_discr">'.substr($product['products_description'], 0, 120).'... just add the '...' it s more profesionnal :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 templatemonster ;) includes/modules/products_news.php is the right file. I think with this template You will have to make a hack: 1st possibility: - with the header tags module and replace 'product description' by 'products_head desc'. 2nd choise: - replace $product_info_str .= '<div class="productBox_prod_discr">'.substr($product['products_description'], 0, 120).' - by $product_info_str .= '<div class="productBox_prod_discr">'.substr($product['products_description'], 0, 120).'... just add the '...' it s more profesionnal :thumbsup: Many thanks JK, I used the 120 and the ...more - however will have to use short descriptions of upto the give 120 charactor length followed by the full information when anyone clicks on the product page. Again thanks for your time and effort. :thumbsup: Kind Regards. KB :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yanarasod Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 hey kroggy you site was really nice i want the categories box of my site to be exatly like yours. can you tell me how did you do that. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 hey kroggy you site was really nice i want the categories box of my site to be exatly like yours. can you tell me how did you do that. thanks Just pm'd you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tormenta Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 Just pm'd you! Kroggy, your site is absolutely beautiful. I also loved how you did the boxes. Is it too much if I too ask you to know how did you do it ? :wub: Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 Kroggy, your site is absolutely beautiful. I also loved how you did the boxes. Is it too much if I too ask you to know how did you do it ? :wub: Thank you! Sorry I don't, it's just part of the template I bought from Algozone. If I new which area to look for (the template system is really confusing) then I would help - but to be fair it would not just be one single page more like half a dozen including the css file. You would then need to intergrate into your site which may end up wrong and not working. KB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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