Format prodict description?

[beachboy]

How do I format the produt descriptions so they don't look like this:

Detailed Description: Compact and light weight Lever throttle for feather control Rear exhaust air flow system Specifications: Free speed: 19000 rpm Operation pressure: 90 psi Minimum hose: 1/4" 0.6 HP Air consumption: 3 cfm Air inlet: 1/4" Length: 5.75" Weight: 1.25 lb

I saw the code on here once to seperate the lines but can't find it again..search came up empty..

[orchard]

Use <br> to insert a line break in the product description.

[beachboy]

That works but it's a lot of work for a long description..I saw an easier code where you put a tag at he top and then go down with

1.XXX

2.XXX

3.XXX etc..

[rseigel]

You can use any and all HTML in the product description. You do know HTML don't you? IMO it would look best in a table. You could make a template that you can copy and paste for each product description and then simply change the text depending on what you want.

[beachboy]

I know some html but how do I make this work?? Can you kinda walk me through it?

[orchard]

That works but it's a lot of work for a long description

Hitting control-v once per line doesn't seem that bad (i.e. copy <br> and then paste it everywhere). I like the idea of copying in a table and then editing it to, although sometimes you might miss a section and have information from the default product left there by mistake.

 

I think the tag you might be thinking of is <pre> which will use a fixed width font with line breaks and other whitespace as they are in your text, no need for <BR>

[Guest]

Hi,

 

Here you go:

http://wiki.oscommerce.com/helpAdmin

[Peterthecomputerguy]

I thought there was a 255 character limit for the product description field? I saw in the wiki doc that you can enter basic html, but including tables seems like it would take up a lot of characters. Or can we just set this field to no limit.

 

I'm just getting started with osc.

 

I need to add new fields for the products as well. I did see some discussion on this - wondering if there is a simple way to do this.

 

Thanks

[orchard]

The product descriptions are stored in the database as text instead of varchar(255) so you can go over 255 characters if you want too.