Quote Originally Posted by DrByte View Post
The "short description" should be "short". If you're using it to add HTML markup and all kinds of extra information, it kinda defeats the purpose of a "short" description, doesn't it?
Or are you thinking of a product "listing" as more than just a "listing"? If so, why?

Indeed, I concur with Don here - I'm using the short descriptions for short summaries of each trip (zen cart is functioning in 'catalogue' mode without the ability to purchase anything in my case) - simple formatting such as italics or bold for key information, and line breaks, are what the wysiwyg editor come in useful for.

Plus, having wysiwyg is so much simpler when the people who are going to be editing the catalogue in the future (i.e., not me!) don't have any HTML understanding. Presenting a word processor-like interface is far more of an adequate compromise :) And that's why I went for HTML in the short descriptions area.