Adding Description to Featured Products Sidebox

[baronsmagic]

I have tried looking at the other thread, adding description to new and featured products, but I don't think it solves my problem. I would basically like to alter the featured products sidebox (found at includes/templates/templates_default/sideboxes/tpl_featured.php) in order to show a SHORTENED description underneath the Products Name and before the Price. I imagine this is possible since the featured_products page also allows for shortened descriptions (length of description edited at Configuration/Featured Listing from the Zencart admin home) but as I am no code whizz I have no idea how to do this! Any help would be deeply appreciated, many thanks, Sophia

[bunyip]

Edit includes/templates/template_default/sideboxes/tpl_featured.php - insert this code where you want the description to be (I'd suggest just before the price)

$content .= '<br />' . zen_trunc_string(zen_clean_html(stripslashes(zen_get_products_description($listing->fields['products_id'], $_SESSION['languages_id']))), PRODUCT_FEATURED_LIST_DESCRIPTION) . '<br />';

and save the edited file in your override folder - includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/sideboxes/tpl_featured.php

The code snippet above will use the length of the description you enter from Admin->Configuration->Featured Listing->Display Product Description

[nicedreams]

The addition of this code looked promising but it didn't work for me.

I've tried finding a way of displaying the description, price and add to cart button in the featured sidebox but amending tpl_featured.php seems to do nothing and I can't find any relevant admin switches.

This question comes up a lot but I've never found a satisfactory answer.

[nannid]

If the question is to display in home page the complete list of the featured products, as it appear in the specific page, I did this way:

[FONT=Times New Roman]Copy the file:[/FONT]

[FONT=Courier New]includes\templates\template_default\templates\tpl_featured_products_default.php[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman]in the following directory:[/FONT]

[FONT=Courier New]includes\templates\your_template\templates\[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman]and rename it:[/FONT]

[FONT=Courier New]tpl_modules_featured_products.php[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman]At this point the featured produts should be displayed in home in the “extended mode”. But some messages (i.e. TEXT_PRODUCTS_WEIGHT) are not converted in the correct text.[/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman]To obtain this conversion, it is needed to call in the home page the file (my language is Italian – apply the modifications for your language):[/FONT]

[FONT=Courier New]includes\languages\italian\featured_products.php[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman]To do this, I suggest: [/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman]Copy the file:[/FONT]

[FONT=Courier New]includes\languages\italian\featured_products.php[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman]and rename it, i.e., as follows:[/FONT]

[FONT=Courier New]includes\languages\italian\featured_products_home.php[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman]therefore, open file (in a text editor):[/FONT]

[FONT=Courier New]includes\languages\ita[/FONT][FONT=Courier New]lian.php[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman]insert the following lines (i.e. towards the end, after line 694):[/FONT]

[FONT=Courier New]// include speciale per prodotti in vetrina in home page[/FONT]
[FONT=Courier New]if (file_exists(DIR_WS_LANGUAGES . $_SESSION['language'] . [/FONT][FONT=Courier New]'/' . $template_dir . '/featured_products_home.php')) {[/FONT]
[FONT=Courier New]$template_dir_select = $template_dir . '/';[/FONT]
[FONT=Courier New]} else {[/FONT]
[FONT=Courier New]$template_dir_select = '';[/FONT]
[FONT=Courier New]}[/FONT]
[FONT=Courier New]require_once(DIR_WS_LANGUAGES . $_SESSION['language'] . '/' . $template_dir_select . 'featured_products_home.php');[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman]save the file in your template:[/FONT]

[FONT=Courier New]includes\languages\your_template\italian.php[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman]Since we have copied the file [/FONT][FONT=Courier New]featured_products.php[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]eand renamed in[/FONT][FONT=Courier New] featured_products_home.php [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]we will be able to do all modification on the messages, without any alteration of the original meggases of the Featured Products[/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman](Excuse me my poor english)[/FONT]

[nannid]

After posted my previous messages, I realized that your need was to display the product description in the SIDEBOX.
What I have suggested is related to the centerbox.
Sorry

[nicedreams]

Thanks Nannid. Your explanation is very comprehensive and yes, it's the sidebox php file which requires the amendment. Thanks again.

[misty]

Back up first
/includes/templates/nameofyourtemplate/sideboxes/tpl_featured.php
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
..under

$content .= '<div>' . $featured_box_price . '</div>';

ADD

 $content .= '<br />' . zen_trunc_string(zen_clean_html(stripslashes(zen_get_products_description($random_featured_product->fields['products_id'], $_SESSION['languages_id']))), PRODUCT_FEATURED_LIST_DESCRIPTION) . '<br />';

[aly22]

Hmmm ... can't find the line you refer to in my tpl_featured

I have descriptions showing but they are truncated, I want full description on home page. Here is my file:

<?php
/**
 * Side Box Template
 *
 * @package templateSystem
 * @copyright Copyright 2003-2007 Zen Cart Development Team
 * @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce
 * @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0
 * @version $Id: tpl_featured.php 6128 2007-04-08 04:53:32Z birdbrain $
 */
  $content = "";
  $featured_box_counter = 0;
  while (!$random_featured_product->EOF) {
    $featured_box_counter++;
    $featured_box_price = zen_get_products_display_price($random_featured_product->fields['products_id']);
    $content .= '<div class="sideBoxContent centeredContent">';
    $content .=  '
    
    
                <table style="width:100%;">
                    <tr>
                        <td>
    
    
<table style="width:1px; margin:auto;" align="center">
    <tr>
        <td>
            
<div class="img_box1">
    <div class="bg_inner1">
    <div class="bg_inner2">
    <div class="bg_inner3">
    <div class="bg_inner4">
    <div class="bg_inner5">
    <div class="bg_inner6">
    <div class="bg_inner7">
    <div class="bg_inner8">
    <div class="bg_inner9"><a href="' . zen_href_link(zen_get_info_page($random_featured_product->fields["products_id"]), 'cPath=' . zen_get_generated_category_path_rev($random_featured_product->fields["master_categories_id"]) . '&products_id=' . $random_featured_product->fields["products_id"]) . '">' . zen_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $random_featured_product->fields['products_image'], $random_featured_product->fields['products_name'], SMALL_IMAGE_WIDTH, SMALL_IMAGE_HEIGHT); 
    $content .= '</a></div>
    </div>
    </div>
    </div>
    </div>
    </div>
    </div>
    </div>
    </div>
</div>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table>
    
                        <div class="clear"></div>

                        </td>
                        <td>
                            <div style="width:8px;"></div>
                        </td>
                        <td style="width:100%;">
    

    
    ';
    
    $content .= '<div style="padding-top:5px; padding-left:0; " class="productSpecialPrice">' . $whats_new_price . '</div>
    
    
    
                        </td>
                    </tr>
                </table>
                
    ';


    
     $content .= '<div style="padding-left:0; padding-top:0;  padding-bottom:0;"><b><a href="' . zen_href_link(zen_get_info_page($random_featured_product->fields["products_id"]), 'cPath=' . zen_get_generated_category_path_rev($random_featured_product->fields["master_categories_id"]) . '&products_id=' . $random_featured_product->fields["products_id"]) . '">' . $random_featured_product->fields['products_name'] . '</a></b></div>';
    
    
    $content .= '</div>';
    $random_featured_product->MoveNextRandom();
  }
?>

Where do I insert the zen_trunc_string???

[misty]

That code is not the normal for featured sidebox...what
template are you using?

[aly22]

that's what I feared.
I'm using a Monster Template

And actually, I am not aiming to do sidebox, but center column featured products