Setting up products in my store on my computer before launching the actual store.
My product description is a plain text box. My ebook shows it to be an html version with links, bold, etc.
How to I turn on the html side of the description?
Garrett
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18 Feb 2009, 04:39 PM #1
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18 Feb 2009, 05:24 PM #2
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Re: product discription html?
In your ZC Admin Panel, look under CONFIGURATION>>>MY STORE ... at the bottom you can select/activate your HTML editor.
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18 Feb 2009, 07:26 PM #3
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Re: product discription html?
Originally Posted by schoolboy
Ok I activated the HTML
Works fine when I view the actual product in the store but the when I view the category where it shows the product thumbnail and partial description, the text is in html as shown below.
<!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt;...
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Is there a way to turn off the html on the partial description when viewing the products in the categories?
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18 Feb 2009, 07:28 PM #4
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Re: product discription html?
Did you copy your description from a word document or an email? Originally Posted by Z888999777T
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18 Feb 2009, 07:29 PM #5
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Re: product discription html?
Default Zen Cart behavior is to strip all HTML from the description before displaying it in the product listing.
Do you have a purchased template installed in your store? Some of them bypass or override standard settings.
Yes, MsoNormal sounds like a Microsoft Office tag...
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18 Feb 2009, 07:44 PM #6
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Re: product discription html?
Yeah... I'll bet you did this...
You opened up MS Word and created your product descriptions in a word doc, then "saved as" html.
Then you copied (ctrl+c) and pasted (ctrl+v) into the product descriptions editor on ZC...
It's OK to use a PROPER external HTML editor (KEEP AWAY FROM MS RUBBISH), and then to copy the HTML CODE (everything between the <body> </body> tags...
... and then "toggle" to HTML VIEW (or Source View) in the ZC editor.
THEN you paste your HTML.
MS is guaranteed to mess everything up - so avoid it as you would the Black Plague!20 years a Zencart User
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18 Feb 2009, 10:06 PM #7
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Re: product discription html?
I do not have any templates installed - yet...
Yes, I did try to paste from MS word (cheating) due to my time constraints.
did try a "real" editor and all is well so far
greatly appreciate your help
Garrett
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