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    Default How to add bullet points to the product description?

    I prefer to use plain text for the product description. Is there any other way to format the description to be bulleted? CSS?

    Also, occasionally I will have HTML codes for certain products' descriptions to add a youtube video. Will the formatting affect the HTML codes or vice versa? Please take this in consideration for the formatting

    Thanks a lot!

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    Default Re: How to add bullet points to the product description?

    You can put html into your product listings... a bulleted list would be an "unordered list" and I suggest adding an class tag so the list can by styled in CSS if need be. eg;

    <ul class="productinfoList">
    <li>item one</li>
    <li>item two</li>
    </ul>

    if you have any formatting problems that you can't figure out, post the url to your site and someone will offer a suggestion.
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    Default Re: How to add bullet points to the product description?

    Quote Originally Posted by s_t_e_v_e View Post
    You can put html into your product listings... a bulleted list would be an "unordered list" and I suggest adding an class tag so the list can by styled in CSS if need be. eg;

    <ul class="productinfoList">
    <li>item one</li>
    <li>item two</li>
    </ul>

    if you have any formatting problems that you can't figure out, post the url to your site and someone will offer a suggestion.
    Thanks for your reply.

    Do you mean using HTML codes in the descriptions. Yes that was what I wanted to do. But later I think that using plain text will be better for future upgrade or platform changing. Is there any other way to achieve this other than using HTML at the product description?

    thanks
    my site: www.locomolife.com/store

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    Default Re: How to add bullet points to the product description?

    Product descriptions are placed in the database and pose no problem when updating.

    Since the PHP is converted to html as well, there's no html problem either.

    You WILL get strange results if you try to add PHP to a product description.

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    Default Re: How to add bullet points to the product description?

    Quote Originally Posted by dbltoe View Post
    Product descriptions are placed in the database and pose no problem when updating.

    Since the PHP is converted to html as well, there's no html problem either.

    You WILL get strange results if you try to add PHP to a product description.
    so I can't edit say, the stylesheet to control the product description to be bulleted?

    I prefer to input plain text as I never know if I will change to other shopping cart in the future. So I would prefer to use clean text whenever possible

    thanks

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    Default Re: How to add bullet points to the product description?

    don't mix apples and horseshoes

    The classes that s t e v e talked about will be controlled by the stylesheet which should be in a "custom" or "override" directory.

    The html code would go in the database.

    Upgrades don't mess with product descriptions in the database nor do they mess with items in a custom/override directory.

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    Default Re: How to add bullet points to the product description?

    Quote Originally Posted by dbltoe View Post
    don't mix apples and horseshoes

    The classes that s t e v e talked about will be controlled by the stylesheet which should be in a "custom" or "override" directory.

    The html code would go in the database.

    Upgrades don't mess with product descriptions in the database nor do they mess with items in a custom/override directory.
    sorry I am a little dumbed at this.

    Do you mean I can control it by altering the stylesheet?
    can you be a little more detailed?

    Is that first I add the class in the stylesheet, then I call the class to the product description by HTML?

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    Default Re: How to add bullet points to the product description?

    The first priority is to get your product descriptions in place.
    using s t e v e's
    <ul class="productinfoList">
    <li>item one</li>
    <li>item two</li>
    </ul>
    will work fine even without anything in the stylesheet.
    Once you've got a few categories and products set up, you can start "adjusting" the site by creating the override system and then "tweaking" the look with the stylesheet.
    Later, take the time to click on the Tutorials/FAQ link at the top of the page. There's a group called Article Categories that has lots of good info. https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/i...hp?category=16 is a good place to go as well.

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    Default Re: How to add bullet points to the product description?

    Perhaps using Google to search for unordered lists will give you more ideas -

    But to answer your original question - to have a bulleted list, you have to use the html for an unordered list.
    Please do not PM for support issues: a private solution doesn't benefit the community.

    Be careful with unsolicited advice via email or PM - Make sure the person you are talking to is a reliable source.

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    Default Re: How to add bullet points to the product description?

    Quote Originally Posted by dbltoe View Post
    The first priority is to get your product descriptions in place.
    using s t e v e's will work fine even without anything in the stylesheet.
    Once you've got a few categories and products set up, you can start "adjusting" the site by creating the override system and then "tweaking" the look with the stylesheet.
    Later, take the time to click on the Tutorials/FAQ link at the top of the page. There's a group called Article Categories that has lots of good info. https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/i...hp?category=16 is a good place to go as well.
    Thanks
    actually I knew how to code the descriptions to be bulleted and that was what I am doing.

    But then I think that it maybe better to keep the description as clean as possible, without any HTML code, so that I can use the clean description to other platforms in case I need to do so in the future.

    Do people usually use clean text? or they will code their description also?

    thanks!

 

 
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