ampersand in slogan

[plc613]

Our company slow has an ampersand(&) in it. When I type it out in the store config I put the actual symbol but it automatically translates it to the html code & which is fine if you send html mail but I prefer plain text. Is there a way around this or must I write out 'and' rather than &?

[lat9]

Although it seems funky based on the setting's title, navigate to your admin's Configuration :: Email Options and edit the setting Convert currencies for Text emails. The default value is

£,£:€,€:®,®:™,™

and you'll add the conversion for the ampersand:

£,£:€,€:®,®:™,™:&,&

[plc613]

Although it seems funky based on the setting's title, navigate to your admin's Configuration :: Email Options and edit the setting Convert currencies for Text emails. The default value is

£,£:€,€:®,®:™,™

and you'll add the conversion for the ampersand:

£,£:€,€:®,®:™,™:&,&

I had come across that trying to self-help and felt like it wasn't the right setting based on the wording. Thanks!

[plc613]

hm. Still shows the code rather than the symbol. To be clear, this is the subject line from the contact us form.

"Website Inquiry from Pure Good Health & Wellness"

[plc613]

See I think the problem is that when I type the symbol from the code, the text field or code parsing thereafter is already converting the ampersand to & so the code you supplied looks like this before:

:&,&

but like this after:

;amp;,&;

So I suspect I need to escape the character in the text field of the setting.

[plc613]

I can't seem to get this to work.

[lat9]

I can't seem to get this to work.

admin (over)sanitization, again. If you're comfortable using your site's phpMyAdmin, you can enter the following in the SQL tab:

UPDATE configuration SET configuration_value = '£,£:€,€:®,®:™,™:&,&' WHERE configuration_key = 'CURRENCIES_TRANSLATIONS' LIMIT 1;

[plc613]

admin (over)sanitization, again. If you're comfortable using your site's phpMyAdmin, you can enter the following in the SQL tab:

Thanks Lat9. Backed up the db ran the patch and tested. Oddly (or not), in the admin it looks right in that the & is being shown as thought it will convert to a symbol yet the test using the contact for still doesn't show the symbol in the subject of the email!?


Website Inquiry from Pure Good Health & Wellness

[lat9]

Thanks Lat9. Backed up the db ran the patch and tested. Oddly (or not), in the admin it looks right in that the & is being shown as thought it will convert to a symbol yet the test using the contact for still doesn't show the symbol in the subject of the email!?


Website Inquiry from Pure Good Health & Wellness

Right, the change you made to that other setting affects the body of the message, not the subject.

In a similar manner (using phpMyAdmin), you could run the following SQL:

UPDATE configuration SET configuration_value = 'Pure Good Health & Wellness' WHERE configuration_key = 'STORE_NAME' LIMIT 1;

[plc613]

Right, the change you made to that other setting affects the body of the message, not the subject.

In a similar manner (using phpMyAdmin), you could run the following SQL:

UPDATE configuration SET configuration_value = 'Pure Good Health & Wellness' WHERE configuration_key = 'STORE_NAME' LIMIT 1;

I should have reiterated I was referring specifically to the subject line, sorry.

Applied the new code and voila!

Website Inquiry from Pure Good Health & Wellness

Thanks!