How to link an EZ page to description of category

The tile says everything.

ckosloff:

The tile says everything.

In what way are you wanting to link an ez page to a category description?
Provide a link to go to a category?
Have an ez page display the description of a category?

Please describe the desired display, method of accessing the display, etcetera to provide an applicable solution.

mc12345678:

In what way are you wanting to link an ez page to a category description?
Provide a link to go to a category?
Have an ez page display the description of a category?

Please describe the desired display, method of accessing the display, etcetera to provide an applicable solution.

The second option is what I intend to do.
I need to provide an accurate description of a category and the space allotted for description is not enough.
So I thought to create an EZ page to provide a more accurate and complete description.
Maybe an EZ page will not be enough because i would like to include pictures and sections maybe chapters.
Can you provide guidance, please.

Start at https://docs.zen-cart.com/user/ezpages/ and work your way through the pertinent bullets on that page.

Create your EZ-Page (they can contain almost anything) and place a link to it in your product's description.

ckosloff:

The second option is what I intend to do.
I need to provide an accurate description of a category and the space allotted for description is not enough.
So I thought to create an EZ page to provide a more accurate and complete description.
Maybe an EZ page will not be enough because i would like to include pictures and sections maybe chapters.
Can you provide guidance, please.

65,535 characters is not enough for the categories description?

Could change or increase the data type in the table, though really wonder what category can't be described in that many characters.

As to alternative display of the description, yes there are alternatives such as has been suggested to use a clickable selection that goes to or pops up the desired content.

Additional resources on the creation of custom content:

https://docs.zen-cart.com/user/customizing/add_pages/
https://docs.zen-cart.com/user/customizing/creating_links/

@mc,
Well, there are sections and I have already set subcategories, site not live yet.
FYI the product is mate, a south american herbal infusion, not drank the usual way like tea in cups.
Description must include health benefits, containers are wood or vegetable gourds, need to be prepared, special preparation of the leaves and straw used to suck it in, all those should have visual depictions, there is also a technique for drinking.
Hope to have the best description of the drink since the vids I saw on Utube are lacking.
Cheers,
CK

ckosloff:

@mc,
Well, there are sections and I have already set subcategories, site not live yet.
FYI the product is mate, a south american herbal infusion, not drank the usual way like tea in cups.
Description must include health benefits, containers are wood or vegetable gourds, need to be prepared, special preparation of the leaves and straw used to suck it in, all those should have visual depictions, there is also a technique for drinking.
Hope to have the best description of the drink since the vids I saw on Utube are lacking.
Cheers,
CK

The category description is a summary, that information should reside on the product's page so that when purchasing it is there... People will not read it on the category index page.

~Melanie

Melanie,

Thanks for all the (free) help.
But I solved the problem in a rather unconventional way to the chagrin of some hardliners.
I use Linux, so I have to explain in Linux language, I created a directory called PDF in the root of the site, but you can call it whatever.
Next, in my test site I created a file in a text processor called Writer, distributed in the KDE desktop that I use, I created it in odt format which can save in pdf format for easy display in any browser. the files are there I will link to them:
https://argentiniansupermarket.com/PDF/mate.pdf
https://argentiniansupermarket.com/PDF/mate-health.pdf
This is much easier for me than EZ pages, sorry purists

ckosloff:

Melanie,

Thanks for all the (free) help.
But I solved the problem in a rather unconventional way to the chagrin of some hardliners.
I use Linux, so I have to explain in Linux language, I created a directory called PDF in the root of the site, but you can call it whatever.
Next, in my test site I created a file in a text processor called Writer, distributed in the KDE desktop that I use, I created it in odt format which can save in pdf format for easy display in any browser. the files are there I will link to them:
https://argentiniansupermarket.com/PDF/mate.pdf
https://argentiniansupermarket.com/PDF/mate-health.pdf
This is much easier for me than EZ pages, sorry purists

You need to protect that directory at least with an index so it cannot be browsed =)

Sure, will do.
If anybody wants to deface that directory, just for amusement, let them drink mate and choke on it, the files are in my computer anyway, rather in a storage device.

mprough:

The category description is a summary, that information should reside on the product's page so that when purchasing it is there... People will not read it on the category index page.

~Melanie

You are right and an SEO specialist, but that is only putting a link in product page, since I am planning on entering many products there would be many links, the more the merrier.

mprough:

You need to protect that directory at least with an index so it cannot be browsed =)

so, is it an index.html page?

ckosloff:

so, is it an index.html page?

yes, add a blank index.html page to the directory to prevent browsing