Show product description on main-page?

Hi,

Is there a switch in admin to make the product-description show on the main-page on featured products? It only shows product name and price.
I have found out how to control the featured product listing but not how to adjust this on the index-page.

/G

If you are using v1.3.x, the featured listing can be set to display the first 150 characters of the description, in Configuration > Featured Listing > Display Product Description.

If you are wanting something other than this, please explain or post a url to the place you mean.

While the Listings each have an option for the products_description to be displayed ... the Center Boxes do not have built in the products_description ...

You can customize these to include this information ... however, there is not a switch for the Center Boxes to include the products_description at this time ...

could you point us in the right direction? I am having a hell of a time getting the featured_products.php to show the descriptions and adding a buy now button. I see a few people who want to do the same thing but no one is showing us n00bs how to. :D I have been trying to figure out how for about 4 hours now with no luck.

help!

Might peek at how the product listing or new product listing or all product listing or featured product listing are so smart and adjust the center boxes to be equally smart ... :smile:

To add the product description to the featured centrebox, I guess you would need to edit the following code in modules/featured_products.php and maybe also add some code to the sql query.

$list_box_contents[$row][$col] = array('params' =>'class="centerBoxContentsFeatured centeredContent back"' . ' ' . 'style="width:' . $col_width . '%;"',
'text' => '<a href="' . zen_href_link(zen_get_info_page($featured_products->fields['products_id']), 'products_id=' . $featured_products->fields['products_id']) . '">' . zen_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $featured_products->fields['products_image'], $featured_products->fields['products_name'], IMAGE_FEATURED_PRODUCTS_LISTING_WIDTH, IMAGE_FEATURED_PRODUCTS_LISTING_HEIGHT) . '</a><br /><a href="' . zen_href_link(zen_get_info_page($featured_products->fields['products_id']), 'products_id=' . $featured_products->fields['products_id']) . '">' . $featured_products->fields['products_name'] . '</a><br />' . $products_price);

Can someone show us how to adjust the code so it displays the same as the featured product listings?

I would also like to know how to add manufacturer name to the featured/new products page on the homepage and am stumped. Can't figure out what I need to do with the php code- this is beyond my web designer abilities. Any more hints?

This is how to add the product description to the featured products box on the home page:

1. Copy the file: includes/modules/featured_products.php

2. Place it in an overrides folder like this:

includes/modules/your_template/featured_products.php

3. Add the code for the 'product description' and 'more info link' variables:

   $products_description = zen_trunc_string(zen_clean_html(stripslashes(zen_get_products_description($featured_products->fields['products_id'], $_SESSION['languages_id']))), PRODUCT_LIST_DESCRIPTION);

   $info_link = '<a href="' . zen_href_link(zen_get_info_page($featured_products->fields['products_id']), 'products_id=' . $featured_products->fields['products_id']) . '"> more info...</a>';

4. Replace the $list_box_contents variable with this code:

$list_box_contents[$row][$col] = array('params' =>'class="centerBoxContentsFeatured centeredContent back"' . ' ' . 'style="width:' . $col_width . '%;"',
'text' => '<a href="' . zen_href_link(zen_get_info_page($featured_products->fields['products_id']), 'products_id=' . $featured_products->fields['products_id']) . '">' . zen_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $featured_products->fields['products_image'], $featured_products->fields['products_name'], IMAGE_FEATURED_PRODUCTS_LISTING_WIDTH, IMAGE_FEATURED_PRODUCTS_LISTING_HEIGHT) . '</a><br /><a href="' . zen_href_link(zen_get_info_page($featured_products->fields['products_id']), 'products_id=' . $featured_products->fields['products_id']) . '">' . $featured_products->fields['products_name'] . '</a><br />' . $products_price . '<br />' . $products_description . $info_link);

5. Upload the file to your overrides folder.

Note: You can add the product description to the specials box by editing the specials_index.php file. Just replace all instances of $featured_products with $specials_index

Thanks but I tried this and the description still doesn't show?! Also can you please help me with adding the manufacturer name

Did you perhaps cut & paste from etrader's post? There are some long lines that the forum software split, even breaking a function name. If you didn't restore the code that might be the problem.

It worked! You have to turn the description on in the Product listing configuration. Cheers

ok, i'm now trying to add the manufacturer to the featured products listing and have figured out that I need to create the variable for this. It's this at the moment- but it's not working.

$manufacturers_name = '<a href="' . zen_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, 'manufacturers_id=' . $featured_products->fields['manufacturers_id']) . '">' . $featured_products->fields['manufacturers_name'] . '</a>';

I'm not very good at php so can someone please work out what this needs for it to work. I have put '$manufacturers_name' where it should show in the listing

Fixing broken code strings from etrader's post #8:

This is how to add the product description to the featured products box on the home page:

1. Copy the file: includes/modules/featured_products.php

2. Place it in an overrides folder like this:

includes/modules/your_template/featured_products.php

3. Add the code for the 'product description' and 'more info link' variables:

$products_description = zen_trunc_string(zen_clean_html(stripslashes(zen_get_products_description($featured_products->fields['products_id'], $_SESSION['languages_id']))), PRODUCT_LIST_DESCRIPTION);

$info_link = '<a href="' . zen_href_link(zen_get_info_page($featured_products->fields['products_id']), 'products_id=' . $featured_products->fields['products_id']) . '"> more info...</a>';

4. Replace the $list_box_contents variable with this code:

$list_box_contents[$row][$col] = array('params' =>'class="centerBoxContentsFeatured centeredContent back"' . ' ' . 'style="width:' . $col_width . '%;"',
'text' => '<a href="' . zen_href_link(zen_get_info_page($featured_products->fields['products_id']), 'products_id=' . $featured_products->fields['products_id']) . '">' . zen_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $featured_products->fields['products_image'], $featured_products->fields['products_name'], IMAGE_FEATURED_PRODUCTS_LISTING_WIDTH, IMAGE_FEATURED_PRODUCTS_LISTING_HEIGHT) . '</a><br /><a href="' . zen_href_link(zen_get_info_page($featured_products->fields['products_id']), 'products_id=' . $featured_products->fields['products_id']) . '">' . $featured_products->fields['products_name'] . '</a><br />' . $products_price . '<br />' . $products_description . $info_link);

5. Upload the file to your overrides folder.

Note: You can add the product description to the specials box by editing the specials_index.php file. Just replace all instances of $featured_products with $specials_index

thank u . i copy / plaste the code modules\classic\featured_products.php , then in my test home page display the more info ... but the featured products description do not display ...
:frusty:

This update worked perfectly thanks, any idea though how to get the image to move to the left and the text to the right, instead of the way it show here

https://www.weddingandgems.co.uk

Thanks

I got the image to move left by using a table. Here's my code.

 $list_box_contents[$row][$col] = array('params' =>'class="centerBoxContentsFeatured centeredContent back"' . ' ' . 'style="width:' . $col_width . '%;"', 'text' => '<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"><tr><td><a href="' . zen_href_link(zen_get_info_page($featured_products->fields['products_id']), 'products_id=' . $featured_products->fields['products_id']) . '">' . zen_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $featured_products->fields['products_image'], $featured_products->fields['products_name'], IMAGE_FEATURED_PRODUCTS_LISTING_WIDTH, IMAGE_FEATURED_PRODUCTS_LISTING_HEIGHT) . '</a></td><td><br /><a href="' . zen_href_link(zen_get_info_page($featured_products->fields['products_id']), 'products_id=' . $featured_products->fields['products_id']) . '">' . $featured_products->fields['products_name'] . '</a><br />' . $products_price . '<br />' . $products_description . $info_link . '</td></tr></table>'); 

However, I cannot get the description to show. I checked the configuration setting, and it is on. but no show. What did you do? what version are you running?

K

Hi, I needed this as well, but did not get the description to show in the current zen cart 1.3.8a. Nor does the link work, although the title link worked before and still works.

Appreciate the code posted here for that and image left, any help with why this might not work in the current version???
Thank you,
Julie

Julie, follow the thread at:

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=103349
It is more salient at the moment.

Kris

gjh42:

Fixing broken code strings from etrader's post #8:

This is how to add the product description to the featured products box on the home page:

1. Copy the file: includes/modules/featured_products.php

2. Place it in an overrides folder like this:

includes/modules/your_template/featured_products.php

3. Add the code for the 'product description' and 'more info link' variables:

$products_description = zen_trunc_string(zen_clean_html(stripslashes(zen_get_products_description($featured_products->fields['products_id'], $_SESSION['languages_id']))), PRODUCT_LIST_DESCRIPTION);

$info_link = '<a href="' . zen_href_link(zen_get_info_page($featured_products->fields['products_id']), 'products_id=' . $featured_products->fields['products_id']) . '"> more info...</a>';

> 4. Replace the $list_box_contents variable with this code:
> ```php
$list_box_contents[$row][$col] = array('params' =>'class="centerBoxContentsFeatured centeredContent back"' . ' ' . 'style="width:' . $col_width . '%;"',
'text' => '<a href="' . zen_href_link(zen_get_info_page($featured_products->fields['products_id']), 'products_id=' . $featured_products->fields['products_id']) . '">' . zen_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $featured_products->fields['products_image'], $featured_products->fields['products_name'], IMAGE_FEATURED_PRODUCTS_LISTING_WIDTH, IMAGE_FEATURED_PRODUCTS_LISTING_HEIGHT) . '</a><br /><a href="' . zen_href_link(zen_get_info_page($featured_products->fields['products_id']), 'products_id=' . $featured_products->fields['products_id']) . '">' . $featured_products->fields['products_name'] . '</a><br />' . $products_price . '<br />' . $products_description . $info_link);

5. Upload the file to your overrides folder.

Note: You can add the product description to the specials box by editing the specials_index.php file. Just replace all instances of $featured_products with $specials_index
Could you explain please, where exactly in
includes/modules/your_template/featured_products.php
these additions go? TIA

Ignore my last post...sorted..
i.e.

 
  $products_price = zen_get_products_display_price($featured_products->fields['products_id']);
    $products_description = zen_trunc_string(zen_clean_html(stripslashes(zen_get_products_description($featured_products->fields['products_id'], $_SESSION['languages_id']))), PRODUCT_LIST_DESCRIPTION);
    if (!isset($productsInCategory[$featured_products->fields['products_id']])) $productsInCategory[$featured_products->fields['products_id']] = zen_get_generated_category_path_rev($featured_products->fields['master_categories_id']);
$list_box_contents[$row][$col] = array('params' =>'class="centerBoxContentsFeatured centeredContent back"' . ' ' . 'style="width:' . $col_width . '%;"',
'text' => '<a href="' . zen_href_link(zen_get_info_page($featured_products->fields['products_id']), 'products_id=' . $featured_products->fields['products_id']) . '">' . zen_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $featured_products->fields['products_image'], $featured_products->fields['products_name'], IMAGE_FEATURED_PRODUCTS_LISTING_WIDTH, IMAGE_FEATURED_PRODUCTS_LISTING_HEIGHT) . '</a><br /><a href="' . zen_href_link(zen_get_info_page($featured_products->fields['products_id']), 'products_id=' . $featured_products->fields['products_id']) . '">' . $featured_products->fields['products_name'] . '</a><br />' . $products_price . '<br />' . $products_description . $info_link);