Short Description for Categories... have a description above & below product listings

Hello,

Has anyone tested this on 139d?

I just thought it might be worth asking before I take the time to try it.

Thanks!!

kcb410:

Hello,

Has anyone tested this on 139d?

I just thought it might be worth asking before I take the time to try it.

Thanks!!

Update......
I've just merged these files and they're working fine on 139d.

Sorry to sound a right plonker, but where do i instal this ?
many thanks

derek53:

Sorry to sound a right plonker, but where do i instal this ?
many thanks

Detailed instructions are included with the mod.

Hello,
This mod is just what I was looking for, but I have been left with one small problem after install and don't know the root of it. some of my categories are displaying CATEGORIES_SUB_TEXT at the top. See example:

How can I remove this without removing content.

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You are probably missing the language file that came with the package....double check the files you uploaded and make sure you have category_description_sub_defines.php in your custom temaplate language file.

Yes, that's it! The file had failed to upload. thank you.

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Any idea if this is working fine with v1.3.9f/g??

Because it is EXACTLY what I need!!

ulost999:

Any idea if this is working fine with v1.3.9f/g??

Because it is EXACTLY what I need!!

I also like this mod. I installed it today on a test 1.3.9f cart and it seemed to work.

However, I don't trust the old files with this mod, so I spent much of today doing my first merge attempt merging with the new 1.3.9g files using Winmerge, and it seems to work. (Still have to upgrade this test cart to 1.3.9g). Plan on putting it on a live 1.3.9g cart in the morning.

You might put up a test cart for mods such as this.

Nope, couldn't get it to work properly when I upgraded my test cart from "f" to "g".

The other night, while test cart was "f", it seemed to work out-of-the-box, and again when I merged some "g" files in my "f" cart.

Took mod off "g" site.

On f, it worked fine... on g, it works fine, except for ONE category, the bottom category description shows all HTML tags, but if I move it all above... it works fine... and mind you this happens on only one category... what the heck?

I fixed the above problem by going into mysqladmin and manually editing it.

this mod does work perfect with my 1.3.9g

ulost999:

On f, it worked fine... on g, it works fine, except for ONE category, the bottom category description shows all HTML tags, but if I move it all above... it works fine... and mind you this happens on only one category... what the heck?

Yea, I also got html tags and could do no formatting at all. Just one, run-on paragraph.

Can you explain a little more how you got it to work on G? I'd also really like to use this mod for additional seo purposes.

SPH:

Yea, I also got html tags and could do no formatting at all. Just one, run-on paragraph.

Can you explain a little more how you got it to work on G? I'd also really like to use this mod for additional seo purposes.

ulost999:

I fixed the above problem by going into mysqladmin and manually editing it.

this mod does work perfect with my 1.3.9g

One more thing: did you use the mod out-of-the-box or did you merge with the new G files?

Okay, I got the 2d category description area to work on a fresh "G" cart after editing mysql to manually enter the description.

Don't know why the html code is going to db jumbled from cart admin.

Still not sure if cart will break elsewhere, as mod files not merged with new "G" files.

UPDATE: Still don't trust older mod files So I merged the mod with "G" files (mostly*) and second cat description works...kind of. Only thing is I have to edit 2d desc field in mysql db directly, as admin upload doesn't do html formatting. Comes out in special characters.

Main Problem Mod File: tpl_index_product_list

This gives most trouble, as it messes-up top of cat page. *So I back-merged from "G" in to it.

Still have to edit in db directly for html formatting.

Looks stable enough to use on my live site for second seo purposes. Back-up db, of course.

I think this may be related to a 1.3.9g bug discussed in the HTML tags show after upgrade to 1.3.9g thread.

gjh42:

I think this may be related to a 1.3.9g bug discussed in the HTML tags show after upgrade to 1.3.9g thread.

Thanks! Didn't realize there was a bug. I posted on that thread.

If you can wait a short while it'll all be moot in v1.3.9h.

The mod is somehow responsible for altering what's entered into the db. It changes a <br /> into <br />

I am using plain text editor.

I have tried the html bug fix for 1.3.9g with no luck. Everything else like category descriptions, product descriptions, ez pages and more all work fine with html code this is the only thing doing it.

I understand that I can put the html into the db myself but I would much rather it worked properly.

Please let me know where to look. Where could this be taking place?

Thanks,
John