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

bumba000:

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
If you must have the fix immediately without delay, you can add the appropriate text-input field name to the whitelist as discussed in that bugfix thread.

Thanks for the quick reply, but it doesn't seem to be working.

this is what I see in the cat edit source <textarea name="categories_description_sub[1]

so in the whitelist array I add , 'categories_description_sub[1]' then save and upload, same problem.

am I doing something wrong?

It's working for me with 1.39g if I add 'categories_description_sub' to the string in the extra_white_list.php.See it in action here:
http://childrenstore.co.uk/kids-clothing-c-5.html

This is what I have and it's not working for me.

<?php
$global_xss_whitelist = isset($global_xss_whitelist) ? $global_xss_whitelist : array();
$my_whitelist  = array('file_contents', 'banners_html_text', 'pages_title', 'message_html', 'manufacturers_name', 'symbol_left', 'symbol_right', 'query_string', 'categories_description_sub');
$global_xss_whitelist = array_merge($my_whitelist, $global_xss_whitelist);
```I copied what Ajeh had posted in the bug fix, it looks like there's an end php missing but there's no mention of it. With or without an end php in the extra white list file it doesn't fix the problem with sub description. Nothing else (i.e. ezpages, define pages, cat desc, . . .) is having this problem, just the sub  desc.

Also, if I add the html to the db and then load that cat edit in the admin it breaks the good stuff just entered into the db.

Thanks,
        John

Not sure what I'm doing differently now but I've added the , 'categories_description_sub' to the extra whitelist again and it's now working.

Thanks All,
John

Does this mod work for zc 1.3.9h? Are there still any bugfix edits I need to make? It hasn't been updated since 2007.

**/admin/categories.php ** is one of the core overrides in this mod, and when I compare it with WinMerge, it appears that nearly the entire file is different from 1.3.9h, so it's not possible to be careful with the edits. I have other mods installed that affect the categories editor, and I think this is going to break them.

I haven't looked at the other files.

Is there any other mod out there that will do this and has been updated more recently?

Nevermind, figured it out. WinMerge settings were wrong. Works great!

But it does take some knowhow to apply the mod in the files right. A couple curly braces were missing in the template override files.

I just installed the Short Description for Categories, used winmerge to compare/merge into files I'd already modified, ran the SQL, and it appeared ok, except in my Admin area, I can click on the categories and the products will show, but when I click into an individual product to edit it, the page is blank. I've gone back through and checked the changes but not sure what I've missed or done wrong. Any idea which page would be the best place to start? Thank you!

Update, it is the includes\modules\product\collect_info.php file. I have tried it as is straight from the download but it blanks out the product page in admin, so I've set it back to the older collect_info.php for now, but would like to use this if possible, thank you.

Using the collect_info.php from v 1.1 solved the issue, and it's no longer blank and I am able to edit the product and enter a short description in the listings. However, it doesn't seem to be holding the description, when I enter it into a product, it doesn't show up in the listing, the long description still shows, and when I check to make sure it's in the product info, the entry is blank so I add it again, save it and it's not there when I go back to check. Any ideas at all? This is a very important feature, and am in much need of it or another solution, thank you again.

UPDATE: dropped back to V 1.1 files and now the description is saving - though it is still not showing up in the product listing. Am I understanding wrongly what this module does? I am needing to get a short description to show up on the row/product listings, but the long one to show up when one clicks into the product for more info. Also, the Weight is now showing double on the right column of the product listing. If I change the number in the Product Listing on weight (currently says 3), I'll get one weight, but 2 item names or images - have tried lots of different settings including changing the short description but right now I have the short description disabled at 0, as every other setting gives me double of something else and I can go into that listing setting and fix it but then it throws the next thing into double, so I do not know what I've done wrong and very much need help, thank you.

Hi. I have installed this addon and now I have the description of my products listed twice. It is listed as it should be, and then again below the listing again. :unsure: Can anyone help me with finding out what went wrong. I have added an exaple link below:
http://www.oddsnsods.com.au/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=8_41_62&products_id=701

Hi there

I really hope that someone can help me. I have been trying to install short descriptions for categories with no luck but most importantly now I cannot log into my admin area, it is coming up with HTTP error 500 whenever I go to my admin URL.

All I did was copy accross the various files in the package, I carefully kept a copy of the old files in case it went wrong. I did not change the database first and this may be why it threw up an error when I tested. So I then went back to remove all the files I have added and restore all the original files, which I have checked and re-chacked and I think I have done ok.

Now however, the front end of the site is working fine but I get this error on when trying to access my admin area. I have looked in the debug logs and this is what it says:

[24-Jul-2011 16:58:17] PHP Warning: require(includes/init_includes/init_file_db_names.php) [<a href='function.require'>function.require</a>]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /homepages/40/d338914878/htdocs/woodburningstovesandflues/includes/autoload_func.php on line 48
[24-Jul-2011 16:58:17] PHP Fatal error: require() [<a href='function.require'>function.require</a>]: Failed opening required 'includes/init_includes/init_file_db_names.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php5') in /homepages/40/d338914878/htdocs/woodburningstovesandflues/includes/autoload_func.php on line 48

Anyone who could help me with this I would be so grateful to as at the moment I am looking at having to start the whole site again from scratch!!

Many thanks

Richard.

Just to let you know that I have sorted the problem out - I mistakenly had moved a file when uninstalling the mod, which stopped the whole thing working.

Don't be put off by my post the mod is great and I've got it working well now.

I uploaded your mod to our site and when I edit the
Categories Description Below Categories

and then publish, the description shows on my site with code in the text? The only way for me to get rid of this is to write the descriptions in plain text?
Please see the below description for our Furniture category:
http://www.clicknorder.co.uk/furniture-c-99.html

where i have bolded the keyword furniture in the editor it now displays on the page as

'In this section you will find a tremendous range of <span style="font-weight: bold;">furniture</span>'

Can you please advise how or what i need to do to fix this?

Thanks in advance

I just found the files uploaded in this thread by Mauryg for vers 1.3.8

We are on vers 1.3.9 so I reuploaded the files mauryg posted on our test site first and then ran the sql patch in admin and got this error
1060 Duplicate column name 'categories_description_sub'
in:
[ALTER TABLE cno_categories_description ADD categories_description_sub TEXT NOT NULL;]
If you were entering information, press the BACK button in your browser and re-check the information you had entered to be sure you left no blank fields.
I then checked on our test site and the description below the category is now no longer showing, only the one above. This was working with the previous mod files although I was unable to format the text in the below descriptions as the HTMLarea would not edit correctly and I was only able to enter the below descriptions in plain text.
Can anyone advise as to what I am doing wrong?
Which files am I supposed to use to upload this mod?
The 'Short Description for Categories' files uploaded by Jade originally
or the 'Short Description for Categories 1.2b' uploaded by mauryg for vers.3.8?
Thanks in advance

We have also tried installing CKeditor and when i try to edit the description below it still produces code on the site page

Can anyone advise and help with this as would really like to get working correctly so that we can format the descirptions below and make this easier for the customer to be able to read

thanks in advance

I have your mod working well - thanks for your useful add-on.

Q. Can the same thing be modified for product pages ? If so can you please provide some advice as to how to do it ?

cheers,
Mike

There is a mod for extra descriptions in the product page: http://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=168
Unfortunately, it was last updated for v1.3.8 and is unlikely to work as is in v1.5.x. It will need some SQL changes and possibly admin files brought up to date.