Community Add-Ons

If you have Featured Products installed (http://addons.oscommerce.com/info/651) then this version includes a short description into featured_products.php and in the featured products module that is displayed on the front page

Extra Slashes In New Products
Problem:
When new products are entered and previewed, hitting the back button to edit the product data again adds extra slashes to apostrophes in the short description.

Correct:
in catalog/admin/categories.php

<?php
for ($i=0, $n=sizeof($languages); $i<$n; $i++) {
?>
<tr>
<td class="main" valign="top"><?php if ($i == 0) echo TEXT_PRODUCTS_SHORT_DESC; ?></td>
<td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td class="main" valign="top"><?php echo tep_image(DIR_WS_CATALOG_LANGUAGES . $languages[$i]['directory'] . '/images/' . $languages[$i]['image'], $languages[$i]['name']); ?>&nbsp;</td>
<td class="main"><?php echo tep_draw_textarea_field('short_desc[' . $languages[$i]['id'] . ']', 'soft', '70', '3', (isset($short_desc[$languages[$i]['id']]) ? stripslashes($short_desc[$languages[$i]['id']]) : tep_get_short_desc($pInfo->products_id, $languages[$i]['id']))); ?></td>
</tr>
</table></td>
</tr>
<?php
}
?>

tested with MS2 and RC2a.

I corrected install instructions because they were wrong.

I don't understand why people ask you to replace 10 lines of code when you have only to add one word to those 10 lines.
It makes difficult for newbies to install contribution and easy to break the website.

This little addon allow you to put short desc in specials.php and shop_by_price.php (if you already installed this contrib).
All Credits to the original author

There is a simple error that results in a database error when a product is copied.

9/ ################## FIND ################// AROUND 300

$description_query = tep_db_query("select language_id, products_name, products_description, products_url from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION .... etc

################ ADD AFTER ##################// ... etc


It should be
#################### REPLACE WITH #######################// ... etc
(not ADD AFTER)

Thats it. The file is just the instructions with the above edit.

I hope this is correct - this the 1st time I have contributed.

This little addition puts the short description in your shopping cart as well.

Fixed a minor bug

Added Line Numbers to aid install

Added mods to allow Quick Edit to alter short_desc if you have it.

Full Package

this an addon for featured-products have the short description.

I take no credit for this, all this is, are the actual files themselves, already edited from a default osc Ms2.2

first execute this SQL into your database
------------
############# ADD SQL #################

ALTER TABLE `products_description` ADD `short_desc` TEXT;

then upload the files overwriting the ones you have on your server

BACK UP BCAK UP BACK UP

I fix a little bug.
Thanks to Radu Sora

This is my first contribution.
This version supports different languages.

This will allow you to enter a short description of your products that can be viewed by your customers through the listing pages on OSC.

Demo at : http://www.caravanmart.com.au

It will add another feild to your database and your Product Edit page for you to fill in. Works great, you may need to modify the design for your likings, but there are no bugs that i can see yet