How to make product names longer?

[SpaceJump]

The product names on the product list are abbreviated (see screenshot):

 

 

How can I make Presta Shop show the complete product name?

 

I googled and found some methods that are supposed to fix this. However it doesn't work for me. What I have done is changing the truncate value in the product-list.tpl and homefeautured.tpl. Also force compile is enabled. But nothing changes on the shop no matter what value I enter for truncate.

 

Any idea? Thanks in advance

[vekia]

open product-list.tpl file and remove |truncate modifier from:

{$product.name|truncate:35:'...'|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}

code after changes:
 

{$product.name|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}

[SpaceJump]

Did that, but as before there's no change at all in the front end.

[vekia]

its probably due to the caching

after changes in .tpl files make sure that:

 

adv. parameters > performance

1) force compile is turned on

2) cache is disabled

[SpaceJump]

Force compile is turned on. Do you mean the cache option below the force compile setting? That is turned off. Still no changes on the front end.

[vekia]

can you show contents of your file?

in addition, you use custom theme? or it's default one?

[SpaceJump]

Yes, I'm using the default template.

 

Here's my product-list.tpl from themes\default:

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{if isset($products)}
        <!-- Products list -->
        <ul id="product_list" class="clear">
        {foreach from=$products item=product name=products}
                <li class="ajax_block_product {if $smarty.foreach.products.first}first_item{elseif $smarty.foreach.products.last}last_item{/if} {if $smarty.foreach.products.index % 2}alternate_item{else}item{/if} clearfix">
                        <div class="left_block">
                                {if isset($comparator_max_item) && $comparator_max_item}
                                        <p class="compare">
                                                <input type="checkbox" class="comparator" id="comparator_item_{$product.id_product}" value="comparator_item_{$product.id_product}" {if isset($compareProducts) && in_array($product.id_product, $compareProducts)}checked="checked"{/if} />
                                                <label for="comparator_item_{$product.id_product}">{l s='Select to compare'}</label>
                                        </p>
                                {/if}
                        </div>
                        <div class="center_block">
                                <a href="{$product.link|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}" class="product_img_link" title="{$product.name|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}">
                                        <img src="{$link->getImageLink($product.link_rewrite, $product.id_image, 'home_default')}" alt="{$product.legend|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}" {if isset($homeSize)} width="{$homeSize.width}" height="{$homeSize.height}"{/if} />
                                        {if isset($product.new) && $product.new == 1}<span class="new">{l s='New'}</span>{/if}
                                </a>
                                <h3><a href="{$product.link|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}" title="{$product.name|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}">{$product.name|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8}</a></h3>
                                <p class="product_desc"><a href="{$product.link|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}" title="{$product.description_short|strip_tags:'UTF-8'|truncate:360:'...'}" >{$product.description_short|strip_tags:'UTF-8'|truncate:360:'...'}</a></p>
                        </div>
                        <div class="right_block">
                                {if isset($product.on_sale) && $product.on_sale && isset($product.show_price) && $product.show_price && !$PS_CATALOG_MODE}<span class="on_sale">{l s='On sale!'}</span>
                                {elseif isset($product.reduction) && $product.reduction && isset($product.show_price) && $product.show_price && !$PS_CATALOG_MODE}<span class="discount">{l s='Reduced price!'}</span>{/if}
                                {if (!$PS_CATALOG_MODE AND ((isset($product.show_price) && $product.show_price) || (isset($product.available_for_order) && $product.available_for_order)))}
                                <div class="content_price">
                                        {if isset($product.show_price) && $product.show_price && !isset($restricted_country_mode)}<span class="price" style="display: inline;">{if !$priceDisplay}{convertPrice price=$product.price}{else}{convertPrice price=$product.price_tax_exc}{/if}</span><br />{/if}
                                        {if isset($product.available_for_order) && $product.available_for_order && !isset($restricted_country_mode)}<span class="availability">{if ($product.allow_oosp || $product.quantity > 0)}{l s='Available'}{elseif (isset($product.quantity_all_versions) && $product.quantity_all_versions > 0)}{l s='Product available with different options'}{else}{l s='Out of stock'}{/if}</span>{/if}
                                </div>
                                {if isset($product.online_only) && $product.online_only}<span class="online_only">{l s='Online only'}</span>{/if}
                                {/if}
                                {if ($product.id_product_attribute == 0 || (isset($add_prod_display) && ($add_prod_display == 1))) && $product.available_for_order && !isset($restricted_country_mode) && $product.minimal_quantity <= 1 && $product.customizable != 2 && !$PS_CATALOG_MODE}
                                        {if ($product.allow_oosp || $product.quantity > 0)}
                                                {if isset($static_token)}
                                                        <a class="button ajax_add_to_cart_button exclusive" rel="ajax_id_product_{$product.id_product|intval}" href="{$link->getPageLink('cart',false, NULL, "add=1&id_product={$product.id_product|intval}&token={$static_token}", false)}" title="{l s='Add to cart'}"><span></span>{l s='Add to cart'}</a>
                                                {else}
                                                        <a class="button ajax_add_to_cart_button exclusive" rel="ajax_id_product_{$product.id_product|intval}" href="{$link->getPageLink('cart',false, NULL, "add=1&id_product={$product.id_product|intval}", false)}" title="{l s='Add to cart'}"><span></span>{l s='Add to cart'}</a>
                                                {/if}
                                        {else}
                                                <span class="exclusive"><span></span>{l s='Add to cart'}</span><br />
                                        {/if}
                                {/if}
                                <a class="button lnk_view" href="{$product.link|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}" title="{l s='View'}">{l s='View'}</a>
                        </div>
                </li>
        {/foreach}
        </ul>
        <!-- /Products list -->
{/if}

[vekia]

{$product.name|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8}

"UTF-8" param is unclosed, missed '

[SpaceJump]

I changed that, but still no change on the front end. Really strange.

 

For the record: It's the product-list.tpl file in the themes\default folder, right?

Edited May 28, 2014 by SpaceJump (see edit history)

[vekia]

if you use default theme - yes, that's correct.

[SpaceJump]

Ok, so what could be the problem?

[vekia]

in fact, you made an error in code (missed ' after UTF-8) - with this kind of error in code, page should be blank

instead of this - you still see old version

 

it means that somehow your website still shows old version,

this can be related to caching - you said that you recompiled theme and removed caching, so in this case without inspection it's hard to say whats going on there

[SpaceJump]

Is there a way to manually remove the cache?

[vekia]

what prestashop version you use?

[SpaceJump]

I use version 1.5.4.1.

[vekia]

 

 

Clear Cache in Prestashop admin panel

1. Open Prestashop admin panel and go to Advanced Parameters > Performance

2. Set Force compile to Yes and save changes.

3. Go to your front-office and refresh the store page.

 

Clear cache manually

For manual cache clear you need to access your Prestashop installation directory and delete the content of the following folders:

1. cache/smarty/compile
2. cache/smarty/cache
3. img/tmp

Delete all the files in the folders, except of index.php.

Reload your website in browser to take a look at the changes you have made.

That’s it! You should see the changes you made after cache is cleared.

[SpaceJump]

Deleting the cache didn't make any difference. Now comes the real strange part: I deleted the product-list.tpl from themes\default and the page still shows, even after CTRL+F5.

[vekia]

perhaps it's caching not related to prestasho engine, but it's a server-side caching system.

[SpaceJump]

But I was able to make changes to other .tpl files before, where changes were visible. Are you sure it's the right .tpl in the right folder?