Category Description Length

[tarmouti]

Hi!

 

I would like to ask how to change category description length?

 

I found

category.tpl

file and this line twice:

 {if Tools::strlen($category->description) > 350}

Is it enough to change the value 350?

 

Thank you in advance.

Edited July 29, 2014 by tcovoc (see edit history)

[vekia]

hello

what theme you use?

 

result of if condition you mentione decide what description to display

if category->description has got more than 350 chars - presatshop will display description short

if category->description contains less than 350 chars - prestashop will display description

[tarmouti]

Template is Spices and Seasonings.

http://www.templatemonster.com/prestashop-themes/48889.html

 

Here you can check my category.tpl file:

http://codepad.org/m6o7y14j

 

How it can be done in the default template?

[BoKr]

Hello Vekia

 

I am hitting a wall. I want to show at least 8 lines of category description. Shoudl be more than 350 chars...

I tried all possibillities in category.tpl. I incresed/decreased in all combinations the two truncate options. But nothing happend. The shop did not show any line more

 

Perhaps you can help me to turn the screw.

{if $category->description}
                            <div class="cat_desc rte">
                            {if Tools::strlen($category->description) >20}
                                <div id="category_description_short">{$description_short}</div>
                                <div id="category_description_full" class="unvisible">{$category->description}</div>
                                <a href="{$link->getCategoryLink($category->id_category, $category->link_rewrite)|escape:'html':'UTF-8'}" class="lnk_more">{l s='More'}</a>
                            {else}
                                <div>{$category->description}</div>
                            {/if}
                            </div>
                        {/if}
                    </div>
				{else}
                    <!-- Category image -->
                    <!--
                    <div class="content_scene_cat_bg"{if $category->id_image} style="background:url({$link->getCatImageLink($category->link_rewrite, $category->id_image, 'category_default')|escape:'html':'UTF-8'}) right center no-repeat; background-size:cover; min-height:{$categorySize.height}px;"{/if}>
                      -->
                        {if $category->description}
                            <div class="cat_desc">
                            <span class="category-name">
                                {strip}
                                    {$category->name|escape:'html':'UTF-8'}
                                    {if isset($categoryNameComplement)}
                                        {$categoryNameComplement|escape:'html':'UTF-8'}
                                    {/if}
                                {/strip}
                            </span>
                            {if Tools::strlen($category->description) > 350}
                                <div id="category_description_short" class="rte">{$description_short}</div>
                                <div id="category_description_full" class="unvisible rte">{$category->description}</div>
                                <a href="{$link->getCategoryLink($category->id_category, $category->link_rewrite)|escape:'html':'UTF-8'}" class="lnk_more">{l s='More'}</a>
                            {else}
                                <div class="rte">{$category->description}</div>
                            {/if}
                            </div>
                        {/if}

[El Patron]

actually you 'may' not do not want to do this.

 

if you do, make sure to check your sitemap, this may mess up your seo if to long, hence the limitation.

[BoKr]

El Patron,

 

thank you for your kind warning. We are talking about the category and sub-cat. description text?

 

If so, do you got a link for me for more information, please?

 

I am asking since excactly that was what was on my mind. To grant shop visitors a more pleasant usability and informational effect and at the same time to give the 'SEO algos' of the Google bot a bit to digest. I do not know - and am highly interested in more information on this - wheather the bot is interestes in 'hidden' text. May be via the way in the category.tpl or via javascript. But since we write the year ... I bet the bot know how to read hidden text and stacks it on the hive

 

So, it is new to me that adequate text describing a category of stuff could harm SEO.

 

with regards

Boris

[El Patron]

I do not  'know' if this create issue, just something to consider.

 

I would create sitemap with extended category and then run that sitmap through various sitemap analyzers, especially google.

 

review your existing sitemap, then edit it and add more category text, then test it through sitemap analyzer

[BoKr]

Thank you. I will follow your advice and see what happens.