Category description not showing on category page

[Clay7]

Hello,

 

I'm having a strange problem of not seeing any category descriptions on my pages.

 

I know that in the category.tpl file I can adjust some stuff but {$category->description} return just something empty.

You can see it in live here: lamptwist.be/en/outdoor-lighting/

In source code on line 709 following lines. 

<div id="category_description_short"></div>
<div id="category_description_full"></div>

I've just put them in the file to see if they were working. But apparently they are empty? While I filled in the description for all 3 languages active on my site for that category.

 

Any thoughts?

 

Thanks a lot

 

 

 

[selectshop.at]

You are using a non native theme. the best is to ask the developer which variables do work. Perhaps he removed completely the class for the variable on his theme and the reason why it does not work.

[garyjj127]

Do you have this code in the category.tpl file?

 

                        {if $category->description}

                            <div class="cat_desc">

                            {if Tools::strlen($category->description) > 2000}

                                <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}

[Clay7]

This is the original category.tpl file in theme folder:

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{include file="$tpl_dir./errors.tpl"}
{if isset($category)}
	{if $category->id AND $category->active}

        {if $display_category_title}
        <h1 class="heading page-heading{if (isset($subcategories) && !$products) || (isset($subcategories) && $products) || !isset($subcategories) && $products} product-listing{/if}"><span class="cat-name">{$category->name|escape:'html':'UTF-8'}{if isset($categoryNameComplement)} {$categoryNameComplement|escape:'html':'UTF-8'}{/if}</span></h1>
        {/if}

        {if isset($HOOK_CATEGORY_HEADER) && $HOOK_CATEGORY_HEADER}{$HOOK_CATEGORY_HEADER}{/if}

    	{if $scenes || ($display_category_desc && $category->description) || ($display_category_image && $category->id_image)}
            <div class="content_scene_cat mar_b1">
                {if $scenes}
                    <!-- Scenes -->
                    {include file="$tpl_dir./scenes.tpl" scenes=$scenes}
                {else}
                    <!-- Category image -->
                    {if $display_category_image && $category->id_image}
                    <div class="align_center mar_b1">
                        <img src="{$link->getCatImageLink($category->link_rewrite, $category->id_image, 'category_default')|escape:'html':'UTF-8'}" alt="{$category->name|escape:'html':'UTF-8'}" title="{$category->name|escape:'html':'UTF-8'}" id="categoryImage" class="img-responsive" width="{$categorySize.width}" height="{$categorySize.height}" />
                    </div>
                    {/if}
                {/if}
            
                {if $display_category_desc && $category->description}
                    <div class="cat_desc">
                    {if (!isset($sttheme.display_cate_desc_full) || !$sttheme.display_cate_desc_full) && strlen($category->description) > 120}
                        {if isset($description_short)}
                        <div id="category_description_short">{$description_short}</div>
                        {else}
                        <div id="category_description_short" style="height:1.5em;overflow:hidden;">{$category->description}</div>
                        {/if}
                        <div id="category_description_full" style="display:none">{$category->description}</div>
                        <a href="{$link->getCategoryLink($category->id_category, $category->link_rewrite)|escape:'html':'UTF-8'}" rel="nofollow" class="lnk_more go">{l s='More'}</a>
                    {else}
                        <div id="category_description_full">{$category->description}</div>
                    {/if}
                    </div>
                {/if}
            </div>
        {/if}

        {if $display_subcategory && isset($subcategories)}
        {assign var='categories_per_xl' value=Configuration::get('STSN_CATEGORIES_PER_XL')}
        {assign var='categories_per_lg' value=Configuration::get('STSN_CATEGORIES_PER_LG')}
        {assign var='categories_per_md' value=Configuration::get('STSN_CATEGORIES_PER_MD')}
        {assign var='categories_per_sm' value=Configuration::get('STSN_CATEGORIES_PER_SM')}
        {assign var='categories_per_xs' value=Configuration::get('STSN_CATEGORIES_PER_XS')}
        {assign var='categories_per_xxs' value=Configuration::get('STSN_CATEGORIES_PER_XXS')}
		<!-- Subcategories -->
		<div id="subcategories">
            <h3 class="heading hidden">{l s='Subcategories'}</h3>
            <ul class="inline_list {if $display_subcategory==1 || $display_subcategory==3} subcate_grid_view row {else} subcate_list_view {/if}">
            {foreach from=$subcategories item=subcategory name=subcategories}
                <li class="clearfix {if $display_subcategory==1 || $display_subcategory==3} col-xl-{(12/$categories_per_xl)|replace:'.':'-'} col-lg-{(12/$categories_per_lg)|replace:'.':'-'} col-md-{(12/$categories_per_md)|replace:'.':'-'} col-sm-{(12/$categories_per_sm)|replace:'.':'-'} col-xs-{(12/$categories_per_xs)|replace:'.':'-'} col-xxs-{(12/$categories_per_xxs)|replace:'.':'-'}  {if $smarty.foreach.subcategories.iteration%$categories_per_xl == 1} first-item-of-large-line{/if}{if $smarty.foreach.subcategories.iteration%$categories_per_lg == 1} first-item-of-desktop-line{/if}{if $smarty.foreach.subcategories.iteration%$categories_per_md == 1} first-item-of-line{/if}{if $smarty.foreach.subcategories.iteration%$categories_per_sm == 1} first-item-of-tablet-line{/if}{if $smarty.foreach.subcategories.iteration%$categories_per_xs == 1} first-item-of-mobile-line{/if}{if $smarty.foreach.subcategories.iteration%$categories_per_xxs == 1} first-item-of-portrait-line{/if} {/if}">
                    <a href="{$link->getCategoryLink($subcategory.id_category, $subcategory.link_rewrite)|escape:'html':'UTF-8'}" title="{$subcategory.name|escape:'html':'UTF-8'}" class="img">
                        {if $subcategory.id_image}
                            <img class="replace-2x" src="{$link->getCatImageLink($subcategory.link_rewrite, $subcategory.id_image, 'category_default')|escape:'html':'UTF-8'}" alt="{$subcategory.name|escape:'html':'UTF-8'}" width="{$categorySize.width}" height="{$categorySize.height}" />
                        {else}
                            <img src="{$img_cat_dir}{$lang_iso}-default-category_default.jpg" alt="" width="{$categorySize.width}" height="{$categorySize.height}" />
                        {/if}
                    </a>
                    <h5><a class="subcategory-name" href="{$link->getCategoryLink($subcategory.id_category, $subcategory.link_rewrite)|escape:'html':'UTF-8'}" title="{$subcategory.name|escape:'html':'UTF-8'}">{if $display_subcategory==2 || $display_subcategory==3}{$subcategory.name|escape:'html':'UTF-8'}{else}{$subcategory.name|truncate:25:'...'|escape:'html':'UTF-8'}{/if}</a></h5>
                    {if $subcategory.description}
                        <div class="subcat_desc">{$subcategory.description}</div>
                    {/if}
                </li>
            {/foreach}
            </ul>
        </div>
        {/if}

        {if $nb_products == 0}
           <p class="alert alert-warning category_no_products">{l s='There are no products in  this category'}</p>
           {hook h='displayAnywhere' location="5" mod='steasycontent' caller='steasycontent'}
        {/if}

		{if $products}
			<div class="content_sortPagiBar">
                <div class="sortPagiBar clearfix">
                    {include file="./product-sort.tpl"}
                    {include file="./nbr-product-page.tpl"}
                    {include file="./pagination.tpl"}
                </div>
            </div>

            {include file="./product-list.tpl" products=$products}
            
            <div class="content_sortPagiBar">
                <div class="bottom-pagination-content clearfix">
                    {include file="./pagination.tpl" paginationId='bottom'}
                </div>
            </div>
		{/if}
        {if isset($HOOK_CATEGORY_FOOTER) && $HOOK_CATEGORY_FOOTER}{$HOOK_CATEGORY_FOOTER}{/if}
	{elseif $category->id}
		<p class="alert alert-warning">{l s='This category is currently unavailable.'}</p>
	{/if}
{/if}

And yes it's showing from the settings:

 

Edited October 9, 2015 by Clay7 (see edit history)

[selectshop.at]

From what I can see you have an admin site for your theme ? Cannot discover anything, or better said, code should work. As the description is set to yes, it should be a bug from your theme (or permission problems.). The best way to debug/solve your problem is to revert to the theme developer.

[Clay7]

Thanks a lot for the fast answers guys.

 

For anyone wondering; it was actually caused by the Visual Composer & Rewrite URL plugin that I use. I've contacted the theme developer and he told me that when you disable the VC everything was working, and he is right.

 

I've contacted VC developer and he told me that the rewrite URL plugin removed the leading category ID, while Visual Composer needs it to work. I've asked him if it was not possible to disable VC for certain pages but it is not a feature yet. Now I'm not to sure what to do really, since I've created a lot of cms pages already with VC and if I disable this these don't work anymore

 

Cheers for the help.