assigning database field to tag in template file

[David S Johnston]

hi,

 

please bear with me as I might not be using the correct terminology here, but I will try to describe what I am trying to accomplish.

 

I have bought a custom theme, JMS fresh food. I think that the two files I need to edit are the same as the default 1.6 theme, so here goes:

 

For my own reasons I need a truncated short description in the breadcrumbs.tpl

 

In product.tpl I see the following snippet of code:

{if $product->description_short}
<div id="short_description_content" class="rte align_justify" itemprop="description">{$product->description_short}</div>
{/if}

I presume that this is where the short description is generated for the product page. If I transplant this snippet into the correct(?) position in breadcrumb.tpl, nothing happens. I don't see my text.

 

this is what I have done (added three lines towards the bottom):

<div class="content_scene_cat block" {if $category->id_image}style="background-image:url({$link->getCatImageLink($category->link_rewrite, $category->id_image, 'category_default')});background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;"{/if}>
			<div class="cat-info">
				<div class="cat-info-inner container">
					<span class="category-name">
						{strip}
							{$category->name|escape:'html':'UTF-8'}
							{if isset($categoryNameComplement)}
								{$categoryNameComplement|escape:'html':'UTF-8'}
							{/if}
						{/strip}
					</span>
				</div>	
			{if $product->description_short}
				<div id="short_description_content" class="rte align_justify" itemprop="description">{$product->description_short}</div>
			{/if}
				
			</div>            			
		</div>

Are the variables assigned per tpl file? if so how do I make prestashop know where to find this variable?

 

Please, if anyone knows (and I am sure someone does) explain in baby steps, as I am not a programmer.... just an enthusiast!

 

regards,

dave.

Edited July 27, 2016 by David S Johnston (see edit history)

[tuk66]

Try to use this snippet to truncate the description to 200 characters

{if $product->description_short}
<div id="short_description_content" class="rte align_justify" itemprop="description">{$product->description_short|strip_tags:'UTF-8'|truncate:200:'...'}</div>
{/if}

[David S Johnston]

Hi Tuk66,

 

thanks for your reply, but I think I was unclear of my intentions. I realize that I need to use the truncate modifier, but I don't see how to get the short description to be displayed by the breadcrumb.tpl file.

 

 

damn, I just realized that I was looking at this all wrong. In the back office there is also a Category description, I now need to see if there is any way of displaying the category description in the header, just under the Category name.

 

Thanks for your help,

Dave.

Edited July 29, 2016 by David S Johnston (see edit history)