[SOLVED] cant add text to category pages through CMS

[gavinburgham]

i have used the cms system to amend meta titles, meta descriptions and upload images but cant seem to be able to add text to the pages - doesn't seem to be an obvious place to do this.

would this have to be coded separately by my web designer?

[PrestaSupport]

Text should be able to be added from your cms editor,
Tools-->Cms-->click add new (for a new article) or click present article to edit,
If this dont work, maybe was some problem with your installation,

[gavinburgham]

hi thanks for reply - i should of said through the catalog pages - these are what i need to edit really

do you know anyway of adding text to these?

[PrestaSupport]

So you cant edit your product in the catalog?
You dont find it or isnt the editor there?

[rocky]

You can click the Edit button next to a category on the Catalog tab to change the description and meta-information for that category. You can add meta-information for products on the "1. Info." tab of the product editor by clicking the "Click here to improve product’s rank in search engines (SEO)" to show the fields.

[gavinburgham]

hi guys,

thanks for all responses - have managed to add the meta details but am still struggling with adding actual on page text.

http://www.rjwoodworking.co.uk/6-bandsaw

this is one of the pages in question. I am trying to add a paragraph of text below the word bandsaws but above the images. any idea how to do this?

[rocky]

It seems your theme is missing the category description code. You should add the following to category.tpl above {if isset($subcategories)}:

{if $category->description}
{$category->description}
{/if}

You should then see whatever you enter in the description field on the category editor above those subcategory images.

[gavinburgham]

thank you very much that is exactly what I needed and need to be able to do - one final question - how do I access the category.tpl page? can this be done through the backend system or is it one of the files that will be on my web server and accessed through the ftp?

[rocky]

You must use an FTP client to edit category.tpl in your themes directory.

[gavinburgham]

thank you - you have been a great help

[rocky]

You're welcome. Please edit your first post and add [sOLVED] to the front of the title.