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Long/short descriptions and HTML


fldavidallsop

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As far as I can see HTML is stripped from the output for the standard product description and HTML is allowed for a short description - why is this case? If this is intentional why include the WYSIWYG editor for the long description field?

At present if someone wishes to enter HTML in the product description (which is quite common for bold, colours, etc) then they must use the optional short description.

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The "rich text" short description is given to the template system and is available for use. However, keep in mind when viewing a Category page, the decision to strip HTML tags from the short description is a "skin-based" decision.

If there isn't a short description, then the "rich text" long description is processed by stripping HTML tags before assigning it to the short description and giving the resulting short description to the template system.

(This is for CC608.)

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Just to check, if someone wants to enter a product description with HTML formatting (like most people do) they should be populating the short description and leaving the main product description blank?

Seems strange as most people use the main product description textarea and the expected result would be the entered content (plain or rich text) appearing on the product page.

I just want to confirm this before updating documentation related to product descriptions.

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Just to check, if someone wants to enter a product description with HTML formatting (like most people do) they should be populating the short description and leaving the main product description blank?

No, that is not how it should work.  Brian's explanation of how the short description should work above is correct and the main product description should always retain html formatting as this is extensively used

Ian

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