Adding custom fields of type text
 

I need the ability to create additional custom fields which can be edited (as per the detailed description) with the WYSIWYG editor.

Which table should I add the additional fields to? Bear in mind that they need to be of type TEXT so cannot be added directly by X-Cart in the extra fields table. I thought of adding them to the same table holding the detailed description field?

Presumably I should be able to use similar Smarty code that handles the Product detailed description field?

Re: Adding custom fields of type text
 

I've done this in the past - You'll first need to create the custom fields within the xcart_products table.

Then some code edits are required within certain .php & .tpl files.

Have a look at this youtube video, it should point you in the right direction - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7ESOW0pKU4

Re: Adding custom fields of type text
 

Thanks

I had a feeling that the fields needed to be added to the table xcart_products_lng_en. This table contains the descr and fulldescr fields of type text and it would allow me then to modify the fields for language variants in the future.

The table xcart_products table in its default state does not seem to contain any text fields, just varchar(255) fields. I am sure there is a goods reason for this?

I was thinking that if I placed the fields in the xcart_products_lng_en table, I would be able to use similar php code and tpl smarty code as the description fields to process the new fields.

Maybe I am worrying too much.

Re: Adding custom fields of type text
 

I guess xcart_products_lng_en is the logical place to create the fields if you are creating an multilingual site.