Calling a .tpl in production description
 

Hey all,

I noticed that its not possible to call a .tpl file from the product description (at least using the usual method used throughout x-cart) but is there a way of doing this?

We have a lot of regular content that spans many products that we'd like to be able to update by modifying a single .TPL as opposed to editing each product.

Re: Calling a .tpl in production description
 

You don't need to call a tpl, just put a language variable in customer/main/product.tpl just under the product description and use {if} statements to determine what products get it.

Or, to make life even easier, just put the content in Extra Fields and then you can easily control what product gets what content.

Re: Calling a .tpl in production description
 

Thanks Balinor,

If I wanted to limit what is displayed depending the name of the category, what might the if statement look like?

Re: Calling a .tpl in production description
 

{if $cat eq "1"}

show this

{elseif $cat eq "2"}

show that

etc

The number is the corresponding number of the category.

Re: Calling a .tpl in production description
 

Thanks again,

It appears x-cart is limiting me to 10 extra fields -- is there a workaround for this?

Re: Calling a .tpl in production description
 

Got it - in the module settings for 'extra fields'