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[JacksmithxD]

Saw a similar thread for very low x-cart versions around 2007.

Can this be done for 4.4.4? I would absolutely love it if it can be done.

That way I can create a template using the smarty code for my product descriptions, saving me hours and hours of work.

e.g {$product.product} and {if $main eq "manufacturers} etc

Someone please shed light on this!

[vasilis]

Yes, it can be done, using the Webmaster mode, in which you can view the templates involved in the rendering of each page, also can click on the 'Show Variables' button of the webmaster mode popup window, in which section you can view all the smarty variables and their content.

[JacksmithxD]

Originally Posted by vasilis

Yes, it can be done, using the Webmaster mode, in which you can view the templates involved in the rendering of each page, also can click on the 'Show Variables' button of the webmaster mode popup window, in which section you can view all the smarty variables and their content.

That's good to know, but how can I allow smarty variables to go in product descriptions? As they dont show up inside.

[JacksmithxD]

I've tried a few ways of doing this but it doesn't work e.g

<td class="descr">{$product.fulldescr|default:$product .descr}</td>
changed to
<td class="descr">{eval var=$product.fulldescr|default:$product.descr}</td>

Anyone got a suggestion?

Editing skin/common_files/customer/main/product_details.tpl

[JacksmithxD]

Doesn't matter, decided to do something different, thanks anyways!

[vasilis]

How come

{$product.fulldescr|default:$product.descr}

doesn't work? That's the general syntax for displaying smarty variable content. For example, '$product' is an array and 'fulldescr' is one of it's elements listed under '$product' in the debug window variables section.

[JacksmithxD]

I can do it on the code itself it works fine, I just wanted to be able to do it via product description e.g using xcart admin to edit a product description,, hope that makes sense.

[cherie]

Not sure if this is what you are looking for. You could try using substitute. Just a thought as I haven't actually tried it in the description:

"This is my {{adjective}} description is."

{$product.descr|substitute:"adjective":"amazing"}

[vasilis]

I have tried this, and it worked (using the 'replace' smarty modifier):
(the following code is used inside any template file that displays the product description)

{assign var="varname" value=$some_variable}{$product.descr|amp|replace:'<placeholder>':$varname}

In other words, you insert a placeholder inside the description of the product and it gets replaced by a variable value.

[ADDISON]

This is a very good question. You want in your Admin -> Product page to use in product short or full description any kind of variables (XC variables or your own). For language labels I can confirm that eval() function works.

http://forum.x-cart.com/showthread.php?t=57707&highlight=eval
http://forum.x-cart.com/showthread.php?t=44405&highlight=eval

Till now I did not think using other variables in product description, just static text.