[ic] Option Descriptions: Please Help

Blair Campbell interchange-users@icdevgroup.org
Sat Nov 2 23:08:01 2002


I had the same issue and my solution was to put the product with all its
options in main description and then just a short description in the
options. It worked fin for me.
----- Original Message -----
From: <bryan@gmyrek.us>
To: <interchange-users@icdevgroup.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 12:45 PM
Subject: [ic] Option Descriptions: Please Help


> I am running 4.8.6 and have set up several options for some products.
> The options are matrix, one widget.
> The problem is that I need to have a long description for the person to
> see, but if I put:
> Deluxe black lace trimmed with white feathers and funky blueberry buttons.
> In the description field then it shows up in the pull-down menu as this
> huge line that messes up the page.  However, if I just say 'deluxe
> version' then it is not descriptive enough.
> I can, of course, add
> Deluxe version is a black lace ...
> To the comment field in the products database, but this obviously isn't
> very good design and I'd prefer a more seamless method if possible.
> There are all sorts of fields in the options database and I've tried
> adding descriptions in o_header or o_footer for example but that doesn't
> seem to work.
> So, to make a long story short if someone knows how to have a short
> description and then a long follow up description for options then please
> let me know.
> If there is no easy way to do it in admin could someone point me to where
> I could program this myself?
>
> Thank You,
> Bryan
>
>
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