Category Descriptions

[eoreality-robby]

Hi,

 

I was wondering if anyone here had any insight on how to implement descriptions for each category, something like a category summary at the top of each to give a description of products there.

[nforde]

Bump!

 

The same question was asked 5 years ago and no answer there either - http://forum.whmcs.com/showthread.php?17110-Current-category-name-and-description&highlight=category+description

 

Is there some easy way to have a product group/category description? This is a common feature with pretty much any online store.

 

Thanks.

[nforde]

I got an answer from WHMCS.

 

Unfortunately there is no feature to add a description for each product group (ie. product category) in WHMCS.

 

They don't seem to think anyone would want this feature.

 

I for one would like product group descriptions for 2 reasons -

 

1) It's good to be able to give some general information about the product group so you don't have to repeat the same details in every product description within the group.

 

2) It helps with SEO if we can add an intro/description on each product category/group page.

 

Anyway, hopefully one day the guys at WHMCS will change their minds and decide it's worthwhile adding a group description field...

[easyhosting]

 

They don't seem to think anyone would want this feature.

 

 

this will not be the case, it is most likely not enough users have requested this feature.

 

If you want this feature added then best to add a request here https://requests.whmcs.com/

[jclarke]

A quick way to do this would be to just edit the products.tpl for the shopping cart you use and add the following code below the group name or anywhere on the page that you would like it. Just add a {elseif $gid == x} line for each group you have and add the description for the group under it.

 

<div class="well">
{if $gid == 1}
Group One Description Here.
{elseif $gid == 2} 
Group Two Description Here.
{elseif $gid == 3} 
Group Three Description Here.
{/if}
</div>