limiting featured text description

[centinel3 +]

I would like to know if it's possible to truncate the text that is below the featured listing thumbnail. I know that you can limit the description, but this limits the text in the list view as well. I would like to allow a longer description in list view, though when it appears in the 'featured' section of the home page, I would like to have it stay under the image and not hyper-extend the other images due to an abnormally long description. Any help would be appreciated.

chris

[Lhotch +]

you will have to edit the smarty plugin....

/includes/classes/smarty/plugins/function.feature_listings_horizontal.php

as always, make a backup of it first.

Since the plugin only shows the title I assume that what you would like to shorten and since you didnt mention what version of 68C your using I cant be sure my example below is the same as yours but here is a rundown of what to do.

find this section of code...

$tmp = array(
	'id' => $row['id'],
	'image'=> $image,
	'title'=> $row['title'],
	'price'=> FormatCurrency($row['price']),
);
$loop[$i++] = $tmp;

and change it to look like this.....

$tmp = array(
	'id' => $row['id'],
	'image'=> $image,
	'title'=> $rest = substr("$row['title']", 0, 15),
	'price'=> FormatCurrency($row['price']),
);
$loop[$i++] = $tmp;

the number 15 at the end of the row indicates how many characters you want to display.

'title'=> $rest = substr("$row['title']", 0, 15),

[bowers01 +]

Hi,
My code originally was exactly the same as yours and when I changed it the featured items just disappeared.
Any reasons why?
Cheers

[Lhotch +]

Originally Posted by bowers01

Hi,
My code originally was exactly the same as yours and when I changed it the featured items just disappeared.
Any reasons why?
Cheers

Probably because of the double quotes around the variable, try changing this line...


'title'=> $rest = substr("$row['title']", 0, 15),

to

'title'=> $rest = substr($row['title'], 0, 15),

[bowers01 +]

Thanks.
Works like a charm.
Cheers

[centinel3 +]

Thank you for your help. This is Perfect!!!