[How to] Adding extra description field

[huntingensemble]

Hi Guys,

I see alot of people asking how to add an extra description field on a single product page. I know this is a support forum and for advanced php/html customization a developer is indeed the best option. But maybe we can work together and spare some bucks & help each other out.

I managed to get an extra description field on a single product page by copying the lines in: neighborhood/includes/swift-framework/sf-woocommerce.php (line 253 – 270) and place them on line 271 (so right beneath):

<div class="accordion-group">
				<div class="accordion-heading">
					<a href="#product-desc">
						<?php _e("Description", "swiftframework"); ?>
					</a>
		    	</div>
		    	<div id="product-desc" class="accordion-body collapse in">
		      		<div class="accordion-inner">
		      			<?php 
		      				if ($enable_pb_product_pages) {
		       					echo do_shortcode($product_description);
		       				} else {
		       					the_content();
		       				}
		       			?>
		      		</div>
		  		</div>
			</div>

This creates an extra field on the front-end.

For the back-end:
Go to neighborhood/includes/swift-framework/meta-boxes.php and on line 734 – 742 copy:

		// PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
			array(
				'name' => 'Product Description',
				'desc' => "You can optionally write a product description here, which shows under the description accordion heading if you have the page builder enabled for product pages.",
				'id'   => "{$prefix}product_description",
				'type' => 'textarea',
				'std'  => "",
				'cols' => '40',
				'rows' => '8',
),

Place this right beneath on line 744 or so..

Now you have 2 description fields, with the same content in it, only thing I didn’t manage to find out was how to get the content in the new description field because when I put in some text in the backend I see the same text…

This is probably because of the lines 261 – 267 in sf-woocommerce.php:

<?php 
		      				if ($enable_pb_product_pages) {
		       					echo do_shortcode($product_description);
		       				} else {
		       					the_content();
		       				}

		       			?>

I’m not sure how to get the content from the new description box at the front-end of the product page. If some one has a clue let me know!

Best
Joost

[laranz – SUPPORT]

Hi,

Thanks for the heads. I keep this for other users, if it helps them..

Thanks,
laranz.

[Melanie – SUPPORT]

Fantastic guide, thank you!

[batmans]

anyone had any luck?

[laranz – SUPPORT]

Hi @batmans,

Can you create a new thread about your problem?

Thanks,
laranz.

[imweird]

Somebody was able to make it work? and finish it up?

[laranz – SUPPORT]

Hi @imweird,

What do you mean, you found any problems in the code?

Let me know, what you got.

Thanks,
laranz.

[imweird]

nope. this is the problem.

Now you have 2 description fields, with the same content in it, only thing I didn’t manage to find out was how to get the content in the new description field because when I put in some text in the backend I see the same text…

I have followed the suggested method described by the user huntingensemble

As him, I ended up having another toggle accordion / extra section (a clone of the description toggle) and the relative box for editing it in the front-end in the single product page – but when i write something in it, the description does not appear.

Something is missing

[laranz – SUPPORT]

Hi,

You can ask the @huntingensemble about that, He will reply you when he get a reply to this thread, because he is he one who writes the code.

Thanks,
laranz.

[michaelagwunobi21]

@huntingensemble did you manage to add another box under ‘Product Meta’ for your new description field?

[huntingensemble]

@michaelagwunobi21 Hi, no I decided to do something else. I placed the description that is underneath the photo and put it in stead of the acordion slider…

[michaelagwunobi21]

@huntingensemble what is your website?

[Melanie – SUPPORT]

If you copied the product description code snippet you’ll have to add another ID for the copied code because if both snippets have the id

‘id’ => “{$prefix}product_description”,

they will clash.

For example call it

‘id’ => “{$prefix}product_description_two”,

Then in the front end you will add

echo do_shortcode($product_description_two);

instead of

echo do_shortcode($product_description);

[michaelagwunobi21]

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