Product Description Field

[Larry Bohen]

I'm trying to insert a hyperlink in the Product Description field of our
ShopSite SC Pro 7 Web store, but it's not working yet. Is there a limit on
the amount of text allowed in this field and/or are hyperlinks not allowed?

--
Larry Bohen
www.audiobooksonline.com

[Jim]

Yes there is a limit to the amount of text that can be put in any field.
Browers typically have a limit of 32-64K for text entry fields.
ShopSite has internal buffers larger than that but if you have html
codes the must be escaped so that it can be redisplayed properly. So
for example a < becomes > This can lead to 4-7 characters for each
escaped character that you see and might cause the buffer to overflow.
You should however be able to put in hyperlinks. Care to post an
example of what you are trying to do?

Jim

Larry Bohen wrote:

I'm trying to insert a hyperlink in the Product Description field of our
ShopSite SC Pro 7 Web store, but it's not working yet. Is there a limit on
the amount of text allowed in this field and/or are hyperlinks not allowed?

[Larry Bohen]

Here's what I want to put into the Product Description field:

<b>40% OFF - not guaranteed</b> - J. A. Jance - <a
href="http://audiobooksonline.com/shopsite/brilliance_audio_bookcassettes.ht
ml">Unabridged Special Format Cassettes</a> - List <STRIKE>$24.95</STRIKE>

Only "<b>40% OFF - not guaranteed</b> - J. A. Jance -" shows up in the field
after publishing.

--
Larry Bohen
www.audiobooksonline.com
"Jim" <jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:c7vsnm$9dq$1@support.shopsite.com...

Yes there is a limit to the amount of text that can be put in any field.
Browers typically have a limit of 32-64K for text entry fields.
ShopSite has internal buffers larger than that but if you have html
codes the must be escaped so that it can be redisplayed properly. So
for example a < becomes > This can lead to 4-7 characters for each
escaped character that you see and might cause the buffer to overflow.
You should however be able to put in hyperlinks. Care to post an
example of what you are trying to do?

Jim

Larry Bohen wrote:
I'm trying to insert a hyperlink in the Product Description field of our
ShopSite SC Pro 7 Web store, but it's not working yet. Is there a limit
on
the amount of text allowed in this field and/or are hyperlinks not
allowed?

[Jim]

Works just fine for me. Go to http://beeutahful.com/store/test.html and
you can see the link " Unabridged Special Format Cassettes" and when you
click on it it goes to
http://audiobooksonline.com/shopsite/br ... ettes.html

Run the html for your page through the html checker and see if you might
have some other html problem that is causing the issue.

You can find an html checker here:http://www.htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/

Jim

Larry Bohen wrote:

Here's what I want to put into the Product Description field:

b>40% OFF - not guaranteed</b> - J. A. Jance - <a
href="http://audiobooksonline.com/shopsite/brilliance_audio_bookcassettes.ht
ml">Unabridged Special Format Cassettes</a> - List <STRIKE>$24.95</STRIKE

Only "<b>40% OFF - not guaranteed</b> - J. A. Jance -" shows up in the field
after publishing.

[Larry Bohen]

When I go to our Web store www.audiobooksonline.com and enter "rattlesnake
crossing" (withtout quotes) the result doesn't show the complete Product
Description Field. ????

--
Larry Bohen
www.audiobooksonline.com
"Jim" <jstavast@xmission.com> wrote in message
news:c8005d$9lf$1@support.shopsite.com...

Works just fine for me. Go to http://beeutahful.com/store/test.html and
you can see the link " Unabridged Special Format Cassettes" and when you
click on it it goes to
http://audiobooksonline.com/shopsite/br ... ettes.html

Run the html for your page through the html checker and see if you might
have some other html problem that is causing the issue.

You can find an html checker here:http://www.htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/

Jim

Larry Bohen wrote:
Here's what I want to put into the Product Description field:

b>40% OFF - not guaranteed</b> - J. A. Jance - <a

href="http://audiobooksonline.com/shopsite/brilliance_audio_bookcassettes.ht
ml">Unabridged Special Format Cassettes</a> - List
STRIKE>$24.95</STRIKE

Only "<b>40% OFF - not guaranteed</b> - J. A. Jance -" shows up in the
field
after publishing.

[Jim]

Larry,

That is a search results page not a normal page. Under Preferences >
Search Setting you set how many characters of the product description
display on the search results page. If it cuts off in the middle of the
href section nothing is going to show.

If you view the source you see
<b>Rattlesnake Crossing - A Joanna Brady Mystery</b></td>
<td><small><b>40% OFF - not guaranteed</b> - J. A. Jance - <a
href="http://audiobooksonline.com/...</small></td>

So you can see that it got cutoff partway through the href url and that
is why it doesn't show up.

Jim


Larry Bohen wrote:

When I go to our Web store www.audiobooksonline.com and enter "rattlesnake
crossing" (withtout quotes) the result doesn't show the complete Product
Description Field. ????