Category description missing in front end

[andreiven]

I want to make it so the description of the category appears in front-end. How can I make that happen?

[Gabriel Perez]

Hi.

 

Usually, templates come with a modification for the 'Theme Configurator' module.

There you can set if you want to display or not the category description.

[andreiven]

There is no option about category description. I did not install any template. I am writing a description for each category in back-end 'Categories'. But when I go to front-end there is no description, only products if that is the case.

[Gabriel Perez]

Then, if youre using the default prestashop template, the description should appear on the front as soon as you write it on the back office.

 

Note that the category's description is colored as white, because it has the category image as background.

[andreiven]

There is nothing there! Look for yourself: https://www.angroseria.ro/concursuri/

Do you know another template I can use and it works?

[Adeko.nl]

Hello Andreiven,

 

You can show the short description with:

{$description_short}

And the description with:

{$category->description}

You should place one of the above in the category.tpl located in your theme folder (themes -> your_theme -> category.tpl) in order to see the description.

[andreiven]

I tried that but with no luck.

 

edit: nevermind, i edited the default_bootstrap theme's category.tpl instead of the actual theme used.

Idk why but it worked, thank you!

Edited February 21, 2017 by andreiven (see edit history)

[david_king]

I have found functionality is very on and off some categories display text over image and others don't I take it Presta Shop is limited on the number of categories you can have which makes it pretty useless.

[Gabriel Perez]

First of all, prestashop doesn't limit you in the number of categories.

Second, the code that displays the image and description of one category is the same for all the categories, so if youre having problems with that ist your fault.