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Last week I was speaking to a Magento user, and he said he wanted to not only have the Product Title listed in the Magento Checkout, but also the short Product Description there.  Most people would perhaps not have the neccessity to do so, however, for those that do want it done, there is a solution about.

If you go into FTP and navigate to /app/design/frontend/default/default/template/checkout/cart/item/default.phtml, you simply need to add the following around Line 27…

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<?
            $custom = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load($_item->getProductId());
            echo $custom->getShortDescription(); 
?>

This will successfully echo the short description for each product purchased – job done.

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    This article was written by Sam Davis on December 9, 2008.
    Computing over a glass of Grenache Shiraz... again!
    Sam is the Editor of Blasted Thing. Contact Us

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3 Responses to “Show Product Description on Magento Shopping Cart Page”

  1. vij on May 19th, 2009

    hi,
    i have intergrated a jquery color choser in my magento webpage.Now i want to that after selecting the color in color choser the color should add in my shopping cart.
    how can i do that.
    if any body can help me so let me know so tha i will upload files over here.
    pls help me out its urgent..
    help will be fully appriciated
    thank u

  2. Hi on May 4th, 2010

    Thanxx…for this article..

  3. Ubunter on July 25th, 2010

    Hello,
    Under v.1.4 I came here looking for the same solution, but I don’t find such as directory… In /app/design/frontend/default/default/template/ I don’t have the checkout??
    Dose this applicable to 1.4, or any other idea??
    Regards,

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