Magento WizardNo joke, this website relaunches on 1st April. New look, new features!

Contact the site  Make Money

Home > Shopping Cart > Show Product Description on Magento Shopping Cart Page

Show Product Description on Magento Shopping Cart Page

 Add to Favourites  
(2 rating, 4 votes)
Loading ... Loading ...

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…

1
2
3
4

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

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

  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Google
  • LinkedIn
  • Live
  • Reddit
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • TwitThis

about the author

    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

related articles

 Use a Coupon Code for specific products or categories in Magento
 Remove the Coupon Code on the Shopping Cart

comments

One Response 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

Leave a Reply




Spam protection by WP Captcha-Free

Tags: , , ,


Remove the Coupon Code on the Shopping Cart

  • Sponsored Ads

    • Magento Themes
    • vtiger: great article, thank you....

  • Recent Tweets

    RT @sneeuwinternet: Wist je dat Sneeuw Internet nu ook Magento Commerce specialist is? Plat gezegd; we bouwen webshops! Echte moneymakers! www.sneeuwinternet.nl

    Still raining in New England but luckily I'm keeping busy with some great projects using #Magento, #osCommerce and... http://bit.ly/daD0LS

    RT @GuiaDoEcommerce Quero ganhar um curso Magento Templates no RJ. Dê um RT nesta mensagem para concorrer. Participe! http://uiop.me/11BO

    eBillme with Cardinal Centinel® Payment Module for Magento: http://www.digitalspyder.com/us/ebillme-magento-cardinal-commerce.html

    Magento Backend Skin Modification - oDesk: The project involves integration of complete template that includes all... http://bit.ly/dfzKzY