{"id":3138,"date":"2014-03-07T19:42:46","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T19:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2014\/03\/07\/product-descriptions\/"},"modified":"2023-06-08T10:34:13","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T14:34:13","slug":"product-descriptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/prestashop\/product-descriptions\/","title":{"rendered":"Product Descriptions in PrestaShop 1.6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/edu\/ps16\/product-descriptions\/short-and-long-descriptions.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 0px 15px 15px;\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/edu\/ps16\/product-descriptions\/short-and-long-descriptions.jpg\" alt=\"Product Description fields\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p>When <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/prestashop\/add-product\/\">adding a product in PrestaShop 1.6<\/a>, there are fields available to type in a <strong>Short description<\/strong> and a <strong>Description<\/strong> (<em>long description<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question<\/strong>:<br>\nHow do you know what to type into the <em>short description<\/em> and what to type in the <em>long description<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answer<\/strong>:<br>\nKnowing where <strong>short descriptions<\/strong> and <strong>long descriptions<\/strong> are used within your store will help you decide what you want to enter for each of the fields.<\/p>\n<p>In this article, we will review <strong>where<\/strong> and <strong>how<\/strong> a product\u2019s short and long descriptions are used within PrestaShop 1.6.<\/p>\n<h2>Where do the product descriptions show?<\/h2>\n<h3>Search results <span style=\"font-size: 13px; padding-left: 30px;\">(short description)<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/edu\/ps16\/product-descriptions\/search-results.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 0px 15px 15px;\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/edu\/ps16\/product-descriptions\/search-results.jpg\" alt=\"Search results page with short description\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p>When products are searched for within your PrestaShop 1.6 store, a picture along with a name and description of the product is shown for each search result. The description used in search results is the <strong>Short description<\/strong> entered for the product.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"clear: both;\">Top Sellers <span style=\"font-size: 13px; padding-left: 30px;\">(short description \u2013 truncated)<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/edu\/ps16\/product-descriptions\/top-sellers-description.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 0px 15px 15px;\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/edu\/ps16\/product-descriptions\/top-sellers-description.jpg\" alt=\"Top Sellers section with short description\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p>If you use a module in the sidebar of your site, such as <strong>Top Sellers<\/strong>, the <em>Short description<\/em> of the product is used. In our testing, the short description is truncated \u2013 only the <strong>first 70 characters<\/strong> are shown.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"clear: both;\">Product Page <span style=\"font-size: 13px; padding-left: 30px;\">(short and long description)<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>When shoppers reach the page dedicated to a single product, <em>i.e.<\/em> the product\u2019s page, they will see both the <strong>Short description<\/strong> and the <strong>Long description<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h4>Short description<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/edu\/ps16\/product-descriptions\/short-description-on-product-page.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 0px 15px 15px;\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/edu\/ps16\/product-descriptions\/short-description-on-product-page.jpg\" alt=\"short description on product page\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p>The <strong>Short description<\/strong> is very prominent on the product page because it is shown towards the top of the page and next to the product\u2019s image.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"clear: both;\">Long description<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/edu\/ps16\/product-descriptions\/long-description-on-product-page.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 0px 15px 15px;\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/edu\/ps16\/product-descriptions\/long-description-on-product-page.jpg\" alt=\"long description on product page\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p>The <strong>Long description<\/strong> is shown towards the very bottom of the product page. It\u2019s actually the 2nd to last thing listed on the page, only above product reviews.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When adding a product in PrestaShop 1.6, there are fields available to type in a Short description and a Description (long description). Question: How do you know what to type into the short description and what to type in the long description? Answer: Knowing where short descriptions and long descriptions are used within your store<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/prestashop\/product-descriptions\/\"> Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[4391],"class_list":["post-3138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prestashop","tag-prestashop-v1-6"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Product Descriptions in PrestaShop 1.6 | InMotion Hosting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What do I type for the short description of a product in PrestaShop 1.6? 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