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Using HTML in Product Name

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Topic: Using HTML in Product Name

Posted By: Jackalope
Subject: Using HTML in Product Name
Date Posted: 11-July-2007 at 11:52pm

Is it possible to use HTML in the product name field? When namng my products I'd like to be able to add line breaks within the name so I can decide when the text wraps to the next line when it is displayed on the "Featured Items" page.

Thanks in advance.

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Posted By: cbadchris1
Date Posted: 13-September-2007 at 10:27am

Yes!

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Posted By: fidjiti
Date Posted: 13-September-2007 at 12:47pm

I had no idea, that's great! Thanks for the post.

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Posted By: cbadchris1
Date Posted: 13-September-2007 at 12:49pm

No probelm. I use HTML all the time in names. Asp see the mark up as string nothing more.

Chris

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Posted By: Jackalope
Date Posted: 13-September-2007 at 4:58pm

Thanks Chris. After posting this question 2 months ago, I realized it was possible. What I didn't like about it though was that when the cursor hovers over a product who's title has html in it, the html code shows in the hover text. I'm not sure how others view this, but it didn't seem good to me. All I really wanted to do was add a <br> between two words so that I could control when the title wrapped to the next line. When I added the <br> to the title, it would show properly throughout the site, but would be visible when the cursor hovers over the product.

Thanks for the follow up. I appreciate it.

Posted By: cbadchris1
Date Posted: 13-September-2007 at 5:00pm

Are you refering to the ajax window?

Chris

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Posted By: Jackalope
Date Posted: 13-September-2007 at 5:09pm

No, just the hover text that shows up when you hover over a product picture. For me it just displays whatever the title is (without html formatting).

Posted By: cbadchris1
Date Posted: 13-September-2007 at 5:46pm

Because of the alt tag.

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Posted By: Jackalope
Date Posted: 13-September-2007 at 6:46pm

Yep. I noticed it on your site as well. I don't think it's a big deal, just something I noticed. Have you had any comments about it on your site?

Posted By: cbadchris1
Date Posted: 13-September-2007 at 9:24pm

No, But I could write something that would strip any html from string displayed in the alt tag. I just don't think it is that important.

Chris

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