Show getShortDescription in list.phtml

Question

I am trying to show the short description in list.phtml.htm, I have put this code list.phtml

<?php echo $this->helper('catalog/output')->productAttribute($_product, $_product->getShortDescription(), 'short_description') ?>

The sort description shows in the view.phtml

Any ideas how I can fix this

Answer 1

You can use in the list.phtml file this.

$_product->getShortDescription();

but Magento does not load all the attributes on the product listing page.

Go to the admin pannel Catalog->Attributes-> Manage Attributes and edit the short description attribute.

Set Used in product listing to Yes.

Please avoid redundant model load it will take time to load your page in front end. in your current way.

hope this will help you.

Answer 2

You can also enable "short description" for display in list page by XML method:

Open catalog.xml & enter following line:

<action method="addAttribute"><name>short_description</name></action>

After the line:

<block type="catalog/product_list" name="product_list" template="catalog/product/list.phtml">

and before anything else in that "block" and then clear cache.

It is another way to enable both product's default & custom attributes.