Adding an Umbrella Product Brief Web Description

From the Brief Description screen, you can define the brief description that displays in the product listing and product detail modules on the web, as shown below.

Additionally, as of 7.5.0, the description will display below the product invoice description on the product Preview window on the web, as highlighted below. For more information, please see the Product Preview Overview.

For individual products within an umbrella product, it is recommended that you use to same brief description as defined for the general umbrella product. The reason for this is because when a web user clicks on a product option and choice from the right navigation on the product detail page of the umbrella product, the system opens the product detail page for the associated individual product under the umbrella product. To provide a seamless experience for the web user, only the product images and product name should appear to change to the web user.

To add a brief description:

1. From the Personify360 main toolbar, select Products > Product Central.
The Product Maintenance search screen displays.

2. Click Search to find a product or click Create New Product.

3. From the eBusiness Links task category, click Brief Description.
The Brief Description screen displays, as shown below.

4. Click Add.

5. Select the Language from the drop-down.
Only one brief description per language can be added.

6. Click Edit Text.
The HTML Editor Dialog window displays.

The HTML Editor does NOT support the use of the IFRAME tag.

7. Enter any HTML text or graphics in the text box.
You can also select the Code Window radio button to enter your description in HTML code.

8. Click OK.

9. Click Save.
As of 7.5.1, if a brief description is added to the product, a green check mark will display in the task menu next to the Brief Description task, as shown below.

Screen Element	Description
Add	Button. When clicked, a row is added to the Languages table and the corresponding fields are enabled to add a language and description.
Delete	Button. When clicked, the highlighted row from the table and the information entered in the Languages and Description Text fields are deleted.
Language	Drop-down. Identifies the language of the text. This allows descriptive text to be shown on the website based on the language of the customer. Values are populated based on the options defined on the Language Maintenance (APP004) screen. You can only create one brief description record per language for each product.
Edit Text	Button. When clicked, opens the HTML Editor Dialog window. This allows you to edit any previously created descriptions. You can enter the brief description using a Design Window or a Code Window. The Design Window displays the HTML text editor tools, which are used to format the text similar to Microsoft Word. Some benefits of HTML includes the ability to emphasize text, use block quotations, and use diagrams or mathematical formulas. The problems with using HTML include compatibility issues, privacy attacks, increased spam, and large message sizes. The Code Window is used to enter the brief description in unformatted plain text. Even though this method is unformatted, it can be used without very much processing readable by simple computer tools, such as line printing text commands in Windows DOS window type.