Magento – product tabs / Reiter exchange sequence / Item Description and Additional Information

PictureBy default Magento provides, that in the Product View (view.phtml) Tabs can be seen below, can contain various information. Mostly, these are the items description ((Long) Description) and additional information (Attribute).

If one goes into the details of an item is below the article view automatically opens and customers would, in order to get the additional information before clicking on the tab.

This is cumbersome and may be overlooked so that one or other important information.

If it is so important, that customers another tab first see (as in our case-sensitive information), this can in the catalog.xml in the folder app / design / frontend /[base or default]/[IhrTemplate]/layout be done.

Thence

<block type="catalog/product_view_tabs" name ="product.info.tabs" as="info_tabs" template ="catalog/product/view/tabs.phtml" >

(as. Line 212) search. The lines below define the tabs and their order. So the additional information is to be displayed first, just have the line

<action method="addTab" translate="title" module ="catalog"><alias>additional</alias><title>Additional Information</title><block>catalog/product_view_attributes</block><template>catalog/product/view/attributes.phtml</template></action>

on

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<action method="addTab" translate="title" module ="catalog"><alias>description</alias><title>Product Description</title><block>catalog/product_view_description</block><template>catalog/product/view/description.phtml</template></action>

be pushed.

Then the order as desired.

Used in Magento Version 1.5.1.0 Comments? Additions? Notes? Gladly!

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Since 2009 I have been working intensively with Magento. I started with the creation and operation of B2C stores. This was extended through my work in the logistics sector. This resulted first specialized B2E systems. Today I work day-a day with exciting B2C, B2B- and B2E projects and reports in this blog about challenges and give insider tips.

2 comments on “Magento – product tabs / Reiter exchange sequence / Item Description and Additional Information”

  1. Hi!

    I need to implement the following: clicks on one “Write a review” or “X Customer Reviews” (= Normal “a href” Link) have the rating bar to activate – and if possible then be scrolled.

    I currently still mysterious, how to make a tab via a link (The Javascript wahrs.) can activate – have you got an idea?

    Thank you & LG,
    Tobi

  2. I just tried in the catalog.xml this change manually perform and unfortunately it does not lead to success. Latest Magento version 1.9.0.1 runs, anyone have an idea? I gebs on, is something that by default easier to manage :/

    Was changed row 208-215 in app/design/frontend/base/default/layout/catalog.xml:

    detailed_info

    detailed_info

    And in line 208-215 in app/design/frontend/rwd/default/layout/catalog.xml:

    detailed_info
    Additional Information

    detailed_info
    Description

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