[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # Product Characteristics not working??? ## - **[fastweb](/forum/user/7315-fastweb "View fastweb's Profile")** - [![fastweb's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/7315-fastweb "View fastweb's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/7315-fastweb) Less More - Posts: 11 - Thank you received: 0 - - 14 years 5 months ago [\#49044](#49044) by [fastweb](/forum/user/7315-fastweb "View fastweb's Profile") *[Product Characteristics not working???](/forum/4-how-to/49044-product-characteristics-not-working#49044 "Hi, I have been using Virtuemart but just thought give a try to Hikashop because it has good reviews. Looks good extension but it's not letting me to add product Characteristics or some features which each product need to display on product detail page. I have products with same Characteristics but different values for example: Product A Age: Manufacturing Year: Expiry Date: Location: Product B Age: Manufacturing Year: Expiry Date: Location: My all products have same characterstics but with different values...when i will add new product will also put values in these characterstics fields. Every time values for each characterstic is different mean there is no default value. There is no dropdown/checkbox selection needed on frontend for customers, this is just to show what this product has. Hope it clears. Is there anyway i can achieve this using Hikashop? Thanks")* was created by *[fastweb](/forum/user/7315-fastweb "View fastweb's Profile")* Hi, I have been using Virtuemart but just thought give a try to Hikashop because it has good reviews. Looks good extension but it's not letting me to add product Characteristics or some features which each product need to display on product detail page. I have products with same Characteristics but different values for example: Product A Age: Manufacturing Year: Expiry Date: Location: Product B Age: Manufacturing Year: Expiry Date: Location: My all products have same characterstics but with different values...when i will add new product will also put values in these characterstics fields. Every time values for each characterstic is different mean there is no default value. There is no dropdown/checkbox selection needed on frontend for customers, this is just to show what this product has. Hope it clears. Is there anyway i can achieve this using Hikashop? Thanks Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzQ5MDQ0LXByb2R1Y3QtY2hhcmFjdGVyaXN0aWNzLW5vdC13b3JraW5nP3RtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86289 - Thank you received: 14265 - - 14 years 5 months ago [\#49128](#49128) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Product Characteristics not working???](/forum/4-how-to/49044-product-characteristics-not-working#49128 "Hi, I have been using Virtuemart but just thought give a try to Hikashop because it has good reviews. Looks good extension but it's not letting me to add product Characteristics or some features which each product need to display on product detail page. I have products with same Characteristics but different values for example: Product A Age: Manufacturing Year: Expiry Date: Location: Product B Age: Manufacturing Year: Expiry Date: Location: My all products have same characterstics but with different values...when i will add new product will also put values in these characterstics fields. Every time values for each characterstic is different mean there is no default value. There is no dropdown/checkbox selection needed on frontend for customers, this is just to show what this product has. Hope it clears. Is there anyway i can achieve this using Hikashop? Thanks")* Hi, So what you want to use is not characteristics. Characteristics in HikaShop are like child products in VM. What you want to do instead is to create custom fields of the table "product" (commercial editions only) via the menu Display->Custom fields. You will be able to create dropdowns, input boxes, radios, etc which will be displayed in your products. Then, they will appear on the products details page as additional information (not editable by the user) if the frontend option of the custom fields is turned on. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzQ5MDQ0LXByb2R1Y3QtY2hhcmFjdGVyaXN0aWNzLW5vdC13b3JraW5nP3RtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[fastweb](/forum/user/7315-fastweb "View fastweb's Profile")** - [![fastweb's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/7315-fastweb "View fastweb's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/7315-fastweb) Less More - Posts: 11 - Thank you received: 0 - - 14 years 5 months ago [\#49157](#49157) by [fastweb](/forum/user/7315-fastweb "View fastweb's Profile") Replied by *[fastweb](/forum/user/7315-fastweb "View fastweb's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Product Characteristics not working???](/forum/4-how-to/49044-product-characteristics-not-working#49157 "Hi, I have been using Virtuemart but just thought give a try to Hikashop because it has good reviews. Looks good extension but it's not letting me to add product Characteristics or some features which each product need to display on product detail page. I have products with same Characteristics but different values for example: Product A Age: Manufacturing Year: Expiry Date: Location: Product B Age: Manufacturing Year: Expiry Date: Location: My all products have same characterstics but with different values...when i will add new product will also put values in these characterstics fields. Every time values for each characterstic is different mean there is no default value. There is no dropdown/checkbox selection needed on frontend for customers, this is just to show what this product has. Hope it clears. Is there anyway i can achieve this using Hikashop? Thanks")* Alright...thanks for the explanation nicolas i was hoping it would be included in this free version because it is basic option needed along with product addition. But i will think for commercial edition...I think Essential would be fine for this. One more thing, can you please help me to add 'Description' title in product detail page? because by defualt no title just a details about product. I would like to put a title like 'Product Properties' or 'About this Product'. Thanks Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzQ5MDQ0LXByb2R1Y3QtY2hhcmFjdGVyaXN0aWNzLW5vdC13b3JraW5nP3RtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86289 - Thank you received: 14265 - - 14 years 5 months ago [\#49241](#49241) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Product Characteristics not working???](/forum/4-how-to/49044-product-characteristics-not-working#49241 "Hi, I have been using Virtuemart but just thought give a try to Hikashop because it has good reviews. Looks good extension but it's not letting me to add product Characteristics or some features which each product need to display on product detail page. I have products with same Characteristics but different values for example: Product A Age: Manufacturing Year: Expiry Date: Location: Product B Age: Manufacturing Year: Expiry Date: Location: My all products have same characterstics but with different values...when i will add new product will also put values in these characterstics fields. Every time values for each characterstic is different mean there is no default value. There is no dropdown/checkbox selection needed on frontend for customers, this is just to show what this product has. Hope it clears. Is there anyway i can achieve this using Hikashop? Thanks")* Hi, If you use the "tabular" layout page instead of the default one, you should get a "description" title for the description. You can configure that option under the Display tab of the configuration. Otherwise, you can also edit the file "show_default" of the view "product" via the menu Display->Views and add your text before the description display block of code: Code: <div id="hikashop_product_description_main" class="hikashop_product_description_main"> <?php echo JHTML::_('content.prepare',preg_replace('#<hr *id="system-readmore" */>#i','',$this->element->product_description)); ?> </div> Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzQ5MDQ0LXByb2R1Y3QtY2hhcmFjdGVyaXN0aWNzLW5vdC13b3JraW5nP3RtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. 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