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linkGeneral information

The add-on allows to limit the display of the part of description content on:

The add-on provides flexible settings for handling hiding and showing the "More" control element.
This is necessary to improve the adaptability of the content on the page and save customer focus points on the screen.

linkCompatibility

Available add-on version CS-Cart/Multi-Vendor compatible versions
v2.5.0 4.11.2 – 4.17.2
v2.0.1 4.10.1 – 4.11.1
v1.1 4.3.0 – 4.9.3

Add-on is compatible with the following Themes:

  • YoupiTheme (compatible with correspond CS-Cart version);
  • UniTheme2 (compatible with correspond CS-Cart version);
  • Responsive.

linkSupport

General technical support conditions are available at this link (be sure to review these conditions, all solutions from the AlexBranding development team come with limited technical support).

In order to use our technical support, you need to:

  1. Log in with your order owner account on https://cs-cart.alexbranding.com;
  2. Go to the page My Account → Orders;
  3. Find the corresponding order with the problem add-on in the orders list and pass to its details;
  4. Find the “Support” link next to the corresponding add-on name (near you can find Documentation link also) and click on it;
  5. Fill in the data with the problem, provide access to your CS-Cart installation (path to the administration panel, admin mail, admin password + FTP access) and create a ticket (after you will create the ticket, you will receive an e-mail and a special code to track the ticket in the future);
  6. Wait for the specialist answer in accordance with the regulations of the technical support service and the priority of your ticket.

If you didn't receive an answer within the deadlines, according to the chosen ticket priority, send e-mail info@alexbranding.com with the ticket number, for which you did not receive an answer in time, and the team manager will solve the problem in compliance with regulations.

Technical support by telephone calls and direct e-mails is not provided. Any help comes through tickets and helpdesk. Carefully learn documentation and technical support conditions before creating a request.

linkRestrictions and warnings

We recommend to note general restrictions:

  1. All solutions from AlexBranding developers team require pre-installation of the AB: Addons Manager service addon. It is delivered free of charge and is responsible for such services: installation, upgrades, license verifications. Excluding this service addon usage is not possible;
  2. Addon files may have a closed (encoded) part, in which only a license check is located;
  3. The addon will work only on those domains, that are specified in the user's license. If you try to use the solution on CS-Cart installations, whose domains are not included in the license, the addon will be automatically turned off;
  4. Local installation is not possible, so that the addon works on the additional domain (subdomain), enter this domain (subdomain) in the Domain field, when ordering (or write to info@alexbranding.com) - adding technical domains for the developing or for testing is always free.

linkUsage

linkInstallation

After your order has been processed by our manager, it will be transferred to Completed state, you will receive an email to your mailbox with ordered add-ons license numbers (usually it takes from 15 minutes to 8 hours depending on the day time and week day).

Then follow the steps below, which differs depending on your version of the CS-Cart platform:

If you have CS-Cart 4.16.1 and newer version

If you have CS-Cart 4.13.1 and newer version

If you have CS-Cart 4.12. *

If you have CS-Cart 4.11.5 and an earlier version

You can also install the add-on with a standard installation for CS-Cart. To do this, download the appropriate archive with an add-on version compatible with your version of the CS-Cart platform.
Go to the website cs-cart.alexbranding.com, log in under the account of the order holder and go to the page My Profile → Orders → Relevant Order, go to details and you will see a list of available archives for the ordered add-on. Download the version (archive) you need and make the installation (standard for CS-Cart installation: Add-ons → Downloaded add-ons and in the gearwheel menu select Manual installation).

Service add-on AB: Add-ons Manager must be installed and have Active status.

For access to the add-on settings you should go to the page Administration panel → Add-ons → Manage add-ons and at the add-on name in the gearwheel menu select appropriate menu item.
Add-on settings window

linkIntegrations

1. Hide description of SEO pages for filters up to a certain height
Relevant for add-ons:

As any SEO page for filters may have its own description, integration with the add-on Hide the part of the content to needed height allows to hide such description up to a certain height.

linkHow to update

To have possibility to update an add-on, you must have an active subscription period for add-on license.

AB: Add-ons Manager will notify you about available updates (you will see an indicator of new alerts). The recommended way is to update via the CS-Cart Upgrade center (a regular procedure of the platform). This method will allow lossless configuration of the transition to the new add-on version, that is guaranteed to be compatible with your CS-Cart platform version.

Before updating, always make a full database and your store files backup (we recommend backing up using server or hosting tools).

To make updates procedure:

  1. Go to the Administration panel → Administration → Upgrade center;
  2. Find the appropriate update among the available updates and click the Update button;
  3. Follow all the instructions, that will be shown during the upgrade procedure;
  4. Clear CS-Cart cache and start using new add-on version.

If you have an earlier version of the add-on (without the Upgrade center support)

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v2.5.0 from 13 Jule 2021

Functionality changes:
[*] Changed logic of script work for content hiding.
[*] Filling of setting variants “Animation performance time”, “Appearance options” and “Align an element to the” were relocated from add-on scheme. Now it is extended through hooks in appropriate functions.

v2.4.1 from 17 December 2020

New features and improvements:
[+] Added compatibility with CS-Cart 4.12.1.

v2.4.0 from 01 October 2020

New features and improvements:
[+] Added ability to hide content of the tab on spesific devices (Desktop, Tablet or Phone).
[+] Added Ukrainian language support.

Bug fixes:
[!] Unitheme2. On mobile devices content hiding worked incorrect. Fixed.

v2.3.1 from 08 April 2020

Bug fixes:
[!] On the storefront, when the "Edit Content" mode was turned on, a js-error was caused. Fixed.

v2.3.0 from 24 March 2020

New features and improvements:
[+] Added compatibility with the "AB: SEO for product tabs" add-on version 1.1.0.

v2.2.0 from 03 March 2020

Attention!
If you use the "AB: Multiple category descriptions" addon, then you should upgrade the addon to version v3.1.1.
If you use the "AB: SEO pages for filters" addon, then you should upgrade the addon to version v7.1.3.
Before upgrade of the "AB: Hide the part of the content to needed height" addon to release v2.2.0 make sure you have access to the versions of the addons that were mentioned above!

New features and improvements:
[+] Added compatibility with the "AB: SEO for product tabs" addon.

v2.1.1 from 13 February 2020

Bug fixes:
[!] If the hidden elements are too large, the height calculation did not work correctly. Fixed.

v2.1.0 from 20 January 2020

Feature additions:
[+] Theme Youpitheme. Added reverse compatibility with the class abt-yt-hc for block hiding with the class;
[+] Added privileges.

Functionality changes:
[*] Minimal compatible version of the CS-Cart has changed to 4.11.2.

v2.0.1 from 19 June 2019

Bug fixes:
[!] Fixed compatibility with UniTheme2;
[!] Fixed compatibility with YoupiTheme v4.10.*;

v2.0.0 from 05 April 2019

New features and improvements:
[+] Added the ability to upgrade through the Upgrade Center;
[+] Added the ability to hide any items on the site;
[+] Added the ability to select the appearance of the button;
[+] Added the ability to scroll through hidden content;
[+] Added the ability to remove the button after opening the content;
[+] Added the ability to select the duration of the animation;

v1.1 from 12 September 2016

New features and improvements:
[+] Added button "More/Less";

v1.0 from 11 May 2016