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    Jennifer
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    Hello Cici,

     

    I apologize if my message wasn’t clear enough. Also, I’m not sure what you mean when you asked what type of extended data am I trying to input.

    *NOTE – all info for locations is added and updated via the CSV file import. With having hundreds of locations, going into each location separately in the SLP location manager and formatting paragraphs and entering special characters is not an option for our client. They want everything to be done directly to their CSV file.

    Really all I need is a way to:

    1) When I enter paragraphs of text into the CSV, for the description column. I need them to display as paragraphs on the store page. Currently the text on the store page shows up as one big block of text.

    For example, if I paste this description in the “description” field (in the csv):
    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vivamus varius scelerisque mi, ac tempus urna facilisis quis. Morbi sollicitudin rutrum ex, eget ultrices erat interdum lacinia. Suspendisse a ullamcorper ligula. Pellentesque ut commodo arcu. Pellentesque id pharetra justo, ac eleifend mi. Vivamus venenatis nisi nunc, eget feugiat libero ultrices ac. Nullam et quam vel nunc maximus faucibus et quis metus. Quisque vel fermentum arcu. Suspendisse blandit nibh nulla.

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    Nulla nunc libero, vehicula quis placerat ac, bibendum et tellus. Nam ut tincidunt leo. Duis eget bibendum justo. Aenean posuere ultricies magna et volutpat. Morbi varius tristique dolor. Mauris sit amet ante purus. Vivamus pretium ligula porta quam egestas, et dapibus dolor sagittis. Vestibulum vulputate quam a rhoncus cursus. Sed laoreet, risus sed luctus iaculis, mi erat malesuada ex, a commodo purus ex a nisi. In felis neque, sollicitudin eget purus sed, egestas suscipit ipsum. Nulla facilisi. Nullam at tempus orci. Proin volutpat vel mi vitae malesuada. Integer condimentum vel purus in interdum.

    It shows up like this on the store page:

    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vivamus varius scelerisque mi, ac tempus urna facilisis quis. Morbi sollicitudin rutrum ex, eget ultrices erat interdum lacinia. Suspendisse a ullamcorper ligula. Pellentesque ut commodo arcu. Pellentesque id pharetra justo, ac eleifend mi. Vivamus venenatis nisi nunc, eget feugiat libero ultrices ac. Nullam et quam vel nunc maximus faucibus et quis metus. Quisque vel fermentum arcu. Suspendisse blandit nibh nulla. Aenean ornare lacinia tortor quis congue. Vivamus feugiat sem id massa aliquam malesuada. Pellentesque facilisis mollis nulla sit amet gravida. Interdum et malesuada fames ac ante ipsum primis in faucibus. Praesent quam tortor, convallis a nisi quis, tempus mattis neque. Pellentesque fermentum mauris in nisi finibus tincidunt. Aenean condimentum molestie ligula, ut eleifend purus. Nullam vel est id erat commodo semper. Pellentesque non mauris nec libero porta accumsan. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Maecenas vehicula pulvinar euismod. Nulla nunc libero, vehicula quis placerat ac, bibendum et tellus. Nam ut tincidunt leo. Duis eget bibendum justo. Aenean posuere ultricies magna et volutpat. Morbi varius tristique dolor. Mauris sit amet ante purus. Vivamus pretium ligula porta quam egestas, et dapibus dolor sagittis. Vestibulum vulputate quam a rhoncus cursus. Sed laoreet, risus sed luctus iaculis, mi erat malesuada ex, a commodo purus ex a nisi. In felis neque, sollicitudin eget purus sed, egestas suscipit ipsum. Nulla facilisi. Nullam at tempus orci. Proin volutpat vel mi vitae malesuada. Integer condimentum vel purus in interdum.
    Most descriptions for my locations are multiple paragraphs per location. So my questions is, how do I put paragraphs in the CSV (description column) so that they will show up as individual paragraphs on the store pages.

    So from what you’re saying, I would put individual paragraphs inside double quotes? Or would I put the entire description (all paragraphs) inside one set of quotes and it would pickup the breaklines (hard return from hitting the enter key on the keyboard)?

     

    2) Some of our locations have the registered trademark symbol next to the name. How would I be able to add these special characters without having to add each one manually in the SLP location manager (clicking edit on each individual location)

     

    Thanks,

    Ryan

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