Controlling portions of text in product description

[kathynewman]

I want to be able to have some additional text in some product descriptions - but not for all products - eg "Last order date for Christmas for this item is X" or "Special Offer buy 1 get 1 free" but I want the text for these messages to be a set size, colour etc.

Is there anyway of controlling how certain bits of text appear without having to put the html code around it everytime?

Kathy

[TraceyHand]

custom variable (text), maybe?
that way it'll only display on the products you fill it in on (IYSWIM)
I'm a big fan of custom variables (stick a blockif around it so it only displays if it's not empty too, that way you won't get a blank space if you're not using it on some products)

[gabrielcrowe]

you could do it with a single custom variable, and some blockifs.

<phpblock>
$myvariable = "actiniccustomvar";

if ($myvariable=="xmas") {
echo "Some text for a chrimbo offer w00t!";
}

if ($myvariable=="sale") {
echo "A sale is happening!";
}
</phpblock>

The reason I diddnt just put the message in the custom var, is that php allows you to have more text in there,and the possibility for html in the template, if required.