If you want coloured text in the short description but do not want the !!< ... >!! carried through into the order, here is a solution for V7 users
In Act_Primary.html find NETQUOTEVAR:BULK and add
<div id="title">
NETQUOTEVAR:BULK
</div>
At the bottom of the page just above </body> add
<!-- code to swap characters for html in product short desc -->
<!-- works for text inside a named <div> called title -->
<script>
var myhtml = document.getElementById('title').innerHTML;
myhtml = myhtml.replace( new RegExp( "»", "g" ), "<font color='#FBB700'>" ); //Gold colour
myhtml = myhtml.replace( new RegExp( "¬", "g" ), "<font color='#339933'>" ); //Green colour
myhtml = myhtml.replace( new RegExp( "~", "g" ), "<font color='#0000FF'>" ); //Blue colour
myhtml = myhtml.replace( new RegExp( "¦", "g" ), "</font>" ); //end font
document.getElementById('title').innerHTML = myhtml
</script>
Now change the colour codes to the colours your want and add » / ¬ / ~ and ¦ in the Short Description box.
eg » Gold ¦ Product
In Act_Primary.html find NETQUOTEVAR:BULK and add
<div id="title">
NETQUOTEVAR:BULK
</div>
At the bottom of the page just above </body> add
<!-- code to swap characters for html in product short desc -->
<!-- works for text inside a named <div> called title -->
<script>
var myhtml = document.getElementById('title').innerHTML;
myhtml = myhtml.replace( new RegExp( "»", "g" ), "<font color='#FBB700'>" ); //Gold colour
myhtml = myhtml.replace( new RegExp( "¬", "g" ), "<font color='#339933'>" ); //Green colour
myhtml = myhtml.replace( new RegExp( "~", "g" ), "<font color='#0000FF'>" ); //Blue colour
myhtml = myhtml.replace( new RegExp( "¦", "g" ), "</font>" ); //end font
document.getElementById('title').innerHTML = myhtml
</script>
Now change the colour codes to the colours your want and add » / ¬ / ~ and ¦ in the Short Description box.
eg » Gold ¦ Product