How can I add category descriptions?

Question

I want to have a description on a category page introducing the galleries it contains. Is it possible to add text to that page?

Answer 1

You can if you have a power account you can. Take a look at #42 on the Most Requested Customization Tips. Here is the javascript they said to add, simply modify the "category_name:description" to match your category name and the description you want.

function addCategoryDescription() {
 var categoryDescription = {
     "category_name" : "multiple word categories are separated by an underscore",
     "category2" : "This is another test.",
      "category3" : "Final test"
 };

  if ((YD.hasClass(document.body, "category")) && (!YD.hasClass(document.body, "subcategory"))) {

    re = /category_(\S+)/i;
    re.exec(document.body.className);

    breadCrumb = YD.get("breadcrumb");
    if (breadCrumb && categoryDescription[RegExp.$1]) {
      divTag = document.createElement("div");
      divTag.className = "categoryDescription";
      divTag.appendChild(document.createTextNode(categoryDescription[RegExp.$1]));
      breadCrumb.parentNode.insertBefore(divTag, breadCrumb.nextSibling);
    }
  }
  if (YD.hasClass(document.body, "homepage")) {
    re = /\>([\w\-]+)<\/a>/i;

    divTag = YD.get("categoriesBox");
   if (divTag) {
      divTags = YD.getElementsByClassName("albumTitle", "p", divTag);

      for (i=0; i<divTags.length; i++) {
       re.exec(divTags[i].innerHTML);
        if (categoryDescription[RegExp.$1] != undefined) {
          pTag = document.createElement("p");
          pTag.className = "categoryDescription";
          pTag.appendChild(document.createTextNode(categoryDescription[RegExp.$1]));
          divTags[i].parentNode.insertBefore(pTag, divTags[i].nextSibling);
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
YE.addListener(window, "load", addCategoryDescription);