I need to organize my products by type and by topic.
The types could be
Components..COM..NET Tools..Windows..Linux..Net FrameWork
and the topics:
SQLXMLeCommerce CMSFor example, supose i have three products:DNN4.6 who has type Tools\Net Framework and topic CMSCataLook who has type Tools\Net Framework and topic eCommerceSQL Server who has type Tools\Windows and Topic SQLIn my store there are two sections:
1- All Products, where there are two Cat_Menu for browsing, the first shows all products by type and the other shows all products by topic
for example
Products by Type-----------------Components(0) Net(0) Com(0)Tools(3) Windows(1) Linux(0) Net FrameWork(2)
Products by Topic-----------------SQL(1)XML(0)eCommerce(1)CMS(1)
2- Net FrameWork, where i want to show all products by topic but filtered by type (in this case Net FrameWork).Products by Topic-----------------SQL(0)XML(0)eCommerce(1)CMS(1)
In this section should not be showed the product SQL Server...
This is a common scenario in ecommerce applications. How can i implement some like this in CataLook?
You could build a category structure like this:
SQLXMLeCommerceCMSComponents..COM..NET Tools..Windows....SQL....XML....eCommerce....CMS..Linux..Net FrameWork....SQL....XML....eCommerce....CMS
and select the right category level and the categories to display for the menu module.
Or use the additional fields section of module CAT_Products to create and assign topics and the search module to display the topic search (activate the additional fields / bullet list item serach of module CAT_SearchNF).Or use one of the standard fields from the Main Data page of module CAT_Products and combine them in a search with the selected advanced category. You could use the advancedsearch control of module CAT_SearchNF to create a custom module for that.
oh, i do not want to have to repeat the tree of topic categories by each type category...
at this moment i modified the CAT_Itempane and CAT_Menu in the following way...the CAT_Menu puts in the querystring a new parameter which is a list of advanced categories (Topics) and the itempane filters by these categories and the one it has in its settings (Type)