[ic] Subcategory Help?

Thu, 08 Feb 2001 12:26:27 -0700 (MST)

NOOO!!!

You should be in Admin - Tables - Cat or Admin - Tables - Area...

The left side is database driven...

John

Quoting "Gina K. Anderson" <gina@sitediva.com>:

> John,
> 
> Either I'm blind, or we're talking about different areas where this
> auto-export
> checkbox is supposed to be ;) I'm in the Design>SiteLayout when I
> edit/add/delete Categories. The page says:
> 
> Layout Editor: Organize your site into categories
> 
> And I *don't* see any auto export checkmark. I looked at the akopia demo
> and
> didn't see it there either, so obviously we are talking about two
> different
> areas where you can edit categories, LOL! So which area am I supposed to
> be in
> for this procedure:
> 
> |The reason your new categories are not showing up anywhere is
> Interchange does
> |the search based on the txt file, and not the db file. So after you
> make any
> |changes or additions to the area & cat database you must make sure you
> have
> |exprted the db files. The simple way is to re-edit your new entry and
> |click the update button at the bottom of the page making sure the
> |auto-export is clicked.
> 
> I can take a screen shot of my SiteLayout area, if you can write me
> offlist with
> your email address. Mine is ginakra@mail.com.
> 
> Thanks so much,
> Gina
> 
> |-----Original Message-----
> |From: interchange-users-admin@lists.akopia.com
> |[mailto:interchange-users-admin@lists.akopia.com]On Behalf Of John
> Beima
> |Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 1:43 PM
> |To: interchange-users@lists.akopia.com
> |Subject: RE: [ic] Subcategory Help?
> |
> |
> |You have gone too far down... It should be right at the bottom of the
> |record you
> |are editing. The button may even just say OK. The tick box for
> auto-export
> |should be right next to it...
> |
> |Then for one added safety sake, when you are done your changes for that
> |day/morning... Use the apply changes button at the very bottom of the
> screen.
> |
> |John
> |
> |
> |Quoting "Gina K. Anderson" <gina@sitediva.com>:
> |
> |> Hi John,
> |>
> |> Thanks for helping! Few more questions:
> |>
> |> |So after you make any changes or additions to the area
> |> |& cat database you must make sure you have
> |> |exprted the db files.
> |> |click the update button at the bottom of the page
> |> |making sure the auto-export is clicked.
> |>
> |> I'm adding categories and subcategories in the "Design" area. I see
> an
> |> "Apply
> |> Changes" at the bottom of each UI page (And I have "Change Area" and
> |> "Change
> |> Category"), but I can't find where to check Auto-Export--sorry for
> all
> |> the dumb
> |> questions :/ This is version 4.6.0, don't know if there is a
> difference
> |> between
> |> the newest release and this one?
> |>
> |>
> |> |The fix for this is as follows:
> |>
> |>
> |> I tried your instructions, and here I did see the check box for "Auto
> |> Export",
> |> so I made sure that was done.
> |>
> |> However, I have only one "Food" category that shows up in the Item
> |> category drop
> |> down list, it doesn't show "Dog_Food" or "Cat_Food". In the Cat
> table,
> |> the
> |> selectors for these particular categories say:
> |>
> |> category=Dog_Food
> |> category=Cat_Food
> |>
> |> But they don't show up in the category drop down list in the add item
> |> UI, just
> |> as "Food"
> |>
> |> So I'm still not sure how to separate the items into their correct
> |> categories. I
> |> added a dog food item, and just selected "Food" as the category,
> hoping
> |> it would
> |> lead me to something else, but nothing else happened. I have this on
> the
> |> left
> |> side in the demo store:
> |>
> |> Dog Products
> |> 	-Food
> |>
> |> Cat products
> |> 	-Food
> |>
> |> and if I click on either food, I see:
> |>
> |> "Sorry, no matches for Dog_Food" (or "Cat_Food" depends on which
> "Food"
> |> I click
> |> :)
> |>
> |> So even though an item *is* in the Food category, it doesn't get
> |> displayed in
> |> the demo store.
> |>
> |> Any further advice?
> |>
> |> Gina
> |>
> |>
> |>
> |>
> |>
> |>
> |>
> |>
> |> |
> |> |Quoting "Gina K. Anderson" <gina@sitediva.com>:
> |> |
> |> |> Hi all,
> |> |>
> |> |> Just figuring out Interchange, and have run into a couple of snags
> |> with
> |> |> subcategories.
> |> |>
> |> |> First, is it possible to have subcategories with the same name in
> |> |> different main
> |> |> categories? For example:
> |> |>
> |> |> Dog Products
> |> |> 	-Food
> |> |> 	-Cages
> |> |>
> |> |> Cat products
> |> |> 	-Food
> |> |> 	-Cages
> |> |>
> |> |> etc?
> |> |>
> |> |> I tried the category=D_Food, and category=C_Food to try and
> separate,
> |> |> but the
> |> |> names that display in the "adding items" UI just have two "Food"
> |> |> categories.
> |> |> It's hard to tell which is dog food, and which is cat food ;) I
> have
> |> a
> |> |> client
> |> |> who will be using the store once I figure it out, and she wants
> the
> |> |> organization
> |> |> this way, she will be adding items herself later, and needs to
> know
> |> |> which
> |> |> subcategory she is adding to.
> |> |>
> |> |> Secondly, when I do add subcategories, they show up in "construct
> |> |> something"
> |> |> demo store, but they don't show up in the list of subcategories in
> |> the
> |> |> "Add
> |> |> Item" UI. I tried applying changes, but it didn't solve anything.
> |> |>
> |> |> Any guidance?
> |> |>
> |> |> Thanks,
> |> |> Gina
> |> |>
> |> |>
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