[ic] Same Name Subcategories Please?

John K. Nealy, III jnealy@symetrek.com
Tue, 27 Feb 2001 23:57:44 -0500


Gina, I have a similar setup with a store I am creating at
http://www.wevegotitwireless.com (a work in progress).  I have a phones category
and a pagers category, each with Motorola in them.  What you need to do is a
complex search where you first search the item category (Hedgehog) then the
subcategory (Food). It
seems you have already done the setup in admin, so here is an example of what I
have:

For Phones/Motorola:
fi=products
st=db
ac=0
co=1
sf=category
se=Phones
op=rm
nu=0
bs=1
sf=subcategory
se=Motorola
op=rm
nu=0
bs=1
ml=10
tf=name
to=x

and for Two-Way Pagers/Motorola:
fi=products
st=db
ac=0
co=1
sf=category
se=twpagers
op=rm
nu=0
bs=1
sf=subcategory
se=Motorola
op=rm
nu=0
bs=1
ml=10
tf=name
to=x

"Gina K. Anderson" wrote:

> Can anyone tell me how I can have subcategories that are the same name in
> different main categories? Interchange is really getting confused with the way I
> am trying to do it. I can't find anything in the documentation.
>
> I have two categories set up:
>
> Hedgehog Items
> Prairie Dog Items
>
> Each category must have a subcategory "Food". Now, the main categories are on
> the left, no links. The subcategories I used these parameters:
>
> Hedgehog Items "Food":
> ----------------------
> Name: Food
> Link Type: Simple Search
> Table: Products
> Field=Column Pairs: category=HH Food
> Results Page: Default
> Display Name: Name
> (everything else blank)
>
> Prairie Dog Items "Food":
> ----------------------
> Name: Food
> Link Type: Simple Search
> Table: Products
> Field=Column Pairs: category=PD Food
> Results Page: Default
> Display Name: Name
> (everything else blank)
>
> But, Interchange seems to be getting confused between the two "Food" categories.
> If you go to:
>
> http://www.sitediva.com/cart
>
> you'll see if you click on either 'Food' you get the same category field=column
> pair names, even though I have named each differently, and assigned each to it's
> rightful subcategory. I have deleted the subcats three times, and the last one I
> create is always the one that shows up on the results page. Someone tried to
> help me with this before, but he hasn't gotten back with me.
>
> Thanks for any help, I really need to get this figured out before my client
> gives up on me. ;)
>
> Gina
>
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