[ic] More than one product group and category?

[Ed LaFrance]

At 11:51 AM 10/20/2002 +0200, you wrote:
>Hi, I wonder if it is possible to have the same item in different product 
>groups and different categories. For example, I have a DVD title that I 
>have placed in the product group Genre and in the category Comedy. But I 
>also want to have this title under another product group, let's say 
>Country and category France. How do I fix this and get both groups with 
>their differen categories exposed correct on the site?
>Roland Berg

Should be doable, though you'll have to fiddle with things a bit. For 
starters, you would need to change the widget type for prod_group and 
category in the item editor to one that allows you to select more than one 
choice (the multiple select or checkbox widgets should work). Then you will 
need to create area and category sidebar elements for these new groups and 
categories with the design editor.

Your biggest challenge will be getting the search terms right - you'll want 
to build your own Complex searches for the navigation elements which will 
find these multi-category products, using the right kind of search 
parameters. An example would be:

st=db
co=yes
ml=20
sf=prod_group
se=Genre
op=rm
sf=category
se=Comedy
op=rm
tf=sku

Note that you would use op=rm instead of op=eq or op=em, to allow for the 
possibility that the category and genre fields may contain other values.

- Ed .


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