[ic] Menu editor problem with categories & subcategories

Smej Worth smejworth at gmail.com
Sun Aug 28 09:51:59 EDT 2005


> Hi list,
> I've searched the archives for a solution for this issue but found 
> nothing that helps with the latest versions of interchange.
> 
> I'm using comb_category to have multiple subcategories of products.
> 
> Say I have the following prod_group's and categories in my products 
> table:
> 
> 
> DVD 
> 	sony
> 	panasonic
> 	samsung
> 
> VCR
> 	sony	
> 	panasonic
> 	sharp
> 	toshiba
> 
> CD	
> 	sony	
> 	panasonic
> 	sharp
> 	toshiba
> 	phillips
> 
> 
> I then use the menu loader to create the menu. The resulting menu 
> looks like this:
> 
> 
> DVD 
> 	sony
> 	panasonic
> 	samsung
> 
> VCR
> 	sharp
> 	toshiba
> 
> CD
> 	phillips
> 
> 
> 
> 'sony' & 'panasonic' get lost in the VCR categories. 
> Everything but 'phillips' gets lost from the CD category.
> 
> It seems the menu loader assumes all categories and subcategories will 
> have unique names. If it comes across a subcategory name its seen 
> before it drops it.
> 
> How do I get the menu loader to include ALL categories & sub 
> categories?


No one has a solution to this problem? This issue basically renders
the combined category features of the menu builder useless.

Thanks to anyone who can shed some light on this!



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