multi-parent categories

[Scott Gibson <sg...@bancarddata.net>]

Hello,

If I have a category like "Clutches" and it has parent categories of 
"Ford", "Dodge", and "Chevy", is there some way I can specify that a 
specific product only show under the Clutches category beneath "Dodge" 
and *not* show up under the Clutches category beneath "Ford" and "Chevy"?

Thanks,
Scott

Re: multi-parent categories

[Scott Gibson <sg...@bancarddata.net>]

Thanks Jacopo.

I don't think the idea of 3 different clutches categories is going to 
work.  Because it gets much more complicated than just that.  For 
instance, we might end up with a category hierarchy such as:

Ford -> 1969-1979 -> F150 -> Clutches
Ford -> 1969-1979 -> F250 -> Clutches
Ford -> 1969-1979 -> F350 -> Clutches
Ford -> 1980-1987 -> F150 -> Clutches
Ford -> 1980-1987 -> F250 -> Clutches
Ford -> 1980-1987 -> F350 -> Clutches
Ford -> 1988-1994 -> F150 -> Clutches
Ford -> 1988-1994 -> F250 -> Clutches
Ford -> 1988-1994 -> F350 -> Clutches

It seems that you suggest just a flat-level selection of categories and 
making products members of more than one category.  Then you say I can 
specify custom searches to include specific combinations like those 
above.  What do you mean by that?  Am I creating search categories or is 
this something that is configured within FTL files?

Thanks,
Scott

On 5/25/2011 2:11 AM, Jacopo Cappellato wrote:
> Hi Scott,
>
> On May 25, 2011, at 7:16 AM, Scott Gibson wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> If I have a category like "Clutches" and it has parent categories of "Ford", "Dodge", and "Chevy", is there some way I can specify that a specific product only show under the Clutches category beneath "Dodge" and *not* show up under the Clutches category beneath "Ford" and "Chevy"?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Scott
> I would suggest to rethink the way the categories are structured and associated to products.
> There are of course different solutions but I would suggest something like this:
>
> Product A
> Product B
> Product C
>
> Clutches-->Product A
> Clutches-->Product B
> Clutches-->Product C
> Ford-->Product A
> Ford-->Product C
> Dodge-->Product B
>
> and then you can implement custom searches like:
> * select products that are in Clutches and are in Ford (A and C)
> * select products that are in Clutches (A and B and C)
> * select products that are in Dodge (B)
>
> Another option is to create three different Clutches categories:
> "Clutches - Ford"
> "Clutches - Dodge"
> "Clutches - Chevy"
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Jacopo

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Re: multi-parent categories

[Jacopo Cappellato <ja...@hotwaxmedia.com>]

Hi Scott,

On May 25, 2011, at 7:16 AM, Scott Gibson wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> If I have a category like "Clutches" and it has parent categories of "Ford", "Dodge", and "Chevy", is there some way I can specify that a specific product only show under the Clutches category beneath "Dodge" and *not* show up under the Clutches category beneath "Ford" and "Chevy"?
> 
> Thanks,
> Scott

I would suggest to rethink the way the categories are structured and associated to products.
There are of course different solutions but I would suggest something like this:

Product A
Product B
Product C

Clutches-->Product A
Clutches-->Product B
Clutches-->Product C
Ford-->Product A
Ford-->Product C
Dodge-->Product B

and then you can implement custom searches like:
* select products that are in Clutches and are in Ford (A and C)
* select products that are in Clutches (A and B and C)
* select products that are in Dodge (B)

Another option is to create three different Clutches categories:
"Clutches - Ford"
"Clutches - Dodge"
"Clutches - Chevy"

Kind regards,

Jacopo