Hi David
Over the last few years I have purchased and tried a number of scripts and this is the first one that can import and parse xml and that can also integrate with other cms (wordpress etc) so thank you for that. I have also managed to add extra fields etc, so it is much more flexible than other ones I have used.I have also seen from the forum how much support you have given to other users, which easily justifies the price.
The only thing I am disappointed in is the sub category issue, as although I have seen from the forums, that this is not supported, it is an issue that is necessary for the type of site I am doing. I have read about using multiple installations, which I might do in addition, but my categories are not necessarily unique which can throw up errors.
However, my site does not need Brands, so is there a way that I can configure the categories, so they are brand dependant. For instance, I saw on one post with cms integration you can use the following code to filter categories by brands on a cms page.
<?php
$common_baseHREF = "http://www.mydomain.com/shopping/";
$common_path = "/var/www/vhosts/mydomain.com/httpdocs/shopping/";
$_GET["q"] = "category:jeans";
$_GET["brand"] = "brand:levis";
require($common_path."searchExternal.php");
?>
Hello Ben,
Thank you for your comments.
With the latest version of searchExternal.php (make sure that you are using the versions from this post), you can combine category and brand as follows:
$_GET["q"] = "category:jeans:brand:levis";(several users implement a virtual master / sub category hierarchy via the brand field)
Hope this helps!
Cheers,
David.