Front-end filters on product-pages

Hi,

I'm not yet implemented filters for the product page - bear in mind that normally you would expect a product to be from a single category; but if that's not the case on your site and can certainly help you implement it. I do have a comprehensive filter mechanism for the search results page if you are looking for drop-down filters there - if you would like to implement that if you could send me your search.php and html/searchresults.php i'll add the code for you...

Cheers,
David.
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Hi David,

I already mailed you earlier today, but to prevent that several scripts/cases get mixed up, I'll re-post it here. I thinks this makes it easier for you to keep track :-)

The updated search & searchresults.php do indeed have filters, so that I can select (with a dropdown) which brand or shop (etc) has to be filtered. However, I'm hoping to achieve something a bit more advanced; the option to select multiple brands, multiple categories, etc, and only show the products that match to these conditions. So - for instance - if the brands Sony and Philips are active, as well as dvd-players and stereos, only the dvd-players and stereos of Sony and Philips have to be shown.

Currently only one brand can be selected (using the dropdown).

Any thoughts on this?

Hi,

Thanks, I got the mail, I need to re-work the filters to enable multi-select; it's not just the form but the handling code to enable multiple options, i'll work the code out on my test server and get back to you...

Cheers,
David.
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Hi David,

I'm intereseted in the reworked filters as well. I have implemented the "standard" filtering at the moment. for example: http://www.prijschecker.com/category/Home-cinema/ and i have reworked a textbased filtering. for example: http://www.prijstoets.nl/category/Netbook-mini/.

regards,

B.

Hi,

I've worked the changes out - if you want to email me your search.php and html/searchresults.php i'll merge the changes in for you...

Cheers,
David.
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Thanks! It works :-)

Only when "All" is selected, no results come up.. It appears that if "&categoryFilter[]=" is empty (nothing after the "=") nothing passes the filter.

Hi,

I've spotted the problem - is_array() needs to be replaced with count() for each test of $merchantFilter, $categoryFilter and $brandFilter in search.php - i've just emailed you a corrected version...

Cheers,
David.
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Is it also possible to use this filter mechanism without (or instead) of the category-system.

Right now I have to navigate to a certain category to be able to use the filters, which are only working on products within that category. I would like to have a page that shows "all" products and all filter-options, without having to navigate to a certain category first.

Would that be possible?

Hi,

Sure, you can link to the query "bw:" (without quotes) to return all products!

Cheers,
David.
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Hi David

Can you send me one to :)

Thx Henk

Hi Henk,

Could you drop me an email and in it confirm which modification you were after - list versions of the sidebar search results filters I can send to you; if for an existing site if you could attach search.php and html/searchresults.php I'll modify your current files...

Cheers,
David.
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