Hi,
How do I get started to make a "product mapping" option, just like the Category Mapping option, but for products ;-)
I have a lot of products that are about the same, but have just a little difference in the name.. Would be great if I can make one of these with Product Mapping :-)
Kind regards,
Wilco
Hi Wilco,
Basically, you would need to copy all the code that is relevant to category mapping, changing the names where necessary. The easiest way is simply to search through each of the files in includes/ and /admin for the words "category" and "categories" - and then copy the categories table in the database as required - for example call it something like "prodmap" (because the "products" is already in use for the main products table!)
Be careful though, as the mappings have to be loaded into memory at the start of each import - so you could run into problems if you want to map many hundreds of products. Remember that you can always use the "Search and Replace" filter on the Product Name field to change exact names as required...
Cheers,
David.