Filter the filteroptions

Posted on 04/03/2011 08:13:05

Hi

I have installed the filteroptions, but now get a list of al the groups, all the manufacturors, all the variants and in all the languages from all the shops that made in this project.

I was expecting that the filters made a look at the products that are loaded in the productlist (selected by the ecom module in the Admin) en create filters that are relative to to shown products?

Am I doing something wrong, or is the only way to make more filtergroups in the Admin, for each productoverview a new filtergroup?

Gr.
Martijn

Replies

Posted on 10/03/2011 07:52:49

Hi Martijn,

First of all please read my blog post regarding latest changes in the new search (the paragraph about default filtering in the frontend):

http://volpav.wordpress.com/2011/03/02/recent-changes-in-the-new-search-functionality/

Some filters allow you to configure what options should be displayed. For example, for the group filter you can specify the list of target groups.

The more generic solution would be to use "If" tags to exclude options with no products available (under the current view). For example, for the manufacturer filter the item template could look like the following:


   
   <li>
   [.........]
   <li>
   


Hope this will help you.

-- Pavel

Posted on 10/03/2011 15:23:41

volpav.wordpress.com is no longer available.

Nicolai Høeg Pedersen

Posted on 10/03/2011 16:10:56

Oh - yes. We are on it...

Posted on 21/03/2011 13:37:05

Hi Pavel

Using the "If" statement to show on option in the filtering would be a nice solution.
But the problem is, it always returns an integer.
In my case all the options are being shown, because the total is always an integer with the value 0 or higher. (Using version 19.2.1.5)

Gr.
Martijn

Posted on 21/03/2011 13:50:06

You can use If and compare it with a literal value such as 0, as explained here: http://templates.dynamicweb-cms.com/TemplateTags/Dynamicweb-template-tags/General-tags/If-statements.aspx

Imar

Posted on 21/03/2011 13:54:23

Hi Imar

That's a new one for me, but very usefull.
I'll keep it in mind.

Thank you!

Martijn

Posted on 21/03/2011 14:11:32

Hi Martijn,

Yes, it's brand new; introduced in 19.2.1.3, and very useful indeed...

Imar

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