Catalogues, Categories and Sub-categories

Hi Richard,

Have you tried setting the “Sub-Category Style” to “Hierarchical.” (This is found in the “Basic” area of the “Options” tab.) This will group your sub-categories nicely.

In our premium version, we do have an option in the “Sidebar” area of the “Styling” tab called “Collapsible SubCategories,” which can be used in combination with the “Sub-Category Style” setting, and which allows someone visiting your catalogue to close/collapse a set of sub-categories. (You can view this option in the free version, but can’t modify it.)

Alternatively, in the premium version you could make use of custom fields to create as many custom fields as you wish, which you could then use for specific types of products.

Another solution for you – applicable in the free version – would indeed be to create separate catalogues for the different types of items that you offer and then create categories within each. You could then put your different catalogues on different pages and create an index page of sorts, from which you could link out to your individual catalogues.

Thank you. I thought the facility should be there, but just wasn’t sure of the terminology. The “Hierarchical” option certainly does what I was looking for and I’ll probably go for the premium version where they can be collapsible. Can the catalogue be set to have the sub-categories collapsed when initialized?

Your prompt response is much appreciated.

Hi Richard,

The catalogue may have an initial collapsed sidebar. You may collapse the elements by adding the following custom CSS:

.prod-cat-sidebar-content {
display:none;
}

Upon navigation, the sidebar’s categories, sub-categories, custom fields and tags will be collapsed. If you strictly want the sub-categories to be collapsed, you may add the following custom CSS:

.prod-cat-sidebar-content .prod-cat-sidebar-subcategory-content {
display:none;
}

Let us know if you have any further questions concerning the sidebar. ??

Best regards,

Many thanks for your help. Still trying to get the rest of the site sorted, but knowing that I will have a product catalogue that works is a great step forward. Once I have all my images together, I’ll upgrade to the full version before creating the catalogue. That way, I shouldn’t lose anything with the upgrade (I know it is supposed to keep all your info, but these things happen…)

Thank you