[Plugin: CataBlog] Catablog = a catalog of product?

Hi Andreand,

It would be quite simple to setup you hierarchy of products as WordPress pages and then insert an appropriate CataBlog Shortcode in each page. The nice aspect of this solution is that you get all of the built in features for each page, such as the menu system in WP 3.

Since CataBlog has its own taxonomy it is very simple to attach multiple categories to each catalog item. For instance you could make a trousers-short and trousers-long category and place the appropriate items into each category. If you need pagination then I might searching the blog for a documented hack to add limit and offset parameters to the Shortcode.

You may also filter your catalog by more than one category, so you could filter by shoes and sandals if you want. Just separate with a comma.

Here are some examples:

[catablog category="trousers"]
[catablog category="trousers short"]
[catablog category="trousers,trousers short"]
[catablog category="shoes,sandals"]

I think you get the idea, and I believe CataBlog is much more than a gallery plugin, look at some of the examples on the blog. Also their is a new public feature which makes each catalog item into its own page, complete with the ability to add CataBlog taxonomies into your menu with the Appearance > Menu panel.

https://catablog.illproductions.com

Thanks a lot, macguru2000!

I’ll test it!

Did this work for you? We’re trying to find a plugin that will give us the ability to add catalog/product pages to our WordPress site, but we don’t need the shopping cart functionality.