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Subcategories in two or more Parent Categories


bkessler91

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I would like to have a sub category in more than one parent category.

 

I sell Fabrics.  They can be categorized by color and/or designer

 

example I would like to have

Lets say Wendy Smith designs the fabric line 'Chintz' and has 20 fabrics in the 'Chintz' collection

The 'Chintz' fabric line is mainly red fabrics.

 

Right now I have /Fabrics/Chintz by Wendy Smith

I would like to put "Chintz by Wendy Smith" in these categories:

/Fabrics by Designer/Wendy Smith/Chintz by Wendy Smith

/Red Fabrics/Chintz by Wendy Smith

Does that make sense?

Who's on first?

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CubeCart does not permit a child to have more than one parent. But there is nothing stopping you from naming more than one descendant the same name.

 

Every category has a unique ID:

root+1 Buttons by Designer
    +2 Fabrics by Designer
    |  +5 Wendy Smith
    |     +9 Chintz by Wendy Smith
    +3 Red Fabrics
    |  +7 Chintz by Wendy Smith
    +4 Red Buttons
Note catalogue IDs 7 and 9 have the same name, but they are not the same category. Product #97 can be assigned to as many categories as needed.

The trick is to keep the categories straight in your mind and to not get confused by same-name categories.

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I don't blame you bsmither...

 

It's actually not that bad the way it is set up now.  Creating another round of categories, and using the "Assign to Category" feature under products.

Just have to remember to apply the original category, along with the added category, when using "Assign to Category"

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  • 6 months later...

Think there is a way to make "Assign to Category" just add to an additional category?

 

i.e.
Lets say product '1867-H' is in Categories; "Fabrics by Gail" and in "Gail's Fabrics"

and 4116-H is in Categories; "Fabrics by Joan" and in "Joan's Fabrics"

and replicate 100 more examples.

 

I want to create a "H fabrics" category, add all the products that end in "H", but not lose the categories that those products are already in.

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