bkessler91 Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsmither Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkessler91 Posted February 22, 2013 Author Share Posted February 22, 2013 Right. I was trying to avoid to go into each product and assign categories I have over 2000 products for sale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsmither Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 That is not to say that CubeCart can't be re-coded to allow a descendant to have more than one ancestor. But I'm not going to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkessler91 Posted February 23, 2013 Author Share Posted February 23, 2013 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkessler91 Posted February 23, 2013 Author Share Posted February 23, 2013 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" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkessler91 Posted August 29, 2013 Author Share Posted August 29, 2013 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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