Re: [ic] Single item results in multiple categories

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> > > I'm sure this question has multiple solutions, but I need to figure out
> > > how
> > > to set up items that are in different categories so that I can flag and
> > > display them in the standard results grid (results.html). More
> > > specifically,
> > > I have an online store that has different categories (tshirts, jackets,
> > > belts, etc), but I need to be able to have a button on the store that
> > > allows
> > > me to show all the new flagged items for the season, in the standard
> > > results
> > > grid (not just the promo vertical category lists).
> >
> > Quick solution might be to:
> > Use 'promo' and then call it into the body of a page instead of vertical.
> >
> > OR - create a new component based on 'promo' - modify it to your
> > requirements and then call it into the body of a blank page.
> >
> > OR - create new search query using wizard in admin?
> Thank you for your suggestions.
>
> My instinct was to do your first or second suggestions, but I'm
> unfortunately not completely familiar with interchange tags to accomplish 
> it
> myself. I'm capable of making rudimentary modifications to the components,
> but I'm not quite sure how to do this.
>
> I had never considered your last option. How would I build a custom search
> to do what I want? Would I do a search that would key off a code that I
> would put in the description?

Starting point would be to create a search on the merchandise table.
i.e. if you wanted to display all items marked as special in foundation 
store you could manually or by using the Search Wizard to generate a tag 
like:

[area href=scan
search=|

 fi=merchandising
 st=db

 co=1

 sf=featured
 se=new
 op=rm
 nu=0

 rf=sku
 ml=50
|
]


In my store this generates a list of all new items and displays them on our 
results page.

The URL would look something like:
http://www.domainname.com/cgi-bin/storname/scan/fi=merchandising/st=db/co=1/sf=featured/se=new/op=rm/nu=0/rf=sku/ml=50.html

Fine tune the search as you need to. (look up the tags in the docs)
You can also do more with the results by making a copy of your results.html 
page i.e. results_specials.html and add sp=results_specials to the area tag 
above or the url.

Hope this helps.









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