"Filtering" sections

[graphicz]

Client has sections containing groups of products they call ranges. There are several hundred 'ranges' (sections).

I have made a number of new sections which I wish to populate with 'ranges'. I have made true/false variables with the same names as the new sections.

The plan is that in each existing section you can choose a new section name variable to make true so that the respective section appears in the new section.

Other than having multiple instances of the section list for each new section is there a clever way of displaying a section list for each new section to contain existing sections that have the respective variable set to true?

Thank you.

[Mike Hughes]

Hi Jonathan,

I'm not sure I fully understand. I think what you're asking for is for a section to include a number of existing subsections (product ranges) from elsewhere in the content tree based on a variable.

In which case could you not just do this with what Sellerdeck calls 'Advanced Filtering' to pull the respective product ranges into the new sections / subsections you're creating?

Sections > Product Filtering

Advanced Filtering

Advanced Filtering enables you to create sections that are populated automatically with products that fit a specific filter. This enables you to create virtual product hierarchies; show products in more than one section without using duplicates; and provide different routes into the catalogue.

If you want products to have a different appearance in different parts of the catalogue – for example, different images, descriptions or layouts – then you will need to use Product Duplicates instead of Filtering. See Duplicating Products on page 52.

First, create a new section and give it an appropriate name. For example, if you wanted it to contain all products of brand 'Sellerdeck', you might call it 'Sellerdeck Products'.

To populate the section with existing products from elsewhere in the catalogue, you need to define an initial filter the tells the software which products you want to show.

· Go to the Filtering tab and tick both 'Enable Filtering and Sorting' and 'Make Filtering the Default View'. The latter tells Sellerdeck to show your selection automatically to anyone who visits this section.
· Next, change the Section selection to 'All Sections', to select product from across the whole catalogue.
· Now set up an initial filter under 'Where Properties Have Value'. Once your section is uploaded, Sellerdeck will populate it dynamically with products that meet the criteria you specify. In the example below, this will be all products from the site that have the value ‘Sellerdeck’ for the property ‘brand’.

· You must also choose a Filter that customers can use to further refine the selection of products.
NB The section will appear blank in the Sellerdeck preview panel and when previewed locally with 'Preview Current Page' and 'Preview Store'. Your product selection is added dynamically on the web site and will be visible online once you have uploaded your new section.

A section using Advanced Filtering can use any Section Layout, and can be a subsection of any other section.
So for example, you could create a Section called 'Shop by Brand’, with filtered subsections for each brand that you want to feature, and each subsection could be co-branded for the marque that it represents.

[Mike Hughes]

Or you could do it your way if you want to.

As far as I can remember, the section list php runs on every web page deciding which sections, subsections to display and I think it should be possible to modify the php to include sections that match the variable.

[graphicz]

Thanks Mike

That is the problem, they regard "Products" as these sections containing a few products calling them "Ranges". Sellerdeck has a lot of powerful tools for sorting and displaing products, less so sections.

I have done what I wanted like this using the section ID, but it is a bit clunky!

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[NormanRouxel]

The SectionID value could change if the client does some housekeeping. It may be safer to use a combination of SectionLevel and SectionName instead.

And here's an untested version of the above code that removes a lot of the duplicated stuff.

<actinic:block php="true">
	$sectionid = '<actinic:variable name="SectionID" encoding="perl" selectable="false"/>';
	<actinic:block type=EntireSectionList">
		<actinic:block if="%3cactinic%3avariable%20name%3d%22ShowInPageSectionList%22%20%2f%3e%20%3d%3d%20true" >
			if ( ($sectionid == '3973' && <actinic:variable name="FeaturedRanges" selectable="false" />)
				||($sectionid == '3948' && <actinic:variable name="NewArrivals" selectable="false" />)
				||($sectionid == '3947' && <actinic:variable name="Decorative" selectable="false" />)
				
				)
				{
				echo '<div class="col-lg-3 col-md-6 col-12 sub-section-col"><actinic:variable name="SectionLink" encoding="perl" selectable="false" /></div>';
				}
		</actinic:block>
	</actinic:block>	
</actinic:block>

I've only put in 3 of the IF statements for brevity.

[graphicz]

Thank you so much Norman, I will implement that and test. Best wishes.

[graphicz]

In Norman's excellent post above the variables such as

<Actinic:variable name="Decorative" selectable="false" />

Are set as NOT to use parent. I am having issues where the child sections of the variable also display even though they shouldn't! I cannot see a logical way this would happen, has anyone any ideas?

If I 'reset' the variable by unticking 'section', ok and close, reopen and tick 'section' ok and close, the child sections stopped displaying.

Could I add

!= False

To be s belt and braces? Or any other thoughts?

Thank you!