Re: Alpha List for Catagory
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 19335
interpreted = N
texte = Yes, this would be very easy to do. Probably the best way would be to build your A-Z menu in a seperate text file and [include] it into the pages where ever you wanted. The do a search based on the first letter of the Category field of your database.i.e. blah.tpl?command=search&db=blah.db&bwCategorydata=aor what ever other search criteria you would like to use.Ray At 11:50 AM 8/5/98, you wrote: >I am evaluation Web Catalog and want to setup a store that list over >1100 categories (these are the different manufactures products we >carry). > >The software appears to display 50 categories when entering the store. >I could change it to display all 1100 categories on this page, but that >is a bit to much. What I would like to do is to have the catalog >display a list of all the characters in the alphabet, i.e.: A B C D E F >G H I J...... and request that the user select the corresponding letter >for the manufacturer they as looking for and then display a list of all >manufactures that start with that letter. So if someone clicked on the >letter M, they would get a list of all manufactures that started with M, >i.e.: Microsoft, MicroSolutions, Microtest, Micolia, MYOB, etc... >Currently, I am listing the manufactures names in the Category field >in my database file. > >Does any one know if this can be done??? > >Thanks, >Mark B. >berk@voicenet.com >
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Yes, this would be very easy to do. Probably the best way would be to build your A-Z menu in a seperate text file and
[include] it into the pages where ever you wanted. The do a search based on the first letter of the Category field of your database.i.e. blah.tpl?command=search&db=blah.db&bwCategorydata=aor what ever other search criteria you would like to use.Ray At 11:50 AM 8/5/98, you wrote: >I am evaluation Web Catalog and want to setup a store that list over >1100 categories (these are the different manufactures products we >carry). > >The software appears to display 50 categories when entering the store. >I could change it to display all 1100 categories on this page, but that >is a bit to much. What I would like to do is to have the catalog >display a list of all the characters in the alphabet, i.e.: A B C D E F >G H I J...... and request that the user select the corresponding letter >for the manufacturer they as looking for and then display a list of all >manufactures that start with that letter. So if someone clicked on the >letter M, they would get a list of all manufactures that started with M, >i.e.: Microsoft, MicroSolutions, Microtest, Micolia, MYOB, etc... >Currently, I am listing the manufactures names in the Category field >in my database file. > >Does any one know if this can be done??? > >Thanks, >Mark B. >berk@voicenet.com >
Raymond Hatch
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