Profile: sodak

Hello, Can NOP Templates make it so the UI Mode is [Manufacturers][Specification_1][Categories]. Maybe this would solve the problem. For me I still combine the model/year for a specification so I don't have to have multiple listing for the same part but I would like the categories at the end of the filter as well. Its dumb to pick a category first when there may not be any parts for you model. Let me know if this is possible. Thank you, Michael.

I tried several different ideas and heres what I went with. I combined the model and year for the specification attribute. So I add the model/year as; ( Impreza - 2008, Impreza - 2009, ect. ). Then you can add as many different models/years to one part and have it filter correctly. On my home page I have the filter set up as; ( category, manufacturer, model/year ) and it seems to work well like this. This could save you a ton of time on duplicating parts. Especially on a part like a brake rotor that could fit a lot of different models. We're still new to setting up our site on NOP as well so if you find an better way please share. Hope this helps.

Also to answer your question we are adding the year to the part so we can filter them for the car the customer selects so we don't sell them parts that don't fit there vehicle. Thanks

Hello, Here's how its setup. Under Catalog>Manufacturers we have our car manufacturers. Subaru, BMW, Mitsubishi, ect. Under Catalog>Specification Attributes we have "Model" and "Year". Then in the Options for Model we have all our car models, Impreza, Forester, 335, M3, Evo, ect. And in the Options for Year we have all the car years. So we have to add the manufacture and all the specification attributes to each part so it can filter for the car the customer selects. We have the Ajax filter pro setup like the demo site and how the documentation shows for the traction template. You have to select the category, manufacturer, model, and year on the home page. Is there a better setup we could use? Thanks again for your help, Michael.

Hello,
I'm making a site to sell performance car parts using the traction template but I'm having an issue with filtering using Ajax filter pro. A lot of parts will fit several models with the same car manufacturer. Here's an example of my problem. If I have an air filter that fits an 04-08 Subaru Impreza, and also fits 06-10 Subaru Forester I would use "Engine>>Intake" for Category mappings. Then "Subaru" in manufacturer mappings. Then add "Impreza, Forester, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010" in Specification attributes. The problem is now when you use the Ajax filter pro on the home page and you select a 2010 Subaru Impreza this part will come up even though it doesn't fit this car, but I had to add that year for the forester. I'm still new to nopcommerce and nop-templates so I hope there’s an easy way to make this work. I would appreciate any help with this issue.
Thanks, Michael.