Forum OpenACS Q&A: ecommerce, product categorization

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1: ecommerce, product categorization
Posted by Torben Brosten on 11/06/03 09:07 AM
If a series of categories are defined, where some subcategories have same names below main categories, for example:

summer harvest
summer harvest : corn
summer harvest : wheat
autumn harvest
autumn harvest : corn
autumn harvest : squash
winter harvest
winter harvest : corn
winter harvest : wheat

How can I get the products to be properly placed with subcategories?

Is there a table I should examine to determine unique category id's to add with the product bulk upload?

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2: Re: ecommerce, product categorization (response to 1)
Posted by Torben Brosten on 11/06/03 11:08 AM
ec_categories
ec_subcategories
ec_subsubcategories

I assume the best approach will be to modify Product Category Map Loader (bulk upload category-product maps).

For this case, categories will be created that match subcategories, so it won't be necessary to find some way to turn-off the categorization matching feature. When uploading products, I will set the categories to subcategory labels.

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3: Re: ecommerce, product categorization (response to 1)
Posted by Torben Brosten on 11/09/03 04:21 AM
"When uploading products, I will set the categories to subcategory labels."

Oops, that is a Miva practice. Uploading products with the openacs ec package doesn't include uploading any references to categories associated with the products.