Filter questions, multi-filtering, order + problem

Hello, is it possible to have multi-filtering ?

Example:
I would like to have a music shop, it is possible that each music item belongs to more styles e.g. jazz, soul, rock
and i would like to make a filter with which will list all styles, be deletable and will be possible to combine that filters.

Please is that possible to make ?

Thank you very much,
Karloz

Maybe it will suite as filter for categories in this case

Hi,

Yes, you can use categories for that. Then, add several categories for your products and you can create a filter ( multi select or not ) which will be based on the categories. so that the user can filter your products based on their categories. Please note that the creation of filters is only in the Business edition of HikaShop.

Ook great thanks i have it working now...

I found out that if i'm on another page not the first one, the filter give back blank results.

Also please is it possible to sort manufacturer filter alphabetically ?
I found here on forum how to sort them via order, but in my case i have around 200 manufacturers, its madness

The filters give results based on the current category. If the current category does not contain any product which match the filters, you won't have any results.

It's possible. You can just change the code:
$query='SELECT a.* FROM '.hikashop_table('category').' AS a '.$left.' WHERE a.category_type="manufacturer" AND a.category_parent_id!'1\' '.$optionElement.' ORDER BY a.category_ordering';
to:
$query='SELECT a.* FROM '.hikashop_table('category').' AS a '.$left.' WHERE a.category_type="manufacturer" AND a.category_parent_id!'1\' '.$optionElement.' ORDER BY a.category_name ASC';

in the file administrator/components/com_hikashop/classes/filter.php

However, that modification will be removed when you update HikaShop. So for only 200 manufacturers, I would still recommend to change the ordering and be done with it...

Hi
Does fitler base on multi custom field is supported now ? ( april 2015)
what is the logic for choose filter ( and so search ) base on category or custom field ?
Could we import csv file that have custom field value for a product ?
Does mass action support custom field ?

regard's

Hi,

1. Filters based on different custom fields are not supported. Filters based on one multiple value custom fields are now supported.

2. If you already have categories setup like you want for your filter, then use the categories for your filter. Otherwise, use a custom field. It's more flexible and allows for more things to be done.

3. Yes, you can import the value of custom fields for the products. And likewise, when you export the products, you can see the columns relative to the custom product fields in the resulting CSV.

4. Yes, mass actions can work on custom product fields.