A-Z keyword index

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Hi, is it possible to set up an A-Z index based on the keywords or titles of categories and products?

Regards,
Ian and Stu

You've link me through to my own original question. Is there another thread i should be viewing/

Thanks,
Ian & Stu

Hi,
this is also different from the other question because I'm talking about a separate view using the Keyword/metadata not the category titles. Sorry for any confusion.

Cheers,
Ian & Stu

Fantastic. Exactly what I wanted. Thanks,
Ian and Stu

Also, because we have such a large catatogue, would it be possible to use a mass action to grab the product name's first letter and copy it to the new field?

Regards,
Ian and Stu

Thanks. I'll test it out with the db. I was think of mass actions because it could be save and run by non technical admin users or based on triggers that they can understand.

Much appreciated,
Ian and Stu

Hi,
the mass action worked. I did one for each letter which were identical. Grabbing the first letter in one hit would have been neater but I decided not mess with the db.

Just wanted to let you know,
Ian &Stu

Hi,

Is there any way to do the same logic with categories (not products)? I need to create A-Z index filter for categories listing.
Managed to create category table with first letter category name values, but cant apply filter to this view. This available only for products custom views tables.
Thank you in advance.

Regards,
Arunas

We haven't used this in a while but you need to;
1. Create the custom view and field (as you have done) for the letter
2. Populate the categories or products with their Alpha code
3. Create a custom filter for use on the front end
4. I can't remember if a module needs to be activated thereafter or if this happens automatically

We decided that our catalogue was too big for this to be of any use and went with category based menu systems and predictive text searching.

Regards,
Ian and Stu

I can do it easily with product filtering (when creating product custom table and filter applying to products listing).
But when I create category custom view, I can't apply this on filter - only products table custom views available.

With product custom table of course filter not working - tried hoping that it will work somehow Is there any other way to create A-Z index for categories listing?

Thanks,
Arunas

Hi,
you can use the menu system to create and A-Z manually. It's better to just use the top level categories but you can include lower level sub-categories starting with the same letter. In this example I've included both 'B > BABY' AND 'B > BOTTLE' but you can make it as complex as you like.
bmcpharm.com.au/a-z-index.html

If you categories don't change that much, it's a good option. If you come up with something slicker let me know.

Cheers,
Ian and Stu