Problem with Categories (Brands) Listing Page

-- HikaShop version -- : 4.2.2
-- Joomla version -- : 3.9.12
-- PHP version -- : 7.2.14

Hello, I have a problem with proper display of products on categories listing page.

I created two Brands: Brand ABC and Brand 123
I created two Product Categories: Category ABC and Category 123
I created two Products: Product ABC which is assigned to Brand ABC and Category ABC and Product 123 which is assigned to Brand 123 and Category 123
I created two Categories (Brand) Listing Products menu items: Categories Listing Products ABC with main category assigned to Brand ABC and Categories Listing Products 123 with main category assigned to Brand 123 (I also tried to assign Categories Listing Products ABC to Category ABC and Categories Listing Products 123 to Category 123)

Unfortunately when I use link to the product manufacturer on product page (placed in show_block_dimensions.php) all products assigned to the manufacturer (brand) are display always on Categories Listing Products ABC page and never on Categories Listing Products 123 page.

I am looking for the solution how to display (using link to the product manufacturer on product page) Products ABC assigned to Brand ABC on Categories Listing Products ABC page and Products 123 assigned to Brand 123 on Categories Listing Products 123 page.

Regards,
Greg

Hi Nicolas, thank you for your answer

is it possible to import "canonical URL" for the brand during products import from CSV file ? In case of many brands and many products it would be inefficient to complete "canonical URL" manually

if not, is it possible to use different solution for proper presentation of Categories Listing Page ? I plan to have only 4 different Categories Listing Pages - is it possible to change code in show_block_dimensions.php, which would generate listing of products using relevant Categories Listing Pages ?

Regards,
Greg

Hi Nicolas, thank you for your feedback

could you give me an example of the code, which allow to get list of products assigned to the manufacturer (of course same manufacturer as product displayed on product page) and present results on Categories Listing Page, which is assigned to same main category (Category Listing Page - Categories Option - Data Display - Main Category) as product is ?

In fact I will have 4 main categories of products (A, B, C, D) and I would like to assign each Categories Listing Pages (Q, X, Y, Z) to one of such categories of products (using Category Listing Page - Categories Option - Data Display - Main Category). Then if user click on the link displayed on product page (e.g. product is assigned to category A and category A is assign to Categories Listing Page Q) then system should show list of products assigned to category A and display this list on Categories Listing Page Q

I know the request is a little exaggerated but it can give me a picture either for direct usage or for further customization

Regards,
Greg

Hi Nicolas, Thank you for your answer. I Understood. However It seems that the solution proposed by me is more user friendly then existing one. In my proposal selection of Categories Listing Page is chosen by the main category assigned to the Categories Listing Page without necessity of additional parameterization of Canonical URL for each Brands (if you have many Brands and more than one Categories Product Listing page existing solution seems to be less practical). Please reconsider if it is not a good idea to implement such a solution in further version of Hikashop

Regards,
Greg

Hi Nicolas, Thank you for your answer

If my understanding is proper my proposal doesn’t require to configure one menu item for each brand. My proposal only require to assign proper category to product and proper category to categories listing page. For example if you have 2 categories listing pages:
Categories Listing Page A assigned to Category A (categories options > main category)
Categories Listing Page B assigned to Category B (categories options > main category)
and you have
products assigned to Category A
products assigned to Category B
then if you choose manufacturer from product page (which product is assigned to Category A ) you should see list of products (assigned to this manufacturer and assigned to Category A ) on Categories Listing Page A
same if you choose manufacturer from product page (which product is assigned to Category B ) you should see list of products (assigned to the manufacturer and assigned to Category B ) on Categories Listing Page B
so in this scenario you don’t need further parameterization and this not require to configure one menu item for each brand

Unfortunately I cannot use canonical URL because I am working on multi-language site (two languages) and I am not using Falang or other third party component for translation as well as I am not duplicating products for each language (so I cannot use different aliases for products depends on language). I am just using language override and Joomla multi-language mechanism. So for English product listing my URL looks like that: domain/index.php/en/buy_product/product/productname and for Polish looks like that: domain/index.php/kup_produkt/product/productname. When I try to use canonical URL product is presented only in one language no matter what language is chosen.

Regards,
Greg

Hi Nicolas, ok, thank you for you information

I have only one additional question regarding multi-language and canonical URL - I really want to avoid implementation of third party components and I did a lot of effort to prepare multi-language working without third party components - do you plan to implement changes which allows to use canonical URL with standard Joomla multi-language solution ? I think it would be very helpful not only for me but also for other Hikashop users

Regards,
Greg

Hi Nicolas,
it would be great !!
do you think this is possible in the nearest future ?

Regards,
Greg

Hi Nicolas, great news
thank you !

Regards,
Greg